Media and Other Public Engagements

Gallagher, K. (2025, January 14). ‘Socio-Ecological Justice: Professor Kathleen Gallagher co-edits new collection about climate change education’. Interview with

Kathleen Gallagher by Perry King.

Gallagher, K. (2023, March 27). Reflections on World Theatre Day. University of Toronto Press Blogpost.

Gallagher, K and Kushnir, A. (2022, August 10). Podcast Interview about book, Hope in a Collapsing World: Youth, Theatre, and Listening as a Political Alternative. Stageworthy Podcast.

Gallagher, K (2020, November 4). Interview with Kathleen Gallagher by Faculti, an outlet that delivers latest breakthroughs, research news and academic insight, communicated by the world’s leading figures in short, accessible digital media. Youth, Theatre, Radical Hope and the Ethical Imaginary.

Gallagher, K (2020, October 25). Interview with Kathleen Gallagher by The Varsity Arts and Culture reporter Carmina Cornaccia. “The teacher was speaking into an abyss”: pedagogy under a pandemic. The Varsity.

Gallagher, K (2020, May 14). After coronavirus: Global youth reveal that the social value of art has never mattered more. The Conversation.

Gallagher, K (2019, September 23). Journalist Shree Paradkar writes a feature article in The Toronto Star on the Radical Hope research project and Gallagher’s collaboration with Urvashi Sahni and Prerna School for Girls in Lucknow India. These Girls were Powerless, Living on the Edge of Society. But one school is turning them into heroes, feminists and resisters. The Toronto Star.

Gallagher, K with Jordi Mand, Kim Solga and Marion Adler. (2019, June 11). CBC IDEAS. From the Brontë Sisters to Today: How gender and power play out in the arts.

Gallagher, K. (2019, April 24). Youth Find Hope for the Future Through Documentary Play Youth find hope for the future through documentary play. The Conversation.

Gallagher, K. (2019, April). University of Toronto Press - Featured Author (April 2019)

Gallagher, K. (2019). Podcast interview with Dr. Kathleen Gallagher (1 hour) on developing social and emotional intelligence with art in classrooms. Teaching Tomorrow Podcast by Celeste Kirsh for Cohort 21 (https://cohort21.com), an Ontario-based organization for professional development for Independent school teachers.

Gallagher, K. (2019, March 7). Interview on Zoomer radio with Kathleen Gallagher and actor Amaka Umeh from Towards Youth. CFZM Zoomer Radio.

Gallagher, K. (March 7, 2019). Interview on 96.3 Classical FM with Kathleen Gallagher and actor Amaka Umeh from Towards Youth.

Gallagher, K. (2019, March 4). Towards Youth: a play and a research project, explores drama classes around the world. Review of Towards Youth by J. Kelly Nestruck. The Globe and Mail.

Gallagher, K. (2019, March 2). Towards Youth connects drama class and drama of the real world. Review of Towards Youth by Carly Maga. The Toronto Star.

Gallagher, K. (2019, February 28). Here and Now Interview with Kathleen Gallagher and Andrew Kushnir on Towards youth: A play on radical hope. CBC Radio One. Gallagher, K. and A. Kushnir (February 28, 2019). Interview for The Toronto Guardian: Toronto Lifestyle, Arts and Culture.

Gallagher, K (2019, March 4). Towards Youth: A Play on Radical Hope is sprawling and has lots of heart. Now Magazine review by José Teodoro.

Gallagher, K. (2019, Feb 27). Towards Youth is about more than theatre; it’s about seeing the world in a more hopeful way. Feature article by Karen Fricker about Towards Youth. The Toronto Star.

Gallagher, K. (2019). CTV Interview and Feature coverage on Towards Youth.

Gallagher, K. (2018, April 16). How did good parenting become a crime? By Aaron Hutchings, featuring Kathleen Gallagher. Macleans Magazine.

Gallagher, K. (2017). How I am Learning to Use Indigenous Knowledge in class. The Conversation. Reprinted in University Affairs, Academica.ca Top Ten, and the UofT Bulletin

Gallagher, K. (2016). Drama/Theatre Education Research Podcast with Dr. Kathleen Gallagher, by Peter Duffy. University of South Carolina.

Gallagher, K. (2016). IN DEPTH: Why metal detectors, police presence might not make schools safer. School districts are reviewing their security protocols after the fatal stabbing in Abbotsford, B.C. By Tamara Baluja, CBC News Posted: Nov 05, 2016 7:56 AM PT Last Updated: Nov 05, 2016 10:54 AM PT

Gallagher, K. (2016). Interview on CKNW Radio Vancouver, Jon McComb show, concerning Abbotsford High School stabbing. November 7, 2016.

Gallagher, K., & Riviere, D. (2011). Putting Inner City Students First Handbook for Urban Educators.

Gallagher, K. (2011, September 7). Single-Sex Schooling and the Education of Boys. Special Issue of Ideas and Debates with Post City Magasine. A ‘face-off’ with Michelle Lansberg.

Gallagher, K. (2011, September 15). Panel appearance on CHCH Newstalk. TDSB Days of Significance.

Gallagher, K. (2011, March 6). CBC Documentary Interview: The Importance of Arts Education for Children.

Gallagher, K. (2010, November 14). Panel webcast discussion at The Globe and Mail. Boys and Education.

Gallagher, K. (2010, March 30). Girls and Non-Normative Gender. CBC Radio documentary with Karen Horseman.

Gallagher, K. (2010, February 2). CBC Radio interview with Karen Horseman. Children and Peer Pressure.

Gallagher, K. (2010, November 28). Interview with Kathleen Gallagher on arts education in OUTWords, Centennial College Magasine.

Gallagher, K. (2010, October 30). CBC radio interview with Karen Horseman. Gender Norms and Adolescents.

