The Road to St. John's - Ruth Kane

Decolonizing Professional Learning - Melissa Villella

Dr. Mélissa Villella is Assistant professor of School Administration at Université du Québec in Abitibi-Témiscamingue. She is also Adjunct Professor at University of Ottawa. In this episode, Dr. Villella drops by to talk about the research that she is doing in the area of transformative leadership (Carolyn Shields). In particular, we use Mélissa's article, "Transformative Leadership: Leading French-Language Schools in Canadian Anglo-dominant Contexts" to dig deeper into the principles and approaches related to transformative leadership and how it connects with our conversations on decolonizing professional learning. Find out more about Dr. Mélissa Villella at https://mlvillella.com/ [https://mlvillella.com/]

Decolonizing Professional Learning - Sharon Friesen

Dr. Sharon Friesen is a a professor at the Werklund School of Education in Calgary, Alberta. Sharon was one of the participants at the Decolonizing Professional Learning gathering at Memorial University in August 2022. She joins me today to talk about a very special project with the Stoney Nakoda community and Ekshaw School in Alberta. It's a compelling example of how the ideas of unlearning and decolonization can be put into practice. In addition to our conversation, you will find the video created to tell the story of the project to be inspiring: https://vimeo.com/333252310/5f9b208c95 [https://vimeo.com/333252310/5f9b208c95]

Special Public Engagement Event-Panel Conversation PT 2

A public engagement panel was held as part of the Decolonizing Professional Learning gathering held in St. John's, NL, in August 2022. In part two of the event, scholars and practitioners reflected on the practical opportunities and challenges involved when we commit to a decolonizing perspective learning. On the panel: Carol Campbell (Moderator, OISE/UT) Stephen Hurley (Moderator) Jerome Cranston (University of Regina) Sherwyn Solomon (Ottawa Carleton District School Board) Leyton Schnellert (University of British Columbia) Avril Aitken (Bishop's University)

Special Public Engagement Event-Panel Conversation PT I

A public engagement panel was held as part of the Decolonizing Professional Learning gathering held in St. John's, NL, in August 2022. In part one of the event, scholars and practitioners worked to unpack what we are talking about when we use the phrase "Decolonizing Professional Learning. Joining us on the panel: Nicholas Ng-A-Fook (Moderator) Stephen Hurley (Moderator) Dwayne Donald (University of Alberta) Ardavan Eizadirad (Laurier University) Kristin Kopra (Ottawa Carleton District School Board) Lisa Howell (University of Ottawa)

The Road to St. John's - Ruth Kane

Dr. Ruth Kane is a Professor at the Faculty of Education, University of Ottawa. Prior to moving to Canada in 2006, Ruth served as Director of Teacher Education at Otago University (New Zealand) and Professor of Secondary Education at Massey University (New Zealand). We talk about the upcoming gathering in NFLD in the context of her present work as well as her New Zealand roots.