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GSAs help create safe, welcoming environments – Windsor-Essex Catholic District School Board
Pride Month may kick off on June 1, but Catholic schools in Windsor-Essex work towards making students from the LGBTIQ+ community feel welcome and safe throughout the entire year, according to Rosemary LoFaso.
“It’s not about celebrating one day or one month out of the year,” said the Superintendent of Education whose portfolios include equity and diversity, and safe schools. “What we try to do throughout the year is incorporate programming, initiatives, events and opportunities for students to really feel like they belong in the community, and that’s a day-to-day thing.”
An essential part of that comes in providing support to school GSAs, which may stand for Gay-Straight Alliance or Gender Sexuality Alliance.
“It’s really a chance for us to feel that we can just be ourselves without judgement,” Angelina Boschin, a student at Holy Names Catholic High School, said of the GSA at her school. “It’s a way to remind ourselves that we’re not alone and also that we can work together to hopefully make a better tomorrow for anyone who does feel alone.”
Having a GSA in a school goes a long way to make it a more accepting place, according to Danielle Desjardins-Koloff.
“The presence alone of a club is a source of support to students and it’s not always students who identify as LGBTIQ+,” said the Principal at St. Joseph’s Catholic High School. “So the presence of the club itself definitely makes a statement about how we feel about taking care of our students, and upholding the dignity of every student.”
“I think the message really is that June might be Pride Month, but I think we’re proud all year long of all our students, and they’re accepted and they’re loved and they’re supported,” said LoFaso.
Check out this great video we produced about GSAs in our schools:
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@juanhall: I gotta say, this was the most interesting bike in this post….love that Intense is experimenting with gearboxes…I can see it have a huge effect on DH bikes….thank god there’s still people pushing things. Now, they need to make an Enduro bike with the Pinion MGU!
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The City of Pointe-Claire would like to inform you that the Bob-Birnie arena will be closed for its annual maintenance as of Monday, April 29. The Annex rink will reopen to the public on Monday, May 13, and the arena’s Main rink will be accessible as of Monday, June 3.
Public skating will resume on May 13, and the summer public activities programming will begin on June 3 when both rinks have reopened to the public.
In addition to the annual maintenance of the facility, two renovation projects are also scheduled to start at the same time:
Installation of new sound systems
The City will be replacing its current sound systems in both the Main rink and Annex rink, to offer arena visitors a better overall experience, whether watching from the stands or participating in on-ice activities. This project is expected to be conducted throughout the month of May.
Renovation of locker rooms in the Main Rink
The City will also be renovating the five locker rooms located in the Main rink, to bring up to date the amenities currently available to participants. These renovations are expected to begin in early May and will be completed by mid-August.
For all information about the Bob-Birnie arena, visit the arena’s page on our website.
We haven’t seen a new iPad in years, but Apple seems likely to change that in just a few weeks. All signs point to the release of new iPad models in the first week of May.
Apple CEO Tim Cook posted this GIF for the virtual event to X on Tuesday morning.
This morning, I received an email invite for a virtual Apple event, scheduled for May 7 at 7 a.m. PT (10 a.m. ET). The invite, which says “Let Loose,” shows a drawing of a hand holding an Apple Pencil. Considering the iPad is the only device that uses the Pencil — that doesn’t leave much to the imagination.
Apple’s been expected to release new OLED-screened iPad Pros with newly designed Pencils and Magic Keyboard cases. New iPad Airs are also expected, including a larger-screened 12.9-inch model. Apple’s iPad Air lineup tends to be slightly redesigned versions of previous-model iPad Pros, so just look to the M2 iPad Pro lineup for a sense of what the next Airs could be. These would be the first new iPads since the iPad Pro M2 model arrived in late 2022.
Watch this: What to Expect at Apple’s May 7 iPad Event
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