Changes at Trinity
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Changes at Trinity

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…

Better not to borrow
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Better not to borrow

If you borrow money for a car and can’t pay it back, the lender will take the car. If you borrow money for education and can’t pay it back, do we take away your degree? Of course not. But when graduates in many fields cannot find an appropriate job and student debt continues to go…

King’s president responds 
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King’s president responds 

“The past few years we’ve done significant work to improve,” Dr. Humphreys says, “so we can continue to grow faculty, staff, students, etc –  but a global pandemic got in the way.” In May, Christian Courier published an article about the recent layoffs of four valued members of the King’s University community (“Confusion at King’s”)….

Confusion at King’s
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Confusion at King’s

“You’re a name, not a number.” This slogan was often quoted when I started at The King’s University in Edmonton, Alberta in 2014. I enrolled because of the small class sizes, the faculty to student ratio and the tight-knit community. I look back fondly on the courses I took where students and the professors were…

Discerning Direction
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Discerning Direction

The student who sat in front of me was having difficulty looking me in the eyes as he shuffled his hands. He gradually began to speak. He was a second year engineering student having second thoughts about his chosen field of study. He knew he liked being creative, but he was becoming increasingly convinced that…

Will Young Students ‘Zoom’ This Fall?
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Will Young Students ‘Zoom’ This Fall?

Children, like puppies, are always zooming around. They zoom until they drop exhausted, and it’s great fantastic fun. But Zooming with a capital Z – or whatever your video conferencing platform of choice may be – is not good for teaching students except as a last resort.

On Campus During COVID
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On Campus During COVID

As Canadian provinces pass through their respective stages of reopening, social institutions of all kinds are grappling with how to effectively and safely offer their services, and universities are no exception.

Back to classroom teaching
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Back to classroom teaching

In Scripture Jesus is sometimes called Teacher or Rabbi, a teacher of the law, but I doubt he ever taught statistics; it is possible he may have taught carpentry. However, from Jesus’ teaching of his disciples, we learn that true teaching is a sacred act of love for your students.