The InnovatED Podcast
with Carli Parsons & Sandy Millar
The InnovatED podcast seeks to further the conversation around the future of education. Featuring educators, industry experts and community leaders this podcast will explore the 21st Century Learning Competencies and how they can best prepare students to succeed. InnovatED is a space you can come to for rich discussions around the future of work and learning, the future of education, and how educators can innovate to develop future ready students.

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Sandy and Carli chat with John Howison, former teacher and new VP of Sunnyside Elementary School in the WRDSB about innovating in the classroom, getting your staff to buy in, and filling your bucket with joy in big and small ways! 

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In this episode Carli & Sandy chat with Vice Principal of Alternative Education Krista Tucker Pertick and System Administrator Joe Bell about blowing the doors off learning, leveraging community to serve students and thinking way way outside of the box! 

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In this episode Carli & Sandy chat with TDSB Coordinator and School Streaming Abolitionist Jason To.   Listen as he debunks the myths around de-streaming and his hopes for students in Ontario as they enter a school year with de-streamed math at the…

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Welcome to Season 2! Carli & Sandy chat with Laura Briscoe, the Coordinator of Innovation with the Thames Valley District School Board.   Hear about her dreams for making innovation accessible to all students and some of the amazing initiatives they…

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Carli and Sandy chat with the Halton District School Board's Innovation Team, The Shift!  Featuring Sarah Nykoruk,  Rachel Johnson and Matthew Coleman-The Shift focuses on elevating educators who are innovating in their classes, amplifying the…

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Sandy and Carli chat with Jillian Waters and Lisa Hicknell the brains behind the amazing website Bitesized Learning.  We talk about the magic of true collaboration and the power of taking the doors off of teaching! 

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Sandy & Carli chat with Debbie Donsky, Superintendent of Education with the Toronto District School Board and Host of 4 Big Questions.  

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Sandy and Carli chat with Vice Principal and 4 Big Questions Host Pamala Agawa about decolonizing education, looking for leadership in different spaces and the power of an authentic mentor! 

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In this episode of the InnovatED podcast, Sandy and Carli chat with Lila Read, the Associate Director of the WRDSB.   We discuss the opportunities that have emerged through the shifts of the Global Pandemic, finding the leader in everyone and how…

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Sandy & Carli chat with Akiesha Absolon-Winchester about her role as the first Indigenous Social Worker with the WRDSB.   We learn about Land Based Learning and Two -eyed Seeing,  and discuss stepping into discomfort to move from allies to…

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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.