Leading From The HeartMy driving force has always been hope for the future. That everything I do is buttressed by this incredible hope for the future. Indeed, that everything we do in education is held up by the same. There is a lot of talk about hope lately. There has to be because some pretty hope-less events are … Hope for the future. My dilemma.
If you don’t know who Mary Hynes is and have never listened to (and nodded with, yelled at, cried to, and questioned) Tapestry, CBC’s weekly radio show and podcast on spirituality, myth, faith, our connections then hop to it. It is inspiring and regularly leads me to question my own beliefs. A recent article by … What do you believe? And does it matter?
I just wrote a quick letter to our Prime Minister, Stephen Harper. He is, after all, the Prime Minister of Canada. So why are Canadians not holding him to task for his actions? “I have been reading about Chief Spence and the Idle No More movement with growing sadness. How can you not meet with … A quick letter to Harper. #IdleNoMore
When I first heard the news – that Line Beauchamp, Quebec’s Education Minister, is presenting a proposal during this weekend’s Liberal party caucus to cut school board funding in half – I literally high-fived my rear-view mirror. Maybe not the best thing to do while driving through the slippery roadways skirting the construction of highway … “Planned school board cuts anger Quebec teachers”…why?
I woke up at 2 am, couldn’t fall back asleep, so began to watch Invictus, the story of Nelson Mandela’s call to Rugby to begin healing South Africa in 1995. Watch the film for the final game. I think it’s one of the best EVER. Even though I knew the outcome, I was on the … mid-night invictus, a story of inspiring leadership