Catholic Education
{mosimage}THORNHILL, Ont. — Students and staff from St. Elizabeth Catholic Secondary School will host a festival dedicated to productions by youth featuring spirit and religious faith.
Toronto school board continues summer youth program
By Andrew Santos, The Catholic Register{mosimage}TORONTO — The Toronto Catholic District School Board will once again offer Focus on Youth summer programs for children and youth this summer.
Teachers, trustees fight standardized religion test
By Michael Swan, The Catholic Register{mosimage}TORONTO - If you want to meet the standard for Grade 4 religion in Toronto’s Catholic schools you had better know the other name for Candlemas.
No vote to replace fired trustee
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterEducation boom funds aid northern schools
By Catholic Register Staff{mosimage}BRADFORD, Ont. - Catholic high school students in Bradford will get a little taste of Ontario’s $4-billion Good Places to Learn fund in the form of a $5.1-million renovation at Holy Trinity High School. And in another sign of the education boom outside Toronto, the has named its newest elementary school now under construction in Barrie’s south end.
Move to replace ousted trustee causes controversy
By Catholic Register Staff{mosimage}TORONTO - Toronto’s Catholic school board may or may not hold an election to replace a trustee accused of passing off personal spending as board expenses then turfed for failing to show up for four meetings in a row.
Province-wide teacher negotiations a no-go
By Michael Swan, The Catholic Register{mosimage}TORONTO - Just because provincial education bureaucrats and top union officials are sitting down together in meeting rooms talking about wages and benefits with an eye toward another four-year deal doesn’t mean Ontario has embraced province-wide bargaining with teachers’ unions, said Education Minister Kathleen Wynne.
Teachers need to form future leaders
By Michael Swan, The Catholic Register{mosimage}TORONTO - Senator Romeo Dallaire wants teachers to save Canada. According to the retired general who led United Nations peacekeepers during the Rwandan genocide in 1994, the only thing that can save this country from cynicism, apathy and petty regionalism is leadership.
Catholic system is here to stay
By Michael Swan, The Catholic Register{mosimage}TORONTO - Ontario Education Minister Kathleen Wynne put a positive spin on the bitter debate over confessional education during the fall election campaign in a speech to Catholic teachers at their annual union meeting in Toronto March 9.
Dufferin-Peel adds disclaimer to Golden Compass
By Catholic Register Staff{mosimage}MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - Where Halton opted for a ban, the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board has decided to go with a note.
Search still on for St. Mike's president
By Michael Swan, The Catholic Register{mosimage}TORONTO - University of St. MichaelöÏÓãÊÓƵapp College president Richard Alway is moving along, but his replacement at the head of English CanadaöÏÓãÊÓƵapp biggest Catholic college isn’t quite settled.