A Course on Human Learning Ecology

Human Venture Foundations is an audio course designed to give you a grounding in human learning ecology, a new field of study that looks at how human beings learn (or fail to learn) across a wide range of disciplines from individuals to societies. Through a curated selection of course presentations, discussions about key concepts and interviews with people from a diversity of expertise, you’ll get a fascinating cross-disciplinary look at why human beings can create so much waste, suffering and injustice while also demonstrating so much creativity, resilience and compassion. Ultimately, you'll get a look at who you are as a member of the human species.

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Episode List

Ep01: Welcome
Ep02: Intro to Human Learning Ecology
Ep03: Barriers to Learning (Part One)
Ep04: Barriers to Learning (Part Two)
Ep05: Mistakes were Made but not by me
Ep06: Oversight and Control
Ep07: Level 1 Bio-Social Programming
Ep08: Level 2 Experiential Programming
Ep09: Level 3 Cultural Programming
Ep10: Level 4/5 Specialized and Systemic Adaptive Learning
Ep11: How society learned to do heart surgery
Ep12: The Power of Maps and Mapping
Ep13: Predicting Peril - water security and the role of modelling
Ep14: Map and Territory (Thoughtscape and Actionscape)
Ep15: Falling Off the Map - close calls with Danny Cox
Ep16: Adaptive Learning
Ep17: Quick Recap Oversight and Control
Ep18: Discipline as a process for continuous learning
Ep19: Adaptive Positioning - Understanding Progress
Ep20: Disaster-Proofing - insights from an Emergency Management Expert
Ep21: Key Learning Capacities (and strategies for developing them)
Ep22: Grief, Death, and the Need for Collective Mourning with Daria Soltysiak
Ep23: Wisdom, Self Authorization And Frame Breaking
Ep24: Ethics
Ep25: Cults and the Search for Universal Meaning
Ep26: Meta-Oversight (Part 1)
Ep27: Meta Oversight (Part 2)
Ep28: Not the end, but a beginning


About the Team

Elizabeth Dozois - Lead Facilitator
Elizabeth Dozois (Word on the Street Ltd.) is a Calgary-based consultant who provides strategic support, research, curriculum design, and facilitation to organisations in the non-profit and public sectors. She is currently working with the Calgary Police Service to enhance psychological safety, equity, inclusion, and belonging through an initiative called the Art of the Nudge. She is a Human Venture Institute (HVI) Associate and has been helping to deliver Human Venture leadership programs for almost two decades.

Mark Hopkins - Co-Facilitator
Mark Hopkins (he/him) is a theatre artist with Swallow-a-Bicycle Theatre, which generates productive discomfort through art-making. He volunteers with Kawalease Arab Canadian Theatre and the Centre for Newcomers, is a Fellow with the Energy Futures Lab, and founded We Should Know Each Other, a community-bridging initiative. He has spent the past decade involved in Human Venture programs including co-facilitating Integrity Leadership, an introductory program in partnership with the Alberta Network of Immigrant Women. Mark is currently a Human Venture Associate and a Human Venture Leadership board member.

Chris Hsiung - Podcast Producer
Chris Hsiung is an engineer turned documentary filmmaker. He runs Hidden Story Productions, a company dedicated to using digital media to nurture a more compassionate, just, and intelligent society. Chris has produced award winning documentaries, museum exhibits, and multimedia cultural centres. Chris is a Human Venture Institute (HVI) Associate and has served in a variety of capacities as volunteer, program facilitator, and board member over the last two decades.

Nathanael Wilsher - Audio Mixer
Nate Wilsher is a British-Canadian singer/songwriter and audio engineer with a love for the world of audio production and sound design. He is currently a student at SAIT's Radio Television and Broadcast News program.

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