Episodes

  • President Karen Brown's opening speech to ETFO's 2025 Annual Meeting
    Aug 11 2025

    On August 11, 2025 President Karen Brown opened the ETFO Annual meeting, where delegates receive reports of the officers and committees, elect officers, and receive financial statements. Delegates also debate and vote on motions.

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    16 mins
  • Joe Pitawanakwat on teaching and learning about Indigenous plants and their uses
    Jun 11 2025

    Joe Pitawanakwat on teaching and learning about Indigenous plants and their uses in Anishnaabek traditional medicine.

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    33 mins
  • Education and AI: An interview with Dr. Phil McRae
    Apr 23 2025

    Dr. Phil McRae is associate coordinator of government research at the Alberta Teachers' Association. He studies and speaks on the use of AI in Education.

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    35 mins
  • Special Episode: Press Conference for the release of Promises Unfulfilled: Addressing the Special Education Crisis in Ontario
    Mar 18 2025
    ETFO's release of a report on alarming special education funding gaps in Ontario.
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    28 mins
  • Talking Politics at Work
    Jan 27 2025

    James Wardlaw and Denise Hammond work in ETFO’s Communications and Political Action service area. They examine what is ok for educators to talk about in the workplace when it comes to elections, campaigning, and opinions about politics. For more resources on elections, go to buildingbetterschools.ca.

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    28 mins
  • The value of play-based learning, with Dr. Kimberly Bezaire
    Dec 16 2024

    An interview about the value of play-based learning. Dr. Kimberly Bezaire researches play literacy, family play, team-building in Kindergarten, toddler education, and how educators can document and assess play.

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    33 mins
  • Anishnaabek language reclamation with Dr. Alan Corbiere
    Nov 25 2024

    Dr. Alan Corbiere has focused his work on the history of Anishinaabe peoples and Anishinaabe language. In this podcast, he discusses Anishnaabek language learning and reclamation.

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    51 mins
  • Dr. Alan Corbiere on the history and meaning of wampum from an Anishnaabek perspective
    Oct 28 2024

    Dr. Alan Corbiere on the history of wampum from an Anishnaabek perspective. Dr. Corbiere teaches in the History Department at York University where he holds a Canada Research Chair in Indigenous history of North America, and he is a visiting fellow at Harvard University.

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    30 mins