by Graham Vogt | Apr 3, 2024 | Uncategorized
On the first day of my Bachelor of Education Program, Dr. Deborah Berrill walked onto the stage of the Wenjack Theatre at Trent University to welcome us all into a very special world. The time period was ‘way-back-when’, so as clearly as that moment continues to...
by kscopeadmin | Feb 20, 2023 | Uncategorized
(and all challenges seeming to exist beyond capability and possibility) It just sounds crazy. Ridiculous even. In fact, in the weeks and days leading up to last weekend’s nordic Canadian Ski Marathon in the Montebella region of Quebec, I could rarely say it...
by Graham Vogt | Jan 21, 2023 | Uncategorized
See To my right, as I face north across the hidden “lake”, is the intensifying orange of the early morning sky. Today is breaking with all of the hope and warmth of a clear, spring day. The ridge of pines atop the steep embankment is still a single, dark, sharply...
by kscopeadmin | Jan 21, 2023 | Uncategorized
My daughter loves puzzles. Of all her wonderful interests at the core of her beautiful spirit, this endless pursuit of the classic jigsaw puzzle pleases her doting father to no end. Witnessing her deep immersion in the seemingly unforgiving challenge of compiling 1000...
by kscopeadmin | Jan 21, 2023 | Uncategorized
I am sure you have felt it. We all have. It is before us each day, present in the vast range of urgent needs of each student, as complex as their long and certainly winding journeys. As we emerge, and are witness to the slow and confusing awakening of our students,...
by kscopeadmin | Jan 21, 2023 | Uncategorized
Clarity is exciting. Epiphany is a moment of utter clarity, and we all know that feeling. It is very difficult to describe, but perhaps the reference to it is enough. And isn’t that exciting? Without having to speak of it, or agree upon a set of parameters, we...