Panelist, “Perspectives on a Just, Equitable, and Accessible Public Education,” High Ground Conference, Columbia Institute, 24 March 2021.

Seminar, “Stages of Life and Stages of Career for Education Faculty,” UBC, Faculty of Education, Department of Curriculum & Pedagogy.

Op-ed on British Columbia public schools:

“Politicians–don’t use schools as a wedge issue,” The Times-Colonist, 4 May 2017

Op-ed on British Columbia public schools:

“Professional sports shows way to increase local school funding,” The Province, 6 March 2017

A commentary, “Why Not Treat Education Like Health Care?”, regarding the BC Teachers’ Strike, appearing in The Tyee, 10 September 2014  LINK

Video comment on BC teachers strike, City TV, 2 September 2014 LINK

Powerpoint available for the 2014 talk: “Designing Education for Development & Meaning: Teaching with Analytic Psychology.” 

Presentation at the 2014 Childhood International Centre for Early Learning & Development Conference in Amman, Jordan. See LINK

Friends of Simon/Friends of Simon: Rogers continue expansion to new sites for tutoring newcomer children in British Columbia. See LINK

Final season “Your Education Matters” guests include Jim Iker, president, BCTF; Michael McEvoy, president BCSTA; Terry Berting and Ann Whiteaker, president and past president of BCCPAC, David Chudnovsky and Dan Laitsch on the Great Schools Project, and more.

View “Your Education Matters” on our new YouTube site LINK

Featured interviews of educators on “Your Education Matters,” British Columbia’s television program dedicated to the voices of informed educators and other education stakeholders. Recent guests: David Berliner, Joel Westheimer, Patti Bacchus, Joel Bakan, Prudence Carter, Andy Hargreaves. Also, Robin Austin, BCNDP MLA.  LINK

Now available, “The Politics of Arrested Development: Deepening the Purposes of Education,” Journal of Educational Controversy, Vol. 6 No. 1, Fall 2011/Winter 2012 LINK Also in The Journal of Educational Controversy, a VIDEO REVIEW of Reclaiming Education for Democracy LINK

Video of Friends of Simon, tutoring project honored with a Community Spirit Award from the United Way of Lower Mainland BC, March 2011. Paul Shaker, initiator and director of the project.
FRIENDS OF SIMON AWARD VIDEO LINK

Publication, chapter in NEPC’s critique The Obama Education Blueprint: Researchers Examine the Evidence (Book announcement). Chapter download: Shaker_C002

Presentation at University of Saskatchewan, co-sponsor Saskatchewan Teachers Federation: “Meaning Beyond Testing: The Professional Values of Teachers.” 9 November, Wednesday, 2011 . CLICK: Meaning_Beyond_Testing talk. Request Powerpoint from <pshaker@sfu.ca>

“Philanthropy and Education Faculty: Renewing Engagement with Teachers and Schools,” chapter in Shaker, G. G., ed., Faculty Work and the Public Good, Teachers College Press, 2015.

“Education Wars Metaphorically,” invited commentary, Teachers College Record, Nov 12, 2010. Request from <pshaker@sfu.ca>

“Fraser Institute Gets Defensive,” interviewed by The Vancouver Observer, June 30, 2010.

Review of Reclaiming Education for Democracy at Phi Beta Kappa Key Reporter, pg. 12.

Review discussion at Journal of Educational Controversy

Winner: AERA Division K Award for Exemplary Research in Teaching and Teacher Education: for Reclaiming Education for Democracy: Thinking Beyond No Child Left Behind.

Available from Routledge