Building leaders is top priority for new director
Along his journey as a student, teacher and now director of education at Canada’s largest Catholic school board, Rory McGuckin leaned on Catholic leaders for guidance.
Canada, refugee family earn high marks
Peace, order, good government — that’s all Jomanah Chahrour’s family needed to succeed when they arrived in Edmonton almost six years ago, fleeing Syria’s chaotic, brutalizing civil war.
Film protects schools’ Catholic legacy
Although religious communities no longer have a daily presence in most Ontario schools, a soon-to-be completed film hopes to ensure their efforts in establishing Catholic education are not forgotten.
Students get a big charge from physics
A group of Catholic students from Cambridge, Ont., hope a once-ina- lifetime opportunity to conduct an experiment at the world-famous CERN laboratory in Switzerland will help change the way scientists view the world.
Schools ready to go around the globe to solve enrolment issues
Years of declining enrolment are pushing some Catholic school boards to take a far deeper dive into the foreign student market.
Niagara teen excels on all fronts to gain Harvard admission
Emily Hunter expects to do great things at Harvard University starting next September, thanks to the Catholic education she received in Ontario.
Teacher competing in pageant sends beautiful message to students
Stephanie Photopoulos always taught her students at school and at the dance studio that their bodies should be loved and cherished. Now, the young Catholic hopes to prove it to them on stage.
Catholic schools are a vehicle for faith journey
Canada is fortunate to have sociologists like Reginald Bibby working in the field of religious attitudes. His most recent book, Canada’s Catholics, should be on the desk of all administrators, trustees, teachers and priests.
Memories find a place in board’s #MyCatholicEducation Twitter campaign
Sharing school memories — 140 characters at a time — has proven to be great way to celebrate Catholic Education Week for the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board.
