A Voice in the Wilderness - Blog

List of 5 news stories.

• 

  Processing Fruits and Vegetables

  10/8/2024
  One dilemma that gardeners face in the fall is how to make the year’s harvest last into the winter – or even year round, if the bounty is large enough. Here, Shawnigan’s Environmental Lead and Horticulturalist, Patricia Hanbidge, covers some popular ways to process fruits and vegetables to extend their shelf lives.

   
  Read More
• 

  The Shawnigan Admissions Process – Joining the Shawnigan Community

  10/4/2024
  The admissions process for a boarding school can seem like a big task, but broken down into small pieces, it doesn't have to be intimidating. In this post, Admissions Assistant Ms. Kieran Ward explains the steps of the process.
  Read More
• 

  ‘This is what my people were forced to endure’

  10/2/2024
  Truth and Reconciliation was the theme of Shawnigan’s Chapel Gathering on Saturday, September 28, the last Gathering before the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on September 30. Many of Shawnigan’s Indigenous students took part in the Gathering, including Grade 12 student Hannah Frank (Usmanahiih), a member of the Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation, who gave the following address about her family’s experiences in the residential school system, delivering some of it in the Nuu-chah-nulth language.

   
  Read More
• 

  ‘He still hasn’t stopped’ – the Indomitable Terry Fox

  9/27/2024
  The Terry Fox Foundation has raised nearly $1 billion for cancer research since the first Terry Fox Run in 1981, and millions of Canadians – and others around the world – find inspiration it its namesake. Among those millions is Shawnigan teacher Mr. Tom Lupton, who gave the following speech in Gathering on Wednesday, September 25, 2024, just before the School conducted its own annual Terry Fox Run.

   
  Read More
• 

  Storing tender or summer bulbs

  9/25/2024
  With temperatures dropping in autumn, it is time for gardeners to take care of their flowering bulbs. In this post, Shawnigan Environmental Lead and Horticulturalist Ms. Patricia Hanbidge has some important guidelines to follow to keep bulbs healthy for future growing seasons.

   
  Read More