Latest Flourishing schools Podcast Episodes

Shift Happens: Talking to “Radical Idealist” Sabre Cherkowski

Schools of Well-Being - August 19, 2020 10:00 - 36 minutes
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 how we can learn ways to live better and flourish to...

Supporting the Well-Being of Educational Leaders: A Conversation with Cameron Hauseman

Schools of Well-Being - August 05, 2020 10:00 - 46 minutes
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 educational leaders. Attributes: Host: Dr. Jen Watt, Assi...

Interconnections, Educational Leadership, and Well-Being: Barb Isaak

Schools of Well-Being - July 22, 2020 10:00 - 38 minutes
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 relationships in flourishing educational leadership. Attributes...

Land-Based Education and Belonging: Juniper Elementary School

Schools of Well-Being - July 08, 2020 10:00 - 41 minutes
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, not 1400! Happy listening. Attributes: Host: Dr. Jen W...

Contemplative Studies in Education: Wayne Serebrin

Schools of Well-Being - June 24, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour
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 Manitoba). Attributes Host: Dr. Jen Watt, Assistant Pr...

7.Season Finale: Summer Season to Start on June 24

Schools of Well-Being - June 03, 2020 11:00 - 8 minutes
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: Dr. Jen Watt, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Education, Uni...

6.Distributive Social Justice and Well-Becoming: Heather Krepski

Schools of Well-Being - May 27, 2020 10:00 - 36 minutes
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: Dr. Jen Watt, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Education, U...

5.Planting Seeds for Well-Becoming: Jameswood Alternative School

Schools of Well-Being - May 20, 2020 10:00 - 39 minutes
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 resilient youth population from her school during this ti...

4. Finding Hope in Middle School: Dr. George Johnson Middle School

Schools of Well-Being - May 13, 2020 13:00 - 53 minutes
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 in Gimli, Manitoba. We discuss the important connec...

3. Well-being in Transitions from Middle to High School: Pembina Trails School Division

Schools of Well-Being - May 06, 2020 13:00 - 29 minutes
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 School). We talk about their three-year WB2 (Well-being...

2. Talking to Thomas Falkenberg: Conceptualizing Well-being and Well-becoming in Schools

Schools of Well-Being - April 29, 2020 12:00 - 53 minutes
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, Thomas shares his work creating a conceptual framework f...

1. Pilot Episode: Welcome to Schools of Well-Being

Schools of Well-Being - April 17, 2020 19:00 - 9 minutes
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 schools that will be released in the upcoming weeks. Attr...