Prestigious Schulich Scholarship awarded to two Catholic grads
By Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic RegisterKiara Mavalwala is heading to York University this fall to study engineering in hopes of one day being able to ensure all people living in Canada have access to clean drinking water.
Nothing about this year will be normal
By JOHN KOSTOFF, Catholic Register SpecialAnyone who believes this coming school year will be normal is kidding themselves or is a politician preparing for an election.
Social justice at the core of new Brescia president
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterThe new president of Brescia University College is a political scientist who wants to liberate social justice from politics and an educator who wants to free teaching from the classroom. Lauretta Conklin Frederking has been named the 13th principal and the new president of Canada’s only Catholic women’s college. The London, Ont., college was founded by the Ursuline Sisters in 1919. Its 1,500 students also attend Western University.
Family, colleagues shape Daly’s trustee service
By Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic RegisterA well-known face in the corridors of Ontario Catholic education, Patrick Daly credits the support of family and colleagues for his effectiveness and longevity as a leader.
Pride flag to fly at schools
By Catholic Register StaffThe Pride flag will be flying over Ontario Catholic schools in a number of jurisdictions, including Toronto, in the month of June.
Social justice is investing’s future at Kings College
By Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic RegisterWith Gen-Zs touted as a morally conscious generation bent on addressing the many ills in today’s society, King’s University College Capital Management Club fund manager Serge Muhirwa sees social justice defining the future of investment.
Dissertation will explore Christianity and Holocaust
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterA couple years ago, Prof. Robert Ventresca at King’s University College in London, Ont., was marking papers submitted to him by a precocious, intense, serious and curious undergraduate enrolled in his seminar on the role of religion in the Holocaust.
St. Mary’s grad earns Indigenous award
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterMere months removed her June 2020 convocation at Calgary’s St. Mary’s University, Kate Gillis’ days are full of Zoom call collaboration and deep-dive independent research.
New faith centre at St. Thomas More College just right for its time
By Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic RegisterRoughly a decade in development, the new Centre for Faith, Reason, Peace and Justice at St. Thomas More College couldn’t be more timely.
St. Michael's College works to move investments to sustainable options
By Michael Swan, The Catholic Register$178 million might be a lot of money or it might not be anywhere near enough. It all depends what you want to do with it.
The higher calling of Catholic Education
By Gerry TurcotteIn The Idea of a University, John Henry Newman (now Saint) outlined his vision of a liberal education that spoke of the virtues and purpose of a university. Originally an Oxford man, his famed conflict at Oriel College — where he argued with the Provost that a tutor needed more engagement with undergraduates — resulted in Newman being cast out of his beloved institution and turning instead to a life of research.