Georgie’s Future
Preparing Today's Kids for an Exciting World Up Ahead
What does it take to raise and educate amazing kids? How can we best prepare them for the astonishing future that is coming up? The research and everyday options can sometimes seem overwhelming, and so, in this series of podcasts, Nick Burnett and Tony Ryan will offer some practical insights for educators and parents alike. With a focus on 12-year-old Georgie, who will be 32 years old in 2039 AD, they will outline a number of key elements on what is needed to help her live a fulfilling life.

Tony Ryan and Nick Burnett wonder how to ensure that today's children thrive and flourish tomorrow.

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In this culminating session on ‘Georgie’s Future’, Nick and Tony offer their wrapup thoughts about her future, and the future for all children.

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A series of Ahas that each presenter has gained throughout the full series…

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Are there any limits to the astonishing advances in global technology? How will this AI directly impact upon our young people in their future? In this compelling 6th podcast in the Georgie series, Nick and Tony explore the limits of…

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How do we help children to best augment their intellectual abilities? In Episode 5, Nick and Tony focus on the development of mindsets and thinking processes that help children to engage with their amazing future.

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n Episode 4, Nick and Tony clarify why Georgie (and every other child) needs to become both entrepreneurial and philanthropic. The powerful combination of these two concepts is known as social entrepreneurialism, which will become a critical…

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In Episode 3, Nick and Tony explore the exponential rush of new data and technology, and whether children (let alone adults) are coping with this information onslaught. A series of practical ideas are offered that may help Georgie and every other…

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In episode 2, Nick and Tony discuss the role of exponential technology and its importance in advancing humanity so that we become better human beings. They explore what these technologies are and their possible implications for Georgie, her parents,…

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In this opening episode of ‘Georgie’s Future’ podcast, Nick and Tony explore the possibilities of the next two decades in 12-year-old Georgie’s life.  They explore the way that a ‘realistic optimist’ perspective will be critical for her. They also…

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Author

Stephen Hurley
Chief Catalyst, voicEd Radio Canada

Stephen Hurley has spent nearly 40 years as an educator. He has experience as a classroom teacher, a curriculum consultant, a teacher educator and a policy observer.

He has a strong relationship with the EdCan Network (formerly the Canadian Education Association), an organization that inspired the launch and evolution of voicEd Radio Canada.

Hurley believes that stronger connections between education research, practice and policy are essential to the type of change that will be necessary in Canada's public education systems moving forward.