Feature Series Thu, 23 Jan 2025 10:16:47 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb School boards choose 2009 leaders /features/catholic-education/item/11686-school-boards-choose-2009-leaders /features/catholic-education/item/11686-school-boards-choose-2009-leaders {mosimage}TORONTO - Most Ontario Catholic school boards have chosen their leaders to guide them into the next year, with one notable exception.

The Toronto Catholic District School Board, which has been under a provincial government-appointed supervisor since a controversy erupted over trustee spending last year, has postponed its board elections until January.

]]> sheilad@catholicregister.org (Sheila Dabu Nonato, The Catholic Register) Education Thu, 11 Dec 2008 23:18:17 -0500 Halton's helping hands for Haiti /features/catholic-education/item/11685-haltons-helping-hands-for-haiti /features/catholic-education/item/11685-haltons-helping-hands-for-haiti {mosimage}BURLINGTON, Ont. - The children at St. MarkƵapp Catholic Elementary School learned a lesson about social justice and Christian love recently. It was that they should share from their abundance with their much poorer fellow students in Haiti.

The school was one of 49 in the that are being introduced this fall to Helping Hands from Halton Catholic: the Solidarity-Haiti Project.

]]> crstaff@catholicregister.org (Catholic Register Staff) Education Thu, 11 Dec 2008 23:04:55 -0500 Trustee infighting derails election of board chair /features/catholic-education/item/11684-trustee-infighting-derails-election-of-board-chair /features/catholic-education/item/11684-trustee-infighting-derails-election-of-board-chair {mosimage}TORONTO - The will be without a chair and decision-making powers indefinitely until trustee infighting stops, says Ontario's education minister.

Kathleen Wynne told The Catholic Register that she supports the Jan. 28 decision of provincially appointed board supervisor Norbert Hartmann to suspend the appointment of a chair. Long-time trustee Angela Kennedy had been chosen chair, with Ann Andrachuk elected vice-chair, at a Jan. 22 meeting, but the choices were subject to Hartmann's approval.

]]> sheilad@catholicregister.org (Sheila Dabu Nonato, The Catholic Register) Education Fri, 30 Jan 2009 16:00:00 -0500 Ontario schools will feel recession's pinch /features/catholic-education/item/11683-ontario-schools-will-feel-recessions-pinch /features/catholic-education/item/11683-ontario-schools-will-feel-recessions-pinch {mosimage}TORONTO - With the economic downturn and declining student enrolment, Ontario school boards could be facing delays in some of their program funding, says Minister of Education Kathleen Wynne.

Provincial funding for new programs could also be on hold.

]]> sheilad@catholicregister.org (Sheila Dabu Nonato, The Catholic Register) Education Fri, 23 Jan 2009 01:27:11 -0500 Theatre last phase of St. Mike's development /features/catholic-education/item/11682-theatre-last-phase-of-st-mikes-development /features/catholic-education/item/11682-theatre-last-phase-of-st-mikes-development {mosimage}TORONTO - A new $10-million performing arts centre is scheduled to open at next year.

School president Fr. Joseph Redican, C.S.B., said the 440-seat theatre would be a state-of-the-art facility and will support the schoolƵapp drama and theatre arts program. It will also serve as a venue for concerts, public speaking and debates. And the centre will have a display space for the schoolƵapp visual arts program and will be the site of lectures and conferences.

]]> sheilad@catholicregister.org (Sheila Dabu Nonato, The Catholic Register) Education Fri, 23 Jan 2009 01:09:04 -0500 Toronto trustee guilty of conflict of interest /features/catholic-education/item/11681-toronto-trustee-guilty-of-conflict-of-interest /features/catholic-education/item/11681-toronto-trustee-guilty-of-conflict-of-interest {mosimage}TORONTO - An Ontario Superior Court judge has found guilty of conflict of interest charges and ordered his removal from the board.

But Carroll said he would be appealing the decision and will file a motion to stay on as trustee while the appeal is being processed.

]]> sheilad@catholicregister.org (Sheila Dabu Nonato, The Catholic Register) Education Wed, 11 Feb 2009 05:19:11 -0500 Trustee to fight dismissal /features/catholic-education/item/11680-trustee-to-fight-dismissal /features/catholic-education/item/11680-trustee-to-fight-dismissal {mosimage}TORONTO - Toronto Catholic District School Board trustee Oliver Carroll says he will fight his dismissa l from the board.

While Carroll withdrew a motion to appeal an Ontario Superior Court decision which found him guilty of conflict of interest charges scheduled for Feb. 18, he told The Register that he would be filing an appeal of the decision within a month, along with an appeal to stay on as trustee while the court hearings take place.

]]> sheilad@catholicregister.org (Sheila Dabu Nonato, The Catholic Register) Education Fri, 20 Feb 2009 02:12:41 -0500 Carroll drops appeal of dismissal /features/catholic-education/item/11679-carroll-drops-appeal-of-dismissal /features/catholic-education/item/11679-carroll-drops-appeal-of-dismissal TORONTO  - Former Toronto Catholic school trustee Oliver Carroll has dropped an appeal of a court decision which found him guilty of conflict of interest charges and led to his removal from the Toronto board.

“At end of the day, itƵapp really about Catholic education. ThereƵapp no point in having this replayed every two months for the next year,” he told The Register.

]]> sheilad@catholicregister.org (Sheila Dabu Nonato, The Catholic Register) Education Fri, 13 Mar 2009 06:14:02 -0400 Ontario high-school chaplaincy too valuable to lose /features/catholic-education/item/11678-ontario-high-school-chaplaincy-too-valuable-to-lose /features/catholic-education/item/11678-ontario-high-school-chaplaincy-too-valuable-to-lose {mosimage}TORONTO - Catholic school boards should invest adequate resources into high school chaplaincy, says the Ontario Conference of Catholic Bishops.

In a pastoral letter issued this month, the conference said while it recognizes the budgetary constraints that school boards face, chaplaincy is too important to be cut.

]]> sheilad@catholicregister.org (Sheila Dabu Nonato, The Catholic Register) Education Mon, 23 Mar 2009 01:45:40 -0400 Members sought for Toronto Catholic District School Board's advisory committee /features/catholic-education/item/11677-members-sought-for-toronto-catholic-district-school-boards-advisory-committee /features/catholic-education/item/11677-members-sought-for-toronto-catholic-district-school-boards-advisory-committee {mosimage}TORONTO - The is creating a new community advisory committee.

The board is calling for nominations to the committee “to enhance opportunities to provide input and advice to the supervision team.”

It alluded to provincially appointed supervisor Norbert HartmannƵapp Aug. 26 report entitled “ ” which had mentioned this committee. 

]]> sheilad@catholicregister.org (Sheila Dabu Nonato, The Catholic Register) Education Sun, 22 Mar 2009 08:06:00 -0400