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OTTAWA (CCN)—National pro-life student associations in the United States and Canada have thrown their support behind , a pro-life group facing discrimination on the Carleton University campus in Ottawa.

Carleton University������Ƶapp pro-life club was told earlier this week that it must become pro-choice if it wants to receive student union funding and recognition on campus (read full story).

and launched as a sign of solidarity with the Lifeline, which has been decertified by the Carleton University Students’ Association (CUSA).  That means the pro-life club has lost access to funds from compulsory student dues as well as the recognition that allows them to use public spaces on campus for meetings and publicity.

OTTAWA - Carleton University������Ƶapp pro-life club must become pro-choice if it wants to receive student union funding and recognition on campus.

The revoked the club status of and said it must change a clause in its constitution which violates CUSA's anti-discrimination policy supporting “a woman������Ƶapp right to choose” in order to be recertified.

TORONTO - Jamie Dowell will be growing a moustache this month. But vanity has nothing to do with it.

Dowell, a Grade 12 student at St. Michael������Ƶapp College School in Toronto, is taking part in the school������Ƶapp inaugural Movember campaign — a global initiative where men grow moustaches and raise money to increase awareness and funds for prostate cancer.

“Prostate cancer will probably affect at least someone we know in our lives and, being men, it������Ƶapp something that we should have a basic knowledge about and support it in every way we can,” said Dowell.

TORONTO - Critics are predicting a provincial bill on student achievement and school board governance will change the face of Ontario������Ƶapp school boards when newly elected trustees take office in December.

Rather than leave it to school boards to always act in the best interest of students, as has been the case historically, Bill 177 legislates boards to “promote student achievement and well-being” and “ensure the effectiveness of the board������Ƶapp resources.” Trustees are also legally bound to “entrust the day-to-day management of the board to its staff through the board������Ƶapp director of education.”

There are no set plans to incorporate Brother André������Ƶapp sainthood at schools named in his honour at the present time, though one school board has already vowed to name its next school after Canada������Ƶapp newest saint.

“It������Ƶapp the community������Ƶapp prerogative,” said Jim Nicoletti, principal at Brother André Catholic High School in Markham, Ont.

“The superintendent was waiting for direction from the trustees to come out and meet with our parent council to get the ball rolling,” said Nicoletti, adding that because it������Ƶapp an election year, “it������Ƶapp not happening too quickly.”

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - With hate crimes on the rise in Canada, implementing the province's new inclusive education policy comes at critical time when schools must be “safe havens” for all students, regardless of race, religion or sexual orientation, says educator Chris D'Souza.

D'Souza spoke at an Oct. 22 workshop at the “When Faith Meets Pedagogy” conference on “Reaffirming our vocation to Catholic education and commitment in the service of students.”

D'Souza has been in 27 Ontario cities over the past nine months speaking about the government's new equity and inclusive education policy.

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - A “courageous conversation” needs to happen at Ontario������Ƶapp Catholic schools to combat homophobia as boards implement the provincial government������Ƶapp new equity policy, says a prominent educator.

Kevin Welbes Godin told a symposium that “silence is no longer acceptable” when it comes to the absence of anti-homophobia policies in some Ontario Catholic boards.

But other comments during the workshop upset some teachers who said Welbes Godin and co-presenter David Szollosy were misinterpreting the position of the Ontario bishops and that their views on gay support groups were not in keeping with Church teaching.

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - As a teacher, Bishop Paul Andre-Durocher once taught a Grade 10 student who had a hard time mastering the baritone.

After many unsuccessful attempts, the student finally got it, to her delight and the joy of her teacher.

The Cornwall-Alexandria bishop used this as an example of grace in the classroom as he spoke to 1,200 teachers at the 14th annual “When Faith Meets Pedagogy” conference sponsored by the .

TORONTO - Close to 40 per cent of the 230 seats for Catholic school trustee across Ontario have been filled by acclamation.

But the says this represents a drop in acclamations — down from 45 per cent in 2006 to 37 per cent this year — and is a potential silver lining to what������Ƶapp happened at the Toronto Catholic District School Board.

Nancy Kirby, the association������Ƶapp president, told The Catholic Register that the drop in acclamations is encouraging and may have been sparked by the events at the Toronto Catholic board.

LONDON, Ont. - For those who are worried about just how Catholic Ontario������Ƶapp Catholic teachers really are, fourth-year students Kasia Surowaniec and Nicole Denomy ought to ease any anxieties.

Surwaniec and Denomy are already in their third year of preparations to become Catholic teachers — and they haven’t even been to teachers’ college yet. Since their second year at university the students have been enrolled in Kings’ new Catholic Studies for Teachers program and should be among the first four graduates to complete the program this spring.