Education

Peggy O’Neil, a professor in Brescia University College’s Food and Nutritional Sciences and Leadership Studies departments.

Brescia professor’s dream comes true

Growing up in Middlesex County in southwestern Ontario, Peggy O’Neil said she and her family would encounter Brescia College — now Brescia University College — on their route to pick up pizza for dinner.

By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register

A man stands beside a sign indicating the Toronto Stock Exchange index in downtown Toronto in this CNS file photo.

King’s course shows economics should seek meaning

Pope Francis challenged young Catholics to “transform an economy that kills into an economy of life” at a three day “Economy of Francesco” meeting in Assisi Sept. 22-24.

By Michael Swan, The Catholic Register

When Pope Francis delivered his apology to Canada’s Indgenous peoples in Alberta this summer, students and faculty at Waterloo, Ont.’s St. Jerome’s University watched intently alongside an Indigenous elder.

Encounter, heal and purify: St. Jerome’s plan for reconciliation

All histories are contested. If they weren’t, there would be no reason to study history. For an historian running a Catholic university in Canada right now, this nation’s history of colonialism and residential schools has created a special responsibility — not to the past but to our future understanding of ourselves.

By Michael Swan, The Catholic Register

Giuseppe Carito, left, and Sarnaz Ale Mohammed.

Top scholars not bookworms you might think

Graduating with stellar grades isn’t easy but it also doesn’t mean having your head in a book all day. Just ask some of the York Catholic District School Board’s 2022 top scholars.

By Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic Register

St. André Bessette has been named patron saint of the Huron-Perth Catholic District School Board in western Ontario.

Br. André named board’s patron saint

St. André Bessette has been named patron saint of Ontario’s Huron-Perth Catholic District School Board (HPCDSB) in recognition of the special place he has in the hearts of those in the region.

By Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic Register

There is expected to be a return to normal for school athletics this fall after COVID put a damper on the past few seasons.

School athletics set for big fall comeback

Chad Falk and his team at the Manitoba High Schools Athletic Association (MHSAA) were hard at work during the summer preparing for a 2022-23 school year slated to be chockful of provincial competitions.

By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register

A high school chaplain in Brampton, Ont., is questioning whether sports like football belong in high schools.

Chaplain: just say no to violent sports

For the past decade, high school chaplain Tony Whelan has been raising the moral and ethical question as to whether violent sports should have a place in Catholic schools.

By Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic Register

St. Michael’s principal returns to his roots

For Pat Daly, new principal of St. Michael’s College School, walking the halls of the prestigious all-boys Catholic school in Toronto feels like coming back to his roots.

By Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic Register

Full STEAM ahead for girls

A predominantly female robotics team from Toronto’s St. Oscar Romero Catholic Secondary School is helping to expand the face of science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics (STEAM).