Micaiah '25 with her fellow Grade 9 Grade Representatives. This week, we sat down with one of our Grade 9 Grade Representatives, Micaiah ’25 to learn more about her experience at Lakefield College School. This interview is part of a new series, called “We Are Lakefield” — inspired by a phrase you’ll often hear our students and Head of School (Ms. Kee) say with pride (followed by “We got this.”) when community spirit and strength are employed to power through a uniquely challenging time, event, or activity. In this series, you’ll hear personal reflections from our students that provide valuable insight into what it means to be a part of the LCS community. Micaiah’s Journey to LCS “I first found out about LCS from a friend. I asked them what schools they were looking at attending and they mentioned LCS. I had never heard of Lakefield before but it was…
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Alumni for the Environment: It’s Substance That Matters (David Miller ’77, P’15)
David Miller ’77 places a high value on personal toughness, both in building character and in building a career to advocate for the environment. One would need to be tough to accomplish what David has done. He built a nine-year practice as an employment, immigration and shareholder rights lawyer in Toronto, then walked away from it to run in the high-profile, no-holds-barred world of Toronto municipal politics, winning three elections as a city councillor and another two as mayor of Canada’s largest city for seven years. He has since continued legal work around investment in wind and solar energy, headed WWF-Canada, the Canadian arm of the World Wildlife Fund, and since 2017 has served as the managing director of international diplomacy for C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, an organization of the mayors of the world’s largest cities dedicated to avoiding climate change by making use of the legislative and spending…
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The LCS Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Club Explains Performative Activism
Lakefield College School’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) club is a student-led program that was launched in 2020. This club gathers on a weekly basis to discuss current issues pertaining to race, sex, gender identity, culture, and ability. Led by this year's Seniors-in-Charge Sarah ’22, Clea ’22, and Rori ’22, during their meetings, students explore resources, engage in important conversations, and identify new ways to share information with the broader school community. We had the opportunity to sit down with Sarah ’22, Clea ’22, Rori ’22, and Grade 10 member, Maureen ’24 to learn more about performative activism and how it impacts the progress of important social movements. What is performative activism and why is it harmful? https://youtu.be/2fbcyLcanwg "Performative activism comes in many different forms. It usually entails actions that are done for an individual to boost their own social capital, rather than actually supporting a cause. Especially with our increasing…
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