Boundless School Blog

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...

Dear Friends of Boundless and Family Members of Students: I offer up a few vignettes so you can be flys on the wall on a chilly day. Our property has transformed into a 600 acre slush puddle. There is mourning over this. I overheard Macky, the group leader and...

Dear Boundless Families: Everyone arrived safely on Friday to a stunning afternoon sky. I hung out with the kids a little on Friday and Saturday evenings. It is Sunday as I write, with a little time on my hands. Why not gossip a bit? A slew of new kids have brought...

Dear Boundless Families: Your kids built a bridge (see photo). Over a swamp. In the middle of a forest. Which is situated in a chilly and bugless heaven.  They dubbed it the "Bridge that Never Ends." They claimed it took forever.  In early October, Kevin, their...

Dear Friends of Boundless: The kids went home yesterday for a brief immersion in their urban realities - those same realities that furnished the reasons they came to Boundless in the first place. I worry. Silly old me. They'll be back on Halloween day, donning...

Dear Boundless Families: Two thousand and seventy three years ago, Julius Caesar and his army considered crossing the Rubicon river, a key strategic border between France and Rome back in the day. To do so would be a declaration of war against his rival Pompei. No...

Dear Boundless Families: On day three of this year's boarding school, the mosquitoes are still buzzing. They are thriving in this bizarre September heat, forcing us to shove aside land based activities in favour of the river. Your kids are the beneficiaries of this...

Dear Boundless Friends: I visited 50 Inuit people at the Ranch yesterday, watching them build an Inuskshuk. They wanted to leave a lasting impression of their time here. Ala, one of the Elders, told me, "Every year forward it shall grow, with new people making...

Dear Friends of Boundless: The research on the impact Boundless has on adolescent mental health and education, independently researched and written by Laura Ziliotto, is complete.  Please click here for the full report.  A few weeks ago, I sensed that the...

Dear Friends of Boundless: The research on the effectiveness of Boundless supporting teens with anxiety and depression is delayed about ten days. I know how disappointed you must be not to read research over the May long weekend. So instead, I thought I would write...