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Vince Romeo, the London Catholic District School BoardöÏÓãÊÓƵapp new director of education.

Romeo at home with London Catholic school board

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Vince Romeo, the London Catholic District School BoardöÏÓãÊÓƵapp new director of education, has a connection to the southwestern Ontario city — and the board — that runs deep.

Peterborough, Ont., teacher Anne Corkery launched the Gritty Classroom program in the summer of 2020 to use the outdoors and nature to teach students to appreciate the natural world surrounding them.

The great outdoors: where class gets gritty

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Educator and environmental advocate Anne Corkery believes thereöÏÓãÊÓƵapp no greater learning environment for children than in the great outdoors.

Avery Comartin has made the tough choice of moving to the United States, while fulfilling her school obligations in Windsor, Ont., to pursue her dream of an NCAA soccer scholarship.

Border issue makes for a tough choice

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With the United States extending its non-essential travel restrictions at land border crossings until at least Sept. 21, Windsor, Ont.öÏÓãÊÓƵapp Avery Comartin finds herself in a difficult bind.

Kiara Mavalwala, left, is one of the 100 high school students across Canada who won a Schulich Leader Scholarship. The graduate of St. Augustine Catholic High School in Markham, Ont., will attend the Lassonde School of Engineering at York University. Also joining the Schulich Foundation scholars from the York Catholic District School Board is Aimee Petrea Chirlpuci, right, of Father Bressani Catholic High School in Woodbridge, who will major in science at Western University.

Prestigious Schulich Scholarship awarded to two Catholic grads

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Kiara Mavalwala is heading to York University this fall to study engineering in hopes of one day being able to ensure all people living in Canada have access to clean drinking water.

Normal will not be on tap when students return to class this September. Distancing, masks and other safety measures will remain in place as we continue to deal with the pandemic.

Nothing about this year will be normal

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Anyone who believes this coming school year will be normal is kidding themselves or is a politician preparing for an election.

Members of a rescue team clean debris from a house in Les Cayes, Haiti, Aug. 15 following a magnitude 7.2 earthquake the previous day.

Haiti: A nation caught in grip of chaos

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When the 2010 earthquake hit Haiti, Jesuit Fr. Jean Francky went with his brother novices out onto the streets of Dumay, on the outskirts of Port au Prince. That night, the young religious men began digging through rubble with their bare hands.

Anne Jamieson, left, and Donna Strickland

Vatican appointments in August feature two Canadian women

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Vatican appointments in August feature two Canadian women – Anne Jamieson and Donna Strickland.

Our Lady of the Way Church, converted from a quanset hut used to house American troops building the Alaska Highway, stands out against the northern lights in this Libby Dulac painting.

Faith flows through artistic passion

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Nestled amidst the evergreens in the village of Haines Junction in CanadaöÏÓãÊÓƵapp Yukon, a tiny church known as Our Lady of the Way has been a source of creative and spiritual inspiration for artist Libby Dulac.

Patience Commanda in her red jingle dress. The red dress, and the hand painted over her face, commemorates missing and murdered Indigenous women.

Missing Indigenous women spawn hope

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When Ojibwe jingle dress dancer Patience Commanda decided to use her art form to bring awareness to missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls (MMIWG), she never imagined she would receive hope in return.

Abu Kigab drives for a layup in NCAA action for Boise State, where the Sudanese-Canadian stars.

Basketball star mines fatheröÏÓãÊÓƵapp drive to be best he can be

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Basketball standout Abu KigaböÏÓãÊÓƵapp tenacious drive to be the best athlete he can may be proof that the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.

Healing and reconciliation will come when there is true respect for Indigenous people, an acknowledgment of their humanity and the power of their culture to help all people.

Healing Indigenous communities

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Indigenous elder and lay minister Rosella Kinoshameg reflects on the Gospel of MatthewöÏÓãÊÓƵapp parable of the treasure discovered hidden in a field as she looks to find healing and meaning in the wake of the latest trauma to hit Indigenous communities in Canada.

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