Megan Gilmour
CEO and co-founder of Missing School, an organisation that supports children who cannot physically attend school due to illness or other barriers; former 2025 ACT Australian of the Year and advocate for two-way digital connection to classrooms.
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Mar 11, 2026 • 53min
What happens to kids when they can't go to school?
Megan Gilmour, CEO and co-founder of Missing School and 2025 ACT Australian of the Year, turned her son Darcy’s long hospital stay into a campaign for two-way digital classroom connection. She talks about hospital isolation, how kids lose belonging when absent, the founding of Missing School, COVID’s lessons for remote learning, and policy changes needed to keep kids connected.
