Tension continues in Windsor-Essex schools over policies around gender identity
One trustee says those opposed are a ‘very loud, vocal minority’ Tension continues in Windsor-Essex schools over policies around gender identity | CBC News
‘Tough job market’: Dufferin Peel Catholic District School Board laying off over 100 staff due to funding cuts
Reductions are a direct result of ongoing enrolment decline and elimination of specific funding sources from Ministry of Education, says board spokesperson DPCDSB school board laying off over 100 staff (mississauga.com)
BEHIND THE SCENES: Newmarket students give board failing grade over Pride flag decision
Some students staged a walkout at Sacred Heart Catholic School in Newmarket to protest the school board’s decision not to fly a Pride flag. BEHIND THE SCENES: Newmarket students give board failing grade over Pride flag decision…
Pride divide engulfs student body
A divide among York Catholic school stakeholders made its way down to the student body when a June 8 walkout to protest the board not flying the Pride flag turned violent at a Markham, Ont.,…
Backpacks for Kids to help 2,000 elementary and secondary school students in Niagara
The Backpack for Kids program launched early this year in hopes of providing more ability to adapt to need prior to the beginning of the next school year. Backpacks for Kids to help 2,000 elementary…
York Catholic District Board students ‘deserve to be safe’ after alleged violence erupts at LGBTQ2S+ walkout
Students attending York Catholic District School Board (YCDSB) schools are calling on the board to help make LGBTQ2S+ students and staff feel safer at school, after peaceful demonstrations were met with violence last week. YCDSB…
What is the anti-LGBTQ backlash doing to kids?
We hear from Grade 12 student Patrick Mikkelsen who organized a school walkout to protest the York Catholic District School Board’s decision not to fly the Pride flag and Erin Van Moorsel, a Catholic elementary…
What is it like to be an LGBTQ2S+ teen in Canada today? Talking to young activists on life in an increasingly hateful world
Flying the flag, they said, would show support for LGBTQ2S+ students like themselves – a clear message that they belong as much as anyone else – and a gesture in keeping with their faith. What is it…
As Niagara Catholic trustees get set to debate Pride flag, teachers association says keep them flying
When two Niagara Catholic District School Board trustees present their motion to get the board to abandon the Pride flag initiative that it adopted back in June 2021, there are unlikely to have the balance…
York Catholic school protest takes hostile turn
Students at a number of Catholic schools in York Region in the Greater Toronto Area held walkouts Thursday to demonstrate against the board’s recent decision not to fly the Pride flag outside of their headquarters during Pride month. But…