York Region school board removes Sir John A. Macdonald's name from school

Published Wednesday, July 7, 2021 4:36PM EDT
Trustees at a school board north of Toronto have voted to rename Sir John A. Macdonald Public School as part of Indigenous reconciliation efforts.
The York Regional District School Board says it made the decision after presenting a report to rename the school at a special meeting on Tuesday.
Board chair Cynthia Cordova says the school's community is committed to equity, inclusivity and truth and reconciliation.
The Markham, Ont., elementary school of about 425 students was named after Canada's first prime minister when it opened in 2012.
Macdonald is considered an architect of the country's notorious residential school system that took Indigenous children from their families in an effort to assimilate them.

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