Welcome to episode three of the Knowledge Exchange Podcast. This podcast series is a product supported by the Canadian Council on Learning – Canada’s leading organization committed to improving learning across Canada and in all walks of life.
I want to thank the great staff at CCL for their efforts with this project to advance our understanding of effective knowledge exchange to improve the learning of Canadians.
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The transcript may be downloaded here.
The conversation that you're about to hear took place in Toronto on Monday, April 23rd, 2007 at the home of Cathy Vine, Executive Director of Voices for Children.
Cathy and her team are thinking differently and working hard to turn knowledge into action. She describes the process as change facilitation, one that involves children and youth directly in the decision-making process, and creates open systems that support learning. She challenges us to create a true learning culture and to question our assumptions about knowledge and leadership. Her examples of how to engage in a shared search for answers, collective action taking, and the difficulty of translation, with the eventual and obvious need for relationships and trust does not only apply to work with children and youth but to all organizations.
It was a privilege to talk to Cathy and I hope you learn as much as I did.
