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Michael W. Higgins
Michael William Higgins (born October 24, 1948) is a Canadian academic and writer. He was the interim principal of St. Mark's College and president of Corpus Christi College from July 15, 2020July 31, 2023 Higgins and his wife Krystyna, a professional piano accompanist, liturgical musician and freelance editor, have four adult children---Rebecca, Andrew, Sarah and Alexa. Personal Born in Toronto in 1948, Higgins attended St. Thomas Aquinas School for his primary education, and received his secondary education from the Vaughan Road Collegiate Institute, where Higgins is now on the school'"Hall of Fame" Higgins earned his Bachelor of Arts degree magna cum laude in English and Philosophy from St. Francis Xavier University (1970), a Masters of Arts in English from York University (1971), a Bachelor of Education (Theatre Arts specialization) from the University of Toronto (1974), a PhD from York University (1979) with thesis entitled ''Thomas Merton — the Silent-Speaking Poet: A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corpus Christi College (Vancouver)
Corpus Christi College is a private Catholic liberal arts college, located near the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The Vancouver campus is located in the University Endowment Lands on Point Grey, which is the name given to the height of land above the point of the same name. The college currently offers first and second-year university transfer courses from its location within St. Mark's College. The college has a high percentage of students involved in community service, small class sizes, and the ability to take fully credited courses at UBC."Introduction." Corpus Christi College. October 30, 2007. Corpus Christi College. 31 Oct 2007 . See also * St. Mark's Chapel, Vancouver * St. Mark's College, Vancouver * University Endowment Lands * Regent College * List of universities in British Columbia * Higher education in British Columbia Higher education in British Columbia is delivered by 25 publicly funded institutions that are com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Telegraph-Journal
The ''Telegraph-Journal'' is a daily newspaper published in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. It serves as both a provincial daily and as a local newspaper for Saint John. The newspaper is published by Brunswick News. The ''Telegraph-Journal'' is the only New Brunswick-based newspaper to be distributed province-wide and has the highest readership in the province at a weekly circulation of 233,549 and a daily readership of about 100,000. Brunswick News also publishes a series of editions of regional news, including editions in Fredericton and Moncton under the titles ''Daily Gleaner'' and ''Times & Transcript'', respectively. Corporate management is based in Saint John. History The paper has been published out of Saint John since 1862. Capitalist Kenneth Colin (K.C.) Irving, without formal announcement bought New Brunswick Publishing and the ''Telegraph-Journal'', as well as a local Saint John radio station CHSJ in 1944. Eventually word got out that Irving had bought the paper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canada AM
''Canada AM'' was a Canadian morning television news show that aired on CTV from 1972 to 2016. Its final hosts were Beverly Thomson and Marci Ien, with Jeff Hutcheson presenting the weather forecast and sports. The program aired on weekdays, and was produced from CTV's facilities at 9 Channel Nine Court in Scarborough, Toronto. In addition to CTV's local owned-and-operated stations (O&Os) in Eastern Canada as well as affiliate station CITL-DT Lloydminster, the program also aired on independent station CJON-DT (NTV) in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, as well as CTV News Channel, the network's 24-hour national news service. The program previously aired on CTV's O&Os in Western Canada, until they launched their own all-local morning news programmes called ''CTV Morning Live'' on August 29, 2011. History CTV's first attempt at a morning show, ''Bright and Early'', launched in 1966 and was cancelled the next year; among the presenter lineup was future federal Liberal cabinet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (french: Société Radio-Canada), branded as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian public broadcaster for both radio and television. It is a federal Crown corporation that receives funding from the government. The English- and French-language service units of the corporation are commonly known as CBC and Radio-Canada, respectively. Although some local stations in Canada predate the CBC's founding, CBC is the oldest existing broadcasting network in Canada. The CBC was established on November 2, 1936. The CBC operates four terrestrial radio networks: The English-language CBC Radio One and CBC Music, and the French-language Ici Radio-Canada Première and Ici Musique. (International radio service Radio Canada International historically transmitted via shortwave radio, but since 2012 its content is only available as podcasts on its website.) The CBC also operates two terrestrial television networks, the English-language CBC Television and the Frenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Williamson (bishop)
Richard Nelson Williamson (born 8 March 1940) is a British independent Traditionalist Catholic bishop who opposes the changes in the church brought about by the Second Vatican Council. He was originally a member of the Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX). He was subsequently excommunicated; this was lifted in 2009. Williamson was convicted in German courts of denying the Holocaust and incitement related to those views. He incurred a '' latae sententiae'' excommunication in 2015 for consecrating a bishop without the pope's approval. Due to other actions, Williamson was expelled from the SSPX in 2012. In 1988, Williamson was one of four SSPX priests who were illicitly consecrated as bishops by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, for which Pope John Paul II declared had incurred ''ipso facto'' automatic excommunication. The validity of the excommunication has always been denied by the SSPX, who, citing canon law, argue that the consecrations were permissible due to a crisis in the Catholic Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Society Of Saint Pius X
The Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX) ( la, Fraternitas Sacerdotalis Sancti Pii X; FSSPX) is an international fraternity of traditionalist Catholic priests founded in 1970 by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, a leading traditionalist voice at the Second Vatican Council with the , and Superior General of the Holy Ghost Fathers until 1968. The society was initially established as a pious union of the Catholic Church with the permission of François Charrière, the Bishop of Lausanne, Geneva and Fribourg in Switzerland. In 2022, the society reached over 700 priestly members. The society is named after Pope Pius X, whose anti-Modernist stance the society stresses, retaining the Tridentine Mass and pre-Vatican II liturgical books in Latin for the other sacraments. The present Superior General of the society is the Reverend Davide Pagliarani, who succeeded Bishop Bernard Fellay in 2018. There are a number of organisations derived from the SSPX: most notably the Society of Saint Pi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New Quarterly
''The New Quarterly'' is a literary magazine based in Waterloo, Ontario that publishes short fiction, poetry, and creative non-fiction from emerging and established Canadian writers. History and profile ''The New Quarterly'' was established in 1981. The magazine is published on a quarterly basis. It publishes Canadian poetry, prose, creative non-fiction, and occasional interviews with established writers. However, its mandate is to encourage and nurture new and emerging talent. The magazine tries to strike a balance between a serious and playful tone, above all celebrating literature. Each issue is given a loose theme; for example, "In which science becomes metaphor, poets don lab coats...", "Something About the Animal", and "Fathers, Mothers, Lovers & Others". The magazine has won several national magazine awards, including the Gold Medal for the fiction by Tamas Dobozy in 2014. Writing from past issues has been nominated for Canadian National Magazine Awards, and McClelland & ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catholic New Times
''Catholic New Times'' was a Canadian Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic newspaper founded in 1976 by social activists, including Mary Jo Leddy, Fr. Jim Webb SJ, Fr. Tom McKillop, Fr. Bud Smith SFM, Sr. Margaret Ordway IBVM, and Jim Morin who proposed a collective organizational model which began with twelve people. The ''Catholic New Times'' was incorporated by letters patent in the Province of Ontario on December 13, 1976, with the objective of promoting the advancement of religion in Canada. For over 30 years, its editors, writers and supporters included many Roman Catholicism in Canada, Canadian Catholics interested in social justice. Its editors included Mary Jo Leddy, Janet Somerville, Sr. Frances Ryan OSU, Sr. Anne O'Brien CSIC, Maura Hanrahan, Ted Schmidt and Diane Bisson.Alphonse de Valk , "The anti-Catholic New Times". ''Catholic Insight''. April 2005. History ''Catholic New Times'' was considered a non-profit corporation and was registered as a charitable organization ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CBC Television
CBC Television (also known as CBC TV) is a Canadian English-language broadcast television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster. The network began operations on September 6, 1952. Its French-language counterpart is Ici Radio-Canada Télé. With main studios at the Canadian Broadcasting Centre in Toronto, CBC Television is available throughout Canada on over-the-air television stations in urban centres, and as a must-carry station on cable and satellite television providers. CBC Television can also be live streamed on its CBC Gem video platform. Almost all of the CBC's programming is produced in Canada. Although CBC Television is supported by public funding, commercial advertising revenue supplements the network, in contrast to CBC Radio and public broadcasters from several other countries, which are commercial-free. Overview CBC Television provides a complete 24-hour network schedule of news, sports, entertainment and child ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TVOntario
TVO Media Education Group (often abbreviated as TVO and stylized on-air as tvo) is a publicly funded English-language educational television network and media organization serving the Canadian province of Ontario. It is operated by the Ontario Educational Communications Authority (OECA), a Crown corporation owned by the Government of Ontario. It operates flagship station CICA-DT (channel 19) in Toronto, which also relays programming across portions of Ontario through eight rebroadcast stations. All pay television (cable, satellite, IPTV) providers throughout Ontario are required to carry TVO on their basic tier, and programming can be streamed for free online within Canada. Governance, funding and other responsibilities TVO is governed by a volunteer board of directors, and supported by a network of regional councillors from across the province. TVO also reports to the Ontario legislature through the Minister of Education, in accordance with the Ontario Educational Commun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CTV Television Network
The CTV Television Network, commonly known as CTV, is a Canadian English-language terrestrial television network. Launched in 1961 and acquired by BCE Inc. in 2000, CTV is Canada's largest privately owned television network and is now a division of the Bell Media subsidiary of BCE. It is Canada's largest privately or commercially owned network consisting of 22 owned-and-operated stations nationwide and two privately owned affiliates, and has consistently been placed as Canada's top- rated network in total viewers and in key demographics since 2002, after several years trailing the rival Global Television Network in key markets. Bell Media also operates additional CTV-branded properties, including the 24-hour national cable news network CTV News Channel and the secondary CTV Two television system. There has never been an official full name corresponding to the initials "CTV"; prior to CTV's launch in 1961, it was given the proposed branding of "Canadian Television Network" ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Literary Review Of Canada
The ''Literary Review of Canada'' is a Canadian magazine that publishes ten times a year in print and online. The magazine features essays and reviews of books on political, cultural, social, and literary topics, as well as original Canadian poetry. History The ''Literary Review of Canada'' was founded in 1991 in Toronto by Patrice Dutil and published for the first time in November 1991. In late 1996, after publishing fifty-five issues, Dutil sold the magazine to Carleton University Press. In 1998, the magazine was sold to partners David Berlin, Denis Deneau, and, later, Helen Walsh. Berlin left in 2001, the same year that Mark Lovewell joined as partner and eventually co-publisher. Deneau left in early 2003. Bronwyn Drainie was hired as editor in 2003 and held the position until 2015. The magazine's editor from July 2016 until October 2018 was Sarmishta Subramanian. Kyle Wyatt has been the magazine's editor since January 2019. The ''Literary Review of Canada'' unveiled its lis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
