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Public Good
On each episode, we host academics, educators, and advocates interested in advancing public education a public good.
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Episodes
Public Good3.8 Rejecting the Framing of the "Reading Wars"
Episode Abstract: This episode explores the re-emergence of the “reading wars,” beginning with a warning about the way the framing of this discussion through…
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3.7 "That's the Million Dollar Question"
Episode Abstract: Today’s episode focuses on the role the mainstream media plays in re-presenting the parental rights movement to the populace. More…
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3.6 "They're Banking On People Not Giving A Shit About Our Kids”
Episode Abstract: This episode interrogates the ways that the “parental rights” movement employs the facade of parenthood to alibi homophobic and transphobic…
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3.5 "What Happens In Alberta Does Not Stay in Alberta"
Episode Abstract: This is the first of three consecutive episodes about the “parental rights” movement in the Prairies. The episode focuses on the “parental…
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3.4 "Having The Guts To Run A Campaign Is A Thing"
Episode Abstract With trustee elections happening at the end of October 2026 in Manitoba, we decided to speak to someone who has served as a trustee in…
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3.3 What Is Lost When We Surrender Local Democracy
Episode Abstract: In this episode we explore why locally elected school boards matter. Although this is a podcast focused on the prairie provinces, we consider…
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3.2 Teacher Competence: Making Teachers The Problem And The Solution
Episode Abstract: This episode explores teacher competency discourses. Teacher competencies are frameworks that define the knowledge, skills, practices, and…
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3.1 The Weaponization of Neutrality
Episode Abstract: This episode considers the weaponization of neutrality in education. Neutrality has the air of common sense, gaining power through…
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TRAILER Introducing Public Good On The Prairies
In this trailer, we introduce a new "franchise" of the Public Good podcast, Public Good on the Prairies. In this trailer, Stephen Hurley passes his co-host…
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2.4 "Parental Rights" Special Series: Parental Rights As A Smokescreen for Privatization with Heather Ganshorn
Episode Description In the fourth and final episode of a four part mini series about "parental rights", Stephen and Shannon speak with Heather Ganshorn from…
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2.3 "Parental Rights" Special Series: Public Values in Public Schools with Dr. Wayne Journell
Episode Description In the third episode of a four part mini series about "parental rights", Stephen and Shannon speak to Dr. Wayne Journell. Dr. Journell is…
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2.1 "Parental Rights" Special Series: "The status of the parent is almost like a moral alibi" with Dr. Jen Gilbert
Episode Description In this first episode in a four part mini series about "parental rights", Stephen and Shannon speak to Dr. Jen Gilbert. Dr. Gilbert is…
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2.2 "Parental Rights" Special Series: "Rights language is inherently divisive." with Dr. Lauren Bialystok
Episode Description In this second episode in a four part mini series about "parental rights", Stephen and Shannon speak to Dr. Lauren Bialystok. Professor…
Public GoodSpecial Series E4- Public Conversations About Privatization-Resistance
Through this four episode special series of Public Good, Stephen and Shannon speak to presenters from a SSHRC funded symposium, Public Conversations About…
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Special Series E2: Public Conversations About Privatization-Provincial Privatization
Through this four episode special series of Public Good, Stephen and Shannon speak to presenters from a SSHRC funded symposium, Public Conversations About…
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Special Series E1: Public Conversations About Privatization-Ideological Motivations
Through this four episode special series of Public Good, Stephen and Shannon speak to presenters from a SSHRC funded symposium, Public Conversations About…
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Special Series E3: Public Conversations About Privatization-Resistance
Through this four episode special series of Public Good, Stephen and Shannon speak to presenters from a SSHRC funded symposium, Public Conversations About…
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1.18 "You only critique what you love" with Dr. Gillian Parekh
In our eighteenth episode, Stephen and Shannon are joined by Dr. Gillian Parekh. Dr. Parekh is an Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Disability…
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1.17 "They get tired of trying to exist in a place that really wasn’t created for them to thrive" with Dr. Tiffany Prete
In our seventeenth episode, Stephen and Shannon are joined by Dr. Tiffany Prete. Dr. Apooyak’ii, Tiffany Prete (nee Hind Bull) is a member of the Kainai (Blood…
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1.16 "Schooling as a white good" with Dr. Benjamin Justice
In the sixteenth episode of Public Good, Shannon and Stephen are joined by Dr. Benjamin Justice. Benjamin Justice is Professor in the Department of Educational…
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1.15 "Public schools have always been part of the settler colonial project" with Dr. Sean Carleton
In our fifteenth episode of Public Good, Shannon and Stephen are joined by Dr. Sean Carleton Dr. Sean Carleton is a settler scholar and an Assistant Professor…
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1.14 “Our children are experiencing racial harm in the education system” with Charline Grant
In our fourteenth episode of Public Good, Shannon and Stephen are joined by Charline Grant from Parents of Black Children. Charline Grant led the fight to take…
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1.13 "Let's go to school together" with Stephane Vigneault
In our thirteenth episode of Public Good, Shannon and Stephen are joined by Stéphane Vigneault of L’école Ensemble After studying political science (University…
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1.12 "It has everything to do with everybody" with Dr. Annie Kidder
In our twelfth episode of Public Good, Shannon and Stephen are joined by Dr. Annie Kidder from People for Education Annie Kidder is the Executive Director and…
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1.11 "God love your cotton socks: Public education in Newfoundland & Labrador" with Dr. Joelle Rodway
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…
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1.10 "In a prairie province, education is going downhill" with STF President Samantha Becotte
In our tenth episode of Public Good, Shannon and Stephen are joined by Samantha Becotte. Samantha Becotte is the president of the Saskatchewan Teachers’…
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1.9 "Accessibility is a far greater parameter than choice in the quest for freedom" with Bárbara Silva
In our ninth episode of Public Good, Shannon and Stephen are joined by Bárbara Silva. Bárbara Silva is a public education advocate, organizer and activist…
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1.8 "If we let these charter schools continue to expand, it's going to be the loss of what public education really means" with Dr. Wing Li
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…
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1.7 “Fraying at the Edges” with Dr. Jon Young
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…
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1.6 "Policy is not neutral" with Dr. Sue Winton
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…
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1.5 “Without hope, there is no political agency” with Dr. Henry Giroux
In our fifth episode of Public Good, Shannon and Stephen are joined by Dr. Henry Giroux. Dr. Henry A. Giroux (@HenryGiroux) currently holds the McMaster…
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1.4 "Is it just that our 'commons' keeps getting smaller?" with Dr. Joel Westheimer
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…
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1.3 "Public schools create intercultural citizens" with Dr. Wendy Hughes
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…
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1.2 "Making a success of oneself has little value in an existential crisis" with Drs. Wendy Poole and Gerald Fallon
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…
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1.1 "If we lose it, it's not coming back" with guest Dr. Jack Schneider
In our very first episode of Public Good, Shannon and Stephen are joined by education historian, Dr. Jack Schneider. Jack is co-author of Wolf at the…