A Voice in the Wilderness - Blog

List of 5 news stories.

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  Community and Collective Responsibility: a Fable

  1/17/2025
  For the Chapel service on Saturday, January 11 – the first service of a new calendar year and new academic term – Shawnigan Chaplain Rev. Ruth Dantzer shared a fable about the importance of integrity, generosity, and collective responsibility in community. This version of the fable was adapted by Keven Fletcher, Rev. Dantzer’s colleague at St. Michaels University School.

   
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  Yes, I’m coaching basketball again at Shawnigan

  1/14/2025
  Mr. Andrew Shepherd has been coaching boys’ basketball at Shawnigan for the last nine years, beginning with the Grade 9 team and working his way up to the senior boys’ squad this season. In that time he has gained a new perspective on coaching and the sport of basketball, and an appreciation for the work put in by the players on his team and everyone else who has helped make his journey possible.

   
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  The Greatest Lie I Ever Told: Part 1

  1/10/2025
  From his years as a student to returning as a member of the Communications department and boarding house staff, Shawnigan has been a significant part of Elliot Logan’s life for much of the last two decades. But was it all based on false pretenses? Find out in this two-part series.

   
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  What can adventure and the outdoors do for you?

  1/8/2025
  In October 2024, Shawnigan’s Outdoor Leadership and Development Club and Adventure Sports team travelled to Quadra Island for a weekend packed with hiking, kayaking and other open-air undertakings. As Outdoor Education Coordinator Ms. Jessica Dick recounts, the trip was much more than just an off-campus adventure as the students learned about geography and history of the part of the world we live in, a key part of the experiential education focus at Shawnigan.
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  Looking back on 2024 – and 100 posts

  12/19/2024
  This post marks not only the end of classes for the 2024 calendar year, but also the 100th entry since we launched A Voice in the Wilderness in October 2023, and we are celebrating with a “top 10” of sorts, with 10 blog posts that stood out in 2024. This list is not meant to represent the 10 “best” or 10 “favourite” posts, but rather a cross-section illustrating the variety of pieces that we have published. Thank you to all the students and staff who have contributed – each and every one of the pieces has helped make the blog what it is. And thank you to all our readers!

   

  If you haven’t looked back at the previous 99 entries, we encourage you to do so!

   
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