Feature Series Thu, 23 Jan 2025 17:26:27 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Gun violence spurs teacher to action /features/catholic-education/item/11854-gun-violence-spurs-teacher-to-action /features/catholic-education/item/11854-gun-violence-spurs-teacher-to-action {mosimage}With three of his former students struck down by gun violence, teaching veteran James Flaherty says he was driven to try to make a difference.

The graphics and technology teacher has been at Malton, Ont.Ƶapp Ascension of Our Lord High School for 15 years and has used his film-making skills to try to make that difference.

]]> sheilad@catholicregister.org (Sheila Dabu Nonato, The Catholic Register) Education Thu, 08 Oct 2009 06:08:22 -0400 Catholic educators must stand up for rights /features/catholic-education/item/11853-catholic-educators-must-stand-up-for-rights /features/catholic-education/item/11853-catholic-educators-must-stand-up-for-rights {mosimage}MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - Catholic schools need to fight for and preserve their “Catholicity” in a social and political climate that is becoming increasingly hostile to publicly funded Catholic education, say some educators.

John Kostoff, Dufferin Peel Catholic District School BoardƵapp director of education, says Catholic educators need to “take a step back” and re-assess their goals and identity.

]]> sheilad@catholicregister.org (Sheila Dabu Nonato, The Catholic Register) Education Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:32:34 -0400 Benemerenti Medal goes to Ottawa educator /features/catholic-education/item/11852-benemerenti-medal-goes-to-ottawa-educator /features/catholic-education/item/11852-benemerenti-medal-goes-to-ottawa-educator {mosimage}Over the seven years heƵapp been Ƶapp education director, James McCracken says whatƵapp been most rewarding has been being able to help students in need.

This year, Pope Benedict XVI has awarded McCracken the Benemerenti Medal for distinguished service to Catholic education in the Ottawa archdiocese. Archbishop Terrence Prendergast, S.J., presented the award on Oct. 9 in front of the boardƵapp more than 3,000 teachers, administrators and support staff.

]]> sheilad@catholicregister.org (Sheila Dabu Nonato, The Catholic Register) Education Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:59:29 -0400 Bringing light to Poland's Holocaust past /features/catholic-education/item/11851-bringing-light-to-polands-holocaust-past /features/catholic-education/item/11851-bringing-light-to-polands-holocaust-past {mosimage}TORONTO - During the early 1980s, in her teen years, Sr. Anna Bodzinska began to learn that history in Poland wasn’t told quite the way it happened. 

The extent of the atrocities of the Second World War, the treatment of Jews in Poland and Christian-Jewish relations were suppressed to suit the communist ideology of the day. But now Canadians will get to hear from Bodzinska about the initiatives for restoration and understanding taking place today.

]]> carolyng@catholicregister.org (Carolyn Girard, The Catholic Register) Education Fri, 16 Oct 2009 04:58:33 -0400 Kielburgers to speak on their lives in service /features/catholic-education/item/11850-kielburgers-to-speak-on-their-lives-in-service /features/catholic-education/item/11850-kielburgers-to-speak-on-their-lives-in-service {mosimage}TORONTO - ChildrenƵapp rights activist Marc Kielburger says being a graduate of the Catholic education system has taught him about the importance of leadership and helped him in advocating for human rights around the world.

Kielburger and his brother, Craig, will join Salt + Light TV CEO Fr. Thomas Rosica, C.S.B., as keynote speakers at the Catholic Curriculum CorporationƵapp When Faith Meets Pedagogy XIV conference Oct. 22 to 24 at MississaugaƵapp DoubleTree Hilton.

]]> sheilad@catholicregister.org (Sheila Dabu Nonato, The Catholic Register) Education Fri, 16 Oct 2009 04:09:28 -0400 Catholic school trustees are called to serve /features/catholic-education/item/11849-catholic-school-trustees-are-called-to-serve /features/catholic-education/item/11849-catholic-school-trustees-are-called-to-serve TORONTO - In his 25 years as a Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic school trustee, Patrick J. Daly says heƵapp learned these key lessons: the importance of setting a good example and understanding your role as a trustee.

Daly, chair since 1991, was one of several speakers at a series of workshops for potential Catholic school board trustees which began on Jan. 9 and ends Feb. 13.

]]> sheilad@catholicregister.org (Sheila Dabu Nonato, The Catholic Register) Education Mon, 08 Feb 2010 05:07:04 -0500 Canadian school campaigns lend a hand /features/catholic-education/item/11848-canadian-school-campaigns-lend-a-hand /features/catholic-education/item/11848-canadian-school-campaigns-lend-a-hand {mosimage}TORONTO - Three weeks after HaitiƵapp devastating earthquake, childrenƵapp rights activist Craig Kielburger says remarkable efforts are already underway towards the rebuilding of the country.

Those efforts are being bolstered by the generosity efforts of Catholic students who are raising tens of thousands of dollars in Canada,

]]> sheilad@catholicregister.org (Sheila Dabu Nonato, The Catholic Register) Education Thu, 04 Feb 2010 09:07:36 -0500 Maple school deals with student deaths /features/catholic-education/item/11847-maple-school-deals-with-student-deaths /features/catholic-education/item/11847-maple-school-deals-with-student-deaths {mosimage}MAPLE, Ont. - A wooden cross now stands at the crash site which took the lives of two St. Joan of Arc Catholic High School students earlier this month.

A busload of students from the Toronto suburb of Maple school gathered two days after the accident, led by principal Antonella Rubino, to pray for their friends, Ryan Sheridan, 17, and Niko Di Iorio, 15. The students were killed in a car crash on Feb. 1.

]]> sheilad@catholicregister.org (Sheila Dabu Nonato, The Catholic Register) Education Fri, 12 Feb 2010 06:26:09 -0500 Trustee controversy opens voters’ eyes, says Ontario education minister /features/catholic-education/item/11846-trustee-controversy-opens-voters%E2%80%99-eyes-says-ontario-education-minister /features/catholic-education/item/11846-trustee-controversy-opens-voters%E2%80%99-eyes-says-ontario-education-minister {mosimage}TORONTO - A silver lining to the troubles plaguing the Toronto Catholic District School Board over the past three years is that it has encouraged members of the Catholic community to stand for election or become more informed voters, says OntarioƵapp new education minister.

“I think itƵapp fair to say that what has unfolded at (the Toronto Catholic board) has required everyone to look at the role and function of school board trustees. I think thatƵapp an important outcome,”  Education Minister Leona Dombrowsky told The Catholic Register.

]]> sheilad@catholicregister.org (Sheila Dabu Nonato, The Catholic Register) Education Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:09:25 -0400 Ontario education plans don't take into account what Catholic colleges do best /features/catholic-education/item/11845-ontario-education-plans-dont-take-into-account-what-catholic-colleges-do-best /features/catholic-education/item/11845-ontario-education-plans-dont-take-into-account-what-catholic-colleges-do-best {mosimage}A government that pins its economic recovery plans on sending more kids to colleges and universities is probably good news for Ontario's Catholic liberal arts colleges, but college administrators are worried about whether the government sees the value of philosophy, literary studies and history.

Ontario's Liberal government made post-secondary education the centrepiece of its March 8 throne speech, promising to increase the post-secondary education participation to 70 per cent, from a current 62 per cent, to create 20,000 new spaces at colleges and universities this year and to boost international students by 50 per cent over five years.

]]> mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Education Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:34:48 -0500