Catholic School Trustees

Open letter from the chair of the DCDSB on school board trustees

Catholic Register Staff · April 30, 2026

An open letter from Morgan Ste. Marie, chair of the Durham Catholic District School Board, detailing the losses that would follow elimination of local school board trustee positions.

Without trustees, there’s no accountability

Morgan Ste. Marie · April 30, 2026

After a few months of speculation about Ontario school board governance, a critical question must be asked: What will happen if we diminish the role of elected school board trustees?

Editorial

Foolish aplenty

May 2, 2024

It might have been appropriate to raise the white flag of Ugly Ville over the April 23 meeting of the Toronto Catholic District School Board.

Pro-life flag won’t fly at Toronto schools

Toronto Catholic District School Board trustees voted against a motion to fly the flag at area schools this May

Quinton Amundson · April 24, 2024

The International Pro-Life Flag will not fly over Toronto Catholic schools this May.

Former trustee feels vindicated by dicastery’s dignity document

Quinton Amundson · April 18, 2024

Reading the passages about gender theory written in the new Vatican document Dignitas Infinita (Infinite Dignity) offered Francine Champagne, a former school trustee in Winnipeg, a feeling of vindication.

Trustee fight for pro-life flags on Toronto schools

Quinton Amundson · April 16, 2024

Toronto Catholic District School Board (TCDSB) trustee Mike Del Grande hopes that on April 23, almost 200 TCDSB schools and the Catholic Education Centre will get the go ahead to fly the international pro-life flag annually during May.

Former trustees say ‘bullying’ rampant for upholding Catholic beliefs

Anna Farrow · April 11, 2024

Francine Champagne had high hopes of helping children when she was elected as a trustee of Winnipeg’s Louis Riel School Division Board (LRSDB) in October 2022. They all came crashing down a few months later over a non-existent debate about library books and mild memes.