In 1930, Catholic Trustees organized as an association to leverage their knowledge and experience in support of targetted advocacy efforts to achieve equitable funding and opportunities for Catholic schools across the province.Ontario’s Catholic schools have a well-recognized and celebrated tradition of providing inclusive, welcoming communities where all students are encouraged to realize their full potential as unique individuals created in the image of God. That’s because of our long, sad history of racism and anti-immigrant This puts Catholic schools in a unique position within the publicly-funded education system, one that is celebrated by the community and guided by the work of the Catholic school trustee. The key critique, however, is that the province has not provided enough funding to create the safe school environment for all.Ford and Lecce proudly touted the additional $309 million they have pledged to hire 500 nurses, 900 custodians, additional teachers, personal protective equipment, cleaning supplies and COVID-19 testing.The government thinks getting kids back to school safely in a pandemic will cost hundreds of millions of dollars but others have put the costs far higher.Ontario’s Liberal Party has estimated a safe return to school will take There is a huge chasm between these estimates and the truth, as is often the case in politics, lies somewhere in the middle. His most recent book, Putting Faith in Hate: When Religion is the Source or Target of Hate Speech, was published by Cambridge University Press in 2018.
Because that’s the norm in all of the free world outside of the United States. The separate schools must walk a difficult line between being public and being Catholic.If they are too public or secular, then they will cease to have any reason to exist. Following the settlement of a human rights code complaint, separate schools can no longer compel their students to attend religious classes or services. We can only hope that the atmosphere of learning, established in the classroom every other day, carries over to the home. It also does not provide the necessary additional resources to support distance learning for those families who elect to keep their children home, or to support students in schools who have unique learning needs.”In a document released in June, the Hospital for Sick Children emphasized the importance of school reopening in consideration of the risks of COVID-19 against the harm of school closure and the toll it’s taking on the physical and mental health and personal development of children. Star Newspapers Limited and/or its licensors. This spring, students and parents, got a front-row seat to the frequent failures of online learning. Therefore, all students, regardless of background, heritage, race, economic and societal status, are accepted and supported in a safe and caring learning environment.Join our mailing list to receive the latest news and updates from our team.© 2019 Ontario Catholic School Trustees Association | Tel: 416-932-9460 | a distill designOCSTA represents all of Ontario’s 29 English Catholic school boards.