FooknConversation

Talking about “Academicky” stuff with
Nicholas Ng-A-Fook

Talking about “Academicky” stuff with Nicholas Ng-A-Fook

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How are we talking about the “academicky” stuff that informs our lived experiences? In response to such questions, Dr. Nicholas Ng-A-Fook invites you to delve deeper into the lives and thinking of different public intellectuals, writers, artists, community activists, politicians, school administrators, and teachers.

Episode 60: Joel Westheimer

January 19, 2025 fooknconversation 01:00:23 Comments Off

In Episode 60 Dr. Nicholas Ng-A-Fook interviews Dr. Joel Westheimer a Professor of Democracy and Education at the University of Ottawa, musician, and the education columnist for CBC Radio’s Ottawa Morning Show. He is the author of What Kind of Citizen? Educating Our Children for the Common Good. We discussed the...

Episode 59: Andrea Sterzuk

January 13, 2025 fooknconversation 00:55:48 Comments Off

In Episode 59 Dr. Nicholas Ng-A-Fook interviews Dr. Andrea Sterzuk a Professor of Education at the University of Regina which is part of Treaty 4 and resides on the traditional territories of the nēhiyawak, Anihšināpēk, Dakota, Lakota, and Nakoda Peoples, and homeland of the Michif/Métis Nation....

Episode 58: Lisa Kortoweg & Tesa Fiddler

January 8, 2025 fooknconversation 01:16:18 Comments Off

In Episode 58 Dr. Nicholas Ng-A-Fook interviews Dr. Lisa Korteweg and Tesa Fiddler. They work as educational researchers, teacher educators, colleagues, and friends in Thunder Bay, on the traditional territory of the Fort Williams First Nations-Anemki Wajiw (signatory to the 1850 Robinson-Superior treaty). Tesa Fiddler is Anishinaabekwe from Kitchinuhmaykoosib Inninuwug and Onigaming First Nation in Northwestern...

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Dr. Nicholas Ng-A-Fook is a Professor of Curriculum Studies within the Faculty of Education at the University of Ottawa. During their FooknConversations, he invites listeners to delve deeper into the lives of different public intellectuals, writers, artists, community activists, politicians, school administrators, and teachers. Dr. Ng-A-Fook is collaborating with VoicED Radio to host and incorporate the podcasts in to his online coursework at the University of Ottawa.