We are continually blown away by the support and encouragement we receive for this podcast.  We have also had felt like our cups overfloweth with guests who have touched our hearts, fed our minds, and have stoked the fire for learning, growth, and appreciation for Georgian and all of the amazing faculty and staff who make it an incredible place to work and be.  In this (short and sweet!) episode, we say thanks, we reflect, and we make plans for the future of this little podcast that could. Thank you so much for being a part of this journey with us, and we look forward to many more laughs, lots more learning, and most importantly, sharing space with and stories from incredible colleagues doing incredible things.

The incredible, fun, supportive, knowledgeable, and kind Amy Goruk stopped by this week to share some insight on instructional design in general, to expand our understanding of some of the new learning modalities coming to Georgian, and to help us make sense of the collection of acronyms (in the form of many new and exciting courses!) coming out of the Centre for Teaching and Learning this fall.  We hope you enjoy this informative, important, and fun chat with the wonderful and awesome, Amy!

This week we are joined by the lovely and knowledgeable Katie Albisser who was kind enough to stop by and share (from her experience as a yogi, phys ed. teacher, and more!) some information about sedentary work, and how to fight back against the negative impact that sitting can have on our health.  Katie provides some amazing (realistic and manageable!) tips and strategies to help keep our bodies and our brains sharp during this unusual time (and beyond!)

This week the incredible Alissa Bigelow joins us to talk about new learning modalities at Georgian, OERs, and much more! We hope you'll take a listen to the incredible Alissa share important information about a more flexible and "open" post-secondary learning experience.

Anyone who's ever met Mac knows that he is a total firecracker.  Quick wit, great sense of humour, huge wealth of knowledge, and a heck of a time.  We mustered up the courage to ask him to join us for a chat (mostly because we knew Kelly could edit the episode before we posted it, hopefully ensuring none of our jobs would be in jeopardy), and Mac did not disappoint.  He speaks with so much passion about what he and his team do, and shares his thoughts on the value and importance of satellite campuses, the future of the trades (we think he and Adam may have been colluding on this as they both had incredibly polished and amazing answers), and Mac also shares information about some exciting new opportunities at Georgian for students in the trades.  To learn more, and to be entertained by the comedic stylings of Mac, we invite you to take a listen!

When Corinne isn't sharing her gifts in the worlds of teaching, learning, and managing you can often find her loving on her cats, travelling the world, or gigging with her band (we hear she's a fabulous singer!).  We had the pleasure of sitting down to chat with Corinne about her involvement in international student experiences and teaching (mostly through EAP - English for Academic Purposes program), what the Language Help Centre is and who it supports, and also the importance of faculty appreciating and understanding the challenges that our incredible international students face when they come to Ontario to study at Georgian.  Corinne is friendly, warm, kind, knowledgeable, inclusive, patient, and all around a real blast to share space with.  We hope you enjoy our chat with Corinne!

Our Fireside Chat with Dr. Robert Luke...continued!

We had the pleasure of chatting with Greg Taylor about all things mental health, and are so thrilled to share his insightful, helpful, and thorough list of resources (below), as well as to chat with him about being proactive in our own mental health and how to support students during these trying times.  Greg's extensive experience in the field is evident, as is his big heart, and genuine concern and care for the entire Georgian community.  We hope you'll take a minute to check out our chat with the wonderful Greg Taylor.

Editing is tough and I just couldn't make this conversation into 30 minutes so here is part 2 of our conversation with Jill Esmonde.