St. Sylvester Catholic School students perform their rendition of Three Trees lead by lead actor John Porathur, Grade 7, who played Jesus Christ.

Easter play shows students 'God's love changes everything'

TORONTO - Toronto Catholic students are bringing the story of Jesus Christ to life for their peers during Holy Week.

Ann Hawkins is the new president of the Ontario English Catholic Teachers Association. When asked about balancing a school board’s deficit, Perkins said savings can be found elsewhere in a school system rather than cuts to the classroom.

OECTA president to focus on relationship building

Over the next two years Ann Hawkins hopes to use her position as the new Ontario English Catholic Teachers Association’s (OECTA) president to build relationships and protect the Catholic classroom.

TCDSB chair Mike Del Grande, left, and director of education Angela Gauthier.

Toronto Catholic board could see 300 teacher cuts

TORONTO - Budgeting blunders that left an unexpected deficit, coupled with a potential two-per-cent cut in provincial grants, could leave the Toronto Catholic District School Board with more than 300 fewer frontline educators in September.

Toronto Catholic District School board chair Michael Del Grande says that human error and an inadequate system of checks and balances in the board’s accounting department led to the nearly $17-million deficit.

TCDSB dealing with a $16.9-million shortfall due to accounting error

TORONTO - An accounting error in the previous budget means that the Toronto Catholic District School Board is expected to end this school year with a $16.9-million deficit.

About 500 people gathered outside Queen’s Park Feb. 24, many with signs in hand, voicing concerns about Ontario’s revised sexual education curriculum which was unveiled slightly more than 24 hours earlier.

Schools to teach sex ed through Catholic lens

OTTAWA - Ontario Catholic authorities believe Catholic teaching is protected in the province’s new sex education curriculum, though pro-family groups don’t share in that optimism.

Mark Shelvock founded a thanatology club at King’s University College in London, Ont., with the hope of teaching fellow students that the keys to happiness can be found by exploring death.

Studying death to appreciate life

At King’s University College in London, Ont., second-year student Mark Shelvock is hoping to teach others what he’s learned already: that the key to happiness can be found in the exploration of death.

Student campus ministers promoting the Newman Centre by giving away hot beverages and talking to passer-bys.

Newman Centre takes ministry to the streets

TORONTO - On a large campus like the University of Toronto’s St. George campus, it can be hard for students to feel a sense of community. So the Newman Centre’s Student Campus Ministry (SCM) team is going out to let Catholic students on campus know it is there for them.

Starting in April, Richard Corneil will become Windsor-based Assumption University's chief administrator and principal.

Richard Corneil to succeed Fr. Rosica as Assumption principal

Richard Corneil will be taking over as new chief administrator and principal of Windsor, Ont.’s Assumption University beginning in April.

Catholic universities and colleges need to help students embrace their faith, a conference in Washington heard.

Catholic colleges urged to tap into students’ faith

WASHINGTON - Catholic college presidents gathered in Washington earlier this month not only got ideas about ways to improve faculty development and fundraising efforts, they were also challenged to keep helping students embrace their faith or come to understand what it means.

Vancouver Archbishop J. Michael Miller, CSB, alongside Catholic Pacific College president Christine Jones and Trinity Western University president Bob Kuhn.

Name now reflects college’s Catholicity

LANGLEY, B.C. - The Catholic college affiliated with Trinity Western University has rebranded itself.

Redeemer Pacific College, which teaches TWU-accredited courses from a Catholic perspective, has changed its name to Catholic Pacific College.

Students at universities are turning away from arts and humanities programs as education becomes more aligned with corporate priorities.

Preserving liberal arts in a tech crazy world

Prof. David Seljak has been standing up in front of classrooms and teaching young men and women how to think about their society for approximately a generation. There’s always been an ebb and flow of students, but lately the ebb has the upper hand.

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