“I want Providence to experience a little bit of what Indigenous communities do together,” said Jolly. About the teepee-raising that took place in 2023, she shared: “There were a whole bunch of us from different nationalities raising these teepees. What a beautiful picture of reconciliation; of working with each other for a common purpose.”
As I look around campus, I know that God is working new and beautiful things at Providence. From new classes and faces to new trees and skies every morning, we see His hand in it all, the same hand that has sustained Providence all these years despite a changing world. Let us hold this hope and stability as we cross the bridge to a new season at Providence.
It’s September, which means that the 2024-2025 academic year has officially begun at our Otterburne campus. Providence is excited for all of its new and returning students, who have already moved into residence and begun classes.
Speaking truth from all sides precedes celebration. The truth of how we have offended each other, what we have experienced, confession, repentance, and from there to being open, through God’s grace, to reconciliation and new ways of relating and community.
A total of $63 760 was raised this year to support students through the Providence Fund, which is designated to help students with the cost of their studies through scholarships and bursaries.
Providence has the pleasure of boasting championship titles and many successful games played in soccer, basketball, and volleyball, and our school is full of athletes who are winning these games while balancing everything else going on in their lives.
On Saturday, April 20th over 100 students gathered together to celebrate their graduation from Providence with family, friends, faculty and staff. This included graduates from the University College – i.e. Otterburne campus and Prov Downtown – and the Theological Seminary.
The students at Providence meet and connect with a lot of staff, but they interact with one staff member more than most, especially if they live in residence. The name Teah Goossen is familiar to everyone on campus, as well as several commuting students, and rightfully so. Teah is Providence’s Residence Life Director and, after six years of excelling in her role, she is leaving Providence at the end of April.
Since the official launch of Providence’s Centre for On-Demand Education in 2022, one common question has been how it looks “on the ground.” After all, considering a new approach to learning theoretically is quite different from knowing how it functions in practice.
While university life can be hectic and wild, Angelle Arinobu, our current Faculty in Residence, has braved the task of living in the same building as many of our residence students. Through her desire to connect with young people, she has helped to foster an environment where students can come together and chat.
