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Members of the 2021-2022 Anti-Black Racism Committee include:

  • Co-Chairs: 
    • (Staff): Margaret Brimpong/Susie Lee-Fernandes/
      Kayode Akomolafe;
    • (Non-Staff): Sean McCormack
  • Secretary: Laka Ford-Williams
  • Curriculum and Learning Co-Coordinators:
    • (Staff): Paula Sorhairz;
    • (Non-Staff): Nicole Emanuel
  • Community Resource Development Co-Coordinators:
    • (Staff): Jeannine Henry;
    • (Non-Staff): Kristy Beausoleil
  • Academic Performance and Student Discipline Co-Coordinators: 
    • (Staff): Hayden Chadee;
    • (Non-Staff): Merle Gonsalves
  • Talent Recruitment and Advancement Co-Coordinators: 
    • (Staff): Luetasha Watkins;
    • (Non-Staff): Rishita Peterson
  • Faith and Expression Co-Coordinators 
    • (Staff): Katherine Mustachi;
    • (Non-Staff): Marisa Hall
  • Celebration and Recognition Co-Coordinators:
    • (Staff): Tomy Valookaran;
    • (Non-Staff): Shauna Bookal

Members of the 2021-2022 Durham Catholic Parent Involvement Committee (DCPIC) include:

  • Melissa Bevan, Chair
  • Rose Lo Presti, Vice-Chair 
  • Erin Groat, Secretary/Treasurer 
  • Angela Kielbowski, Parent Member 
  • Jay Ashwin, Parent Member 
  • Karina Doyle, Parent Member 
  • Marie Marilla, Parent Member 
  • Channon Oyeniran, Parent Member
  • Laka Ford-Williams, Parent Member 
  • Vanessa Dreckmann, Parent Member 
  • Vanessa Assarali, Parent Member 
  • Jihan Ferguson, Parent Member 
  • Josie Mullin, Parent Member 
  • Michelle Gillis, Parent Member
  • Marika Shaw, Parent Member 
  • Andrea Onely, Parent Member 
  • Andrea Gagliardi, Parent Member 
  • Marcellin Kwilu Mondo, Community Representative 
  • Candice Belmontes, Community Representative 
  • Gina Da Fonte, Community Representative 

Staff members

  • Jim Wilson, Superintendent of Education (Director’s Designate)
  • Mikhail Yurkoski, Trustee
  • Richard Damianopoulos, Trustee
  • Lori Jones
  • Chris Szent-Ivany
  • Lara Spiers
  • Faeron Pileggi

Members of the Indigenous Education Circle for the 2021-2022 school year include:

  • Mariah O'Reilly
  • Leah Power
  • James MacKinnon
  • Karli Robertson
  • Julie Pigeon
  • Cecile Wagar
  • Claire Kearns
  • Dawn Lavell-Harvard
  • Ian McCallum
  • Julie Lezetc
  • Robert Cutting
  • Alyssa McLeod
  • Amanda Banning

As a Catholic school system we serve in partnership between the home, school and the parish.

Click here for a listing of our local parishes.

Members of the Special Education Advisory Committee for the 2021-2022 school year included:

  • Chair, Valerie Adamo
  • Walter Heeney
  • Alex Massis
  • Shona Casola
  • Jim McCafferty
  • Janice Oldman
  • Claudia Nosseir
  • Julie Sorhaitz
  • Akilah Dressekie