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The Rebel Within: Page to Practice

“When we challenge ourselves to move beyond what we know and can do well, we rebel against the comfortable cocoon of the status quo, improving ourselves and positioning ourselves to contribute more to our partners, coworkers, and organizations” ― Francesca Gino What can we learn from authors about achieving personal and professional success? Rebel Talent:…

Echoes of History

“Stories are memory aids, instruction manuals and moral compasses.” – Aleks Krotoski How is storytelling an effective weapon against hate? This project: Echoes of History focused on different forms of storytelling, how they are effective in counteracting hate and how they can teach others, specifically children, the dangers of intolerance. We first did research on…

Seeing Around Corners 👀

“When people left on the Oregon Trail from St. Louis, they knew that only a fraction of them would make it to the West Coast. But they went anyway.” – John M. Grunsfeld Introduction Living in Canada, one can often see the obvious differences between us and the USA. For example, travelling from BC to…

Feminism, Power, and Women

The shape of power is always the same: it is infinite, it is complex, it is forever branching. While it is alive like a tree, it is growing; while it contains itself, it is a multitude. Its directions are unpredictable; it obeys its own laws. No one can observe the acorn and extrapolate each vein…

Authoritarianism, Democracy, and the Modern World

“Democracy is essentially anti-authoritarian – that is, it not only demands the right but imposes the responsibility of thinking for ourselves.” – John Dryden In the Canadian education system democracy is an important topic to cover, from elementary school, all the way to secondary school and beyond. It is the foundation of our country’s political…

TPOL 2023

Welcome to my 2023 Transitional Presentation of Learning (TPOL) Unique circumstances This year I’ve had the odd opportunity to experience PLP a bit differently than everyone else, doing one semester inside of PLP, and one outside. Due to a scheduling conflict, I was in a dilemma, one that got solved in a way I never…

School, What Is It Good For?

How might we transform schools to create engaged and informed citizens? For the final project of this year we embarked on a learning journey to discover and answer a question; what is school for? To begin this project we identified three parts of Canadian civics; What trends are shaping Canada? What makes Canada diverse? What…

Stories of Hope

“Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul and sings the tune without the words and never stops at all.” – Emily Dickinson What is Hope? How do we define it? And, what makes a story, one of Hope? What lessons and inspiration can we draw from the stories of individuals and…

Stories of Hope 2023 (Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri)

On April 27th of 2023, myself, 16 other students, and 3 teachers embarked on a trip to the south of the United States, with the mission to investigate stories of Hope. The whole experience was absolutely incredible, from the people I met, to the new foods I tried, to the ongoing challenging of my own…

What Makes a Story of Hope?

What lessons and inspiration can we draw from the stories of individuals and communities that have faced tragedy and overcome adversity? When people face a traumatic experience, there is no right way to heal or overcome it. Some people might fall apart, others may thrive and be more alive than they ever could’ve been before….