Gallagher, K. (2010, January 11). Interview with Lindsay Hutton in The Hamilton Magasine. Topic: Same-sex Elementary Classrooms.

Gallagher, K. (2009, December 29). Boys in Crisis. By Nicole Baute, featuring Kathleen Gallagher.

Gallagher, K. (2008, October). THIS IS UOFT. Featured Professor for University Promotion and Recruitment Video.

Gallagher, K. (2008, September). The Gendering of Young Girls. CBC Radio Interview.

Gallagher, K. (2008, June). Parenting Interview. BBC Northern Ireland. Full interview at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/7509775.stm

Gallagher, K. (2008, January 25). Teens Feel like Criminals in High Security Schools. Toronto Star Editorial.

Gallagher, K. (2008, May). Expert Panel Member on TVO “Your Voice” discussing gender and self-esteem.

Gallagher, K. (2007, February). Ontario Ministry of Education Webcast. Literacy and Numeracy Secretariat. All Children Can Achieve: A Focus on Equity of Outcome.

Gallagher, K. (2006, September). Interview CHFI Discussion on Adolescence.

Gallagher, K. (2006, July). Featured Researcher in Social Sciences and Humanities Research News Canada.

Gallagher, K. (2004, December). Appearance on TVO. Special program on Arts Education in Ontario.

Gallagher, K. (2001, Summer). Drama Education in the Lives of Girls: Some highlights The Artspaper, 11(3): 7-9.

Gallagher, K. (2000, September 4). To Sir, with cynicism. Globe and Mail. Editorial. A13.

Gallagher, K. (2000, October). Appearance on Michael Coren Live as education expert and teacher educator. Panel discussion about current provincial education reforms.

Gallagher, K., N. Cardwell, and S. Bie (2019). Towards Youth Website and Digital Resource for Teachers and Students attending the production of Towards Youth: a play on Radical Hope at Crow’s theatre Feb/March 2019. This on-line resource is built from my SSHRC-funded Radical Hope Insight Grant project. See www.towardsyouth.com Gallagher, K., & Cardwell, N. with D. Chiasson (filming), J. Cook (music), R. Huang, & N.

Tinker (editing). (2016). Creating Research. Short film. Premièred at the American Education Research Association (AERA) Presidential Session: Innovative Qualitative Methodologies for Public Scholarship.

Gallagher, K, & Jacobson, K. (2015). Interviews with International Collaborators for SSHRC Study: Youth, Theatre, Radical Hope and the Ethical Imaginary: an intercultural investigation of drama pedagogy, performance and civic engagement. Dr. Rachel King (Warwick University), Dr. Urvashi Sahni (Prerna, Lucknow India), Dr. Wan-Jung Wang (National University of Tainan), Dr. Myrto Pigkou-Repousi (Open University of Cyprus, Athens, Greece), Nikos Govas (Hellenic Theatre/Drama Education Network Athens, Greece).

Gallagher, K., Melnick, G., Wessels, A., & Yaman Ntelioglou, B. (2011). Verbatim Theatre and Research with Youth. DVD production (8 mins). From SSHRC-funded project: Urban school performances: The interplay, through live and digital drama, of local-global knowledge about student engagement 2008-2013.

Gallagher, K., & Kim, I. (2004). “I’m not like how you think I am”. DVD production (33 minutes). Digital Video youth voices from SSHRC-funded project Drama education, youth, and social cohesion: (Re)constructing identities in urban contexts.

Gallagher, K., & Kim, I. (2004). "You lay it all out in the street": Youth and the pedagogies of urban space. DVD production (6 minutes). Digital Video youth voices from SSHRC-funded project Drama education, youth, and social cohesion: (Re)constructing identities in urban contexts.

Gallagher, K., & Kim, I. (2004). "The atmosphere just changes": Youth and the pedagogies of drama space. DVD production (8 minutes). Digital Video youth voices from SSHRC-funded project Drama education, youth, and social cohesion: (Re)constructing identities in urban contexts.

Gallagher, K., & Farragher, H. (2013). Voices on both sides of ‘the door’: Canadian and Indian Students make sense through drama. Radio documentary (30 mins). From SSHRC-funded project: Urban school performances: The interplay, through live and digital drama, of local-global knowledge about student engagement 2008-2013.

Gallagher, K., & Farragher, H. (2013). Making room for youth lives in drama and making room for drama in youth lives: Toronto students speak. Radio documentary (10 mins). From SSHRC-funded project: Urban school performances: The interplay, through live and digital drama, of local-global knowledge about student engagement 2008-2013.

Gallagher, K., & Farragher, H. (2013). From critical dialogues to performance to social change: Lucknow girls speak. Radio documentary (10 mins). From SSHRC-funded project: Urban school performances: The interplay, through live and digital drama, of local-global knowledge about student engagement 2008-2013.

Video Essay Production

Gallagher, K. (2021). Soft Cedar and The Cultch Theatre Co-Production Commission. The Cultch Theatre, Vancouver, BC. Digital Presentation of Reflections: Why do we need art right now? What is important about making art in this time and moment? An original filmed performance as part of Khari Wendell McClelland’s production, The Essentials.

Play Production

Gallagher, K (2019). Research Dramaturge for world premiere of Towards Youth: a play on radical hope written by Andrew Kushnir. Co-directed by Andrew Kushnir and Chris Abraham. Co-produced by Project: Humanity and Crow’s Theatre. February 25-March 16, 2019. Crow’s Theatre.

Documentary Film Production

Gallagher, K. and A. Kushnir. (creators) (2020), September 24). Documentary Film Finding Radical Hope. Directed by Andrew Kushnir and Chris Altorf. Filmed by Istoica.