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Blessed Trinity Secondary School’s science department chair Michael Weber (left) and aspiring astronaut Tomaz Rinne stand with Julia Dunder, holding a RaDI-N2 bubble device

Niagara students team up on Hadfield experiment

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Through Let’s Talk Science’s RaDI-N2 & You project, students from more than 300 Canadian classrooms, including three in the Niagara Catholic board, are collecting data on exposure rates to radiation neutrons in conjunction with Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield.

Bishop John Boissonneau

Pastoral plan aims for more Catholic presence on campus

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Archdiocese of Toronto targets community colleges

As representatives from the campus’ faith-based groups look on in excitement, Ryerson Students’ Union vice-president of education Melissa Palermo cuts though the red ribbon with gold scissors officially launching the school’s first official multifaith room.

Ryerson’s faithful have a place to call their own

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Downtown Toronto campus opens multi-faith room

Tracy Cunningham, associate registrar at King’s University College at Western University.

Catholic schools stress faith in recruitment

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Each year thousands of high school students seek the next step in their educational journey — and there are plenty of options.

The tolerance of Canadians, and our multicultural co-existence, are strengths of our country and in turn our universities.

Canada’s beauty reflected in Catholic universities

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TORONTO - One of the greatest privileges of my life is that my entire postsecondary education occurred at different Catholic universities on three different continents. I was exposed to the variety and beauty of Catholic higher education in general, and the unique identity and mission of Catholic education in particular.

Josh Canning, director of chaplaincy services at the Newman Centre, says that in a campus ministry context, every year is a Year of Faith.

Year of Faith goes to the heart of campus

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TORONTO - In the campus ministry context, every year is the Year of Faith, said Josh Canning.

Student trustees from across the province gather for a photo on Jan. 18 during a Catholic Trustees Professional Development Seminar where the Faith in Our Future Campaign was discussed.

Promoting the value of Catholic education

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TORONTO - The Ontario Catholic School Trustees’ Association (OCSTA) has launched a public awareness campaign to promote and help ensure the preservation of publically funded Catholic education.

Bruce Rodrigues, Toronto Catholic District School Board's director of education

Kindergarten enrolment in early January

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TORONTO - The Toronto Catholic District School Board will be holding registration for full-day kindergarten, both existing programs and new ones, beginning Jan. 8.

Jim Brown, former director of education in Dufferin-Peel and author of Rescuing Our Underachieving Sons, sees the feminization of education as a threat to Canada’s economy.

The feminization of education

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TORONTO - Education is for girls, or at least that’s how the majority of young boys see it, says Jim Brown. Brown, a former director of education for the Huron-Perth Catholic District School Board, has published his findings in Rescuing Our Underachieving Sons.

Following the presentation of the Peter Balciunas Scholarship to Kevin Ku (right), presenter Diane Devey (middle) and director of the integrated program between York University's faculty of education and the Toronto Catholic school board Greg Rogers.

TCDSB scholarship goes to future teacher

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TORONTO - The Toronto Catholic school board gave an early Christmas present to former student Kevin Ku, honouring him with the annual Peter Balciunas Scholarship Dec. 19.

Cardinal Leger Secondary School student Paris Dickinson is interviewed by a TV station as the students in background continue with the CPR world record attempt.

Brampton students set CPR record

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Cardinal Leger Secondary School students capped off international CPR month by setting a new Guinness World Record for the longest continual performing of cardio-pulmonary resuscitation.

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