Feature Series Thu, 23 Jan 2025 22:45:57 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb School boards on different paths /features/catholic-education/item/11952-school-boards-on-different-paths /features/catholic-education/item/11952-school-boards-on-different-paths TORONTO - The 416 and 905 area codes rounded off 2006 by continuing on separate paths over the financing of Catholic  education. ]]> Education Tue, 16 Jan 2007 22:54:22 -0500 More budget woes forecast for school boards /features/catholic-education/item/11951-more-budget-woes-forecast-for-school-boards /features/catholic-education/item/11951-more-budget-woes-forecast-for-school-boards TORONTO - The Catholic school board in the rich and growing suburbs squeezed in between Toronto and Hamilton is worried.

]]> Education Fri, 05 Jan 2007 00:28:19 -0500 Union officials take over at College of Teachers' /features/catholic-education/item/11950-union-officials-take-over-at-college-of-teachers /features/catholic-education/item/11950-union-officials-take-over-at-college-of-teachers OCTTORONTO - One of the most hated of the Mike Harris Conservative's education reforms in the eyes of teachers' unions is now in the hands of one of the unions' very own.

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TORONTO - Trustees from the five Catholic school boards within the Toronto archdiocese have elected their chairs and vice-chairs for the 2006-2007 school year.

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TORONTO - Despite a provincial report which recommends ways for the Toronto Catholic District School Board to erase $34.9 million in red ink, trustees are hoping to dodge cuts by playing for time until the spring provincial budget.

]]> mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Education Mon, 18 Dec 2006 01:36:19 -0500 The separate school system up for discussion /features/catholic-education/item/11947-the-separate-school-system-up-for-discussion /features/catholic-education/item/11947-the-separate-school-system-up-for-discussion

TORONTO - Ontario's Catholic community is embarking on another all-embracing discussion about the "distinctiveness, value and the future of Catholic education." The plan for the province-wide consultation was announced Nov. 25 at a symposium organized by the Institute for Catholic Education (ICE).

]]> Education Fri, 01 Dec 2006 02:36:44 -0500 Catholic educators challenged to unite /features/catholic-education/item/11946-catholic-educators-challenged-to-unite /features/catholic-education/item/11946-catholic-educators-challenged-to-unite TORONTO - If Ontario's Catholic schools are struggling to stay afloat in turbulent waters, it would seem that half the time Catholics are stirring up the waves themselves. At a two-day conference dealing with the subject Nov. 24-25, leaders of the provincial separate school system struggled with how to overcome differences and face external challenges united. ]]> Education Fri, 01 Dec 2006 02:32:59 -0500 Trustee orientation session set /features/catholic-education/item/11945-trustee-orientation-session-set /features/catholic-education/item/11945-trustee-orientation-session-set

TORONTO - With the elections out of the way, Ontario's new Catholic trustees will be shown the ropes of their job Jan. 12-13 in Toronto.

]]> Education Thu, 30 Nov 2006 00:31:31 -0500 Toronto School Board seeks creative solutions to financial woes /features/catholic-education/item/11944-toronto-school-board-seeks-creative-solutions-to-financial-woes /features/catholic-education/item/11944-toronto-school-board-seeks-creative-solutions-to-financial-woes The Jolly Green Giant used to urge us all to "Look up, look waaay up." The Toronto Catholic District School Board is looking up into the air above some of it's old, crumbling and underpopulated schools and hoping to see some new money. ]]> mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Education Mon, 20 Nov 2006 22:38:31 -0500 'Absolutely excellent times' for Catholic education /features/catholic-education/item/11943-absolutely-excellent-times-for-catholic-education /features/catholic-education/item/11943-absolutely-excellent-times-for-catholic-education The Catholic presence on university campuses across Canada has often been reported as a tale of woe. Many Catholics have gotten used to the idea of their colleges as second-class citizens of the academy — intellectually suspect and financially under capitalized.

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