A Student’s Reflection on Home
Students have been transitioning to being back at Blake Street for two weeks now. After a five-week break, Ella writes about what this experience is teaching her about home. I […]
Changing & Praying: A Student’s Reflection on Prayer
This weekend, from Friday, January 22, until the evening of Sunday, January 24, Act Five staff and students will be participating in a 24/2 prayer weekend; 48 hours where at […]
Resilient Hope: Looking Ahead to 2021 at Act Five
This time last year, we here at Act Five were preparing for Term Two with our twelve students: anticipating a winter camping trip with Coldwater Canada (which turned into a […]
Bookending, Acceptance, and Making Home: Reflections from Resident Leader Alyssa
Blake Street as Home As a Resident Leader for Act Five, I’ve had the privilege of watching three separate groups of people make this place home over the past 18 […]
Learning from Canada’s Indigenous Peoples: Students’ Reflections
A key aspect of the Act Five program, particularly first term with our Place, Home and Land course, is learning from the indigenous peoples of our area. We study the history of […]
Exploring Urban and Rural Places at Act Five: Students’ Perspectives
For Act Five students, this year is full of a lot of contrasts. One is the practice of balancing silent starts to our days with the busy-ness that comes with […]
Hope in a weary world : A Word from the Director
As I write today, the US Election has captured the world’s gaze, the winter season is creeping in (though we are loving this warm week!), we are 7 months into […]
Reflections on Ordinary Time at Blake Street
Kathleen Norris is quoted saying that “it is the paradox of human life that… it is the routine and the everyday that we find the possibilities for the greatest transformation.” […]
Lessons from Temagami
Our students got back from their canoe adventure in Temagami, Ontario almost 2 weeks ago now, and it was just last Thursday that we drove back down from Coldwater‘s base […]
Act Five Year Two is Underway!
On Labour Day of 2020, 16 students moved into our house on Blake St in Hamilton, signifying the start of Act Five 2020-2021. Students decorated their bedrooms, unpacked their belongings, […]
