Boundless School Blog

Dear Friends of Boundless: A few years ago, an independent evaluation of Boundless rapped our knuckles for not doing enough for young adults and Boundless school graduates. As many readers know, we recently launched quite a few initiatives to address this gap. But...

Dear Friends of Boundless: For your daily dose of absurdity, a rather obscure radio station (1610am CHHA Toronto), with questionable judgment, has seen fit to offer me an hour-long radio show. I have no experience with this, so the outcomes may end up being rather...

Dear Friends of Boundless: Fresh off a 30-day session from hell, the students have rebounded big time in this final 40-day stint of the boarding school. Buoyed by more favourable weather, a couple of new stellar kids, the youth have so far survived the onslaught of...

Dear Friends of Boundless: One of our students, Dylan, who for reasons I do not fully understand allows me to use his real name, leaned over after a Stevening I ran last night on the topic of love and whispered, “Only now do I realize what my parents sacrificed for...

Dear Friends of Boundless, We earned three Top-Impact Charity Awards this year, nationally and for Toronto, from Charity Intelligence. These awards brought many of you to our doorstep, and that’s a big deal. Your support sponsors countless stories like the one...

Dear Families and Friends of Boundless, On Friday, the second session of the boarding school began amidst a tempest of rain that finally brought relief to the Madawaska drought. This soothed me. Some neighboring tracts were ablaze. Imagine. In late October. Climate...

Dear Boundless Families: Your kids return from the Dumoine River in Quebec this afternoon. Two nights ago, I travelled to the river to surprise them. I arrived at their campsite bearing a bribe so I might be accepted into their tribe. Chocolate bars! As my canoe...

Dear Boundless Families: "Alive and well." "Settling in." "Getting the lay of the land." These clichés are all true when it comes to your kids in their first few days of boarding school. At this very moment, they are mastering the rapids on a day so stunning it...

Dear Friends of Boundless, I hadn’t led a Boundless trip since 2006, so when I stepped back into the role this past July, everyone braced for comical chaos. I was lured in by Padre Hernan Astudillo of San Lorenzo Church. This 62-year-old, still hanging onto his...

Dear Friends of Boundless: Someone needed to be in the city last week to prepare a group of really nervous young women and soothe their nerves before their upcoming adventure at Boundless. My colleagues reached deep into the dregs of their canoe barrels and pulled...