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Creating Thinking Systems Part 4: A conversation with Wes Hahn from Trillium Lakelands DSB

October 30, 2025 • The Critical Thinking Consortium • Season 2 • Episode 4

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In our fourth instalment of our OPSOA (Ontario Public Supervisory Officers’ Association) sponsored series, Creating Thinking Systems, TC² Executive Director, Usha James, welcomes Director of Education, Wes Hahn, from the Trillium Lakelands District School Board.

Usha and Wes explore how TLDSB drives alignment — using inventive ways to spark authentic student feedback, and ensuring everyone from the director, to coaches and consultants, to I/T staff, spend time out in the schools, where real change happens.

Credits:

Host: Usha James
Guest: Wes Hahn, Director of Education (Trillium Lakelands District School Board)
Producer: Neil Bateman
Podcast administrator: Kara Zutz

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