A Voice in the Wilderness Archive

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2024

  • March

    Why should we preserve endangered languages?

    Human Geography 12 is the study of how humans interact with the earth and its environment. In short, it is a melting pot of globalization, history, current events, geopolitics, sociology and geography. As part of their unit on Global Culture, students have been exploring the intersectionality between folk and pop culture, religion, music, food, customs and language. Grade 11 student Charlene Chinglam Kwan's recent essay eloquently discusses the correlation between globalization and endangered languages. 
     
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  • January

    Cut & Dried? Thoughts about woodworking and nature

    How do we balance the use of our crucial natural resources with the benefits they provide to students? Head of Fine Arts and woodworking teacher Mr. Declan Bartlett gives some thought to both sides.
     
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  • Shawnigan at the Japan Super Science Fair

    For many years, Shawnigan Lake School has participated in the prestigious Japan Super Science Fair, hosted by Ritsumeikan High School in Kyoto, Japan. This year, five students made the trip along with faculty member Wendy Milne, who recounts some of the lessons they learned in this post.
     
    Can you see yourself travelling to Japan and meeting with students and teachers of 42 schools from 21 countries where the politics of the world are put aside, and science is the connecting factor? I didn't fully realize that by going to Japan for the Japan Super Science Fair we would actually be making global connections and memories that we will carry with us for years to come!

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  • The ABCs of Shawnigan: A is for "Amazing! isn't so amazing"

    In this ongoing series for A Voice in the Wilderness, longtime English teacher Mrs. Cari Bell is exploring several facets of Shawnigan Lake School by going through the alphabet, letter by letter.
     
    A is for “Amazing! isn’t so amazing”
     
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We acknowledge with respect the Coast Salish Peoples on whose traditional lands and waterways we live, learn and play. We are grateful for the opportunity to share in this beautiful region, and we aspire to healthy and respectful relationships with those who have lived on and cared for these lands for millennia.