Staff member & trip leader Arissa shares experiences gained and lessons learned during the cross-cultural service learning trip she and the Gap Year Program took to El Salvador back in January.
By: Alyssa Zilney | February 24, 2025
In January, a small group of Act Five staff, students, and residents visited Thunder Bay in partnership with Living Hope Native Ministries. In this blog post, Cullen, one of the trip participants and an Act Five Resident, reflects on his experience.
By: Alyssa Zilney | February 10, 2025
Term two has begun at Act Five! As I write this, the house is ablaze with energy—people bustling about, packing, cleaning, and cooking as they prepare for their departure to El Salvador tomorrow morning.
By: Alyssa Zilney | January 9, 2025
Kendra has been a resident at Act Five since May 2024. She writes about her experience as a summer tenant, who is now part of the Residency Program.
By: Alyssa Zilney | December 20, 2024
William Groot, Principal of Toronto District Christian High School, reflects on the meaningful partnership between TDChristian and Act Five. He shares insights about Act Five’s “Serve and Observe” trips and their role in fostering learning
By: Alyssa Zilney | November 19, 2024
The new year is coming up quickly, and with the new year comes our now annual trip to El Salvador! This trip offers the students the opportunity to continue learning about the importance of place, home and land in a new context.
By: Alyssa Zilney | November 18, 2024
At Act Five, we've been on an Indigenous learning journey. One of our students, Nina, reflects on what the experience has been like for her.
By: Alyssa Zilney | November 8, 2024
In this season at Act Five, students have been learning about “Place, Home, and Land”. They have been engaging with ideas of indigenous knowledge, our relationship with the place we are in, and how we affect it as well as its effect on us.
By: Alyssa Zilney | October 19, 2024
To share some of these reflections, three of our students were asked to share about their trip. Megan, Miranda and Daniel's thoughts are just a glimpse of what the Temagami wilderness held for them.
By: Alyssa Zilney | October 4, 2024
Now the shore lines have shifted to sidewalks, the incline at the start of a portage has morphed into the incline of the escarpment stairs and my trusty PFD has gone from being zipped around my torso to hanging on my bedroom wall.
By: Alyssa Zilney | August 29, 2024
Welcome to our virtual porch - called the Act Five podcast.
By: Madi Eckert | August 21, 2024
While we are very busy getting ready for the new Act Five cohort, the summer is also a time of rest and fun here at Act Five. In the quiet of the summer, we like to check in with our community and share a bit of what's been growing here at Act Five!
By: Alyssa Zilney | June 27, 2024