Betweenness

Betweenness (Kimberly Barber, December 2024) Betweenness has been a persistent theme in my teaching in the past week as we returned to classes. We’ve reflected frequently on the quality of the “space between” the phases of the breath: the moment...

Becoming and Overcoming

Photo uploaded from Snappa.com December 2024 It’s the reflective time of year, where the days get shorter, we cuddle up with a hot cup of cocoa and we settle in to think about the year that’s passed (or almost passed). For me as a solstice baby, it’s...

Hard Things: revisited

Butterfly among the rocks (Kimberly Barber, Kathleen Lake, Yukon, July 2024) I’ve talked about Hard Things in this space before, and this is the time of year (about 3/4 of the way through the term) when such themes frequently re-surface. Students are preparing...

Communication matters

Communication matters (sourced on Snappa.com, November 2024) As it turns out, communication matters. A lot. When you work in collaborative settings, toggling between duties, negotiating with other leaders, what you say must be clearly communicated, and often. Our...

Feels like crossing over

Lion King Rehearsal with Vox and Opera Laurier students (K. Barber, October 2024) We’ve always had students at Laurier who loved music theatre first. This love was, once upon a time, tolerated (barely), but never nurtured. The times, as they say, are...

Identity Politics

Identity (sourced at Snappa.com, October 24, 2024) It’s been a while, friends. In fact, it’s been 5 months. Not that I’ve not had things to say, just not enough bandwidth to commit them to the blogosphere. In fact, today’s topic is something...