Riley McGuire from the Centre for Globalization and Cultural Studies talks to two teachers, Larissa Rocha Novaes and Eliana Verneque Soares, from Campo Grande, Brazil. They discuss the challenges of being an educator, along with more positive aspects of their work. They also describe their involvement with Ruberval Maciel (a member of the Brazil-Canada Knowledge Exchange), and their joint workshop for a conference in Aracaju.

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Riley McGuire from the Centre for Globalization and Cultural Studies talks to two teachers, Larissa Rocha Novaes and Eliana Verneque Soares, from Campo Grande, Brazil. They discuss the challenges of being an educator, along with more positive aspects of their work. They also describe their involvement with Ruberval Maciel (a member of the Brazil-Canada Knowledge Exchange), and their joint workshop for a conference in Aracaju.