History in the Now Conversations

Tristan Verboven (BFA, M.Ed, MA.) is currently employed at Bois de Boulogne College in Montreal as an English Teacher. Tristan has a diverse professional background. After studying Fine Arts (Film Animation) at Concordia, he travelled through Europe and the Middle East, working in film and radio, and teaching English, as well as taking on odd jobs as a tour guide, photographer and UN field officer. Upon his return to Canada in 2003 he pursued a Master’s in Education, and then another in Motivational Psychology. But his true passion has always been history, cultivated by a childhood spent hunting castles and ancient ruins. He now contributes to The Twilight Histories, a podcast series exploring the obsession, confusion, and excitement of experiencing history firsthand. His podcasting work also includes a dramatic account of the history of Rome and Carthage, and an audio book on Self-determination Theory.

 The Twilight Histories: https://open.spotify.com/episode/28M2Gq0B336mD6sMMDR8Ng?si=kyeaSJvSQV-cycP0JOwV9A

The Story Engine: https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/thestoryenginepodcast

Codified Motivational Profiles: https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/tverboventwilight

REFERENCING FOR CITATION PURPOSES: Zanazanian, P. (Host) & Verboven, T. (Guest). (2025, November) How history lives within us: Teacher Tristan Verboven from Bois de Boulogne College talks history. History in the Now Conversations ⁠https://historyinthenow.com/podcast/

*This podcast, History in the Now Conversations, emerges from my research which can be found in my book: Zanazanian, P. (2025) Historical Consciousness and Practical Life: A Theory and Methodology. University of Toronto Press. For more information, visit: ⁠https://historyinthenow.com/book-historical-consciousness-practical-life/⁠.

Constantine (Dean) Soulellis is a physician currently residing in Montreal, Quebec, Canada with his two sons. He obtained his bachelor’s degree in Physiology from McGill University in 1998 and went on to complete a medical degree there (2002), as well as a residency in Internal Medicine (2005) followed by a Gastroenterology specialty (2007) and a subspeciality in Advanced Therapeutics/Biliary (2008). He is currently a staff clinician as well as Associate Professor of Medicine at the McGill University Health Center and remains highly active in medical education and clinical teaching, having participated in the postgraduate national gastroenterology curriculum redesign of 2018, the McGill Gastroenterology Residency Program Director for 9 years as well as current Gastroenterology Competence Committee Chairperson. In his spare time Soulellis is an avid drummer and represented painter and enjoys recreational boxing/MMA and skateboarding.

REFERENCING FOR CITATION PURPOSES: Zanazanian, P. (Host) & Soulellis, C. (Guest). (2025, October) How history lives within us: Associate Professor Constantine Soulellis from McGill University talks history.History in the Now Conversations https://historyinthenow.com/podcast/

*This podcast, History in the Now Conversations, emerges from my research which can be found in my book: Zanazanian, P. (2025) Historical Consciousness and Practical Life: A Theory and Methodology. University of Toronto Press. For more information, visit: ⁠https://historyinthenow.com/book-historical-consciousness-practical-life/⁠.

David I. Waddington is a Professor in the Department of Education at Concordia University who specializes in the philosophy of education. His research interests include teacher free speech, video games and citizenship, philosophical questions in science and technology education, and the history and philosophy of progressive education (esp. John Dewey). Prof. Waddington is also Co-Director of the Centre for the Study of Learning and Performance, a multi-institutional research centre that is recognized as one of Quebec's Strategic Clusters.

REFERENCING FOR CITATION PURPOSES: Zanazanian, P. (Host) & Waddington, D. I. (Guest). (2025, September) How history lives within us: Professor David I. Waddington from Concordia University talks history. History in the Now Conversations https://historyinthenow.com/podcast/

*This podcast, History in the Now Conversations, emerges from my research which can be found in my book: Zanazanian, P. (2025) Historical Consciousness and Practical Life: A Theory and Methodology. University of Toronto Press. For more information, visit: ⁠https://historyinthenow.com/book-historical-consciousness-practical-life/⁠.

