Book Club – Brain Power

Lost & Found

Brain Power — Sun, 30 Jan 2022 15:52:18 +0000

For our most recent book club, we read a dystopian novel set in Toronto and written by local author Alex Andre.

The book has been on Amazon’s top Sci-Fi dystopian literature list this year!

The discussion was guided by Brain Power staff and the author himself. WOW!

Students got to share their thoughts on the book with fellow brilliant students and ask the author questions too!

What an amazing experience!

Stay tuned for information on our next exciting Brain Power book club event!

The Lives of Animals

Brain Power — Sun, 01 Dec 2019 16:22:28 +0000

On November 30, Brain Power’s book club met to have a detailed discussion of J. M. Coetzee’s The Lives of Animals. We also had a guest talk from Maureen Hutchison, a field educator with the Educated Choices Program, who discussed central issues in the book including the environment and modern agriculture.

Our students had an enthusiastic reaction, and one of our Intermediate 1 students said, “I think that the book club was amazing and different than what I was expecting and that made it so much cooler!”

WHAT AN AMAZING EVENING!

Antigone

Brain Power — Sun, 05 May 2019 18:49:50 +0000

On May 4th, a group of Brain Power students, led by Dr. Karine Rashkovsky and Dr. Jason Boulet, attended the Young People’s Theatre’s production of Antigone. This production is a fresh and timely adaptation of the classic Greek story, inspired by the 2014 student umbrella protest in Hong Kong and the 1989 uprising in Tiananmen Square. In this riveting new play, “re-education” awaits anyone who questions the state’s traditional doctrine. Antigone faces high stakes as she stands up for her brother against her father’s complicity with tyranny. In the courage of a young woman, there is hope for the future.

Lingustics Book Club

Brain Power — Fri, 26 Oct 2018 05:45:40 +0000

If we had to, would humans actually be able to talk to aliens? Backed by science, Brain Power tackled this fascinating linguistics puzzle—and more—at our fall book club, hosted by Dr. Karine Rashkovsky and our resident linguist, Dr. Cassandra Chapman!

The Secret Garden

Brain Power — Sun, 03 Dec 2017 00:20:02 +0000

Orphaned Mary Lennox is a spoiled, selfish, and unpleasant child whose parents died of a cholera epidemic in India. Transported to a distant family estate in Britain, Mary dislikes it and the people at first – until she discovers they key to a long-abandoned secret garden hidden on the property.

Along with the maid’s younger brother, Dickon, Mary begins to cultivate the garden. This leads her to find her reclusive cousin Colin, a boy confined to a wheelchair, whose father –always away from home—had shut up the garden after the death of his wife. Can the children make the garden bloom again and bring life and joy back to the household and its inhabitants?