Public Good
with Shannon Moore and Stephen Hurley
Shannon D. Moore (University of Manitoba) and Stephen Hurley explore how we can protect the idea that public education is, in fact, a public good. Great guests, multiple perspectives and tools that will help us mobilize the conversation in our own communities.

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In our eleventh episode of Public Good, Shannon and Stephen are joined by Dr. Joelle Rodway

Dr. Joelle Rodway is an assistant professor in Educational Leadership at the Memorial University of Newfoundland. Her primary research interests focus on the…

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In our tenth episode of Public Good, Shannon and Stephen are joined by Samantha Becotte.

Samantha Becotte is the president of the Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation. She has bachelor’s degrees in education and science and a Master of Mathematics for…

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In our eighth episode of Public Good, Shannon and Stephen are joined by Bárbara Silva.

Bárbara Silva is a public education advocate, organizer and activist, with degrees in both Chemical Engineering and Education. She is most passionate about…

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In our eighth episode of Public Good, Shannon and Stephen are joined by Dr. Wing Li.

Dr. Wing Li (pronouns she/her) is the Communications Director at Support Our Students, or SOS Alberta. SOS Alberta is a non-partisan public education advocacy group…

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In our seventh episode of Public Good, Shannon and Stephen are joined by Dr. Jon Young.

Dr. Jon Young is currently the Acting Department Head of the Department of Educational Administration, Foundations & Psychology in the Faculty of Education,…

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In our sixth episode of Public Good, Shannon and Stephen are joined by Dr. Sue Winton.

Dr. Sue Winton (@Swintoncpa) is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education at York University. Dr. Winton’s critical policy research examines how education…

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In our fifth episode of Public Good, Shannon and Stephen are joined by Dr. Henry Giroux.

Dr. Henry A. Giroux (@HenryGirouxhttps://twitter.com/lHenryGiroux) currently holds the McMaster University Chair for Scholarship in the Public Interest in the…

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In our fourth episode of Public Good, Shannon and Stephen are joined by Dr. Joel Westheimer.

Dr. Joel Westheimer is University Research Chair in Democracy and Education at the University of Ottawa. He publishes widely in newspapers, magazines and…

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In our third episode of Public Good, Shannon and Stephen are joined by Dr. Wendy Hughes.

Dr. Wendy Hughes recently completed her EdD at OISE, U of T. Prior to this, Wendy was a school principal. In November, Hughes published an article in…

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In our second episode of Public Good, Shannon and Stephen are joined by two guests, Dr. Gerald Fallon and Dr. Wendy Poole.

Gerald and Wendy are co-authors of many articles about the impacts of neoliberalism on K-12 education, specifically as it…

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Author

Shannon D. M. Moore
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Education, University of Manitoba

Shannon D.M. Moore is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education at The University of Manitoba. Prior to joining the faculty, Shannon was a social studies and English teacher in the public school system in British Columbia for 19 years.

Shannon is a public education advocate, and a founding member of People for Public Education Manitoba (@PublicEdMB).

Moore’s research interests include media and digital literacies in the social studies classroom, the impacts of online learning on teachers and teaching, and the impacts of neoliberalism on public education.

Stephen Hurley
Founder & 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.