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The Canadian Council of University Schools of Architecture (CCUSA), in collaboration with the Azrieli School of Architecture & Urbanism, Carleton University and the Faculty of Architecture at the University of Manitoba, are hosting a symposium on Sept. 29 to Oct. 2 as part of the Canadian Architecture Forums on Education (CAFÉ) series. The online and […]
Calls to remove the name of Canada's first prime minister from a major Ottawa parkway are renewing this month as Indigenous community members plan to march along the road in protest, after waiting more than a year for the federal government to rename it.
More than a year later, the Sir John A Macdonald Parkway s name remains unchanged cbc.ca - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from cbc.ca Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
OTTAWA The National Capital Commission and the city of Ottawa are being urged to remove the name of Sir John A. Macdonald from the parkway and other sites in the capital that bears his name. Two members of the Algonquin nation, Albert Dumont and Monique Manatch, along with Ottawa residents Roxanne Buckle and Brenda Mason have launched a petition demanding the immediate removal of Macdonald s name from the parkway. The call to rename the parkway follows the discovery of a mass grave of 215 children at the site of a former residential school in British Columbia. That the name of John A. Macdonald, the first Canadian prime minister who so blatantly orchestrated crimes against humanity, is still honoured on unceded Algonquin territory is an insult to the many Algonquin survivors of the residential schools he played a fundamental role in creating, said the petition.