Education

Grade one students at Ecole St. Elizabeth. Some 11,000 children moved into new P3 schools this fall in Saskatchewan.

Saskatchewan opens nine new Catholic schools

REGINA – In the wake of the province invoking the notwithstanding clause to protect Catholic education, Saskatchewan’s Catholic school system is undergoing the largest expansion in the province’s history.

By REGAN SEIDLER, Catholic Register Special

Violette Khammad, president of King's student council, and Dean of Students Joe Henry sit on the school's Friendship Bench. The Friendship Bench program started in 2014 and benches have been installed in 35 locations across Canada.

King's University College puts focus on mental health

When it comes to supporting mental health on campus, King’s University College has plenty of new tricks up its sleeve — from yoga to meditation headbands.

By Meggie Hoegler, The Catholic Register

Canada’s only Jesuit undergraduate college turns 100, it will begin its second century by walking in the footsteps of the first Jesuit Pope.

Campion stays true to its Jesuit roots

REGINA – As Canada’s only Jesuit undergraduate college turns 100, it will begin its second century by walking in the footsteps of the first Jesuit Pope.

By Alan Hustak, Catholic Register Special

“One of the first things I noticed in my first week is how inclusive this campus is,” said Small Legs-Nagge, who last month began his new job as special advisor to the president on aboriginal affairs.

Aboriginal advisor a first for university

It didn’t take long for Patrick Small Legs-Nagge to pick up on the culture of Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax, N.S.

“One of the first things I noticed in my first week is how inclusive this campus is,” said Small Legs-Nagge, who last month began his new job as special advisor to the president on aboriginal affairs.

By Jean Ko Din, The Catholic Register

Joel Ndongmi is sworn in by Paul Matthews, General Legal Counsel for TCDSB, at the Catholic Education Centre on Sept. 7.

Student trustee ready for his rookie year

Imagine being 16 years old and having to represent 92,000 of your peers.

By Meggie Hoegler, The Catholic Register

New school safety zones were introduced on Sept. 5 as part of Vision Zero Road Safety Plan, a five-year plan to reduced traffics-related deaths announced last year by Mayor John Tory, pictured.

Toronto Catholic schools part of new pedestrian safety initiative for students

TORONTO – Parents have a lot of things to worry about on the first day of school. Whether or not their child arrives safely should not be one of them.

By Meggie Hoegler, The Catholic Register

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.

By Evan Boudreau, The Catholic Register

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.

By Michael Swan, The Catholic Register

Kevin Moynihan, right, interviews Fr. Jim Mulligan, a Holy Cross father and author of four books on Catholic education, in Welland, Ont.

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.

By Evan Boudreau, The Catholic Register

The Charging Cavaliers and their teachers prepared for CERN by visiting SNOLAB in Sudbury, Ont.

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.