Dr. Robert Suskind is a pediatrician, a medical educator and the former Dean of four different medical schools in the United States. In this conversation, Dr. Suskind joins Stephen Hurley to talk about childhood nutrition, malnourishment, undernourishment, our cultural habits around food and even the future of medical education.

Kerry McCuaig is Fellow in Early Childhood Policy, Atkinson Centre, OISE, University of Toronto. Kerry was on the original team that consulted and reported on a vision for early childhood learning that ultimately led to the establishment of what we now know as FDK.

In this conversation we dig a little deeper into the success of the Ontario FDK program and why it is important for our children, our families and our communities.

Louise Zimanyi is Professor of Early Childhood Education, School of Health Sciences, Humber College, Toronto

Louise has extensive experience in global and regional programming, policy development and advocacy in early childhood development (including Sustainable Development Goals 4 target on ECD) . She is currently researching how young children develop wonder, wisdom and relationships in a forest and nature program (co-piloted in at Humber College 2016) as well as parent perspectives of their children’s experiences in the forest nature program.

Louise's article in The Conversation, "Wonder and wisdom in a children’s forest nature program" can be found at:

theconversation.com/wonder-and-wisd…-program-106692

John Pateman is the CEO and Chief Librarian at the Thunder Bay Public Library. His vision for a Needs-based approach to libraries can be found in his newest book, "Managing Cultural Change in Public Libraries: Marx, Maslow and Management".

In this introductory conversation, John talks about his journey to Thunder Bay, the work towards a new vision for the library system in that city and what is in store for communities that take this vision seriously.

Raymond Steinmetz and Denis Sheeran are the hosts of the Instant Relevance podcast where they share their thoughts on how to #MakeItReal for your students, your colleagues, your school culture.

We're excited to welcome Raymond and Denis to the voicEd Radio community and in this conversation, Stephen Hurley digs a little deeper into some of the ideas and perspectives that they bring to this space.

Rachelle Dene Poth is teaches a course called "STEAM: What’s nExT in Emerging Technology" at Riverview Junior Senior High School in Oakmont, PA. She is very active in the EdTech space, including roles as President of the ISTE Teacher Education Network and the Communications Chair for the ISTE Mobile Learning Network.

Listen in as Rachelle talks about education technology, the signals of change that are on the horizon and how to move from self-efficacy to collective efficacy in our use of technology.