Egerton Ryerson | Toronto | Canada
Egerton Ryerson was a
Methodist minister, teacher, politician and education advocate in
Ontario. But he was also a key architect in the design of the
residential school system, which was used to oppress, assimilate and
abuse Indigenous people up until the '90s. "In 2015, the Truth
and Reconciliation Commission reported that children in the schools
were subjected to unthinkable abuse and neglect, to medical
experimentation, punishment for the practice of cultures or languages
and death. The aim of the Residential School System was cultural
genocide."
The Ryerson University in
Toronto, is discussing the possibility to remove Egerton Ryerson
statue from the University Campus
