Episode 3: Community, School Organization, and Well-Being in Schools
In this third episode, the guests explore the role of community in which a school is located and the understanding of schools as organizations when pursuing the idea of making school education primarily about student well-being. This episode engages with questions like “What implications does community-focused school education have on how we might understand well-being in schools?” “What work do schools face when student well-being is made a central concern for school education?” and “What needs to change at the communal and social level in order to support this needed work?”
Guests
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Frank Deer
A’ronhio:tas (Frank) Deer is Professor, Canada Research Chair, and Associate Dean in the Faculty of Education of the University of Manitoba. Frank is Kanienkeha’ka from Kahnawake, a community that lies just south of Tiotia’ke in the eastern region of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. Frank earned a PhD in Educational Administration from the University of Saskatchewan. Frank studies Indigenous education and Indigenous religious and spiritual orientations. Frank has previously served as a classroom teacher in Northern Manitoba and in the Inner City of Winnipeg.
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Lesley Eblie Trudel
Lesley Eblie Trudel has been successfully involved in public education in Manitoba, Canada, for over thirty years. She has held positions ranging from instructional to administrative, working with diverse populations in both urban and rural settings. Prior to her position at the University of Winnipeg, Lesley was an Assistant Superintendent of Schools. In January 2019, Lesley joined the Faculty of Education at the University of Winnipeg. In February 2021, she accepted the position of Associate Dean in the faculty. Lesley is a collaborative leader with a keen interest in organizational learning and systemic change, as it pertains to diverse and inclusive educational communities.
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Jeannie Kerr
Jeannie Kerr is an educational philosopher, theorist and qualitative researcher of Irish maternal and Settler identity. She is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education at Simon Fraser University. Jeannie’s scholarship examines the reproduction of societal inequalities in K-12, teacher education, and higher education settings, and is directed towards collaboratively repairing and renewing relations in educational settings, urban landscapes, and Canadian society. Drawing on her significant experience in culturally enriched urban K-12 classrooms, her theorizing and research projects centre the complications and complicities in educational activities, and works to disrupt the centring of Euro-Western approaches and knowledges in the broader interest of systemic change.