{mosimage}Despite a recommendation from its own review committee that The Golden Compass continue to be available to students in Grade 7 and above, the Halton Catholic District School Board has banned the book from all its libraries.
The Toronto Catholic District School Board buys St. Joe’s
By Michael Swan, The Catholic Register{mosimage}TORONTO - The Toronto Catholic District School Board has closed a $10-million deal with the Sisters of St. Joseph that will keep the board’s downtown, all-girls high school exactly where it has been since 1960.
Toronto Catholic board unveils ‘Vision’
By Innocent Madawo, Catholic Register Special{mosimage}TORONTO - The Toronto Catholic District School Board has launched its version of the Character Development Initiative proposed by the government of Ontario in October last year.
Toronto area school boards choose 2008 leaders
By Catholic Register Staff{mosimage}TORONTO - Catholic school boards in the Greater Toronto Area have all chosen the chairpersons who will lead them into the new year.
Gay resource book removed by Waterloo board
By Robert White, Catholic Register Special{mosimage}KITCHENER, Ont. - The Waterloo Catholic District School Board will remove a teacher resource, which a local lobby group says “normalizes homosexuality,” from its schools but still make it available through requests to the Religion and Family Life co-ordinator.
School board pulls controversial book
By Michael Swan, The Catholic Register{mosimage}TORONTO - An Ontario Catholic school board has pulled The Golden Compass and other His Dark Materials novels by outspoken atheist Philip Pullman from school library shelves in response to a U.S.-inspired campaign against both the books and the movie version of The Golden Compass, which opens across Canada Dec. 7.
Salt+Light, Dufferin-Peel school board team up
ByTORONTO - A new DVD series aims to teach students in the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board about virtues.
Dufferin-Peel looks to future
By Catholic Register StaffLaity role essential in Catholic schools
By John Thavis, Catholic News ServiceToronto board to launch year-round schooling pilot program
By Sara Loftson, The Catholic Register{mosimage}TORONTO - The Toronto Catholic District School Board has tentatively approved year-round schooling at two elementary and two secondary schools for the 2009-2010 school year.