Schools of Well-Being
The Schools of Well-Being podcast invites you to listen to conversations I am having with fellow researchers and academics who explain the schools of through that influence what they think well-being and well-becoming means and how it connects to schools, students, teachers, educational leaders, and communities. I also have vibrant conversations with K-12 educators about the inspiring ways their schools are living out well-being and well-becoming. Our motto for this podcast? Come for the joy, stay for the flourishing!
Episodes
12 episodes
Shift Happens: Talking to “Radical Idealist” Sabre Cherkowski
In this final episode of the Summer Season, I talk to “radical idealist” Dr. Sabre Cherkowski who is Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Programs in the Okanagan School of Education at the University of British Columbia. We talk about ...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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36:27
Supporting the Well-Being of Educational Leaders: A Conversation with Cameron Hauseman
Dr. Cameron Hauseman (Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Administration, Foundations, and Psychology at the University of Manitoba) and I talk about the challenges, strategies, and importance of sustaining well-being for educa...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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46:44
Interconnections, Educational Leadership, and Well-Being: Barb Isaak
In this episode, I talk to Barb Isaak, Executive Director of Manitoba Association of School Superintendents, about the WB2 (Well-being and Well-becoming in Schools) Partnership. We also discuss the importance of interconnections and relationshi...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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38:41
Land-Based Education and Belonging: Juniper Elementary School
I talk to Lucy Mayor and Sherri Alexander about the well-being of belonging through a land-based program at Juniper Elementary School. We wanted to make one quick correction here in the notes that Thompson, Manitoba is a community of 14 000, no...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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41:05
Contemplative Studies in Education: Wayne Serebrin
We begin this season with a very timely and important conversation about compassion and contemplative studies in education with Dr. Wayne Serebrin (Associate Professor in the Curriculum, Teaching, and Learning Department at the University of Ma...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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1:18:34
7.Season Finale: Summer Season to Start on June 24
In this short episode I reflect on our first “Spring Season” of the podcast, thank educators for their incredible work during Covid-19, and talk about the upcoming Summer season that will begin again on June 24, 2020. Attributes: Host: D...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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8:24
6.Distributive Social Justice and Well-Becoming: Heather Krepski
In this episode I talk to University of Manitoba doctoral candidate Heather Krepski about how she conceptualizes well-becoming for children and the important connections between social justice and student well-becoming. Attributes: Host:...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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36:43
5.Planting Seeds for Well-Becoming: Jameswood Alternative School
I have a conversation with teacher Lisa Neufeld about Jameswood Alternative School’s approach to student and staff well-being before Covid-19, and the work for well-becoming that she and her colleagues are continuing to engage in with the resil...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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39:42
4. Finding Hope in Middle School: Dr. George Johnson Middle School
This episode is a lively, thought-provoking conversation with James Gibbs (Principal), Raya Charrier (Gr. 7 and 8 teacher and Assistant Principal) and Kelly Croy (Guidance Counselor) at Dr. George Johnson School, a middle school that is located...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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53:38
3. Well-being in Transitions from Middle to High School: Pembina Trails School Division
In this episode, I have a conversation with Jane Friesen (Director of Clinical and Extended Services for Pembina Trails School Division), Shannon Tipping (Principal of École Viscount Alexander) and Colleen Roberts (Principal of General Byng Sch...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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29:44
2. Talking to Thomas Falkenberg: Conceptualizing Well-being and Well-becoming in Schools
Today I talk to Dr. Thomas Falkenberg (Professor and Associate Dean of Graduate Studies, Faculty of Education, University of Manitoba). Thomas is a leader in the area of well-being in schools in Manitoba and across Canada. In this episode, Thom...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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53:28
1. Pilot Episode: Welcome to Schools of Well-Being
In this first episode, I tell a few stories about who I am, why I’m launching this podcast to connect to my wider educational community during the COVID-19 pandemic, and why we hope you will keep listening to the episodes on well-being in schoo...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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9:57