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May 13, 2021

Pride flag to fly at schools

Pride flag to fly at schools

The Pride flag will be flying over Ontario Catholic schools in a number of jurisdictions, including Toronto, in the month of June.

Published in Education
May 11, 2018

Halton school board 'Sanctity of Life' fundraising policy on hold

Keith Boyd, president of the Halton unit of the OECTA, said those who support the policy are in the “significant minority.”

Tensions continued to run high as the Halton Catholic District School Board suspended implementation of its controversial fundraising policy.

Published in Canada
November 29, 2017

Anti-bullying strategies take different paths

On Nov. 21, students and staff from across the Halton Catholic District School Board gathered for the launch of See the Problem: Be the Solution. A bullying prevention initiative, the campaign is urging students to take action by developing creative public service messages that promote positive school environments.
If a child commits a crime, should a parent do the time?

The city of North Tonawanda, N.Y., thinks yes. Located 24 km north of Buffalo, North Tonawanda passed a law in October stating parents could be sentenced to 15 days in jail if their child violates a city law, including bullying, twice in a 90-day period. 
Published in Canada
January 25, 2012

Showdown may loom as Catholic schools keep up with changing times

Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty has stated that Catholic schools “will have gay-straight alliances,” even though the right of Catholic schools to promote Catholic values is constitutionally guaranteed.

TORONTO - The Marshall Medium student newspaper was looking for hot topics for its spring 2011 issue. So when 12th-grader Erica Lenti pitched a story about the gay-straight alliances springing up in Ontario schools, the newspaper staff was sold.

Lenti interviewed staff and students at Marshall McLuhan Catholic Secondary School in Toronto and the article passed through editing. But when Lenti picked up a copy of The Medium, she learned her story had been pulled.

Her facts were incorrect, she was told. Her take: school administrators wanted nothing to do with the topic.

Published in Education