Thu, 23 Jan 2025 12:21:11 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb /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.

]]> Education Mon, 20 Nov 2006 01:22:13 -0500 /features/catholic-education/item/11942-catholic-board-set-to-sue-ministry-of-education /features/catholic-education/item/11942-catholic-board-set-to-sue-ministry-of-education TORONTO - The Toronto Catholic District School Board is asking a judge to solve half its $34- million deficit problem.

]]> Education Thu, 02 Nov 2006 01:26:55 -0500 /features/catholic-education/item/11941-noel-martin-steps-up-for-catholic-education-again /features/catholic-education/item/11941-noel-martin-steps-up-for-catholic-education-again TORONTO - Noel Martin thinks 42 years in Catholic education is not enough of a good thing. So he������Ƶapp come back for more.

]]> Education Fri, 27 Oct 2006 01:44:38 -0400 /features/catholic-education/item/11940-public-boards-seek-amalgamation-of-ontario%E2%80%99s-catholic-system /features/catholic-education/item/11940-public-boards-seek-amalgamation-of-ontario%E2%80%99s-catholic-system TORONTO - Six Ontario public school boards have passed motions calling for abolition of publicly funded Catholic education and that has Rick Johnson a little upset and embarrassed.
]]> Education Tue, 24 Apr 2007 23:28:19 -0400 /features/catholic-education/item/11939-crowd-comes-out-in-support-of-catholic-education-in-ontario /features/catholic-education/item/11939-crowd-comes-out-in-support-of-catholic-education-in-ontario TORONTO - ������Ƶapp 500 Catholic parents, pastors and teachers in Toronto staked a claim on the future of Catholic schools in the last of a province-wide series of consultations by the Institute for Catholic Education seeking community insight into future directions for Catholic education in Ontario.
]]> Education Mon, 23 Apr 2007 23:54:10 -0400 /features/catholic-education/item/11938-new-ocsta-president-seeks-equity-for-catholic-schools /features/catholic-education/item/11938-new-ocsta-president-seeks-equity-for-catholic-schools TORONTO - Nancy Kirby says her first priorities as Ontario Catholic School Trustees’ Association president will be ensuring “equitable and adequate funding” for Ontario������Ƶapp publicly funded Catholic schools and tackling the $68-million gap in special education funding for Catholic schools.

Kirby, 57, was elected OCSTA������Ƶapp president at its annual conference in Thunder Bay April 30. ]]> sheilad@catholicregister.org (Sheila Dabu Nonato, The Catholic Register) Education Fri, 14 May 2010 13:28:44 -0400 /features/catholic-education/item/11937-teachers-feeling-pressures-of-ontario%E2%80%99s-work-driven-society /features/catholic-education/item/11937-teachers-feeling-pressures-of-ontario%E2%80%99s-work-driven-society TORONTO - The average full-time elementary school teacher in Ontario������Ƶapp Catholic system is putting in a 55.7-hour work week, and what counts as a part-time teaching job averages 36.8 hours per week, according to a new study commissioned by the teachers’ union.
]]> mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Education Tue, 17 Apr 2007 01:47:12 -0400 /features/catholic-education/item/11936-social-justice-commitment-marked-kennedy%E2%80%99s-stay-at-oecta /features/catholic-education/item/11936-social-justice-commitment-marked-kennedy%E2%80%99s-stay-at-oecta TORONTO - Special education, religion and history teacher Donna Marie Kennedy is leaving her current job as president of the Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association with the conviction that social justice is the cornerstone of her union������Ƶapp existence.
]]> mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Education Tue, 17 Apr 2007 01:45:25 -0400 /features/catholic-education/item/11935-celebrate-the-gift-of-our-distinct-catholic-system /features/catholic-education/item/11935-celebrate-the-gift-of-our-distinct-catholic-system Some of the most profound moments in my spiritual life — outside of  the sacraments and giving birth to my children — have been experienced in an ordinary Catholic elementary school right near my home in Mississauga, where I have run both a Rosary Club and Saints Club. The joys of praying with children, witnessing the prompting of their souls and feeling the abundant grace as they sang with united hearts, often left me speechless.

At times it could also be gut wrenching. Prayer petitions about everything from cancer, family break ups, job losses, to the death of a dear pet, tugged at our hearts. But in those moments of prayer, on Friday������Ƶapp at lunch time, we had each other and our faith. ]]> Education Mon, 03 May 2010 10:55:40 -0400 /features/catholic-education/item/11934-conservative-promises-school-funding-will-be-election-issue /features/catholic-education/item/11934-conservative-promises-school-funding-will-be-election-issue TORONTO - Which religious traditions get support from publicly funded schools is going to be an issue in Ontario������Ƶapp Oct. 10 election, promises Ontario Progressive Conservative education critic Frank Klees.
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