(Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Class is in session once again for Regina students in both the public and Catholic school divisions.
Remote learning started on Dec. 14 for students and teachers in Regina. Both school divisions cited reasons like higher COVID-19 transmission rates in the city, decreased student attendance and trouble with getting substitute staff.
Now, both school divisions are looking at the return to the classroom as a fresh start.
Domenic Scuglia, director of education with Regina Catholic Schools, is hoping for the remainder of the school year to go smoothly.
“I think we’ve passed, for the most part, the hurdle of the pandemic and I think for the most part, people are happy for the return to the classroom,” Scuglia said. “The pause that we’ve had for now almost a month was very beneficial for us. We should see that cases will be more manageable for us.
Commemorating the 5th Anniversary of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Final Report
Five years ago this month, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) published its six-volume Final Report, with its 94 Calls to Action. The “Final Report” includes the Calls to Action that address educational institutions and the churches that were administrators of residential schools, including the Catholic Church.
The TRC Final Report was an invitation to our nation and to our churches to open our eyes to the suffering experienced by Indigenous people as a result of colonization and efforts to force their assimilation, most notably through the residential school system. The Final Report did not give up on the churches, but rather, summoned us to conversion. Being faithful to the Gospel of Jesus Christ today requires that we own past sins and mistakes, and learn how to walk in solidarity with Indigenous people in building a different and better future together.