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TORONTO - Ontario������Ƶapp Catholic schools won’t be forced to hire non-Catholic or gay teachers as part of the government������Ƶapp new equity strategy, said an education ministry spokesperson.

Next year is the final phase of government������Ƶapp equity strategy which asks boards to update or establish equitable hiring and promotion practices. Gary Wheeler told The Register that the government������Ƶapp strategy “is to be implemented within the context of denominational rights.”

TORONTO - Provincial supervision of the is likely to end in January, according to supervisor Richard Alway.

The board and its trustees are turning over a new leaf with a mix of incumbent and new trustees elected in this past October's election, said Alway. He said the new group is “very anxious to work together and build a positive relationship amongst themselves, between the board of trustees and staff leadership.”

TORONTO - Diane Vautour likes to bring history to life. And for doing so on a daily basis at Toronto������Ƶapp Loretto College High School, she was awarded a Governor General������Ƶapp Award for Excellence in Teaching Canadian History at a ceremony at Rideau Hall on Nov. 19.

“Teaching at an all-girls’ school, I want to emphasize women������Ƶapp history, from a women������Ƶapp point of view,” Vautour, 32, told The Register.

“It������Ƶapp not just an add-on or an extra page in a textbook.”

TORONTO - Ontario Catholic schools will not be required under the province������Ƶapp controversial equity and inclusive education strategy to maintain gay support clubs, according to a ministry spokesman.

Gary Wheeler said in an e-mail that the province������Ƶapp new equity policy, which has sparked concern from Ontario bishops and Catholic educators, has “flexibility” that will permit Catholic boards to operate “within the context of denominational rights of Roman Catholics.”

TORONTO - Promoting the option for the poor and working for justice go hand-in-hand with the Gospel values that students are learning at Catholic schools, says Jenny Cafiso, director of Canadian Jesuits International.

And the United Nations, a forum of diverse nations, beliefs and ideas, is precisely the place where Catholics should be making their voices heard on behalf of the marginalized, she said.

TORONTO - Catholic schools will be “celebrating the Spirit” when the annual celebration of Catholic Education Week arrives in May.

The theme for this year������Ƶapp week, May 1-6, borrows from St. Paul������Ƶapp letter to the Romans: “All who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God.”

OTTAWA (CCN)—National pro-life student associations in the United States and Canada have thrown their support behind , a pro-life group facing discrimination on the Carleton University campus in Ottawa.

Carleton University������Ƶapp pro-life club was told earlier this week that it must become pro-choice if it wants to receive student union funding and recognition on campus (read full story).

and launched as a sign of solidarity with the Lifeline, which has been decertified by the Carleton University Students’ Association (CUSA).  That means the pro-life club has lost access to funds from compulsory student dues as well as the recognition that allows them to use public spaces on campus for meetings and publicity.

OTTAWA - Carleton University������Ƶapp pro-life club must become pro-choice if it wants to receive student union funding and recognition on campus.

The revoked the club status of and said it must change a clause in its constitution which violates CUSA's anti-discrimination policy supporting “a woman������Ƶapp right to choose” in order to be recertified.

TORONTO - Jamie Dowell will be growing a moustache this month. But vanity has nothing to do with it.

Dowell, a Grade 12 student at St. Michael������Ƶapp College School in Toronto, is taking part in the school������Ƶapp inaugural Movember campaign — a global initiative where men grow moustaches and raise money to increase awareness and funds for prostate cancer.

“Prostate cancer will probably affect at least someone we know in our lives and, being men, it������Ƶapp something that we should have a basic knowledge about and support it in every way we can,” said Dowell.

TORONTO - Critics are predicting a provincial bill on student achievement and school board governance will change the face of Ontario������Ƶapp school boards when newly elected trustees take office in December.

Rather than leave it to school boards to always act in the best interest of students, as has been the case historically, Bill 177 legislates boards to “promote student achievement and well-being” and “ensure the effectiveness of the board������Ƶapp resources.” Trustees are also legally bound to “entrust the day-to-day management of the board to its staff through the board������Ƶapp director of education.”