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Teaching in a Climate CrisisEp 8: Speaking with the Community: A practicing teacher, and student leaders.Our final episode begins with a practical conversation with TDSB outdoor teacher Patrick Murtaugh as he shares his insights on taking learning outdoors, and teaching about climate change. We then enter into an engaging discussion on climate change education and environmental activism, with 3 Toronto high school student leaders; Evan, Carolyn & Bilal, from Toronto Youth Environmental Council (TYEC). Closing thoughts from Jackson.Produced & Hosted by Jackson FowlowTYEC website: https://tyecinfo.editorx.io/homeMentioned within the episode:Project Neutral: https://app.projectneutral.org/2021-10-061h 03Teaching in a Climate CrisisEp 7: Leading Research, and HopeJoin us for an inspiring and insightful discussion about how it's never been more important to be hopeful. National and International leading experts on the topic Ellen Field & Elin Kelsey, who yes also happen to be friends, illuminate the current state of affairs in a way you may not be expecting...Lot's of good fuel in here to keep our tanks running in the right direction.Hosted & produced by Jackson Fowlow.Elin's bio: https://www.elinkelsey.org/Ellen's bio: https://www.lakeheadu.ca/users/F/efield/node/52593Helpful Article by Ellen: https://www...2021-10-061h 01Teaching in a Climate CrisisEp 6: How are Teacher Education programs helping?Dr. Hilary Inwood, who initially helped to birth the idea for this podcast series, and her colleague Dr. Patrick Howard share their expert insights into what Teacher Education programs across the country are doing to help. We discuss what's working, what's exciting, and where things may be heading next. This episode was Hosted & Produced by Jackson FowlowHilary's bio: http://hilaryinwood.ca/Patrick's bio: http://www.patrickhoward.ca/profile.phpMentioned in the episode:Living Schools book here: https://www.eswb-press.org/publications.htmland here: https://www.livingschools.world/2021-10-0645 minTeaching in a Climate CrisisEp 5: Addressing Climate Change Across School BoardsThe TDSB originated the EcoSchools Program in 2002, and has engaged thousands of teachers and students and hundreds of its schools in the program since its inception. This segment would explore the successes and challenges of the program with two guest speakers- Richard Christie and Pam Miller.Guest Speaker Bios:Richard Christie is the Toronto District School Board’s Senior Manager of Sustainability. He currently oversees an interdisciplinary team of educators and technical staff in the Board’s Sustainability Office. In his previous role as Program Coordinator of Ecological Literacy and Sustainable Development, Richard led a team of B...2021-10-0635 minTeaching in a Climate CrisisEp 4: Climate Education in Schools (A High School Teacher's Experience)Teachers are doing extraordinary work with K-12 students in public schools to raise awareness about climate change, to develop students’ sense of agency, and develop their capacity for shifting towards sustainability. In this episode, we are hearing from a high school teacher, Douglas Breckman, as he is in the last few days before his retirement after 32 years of teaching in the TDSB. Douglas has worked at SATEC @ W.A. Porter C.I., where he has been the staff advisor for the Environmental Club for seven years. He has taken Parts 1 and 2 of the additional qualifications for Environmental Education at...2021-10-0643 minTeaching in a Climate CrisisEp 3: EcoSchools Across CanadaEcoSchools Canada launched its national rollout in the middle of a pandemic, yet there is already enormous interest and uptake on their programming from schools across the country. This organization began as Ontario EcoSchools (a spin off from the TDSB program), and is joining with NGOS in different regions of Canada, like the ACEE to ensure local supports for teachers and their students. Its research into the impacts of the EcoSchools program, as well as its ability to track their impacts across the country, offer a promising way to embed climate action into communities across the country. In today's episode...2021-10-0637 minTeaching in a Climate CrisisEp 2: Climate Education in Schools (Primary-Intermediate Teachers' Experiences)Teachers are doing extraordinary work with K-12 students in public schools to raise awareness about climate change, to develop students’ sense of agency, and develop their capacity for shifting towards sustainability. In this episode, we are hearing from three different teachers, Rebecca Chahine, Farah Wadia, and Cynthia Roulston- who bring their insight and experience of addressing climate change in their teaching practice in primary to intermediate grade levels. Guest Speaker Bios:Rebecca Chahine has been teaching for 21 years. She has taught from kindergarten to grade 8 and special education. She is passionate about environmental education and has ob...2021-10-0640 minTeaching in a Climate CrisisEP 1 Meet your Hosts ft. Yana Lee, Jackson Fowlow and Hilary InwoodBefore this podcast was even named, Stephen Hurley had the chance to sit down with hosts Yana Lee and Jackson Fowlow along with their OISE/UT instructor, Hilary Inwood to talk about the vision for the series, what brought them to this work and what they hope to accomplish through the podcast.2021-10-0522 min