Not A Cardiologist: Pedagogical Emergencies in Context
This may be a bit of a shorter post because it is the long weekend here, and I have family responsibilities at the moment. However, I wanted to take a few moments to stop and reflect on ideas around priorities and pedagogy and how we can't continue doing what we are doing in higher education spaces acting like the everything is fine house on fire meme . I called this week's blog not a cardiologist because that is my new favourite saying now when folk try to put some kind of forced time pressure on certain things or make it seem like everything is an emergency when really what is a real emergency is much much larger than what can be going on in our classes on-campus, hybrid, or virtual. I am not a heart doctor nor a surgeon, though I know deeply that our pedagogical actions and designs can deeply impact the hearts of many. There is a lot that is happening in this world that is also impacting learners, instructors, staff, counsellors and librarians. As we go into a time where fol