Voting in a Speedo with Joseph Péloquin-Hopfner

In advance of the federal election, I talk with the education coordinator for Elections Canada, Joseph Péloquin-Hopfner. We discuss inspiring students to become thoughtful citizens, questions that matter, the resources that Election Canada has to offer and some of the pedagogy behind them, The Constitution Express, gauging how we know when a lesson was successful, co-teaching, the how and what of teaching, *not* telling students to vote, whether or not we should teach that democracy is good, the right of youth to vote, and teachers and partisanship.

There was also a moment where Joseph was unsure if he was allowed to say something in particular due to the nature of working for Elections Canada...we got it approved by EC, so listen to hear him try in vain to sound neutral, then give up entirely.