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January 15, 2026

By Nikiita Kumar

Tips and Advice

Becoming an All-Rounder: The Secret to Managing Your Schoolwork and Extracurriculars

Nikiita Kumar provides their tips on managing schoolwork and extracurricular activities.

Innovative educational technology illustration highlighting creative learning, knowledge integration, and digital tools for modern classrooms and smart teaching strategies.

Lived Experiences

Rethinking What it Really Means to be “Gifted”

Rory Duffy takes a critical look at what it means to be "gifted" in the Canadian school system and why the term might be misleading.

Optimistic quote about responding to external circumstances, illustrating resilience and mindset from Ripple Foundation Wave Blog.

By Hamidah Oderinwale

Lived Experiences

The Academic Identity Redefined

Hamidah Oderinwale takes us through the academic identity, along with the concepts of stoicism and identity diversification.

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