The Braemar Life Skills Academy Podcast
Latest Episodes
Anya, Masha and Yammies – How to Find Home in this Place
Braemar welcomes students from all over the world to our school in downtown Toronto. We regularly emphasize the diversity of our students backgrounds as an incitement towards mutual engagement and le
BLSA Podcast: Dora Onyekwere and Zoey Wong – Nursing Schools
Popular culture often portrays the role of the School Nurse as largely involving the application of band-aids and ice packs to scrapes and bruises, or at most making a call home to see if the student
BLSA Podcast: Garson Karrel – Flow Forward
Mr Garson Karrel is a professional fitness trainer and musician who has been responsible for designing and helping to implement a weekly Flow Fitness training program at Braemar College since the au
BLSA Podcast: Dr. Deena Kara Shaffer – Awakened Learning
The BLSA podcasts primary objective is to look clearly and honestly at the situation of young learners in todays education climate, and to ask what can be done to improve their personal wellbeing an
BLSA Podcast: Julie Tomé and Leslie McCue – Museum Education
When you think field trip, what comes to mind? Where would you go? What will you learn? - Whether youre an educator, a student, or just someone whos spent time in an education system in the past,
BLSA Podcast: Julie LeJeune – The Coldest Night of the Year
The Ontario secondary school curriculum demands completion of three criteria for a student to earn a diploma: Complete a required number of Academic credits Demonstrate an adequate capacity for Eng
BLSA Podcast: Special Episode – Black History Month at Braemar
As we wrap up a month of seminars, workshops, films, trips and student presentations dedicated to Black Culture and History, its important that we take time to reflect on the motivations, expressions
BLSA Podcast: Annie Chan and Olivia Carter – Learning Another Language
Perhaps the most striking thing about living in Toronto is that one is constantly exposed to unfamiliar languages and cultural expressions in almost all public contexts. Whether you are a lifelong Tor
BLSA Podcast: Maria Solakofski – Wild By Nature
In recent years there has been a growing call for us to recognize the isolation and disconnection that have become a common part of how we experience modern culture. Thought leaders like Johann Hari h
BLSA Podcast: Chef Shai Mandel – Cooking as a way to express yourself
The family was an art ... and the dinner table was the place it found expression. Don DeLillo, Underworld - How do we mark holidays? How do we welcome someone to the neighbourhood? How do we apprec