This podcast is led by Gillian Charmbury and Kiana Giroux who are both pre-service teachers at the University of Calgary. Their conversation focusses on the following question: Given our limited experience with Indigenous ways of knowing, how can we develop our connection with these philosophies that we are expected to teach in our classrooms. Kiana identifies as a nêhiyaw-iskwêw (Cree woman) and Gillian as a non-Indigenous ally. Kiana Giroux can be reached by email at: kianagiroux16@gmail.com ..read more

n this episode Dr. Alan Sears, Professor Emeritus in Education at the University of New Brunswick, joins pre-service teachers Evan Beck, Daniel Lam, and Angela Tran from the University of Calgary. Dr Sears discusses his article Dark Clouds and Silver Linings: The Perils and Possibilities of Digital Media for Citizenship: https://www.edcan.ca/articles/dark-clouds-and-silver-linings/ Given the dangers of misinformation and its prevalence in our social media age, Dr. Sears discusses the need for educators to help students critically assess the validity of information and how to engage with peopl ..read more

In this episode, Jeremy Lavoie and Dane Schwandt from the University of Calgary’s Werklund School of Education parler with University of Ottawa Doctoral candidate Raphaël Gani. Their conversation revolves around the article, co-authored with Dr. David Scott, Social Studies Teachers’ Resistance to Teaching Francophone Perspectives in Alberta:https://www.history.org.uk/secondary/resource/9330/social-studies-teachers-resistance-to-teaching-fr Their discussion explores why both pre-service and practising teachers in Alberta feel like they cannot, or do not want to, include Francophone perspective ..read more

In this episode, pre-service teachers Rayna Ostapiw and Darby Walters from the University of Calgary’s Werklund School of Education unpack the article Good Neighbours, Good Friends: Promising Practices for Partners in Place with authors Shashi Shergill and Jodi Latremouille: https://her.journals.publicknowledgeproject.org/index.php/her/article/view/1422/1309 Shashi Shergill, Assistant Principal of Connect Charter School, and Dr. Jodi Latremouille of Vancouver Island College share stories about a multi-year collaborative partnership between Connect Charter School in Calgary Alberta and Chilla ..read more

In this episode, Werklund School of Education pre-service teachers Emma Cooke and Gillian Charmbury discuss the ever evolving landscape of the social studies classroom with Dr. Samantha Cutrara, the author of Transforming the Canadian History Classroom: Imagining a New "We": https://www.ubcpress.ca/transforming-the-canadian-history-classroom The resulting conversation breaks down the complex relationships that exist within our schools, and the meaningful learning that results from acknowledging student’s own cultural identity in the lessons we teach them. Dr. Cutrara speaks to some misinforma ..read more

In this episode, Sarah Hougen, Karen Patterson, and Melissa Letourneau, from the University of Calgary’s Werklund School of Education, are joined by Dr. Dwayne Donald, a Professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Alberta. The conversation centres on Dr. Donalds article Teachers, Aboriginal Perspectives and the Logic of the Fort: https://bit.ly/3podma8 Over the course of their conversation, Dr. Donald expands on the metaphor of the “Fort” as an operating mythology that continues to frame Indigenous-Canadian relations in problematic ways. They also discuss ways educators can pro ..read more

In this episode pre-service teachers Courtney Hyndman and Curtis Riep from the University of Calgary’s Werklund School of Education engage in conversation with Dr. Carla Peck, a Professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Alberta. The discussion centres on Dr. Peck’s 2010 article, It’s not like [I’m] Chinese and Canadian. I am in between”: Ethnicity and Students’ Conceptions of Historical Significance: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00933104.2010.10473440 We discuss the importance of recognizing student identities when teaching history, and how educators can work t ..read more

How do female high school students in Ontario and Quebec understand feminism and gender equality in a social studies context? Join Werklund School of Education pre-service teachers Danae Nielsen, Kim Cabral, and Katarina Hoven for a conversation with Dr. Marie-Hélène Brunet from the University of Ottawa and Dr. Scott Pollock at St. Mildred's-Lightbourn School. They discuss these scholars’ award winning article When It Became Equal": How Historical Consciousness and Theories of Agency Can Explain Female Students' Conceptions of Feminism: https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1197975.pdf Over th ..read more

In this episode Ana Mejicano Greenberg and Anna Ronak, two pre-service teachers in the University of Calgary’s Werklund School of Education, are joined by Dr. Cathryn van Kessel, an Associate Professor at the University of Alberta in Secondary Social Studies Education. They engage in a discussion around Dr. van Kessel’s 2020 article Teaching the Climate Crisis: Existential Considerations: https://curriculumstudies.org/index.php/CS/article/view/27/20 Together, we explore methodologies for teaching the climate crisis, navigating difficult conversations in Social Studies, and additionally discus ..read more

In this episode we are joined by Dr. David Scott, an Associate Professor in the Werklund School of Education at the University of Calgary. Pre-service teachers Kristian Belliveau and Sandy Pann from the Werklund School of Education discuss Dr. Scott’s 2012 article, written with Dr. Laurence Abott, Trying to Make the Mission Statements of Social Studies Curriculum Inhabit My Social Studies Pedagogy and Vice Versa: http://bit.ly/2gWKgvt The conversation focuses on the disconnect many teachers experience between the mission statements of social studies curriculum documents seeking to promote act ..read more