On November 9, Cardus Senior Fellow Dr. Deani Van Pelt delivered a trenchant analysis of the current state of independent education in Canada. Titled “Charting New Horizons for Independent Education” Dr. Van Pelt depicted the rapidly growing independent education scene that emerged in the aftermath of pandemic learning losses. With parents seeking greater involvement in…
Recently the Canadian media have been puzzling over the notion of parental rights, a concept they appear to regard as strange and unusual. Generally, the commentators take a condescending tone, assuming that all right-thinking Canadians would naturally defer to their betters in the provincial public education bureaucracy. The flurry of articles surrounding parental rights has…
“I’m an atheist but…” That’s how a lot of students start conversations with George Koopmans, a Resonate Global Mission partner campus minister at Medicine Hat College in Alberta. Koopmans is not only the sole campus minister on Medicine Hat College’s campus – he’s the only spiritual leader from any faith on campus. “Being the only…
The teaching technology was primitive and the chalk dust was flying. The professor’s face had a thin coat of white and within minutes the board was full of diagrams, words, arrows, circles. When there was no more room on the blackboard, the professor, in his almost trance-like enthusiasm, moved to the walls and the fire…
In the past forty years of Christian education in Canada, leaders and supporters have focused on increasing the Demand side of the Supply-Demand balance. Our driving question was “How do we increase Demand?” In other words, “How do we interest more families and students in a Christian education experience?” After all, there is no other…
This fall I will be released from regular teaching duties to take a sabbatical stretching from September till December. When I worked in industry as an engineer with only two or three weeks of vacation each year, I recall thinking that sabbaticals seemed extravagant and excessive. Why do certain people get the privilege of four…
Laurel Graham speaks from experience when she shares advice with future graduates: “Try as many things as you can while you are [a student], because it makes high school enjoyable and helps you decide what you want to do as you look ahead to your future.” Graham certainly tried a wide range of things during…
This year marks 20 years since I became a full-time professor in Christian higher education. At the time I discerned a call to teaching, I was in my early thirties and working as an engineer. To be qualified, I had to first complete my doctoral degree. My wife and I, together with our three children,…
I dug out some of my journals from high school recently. One page had the title “The Life of a Grade Twelve.” It was just two lines: “I can’t say anything. I’m too busy doing homework.” In another section, I describe babysitting a sack of potatoes for a week to practice being a parent in…
It’s the last month of school for many Ontario students, and it’s the last month of Janneke’s last year in elementary school. She’s our youngest child, so this is a significant time for us as a family. We’ve accessed different schools over the years for all four of our children: government-funded systems (public and Catholic)…
Chemistry professor Peter Mahaffy was there in 1991 when The King’s College (now The King’s University) fired lab instructor Delwin Vriend because his homosexuality was in conflict with the school’s newly adopted position statement on religious practices. Mahaffy appealed to the King’s board of governors at the time to reverse its decision and almost quit…
A new president, a closing Theatre department, a massive influx in international students, and, as of March, the faculty are unionised. A lot has changed in the past five years at Trinity Western University (TWU) in Langley, B.C., Canada’s biggest Christian liberal arts school. On March 10, after covid-related delays, TWU faculty finally received confirmation…
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