Paul Zanazanian is an Associate Professor in the Department of Integrated Studies in Education at McGill University. His research examines historical consciousness’s workings in social actors’ everyday means of knowing and doing when constructing social reality for purposes of living life. Theoretically and methodologically, he explores historical consciousness’s role in the development of individual and we-group identities and their consequent potentials for agency. He pays attention to these manifestations in both formal and informal educational settings. He is co-editor of Teachers and the Epistemology of History (2024), published by Palgrave Macmillan, and author of Historical Consciousness and Practical Life: A Theory and Methodology (2025), published by University of Toronto Press. He also hosts a podcast, History in the Now Conversations, available on his website  historyinthenow.com and on Spotify, Apple, and YouTube.

REFERENCING FOR CITATION PURPOSES: Zanazanian, P. (Host). (2025, August) How history lives within us: Zanazanian presents his book, ‘Historical Consciousness and Practical Life: A Theory and Methodology’. History in the Now Conversations https://historyinthenow.com/podcast/

*This podcast, History in the Now Conversations, emerges from my research which can be found in my book: Zanazanian, P. (2025) Historical Consciousness and Practical Life: A Theory and Methodology. University of Toronto Press. For more information, visit: ⁠https://historyinthenow.com/book-historical-consciousness-practical-life/⁠.

Michelle Kennedy is a member of Oneida of the Thames First Nation, raised in London, Ontario, Bear Clan. Michelle is a registered teacher with the Ontario College of Teachers, specializing in Junior-Intermediate Native Studies. In her MA degree, her research focused on Indigenous community leadership in the area of violence prevention of Indigenous women and girls. She is a PhD Candidate in Cultural Studies at Queen’s University, where her doctoral work focuses on Anishinaabe art creation, curation, and curriculum development. 

REFERENCING FOR CITATION PURPOSES: Zanazanian, P. (Host) & Kennedy, M. (Guest). (2025, July) How history lives within us: Assistant professor Michelle Kennedy from McGill University talks history. History in the Now Conversations https://historyinthenow.com/podcast/

*This podcast, History in the Now Conversations, emerges from my research which can be found in my book: Zanazanian, P. (2025) Historical Consciousness and Practical Life: A Theory and Methodology. University of Toronto Press. For more information, visit: ⁠https://historyinthenow.com/book-historical-consciousness-practical-life/⁠.

Dwayne Donald is a descendent of amiskwaciwiyiniwak (Beaver Hills Cree), Metis, and Norwegian ancestry. He works as a professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Alberta. He is also a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Reimagining Teacher Education with Indigenous Wisdom Traditions.

REFERENCING FOR CITATION PURPOSES: Zanazanian, P. (Host) & Donald, D. (Guest). (2025, June) How history lives within us: Professor Dwayne Donald from the University of Alberta talks history. History in the Now Conversations https://historyinthenow.com/podcast/

*This podcast, History in the Now Conversations, emerges from my research which can be found in my book: Zanazanian, P. (2025) Historical Consciousness and Practical Life: A Theory and Methodology. University of Toronto Press. For more information, visit: ⁠https://historyinthenow.com/book-historical-consciousness-practical-life/⁠.

Dr. Tabi completed his doctoral degree in Curriculum, Teaching and Learning at OISE/University of Toronto. He has also successful completed a post-doctoral appointment through the Black Child and Youth Studies Network at the University of Windsor. Further, Dr. Tabi holds an M.Ed degree in Human Development and Applied Psychology and has extensive teaching experience in sociology, community education and youth studies. Dr. Tabi’s intersectional Black Studies frameworks, strong arts-based and community-engaged scholarship with/in Black communities, and his wide experience working with school boards to address issues of equity, position him at the cutting-edge of crucial education conversations and school-community-university collaborations in Canada.

