History in the Now Conversations

Dr. Tina C. Montreuil is an Associate Professor in the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology and an Associate Member of the Departments of Psychiatry and Pediatrics at McGill University. She is a Scientist at the Research Institute of McGill University Health Centre and a PI with the Montreal Antenatal Well-Being Study; a prospective cohort study investigating women’s health during and following pregnancy and the impact of parental mental health on child developmental outcomes. Tina is the recipient of a prestigious Fonds de Recherche du Québec - Santé, Research Scholar Jr. 1 Career Award, a provincial research chair. She is a leading clinical researcher in mood and anxiety disorders and has gained recognition as a child well-being and parenting expert. Tina is the author of a school-based mental health program called “Healthy Minds, Healthy Schools”. She has developed strong partnerships with community organizations, schools, and key stakeholders around pre- and post-natal care and early child development; facilitating knowledge translation and advocacy aimed at promoting parental psychological well-being and optimal child development.

REFERENCING FOR CITATION PURPOSES: Zanazanian, P. (Host) & Montreuil, T. (Guest). (2025, January). How history lives within us: Associate professor Tina Montreuil 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/⁠.

Michael Lipset is a scholar, author, educator, artist, creative producer and Hip-Hop head. His work sits at the intersections of critical arts pedagogies, education change, pushout re-engagement, teacher preparation, and social justice. He holds a Ph.D. in Education Studies from McGill University with an Ed.M. in the Arts in Education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He is a published scholar and podcaster, having produced the Spotify Original podcast series, RecordEd Arts, and the Stanford d.school-produced Sound Practice. He also serves as Director of 4 Learning, an international nonprofit working on school transformation through the recording arts and culturally sustaining pedagogies.

REFERENCING FOR CITATION PURPOSES: Zanazanian, P. (Host) & Lipset, M. (Guest). (2024, December). How history lives within us: Dr. Michael Lipset 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/⁠.

Vivek Venkatesh, PhD is Dean of the Faculty of Education and a James McGill Professor in the Department of Integrated Studies in Education at McGill University in Montreal, Canada. Since 2017, Vivek has held the UNESCO co-Chair in Prevention of Radicalisation and Violent Extremism. Vivek is a filmmaker, musician, curator and applied learning scientist whose research and research-creation programs focus on community resilience and pluralism through a resolutely public pedagogical approach.

REFERENCING FOR CITATION PURPOSES: Zanazanian, P. (Host) & Venkatesh, V. (Guest). (2024, November). How history lives within us: Full professor Vivek Venkatesh 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. Signy Sheldon is an Associate Professor at the Department of Psychology and the director of the Sheldon Memory Lab at McGill University. Dr. Sheldon studies the mechanisms that allow us to recall the past in different ways and why we have such a flexible memory, using behavioural and brain imaging techniques. She has been recognized as leader in the field of cognitive neuroscience, receiving awards such as the Canada Research Chair in the Cognitive Neuroscience of Memory, the CSBBCS Vincent Di Lollo Early-Career Award Winner and has secured funds from several federal funding agencies. She lives in Montreal where she is often seen walking her dog, Phife.

REFERENCING FOR CITATION PURPOSES: Zanazanian, P. (Host) & Sheldon, S. (Guest). (2024, October). How history lives within us: Associate professor Signy Sheldon 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/⁠.

Joseph (Joe) Levitan, (PhD) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Integrated Studies in Education at McGill University. Since 2010, he has been working with communities in multiple contexts on community-based action research projects to address deep challenges to education, wellbeing, health, and prosperity. Joe currently engages in Community-Based Participatory Action Research projects in Peru, Panama, India, and Canada and takes a multi-epistemological and ecological approach to his work in order to honor the diverse lived realities of community members, while ensuring that community collaboration and traditional ways of being are also honored and developed.

REFERENCING FOR CITATION PURPOSES: Zanazanian, P. (Host) & Levitan, J. (Guest). (2024, September). How history lives within us: Associate professor Joseph Levitan 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/⁠.

Introduction to the History-in-the-Now Conversations Podcast Series

REFERENCING FOR CITATION PURPOSES: Zanazanian, P. (Host). (2024, September 1st). How history lives within us: Paul Zanazanian introduces 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/⁠.