Unit 1 Activity 1: MALAT 2018 Symposium Reflection

As a new student at Royal Roads University in the MALAT program, the 2018 virtual symposium comes to a close. I look back on the more than 15 hours of content I have consumed and cannot help but have a paradoxical feeling excitement and anxiety. Each one to two hour...

SM/indfulness?

SM/indfulness, a term coined by Dr. Jaigris Hodson. We had the pleasure of listening to Dr. Hodson in the 2018 MALAT Virtual Symposium in her presentation ‘Navigating a Dangerous Landscape’. Dr. Hodson is the Associate Professor and in the college of...

Wish…

Less of a wish and more of an intention. This is a Daruma (達磨) a little doll in the Japanese tradition. It symbolizes good luck. Both eyes begin blank and when you make a wish you fill in one eye. When the wish comes true you can then fill in the other eye. My wish?...

First Day, First Post

As I write the first entry into my blog starting my MALAT program, I can’t help but feel self-conscious as this will represent the foundation for all posts moving forward. Like many, this is my first return to school in many years and although these courses will...