Catholic Education
Dufferin-Peel Catholic board to review Snow Falling on Cedars
By Sara Loftson, The Catholic Register
TORONTO - David Guterson’s award-winning novel Snow Falling on Cedars has been pulled from school library shelves in the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board after a parent complained about its sexual content.
Cup fever for Catholic schools
By Sara Loftson, The Catholic Register
TORONTO - Students within the Toronto Catholic District School Board will be learning more about the history of the Canadian Football League through a program in conjunction with the Canadian Football Hall of Fame.
Province takes over Dufferin-Peel board
By Catholic Register Staff
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - Government-appointed overseer Norbert Hartmann announced Feb. 5 that he is seizing control of the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board.
Carleton pro-life group is granted club status
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News
OTTAWA - Carleton Lifeline, a pro-life group at Ottawa's Carleton University, has been granted club status on campus despite a constitutional amendment banning "anti-choice" groups and actions approved by the student union in December.
Protests shut down lecture series on Muslim threat
By Ron Stang, Catholic Register Special
WINDSOR, Ont. - A professor at Assumption University here was among those leading opposition to a controversial lecture series at Windsor's Campbell Baptist Church which depicted Islam as a religion of evil and a threat to Canadian values.
Province to blame for education chaos, trustees complain
By Michael Swan, The Catholic Register
TORONTO - Timmins Catholic school trustee Colleen Landers fully expects to be laying off teachers in April and then hoping to rehire them over the summer. She and her colleagues on the Northeastern Catholic District School Board have sent out a sheaf of just-in-case pink slips before, and it's become part of the normal and chaotic budgeting routine for many school boards.
School boards on different paths
By Catholic Register Staff
TORONTO - The 416 and 905 area codes rounded off 2006 by continuing on separate paths over the financing of Catholic education.
More budget woes forecast for school boards
By Michael Swan, The Catholic Register
TORONTO - The Catholic school board in the rich and growing suburbs squeezed in between Toronto and Hamilton is worried.
Union officials take over at College of Teachers'
By Michael Swan, The Catholic Register
TORONTO - One of the most hated of the Mike Harris Conservative's education reforms in the eyes of teachers' unions is now in the hands of one of the unions' very own.
School boards choose leaders
By Sara Loftson, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - Trustees from the five Catholic school boards within the Toronto archdiocese have elected their chairs and vice-chairs for the 2006-2007 school year.
Trustees play for time with province
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - Despite a provincial report which recommends ways for the Toronto Catholic District School Board to erase $34.9 million in red ink, trustees are hoping to dodge cuts by playing for time until the spring provincial budget.