| Monday, May 1 |
| System-Wide Mass and Distinguished Catholic Educator and Leader Award Ceremony. This year, recipients of the Distinguished Catholic Educator and Leader Awards will be honoured following the System-Wide Mass at St. Bernadette Parish (21 Bayly St., E., Ajax) beginning at 4:30 p.m. |
| Tuesday, May 2 |
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Suicide Prevention / Life Promotion Literacy for School Staff training is being offered to all educators. This is a 3 hour workshop developed by School Mental Health Ontario that is intended to develop an understanding of suicide prevention at school and the role that all school staff play in keeping students safe.
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The Parent/Guardian/Caregiver Mental Health Series will continue today with a presentation from Ontario Shores on Understanding Anxiety and Mood Difficulties. Please join us from 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. on Zoom.
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| Wednesday, May 3 |
- The student trustee leadership team at the Ontario Catholic School Trustees’ Association is hosting a virtual Ontario Catholic Student Youth Day (OCSYD).
- His Grace Francis Leo, Archbishop of Toronto, will join thousands of students across the province in the celebration of a special Catholic Education Week Mass that will be live streamed at 1:30 p.m. If you would like to watch the Mass, please visit https://www.stmichaelscathedral.com/live/.
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| Thursday, May 4 |
| School Mental Health Ontario is offering a webinar for secondary educators: Mental health lesson plans to support student learning - MH LIT: Student Mental Health in Action. During this session, educators will review this series of lessons for students in grades 9-12 on basic mental health knowledge and help-seeking skills, consider how to bring the lessons to their students, hear from those who have begun doing so, and start the planning process in conversation with their peers. |
| Friday, May 5 |
- Students and staff are encouraged to wear green to raise awareness for Mental Health Week.
- May 5 is the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls & 2-Spirit People. Students have been engaging in learning about how systemic barriers failed to prevent and address cases of missing and murdered Indigenous women, children and 2SLGBTQ+ individuals. We encourage our community to learn more at Reclaiming Power and Place: The Final Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. On May 5, secondary students will be attending the Gathering to Honour Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples hosted by Carea Community Health Centre. Staff will be attending the Gathering and selling sweaters to donate all the proceeds back to the Carea Community Health Centre to support the ongoing crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples in Canada.
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