Who We Are

Our Mission

Catholic Virtual Ontario provides equity of access for Catholic secondary students
to take secondary credits developed and taught by Catholic teachers.

Established in 2010

Catholic Virtual Ontario, (formerly Ontario Catholic eLearning Consortium) was originally founded in 2010. CVO's mission is to provide equity of access for Catholic secondary students to take secondary credits developed and taught by Catholic teachers.

Our Steering Committee

Michelle Booth - Waterloo Catholic DSB (Technology-Enabled Learning Contact)

Paul D’Hondt - Huron-Perth Catholic DSB (Technology-Enabled Learning Contact)

Lorenzo DiCerbo - Huron-Superior CDSB (Technology-Enabled Learning Contact)

Judy Merkel - Waterloo Catholic DSB (Superintendent)

Michael Redfearn - (CVO Coordinator)

Dave Szuty - Brant Haldimand Norfolk CDSB (Technology-Enabled Learning Contact)

Gerard Winn - Durham Catholic DSB (Superintendent)

Our Goals:

- Unite Catholic partners in support of the Catholic Church’s prophetic call for Catholic education leaders to guide students in the responsible and ethical use of digital tools in virtual learning environments;
- Enable member Catholic boards to develop and maintain a wide selection of high-quality Catholic secondary online courses, created and taught by Catholic teachers and made available to Catholic students;
- Collaborate with Catholic partners and TeLT Contacts to help ensure Catholic course offerings are coordinated and shared across member boards to help meet the needs of Catholic secondary students across Ontario;
- Provide faith-based professional learning opportunities and resources (E.g., course development sessions, best practice conferences) to support Catholic teachers in the development and effective delivery of quality faith-based online courses.