REFERENCING FOR CITATION PURPOSES: Zanazanian, P. (Host) & Tabi, E. (Guest). (2025, May) How history lives within us: Assistant professor Emmanuel Tabi from McGill University talks history. History in the Now Conversations https://historyinthenow.com/podcast/

*This podcast, History in the Now Conversations, emerges from my research which can be found in my book: Zanazanian, P. (2025) Historical Consciousness and Practical Life: A Theory and Methodology. University of Toronto Press. For more information, visit: ⁠https://historyinthenow.com/book-historical-consciousness-practical-life/⁠.

Jayne Malenfant is an Assistant Professor at McGill University, in Tio'tiá:ke/Montreal. They work with institutional ethnography and anarchist education to explore the experiences of youth and adults navigating homelessness, the engagement of people with lived and living experience of housing precarity in advocacy and research, and the experiences of Two-Spirit, trans, and non-binary communities navigating housing precarity and institutional harm.

REFERENCING FOR CITATION PURPOSES: Zanazanian, P. (Host) & Malenfant, J. (Guest). (2025, April) How history lives within us: Assistant professor Jayne Malenfant from McGill University talks history. History in the Now Conversations https://historyinthenow.com/podcast/

*This podcast, History in the Now Conversations, emerges from my research which can be found in my book: Zanazanian, P. (2025) Historical Consciousness and Practical Life: A Theory and Methodology. University of Toronto Press. For more information, visit: ⁠https://historyinthenow.com/book-historical-consciousness-practical-life/⁠.

Steven Jordan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Integrated Studies in Education and an Associate member of the Faculty of Medicine at McGill University. He has published in several fields, including critiques of qualitative research, Indigenous program evaluation, workplace learning education, participatory action research and whole person care. He serves on the editorial boards of the Canadian Journal of Action Research (CJAR), Education Action Research (EAR) and was the founding Editor of the International Journal of Whole Person Care. His administrative positions have included graduate program director (2001-2004) and Chair (2004-2021). He has served as Vice President (Communications) for the McGill Association of University Teachers (2021-2024) and is currently President-elect of the association.

REFERENCING FOR CITATION PURPOSES: Zanazanian, P. (Host) & Jordan, S. (Guest). (2025, March) How history lives within us: Associate professor Steven Jordan from McGill University talks history. History in the Now Conversations https://historyinthenow.com/podcast/

*This podcast, History in the Now Conversations, emerges from my research which can be found in my book: Zanazanian, P. (2025) Historical Consciousness and Practical Life: A Theory and Methodology. University of Toronto Press. For more information, visit: ⁠https://historyinthenow.com/book-historical-consciousness-practical-life/⁠.

Dr. Blane Harvey is an Associate Professor and William Dawson Scholar in the Department of Integrated Studies in Education at McGill University (Canada), where he leads the Leadership and Learning for Sustainability Lab. He is an interdisciplinary scholar whose work spans across the social and natural sciences on the themes of learning, collaboration, environmental change, and education for sustainable development. Dr. Harvey’s research investigates how climate change knowledge is produced, validated, and communicated, and how facilitated learning and knowledge sharing can support action on climate change, especially within communities most vulnerable to its impacts. He is author or co-author of over 50 peer-reviewed publications on these themes and serves as an Associate Editor for the journalClimate and Development and Subject Editor for the journal Facets.

REFERENCING FOR CITATION PURPOSES: Zanazanian, P. (Host) & Harvey, B. (Guest). (2025, February) How history lives within us: Associate professor Blane Harvey from McGill University talks history. History in the Now Conversations
https://historyinthenow.com/podcast/

*This podcast, History in the Now Conversations, emerges from my research which can be found in my book: Zanazanian, P. (2025) Historical Consciousness and Practical Life: A Theory and Methodology. University of Toronto Press. For more information, visit: ⁠https://historyinthenow.com/book-historical-consciousness-practical-life/⁠.