Courage My Friends Podcast

The Tommy Douglas Institute at George Brown College is a progressive space of dialogue for educational communities and wider communities to explore, discuss and advance ideas of critical pedagogy and educating for change in the 21st century.

After a successful first run, the Tommy Douglas Institute and rabble.ca, with the support of the Douglas Coldwell Layton Foundation, is pleased to bring you the second series of the "Courage My Friends" Podcast, Series II: COVID! CAPITALISM! CLIMATE!

In the first episode of this year’s Courage My Friends podcast series, we welcome author, public intellectual and celebrated scholar of the Critical Pedagogy Movement, Henry Giroux.

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