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Season 2, Episode 5: The Power of Vulnerability, the Veracity of Experience
March 30, 2017

Paul Brandt Paul Brandt is the most awarded male Canadian Country singer in history. His 11 career albums have spawned hit singles, multiple Album of the Year Awards, gold, platinum, and multi-platinum performances.

Season 2, Episode 4: Reversing Roles for Learner Engagement—Students Assess Their Teachers
March 15, 2017

Janice Miller-Young Janice Miller-Young completed her BSc in Mechanical Engineering and a PhD in Mechanical Engineering (Biomechanics) from the University of Calgary. At Mount Royal University, she designed and delivered courses in both the (former) En...

Season 2, Episode 3: Indigenizing Education—A Blackfoot Artist’s Journey
February 28, 2017

Cowboy Smithx Cowboy Smithx is a filmmaker, writer, radio host, and performing artist from the Piikani and Kainai tribes of the Blackfoot Confederacy. Through his role as the Artistic Director of the Iiniistsi Treaty Arts Society,

Season 2, Episode 2: Believing in Students’ Capacity—Paying Attention to Pedagogical Moments
February 13, 2017

Professor Scott Hughes Scott Hughes is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Education at Mount Royal University. He holds a Doctorate degree in Education from Queen’s University. His teaching interests are in music, the arts,

Season 2, Episode 1: Learning to Teach is an Act of Letting Go
January 30, 2017

Margy MacMillan Margy MacMillan is a Full Professor in the Library at Mount Royal University. She has been bringing people and information together at Mount Royal since 1990. A laureate of the Mount Royal Distinguished Faculty Teaching Awards,

Season 2 Promo
January 25, 2017

Season 1, Episode 5: Debriefing and Peer Feedback
December 07, 2016

Professor Deanna Wiebe Deanna Wiebe serves as both a Faculty member and a Flight Instructor in the Aviation program at Mount Royal University. A graduate of the program in 2001, Professor Wiebe returned to MRU in 2009 to assume the role of Chief Flight...

Season 1, Episode 4: The Classroom as a Community of Learners
November 17, 2016

Professor Jennifer Solinas Jennifer Solinas has been teaching at Mount Royal University for four years. Professor Solinas is a contract faculty member with a full-time course load who works on several committees,

Episode 3: Teaching Personally Challenging Material
October 26, 2016

Professor Ada Jaarsma Ada Jaarsma is Associate Professor of Philosophy in the Department of Humanities at Mount Royal University. A recipient of the MRU Distinguished Faculty Award, Dr. Jaarsma is increasingly interested in the connections between how ...

Episode 2: Visual Thinking
October 07, 2016

Professor Glenn Ruhl Dr. Glenn Ruhl is a Full Professor in, and former Chair of, the Information Design program in the Faculty of Communication Studies at Mount Royal University. His industry experience includes serving as Education Program Manager for...