Western University’s French immersion homestay program, founded in 1933 in Trois-Pistoles, Quebec, is the oldest in Canada. Yet it’s in trouble. Western has started a review of their French immersion program after it was paused in 2024 due to a decline in homestay families. Many households involved before 2020 are approaching retirement and, when the…
Poet Mary Oliver once wrote, “I don’t know exactly what a prayer is, but I know how to pay attention.” When I look around, it’s apparent to me that we are living in a spiritual wilderness. People do not know how to pray. The collective “groaning too deep for words” is almost audible. There is…
At the end of January, Alberta’s government implemented a set of policies that require schools to communicate more with parents about sexual orientation and gender identity issues. Teachers in the province now need to give parents notice before covering any human sexuality topics. Students under the age of 15 also need parental permission if they…
Recently, the National Post and Canadian Press reported that since 2021, 70 percent of all tuition paid to Ontario’s post-secondary schools comes from international students. The federal government is planning to reduce the number of foreign students because too many are being used as cash cows for our own domestic educational programs. In addition, housing…
Jonathan Boone is vice principal at Vernon Christian School and a frequent Christian Courier writer. As discussions about parental rights continue to unfold in our communities this school year, we reached out to Jonathan to talk about some of the underlying issues – trust, justice and healthy communication. Christian Courier: What topics in your courses…
The Holdovers is the latest offering from Alexander Payne, a director known for satirical and often darkly comedic films (such as About Schmidt, Sideways, and Election). The film is set in an elite New England prep school in the 1970s and the story begins just before Christmas break. Since the gruff history teacher, Paul Hunham…
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…
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…
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…
“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”)….
“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…
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…
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