September 11, 2022
by Rose Scott
Comments Off on Seven lessons from a life well lived: Reflections on Queen Elizabeth
Like many, I mourn the death of the Queen as not only the close of an era in my own life, but a significant chapter of history. In this moment I reflect on seven things about her life which impress me. I hope others will find a lesson or two here as well. Continue reading
January 2, 2016
by Rose Scott
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Ideas can be dangerous. Books of ideas, even more so. Adolf Hitler’s infamous tome Mein Kampf, first published in 1925-26 has just entered the public domain and if there was ever a dangerous book of ideas, that is it. Fearing … Continue reading
June 3, 2015
by Rose Scott
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Today the “Truth and Reconciliation Commission,” met to release and discuss their report on what has been revealed to be our national shame. I confess that for most of my life I didn’t know many first nations people or much … Continue reading
May 13, 2014
by Rose Scott
Comments Off on Education for girls? Version 2
Note: this is an updated post with corrected information regarding Boko Haram. In my previous post (now deleted) I referred to Haram as an individual, rather than an entity. Brightly dressed women waving placards contrast with somberly clad kidnap victims … Continue reading
November 5, 2013
by Rose Scott
Comments Off on Remembrance and Peace
Next Monday is Remembrance Day here in Canada. Paper doves will vie for space with poppies decorating school gyms across the country. Inside the doves are messages about peace, written by children. The classic poem In Flanders Fields will … Continue reading