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Creating Thinking Systems Part 5: A conversation with senior leaders from Toronto DSB and Hastings and Prince Edward DSB

December 02, 2025 • The Critical Thinking Consortium

For our fifth episode of Creating Thinking Systems, our OPSOA (Ontario Public Supervisory Officers’ Association) sponsored series, TC² Executive Director, Usha James, joins Toronto DSB Executive Superintendent, Nandy Palmer, and Hastings and Prince Edward DSB Superintendent, Ken Dostaler, in examining strategies and challenges in building and ensuring the capacity to not only support students with special education needs, but improve outcomes for all students.

Credits:

Host: Usha James
Guests: Nandy Palmer (Executive Superintendent, Special Education Programs and Equitable Outcomes for Toronto District School Board) and Ken Dostaler (Superintendent, Student Services for Hastings and Prince Edward District School Board)
Producer: Neil Bateman
Podcast administrator: Kara Zutz

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