Twenty-four Catholic high school students and five adult supervisors gathered in Consuelo, Dominican Republic, to debrief our day. We had toured a batay (sugar workers’ village) outside the city along a road that by Canadian standards would be considered impassible.
Are there lessons to be learned from U.S. educators?
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterBigger is better and if we don’t get better we’re going to get beat, is the message one religious education teacher has brought back from a giant American convention for Catholic teachers.
Ontario bishops commit to ‘renewing the promise’ of Catholic education
By Catholic Register Staff
Abolition threats knock on the door of Catholic education
By John B. KostoffA sampling of recent media indicates voices are again ramping up their call for one school system in Ontario or, in short, for the abolishment of Catholic schools.
Student finds his passion in social justice, ethnic minority issues
By Meggie Hoegler, The Catholic RegisterHis teacher describes Aaron Parry as a “gentle soul,” but no one could ever accuse him of lacking passion.
Student trustee ready for his rookie year
By Meggie Hoegler, The Catholic RegisterImagine being 16 years old and having to represent 92,000 of your peers.
Toronto Catholic schools part of new pedestrian safety initiative for students
By Meggie Hoegler, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO – 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.
Building leaders is top priority for new director
By Evan Boudreau, The Catholic RegisterAlong 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
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterPeace, 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
By Evan Boudreau, The Catholic RegisterAlthough 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
By Evan Boudreau, The Catholic RegisterA 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.