Ryerson University’s namesake statue has been vandalized once again in the wake of the remains of 215 children found at the site of a former residential school in British Columbia.
Sudbury s stories are filled with fascinating characters such as Kit Coleman, who at the turn of the last century, was one of Canada s most famous journalists.
Kathleen Blake Watkins Kit Coleman lived in Copper Cliff from 1899 to 1901. Starting in January 2001, Northern Life published a serialized historical novel about the pioneering Canadian journalist.
Every Sunday for almost two years, Mick Lowe, who had a long association with the newspaper, contributed a chapter from Kit: A Novel of 1901.
Coleman s story is an interesting one. The fiery redhead who spoke with an Irish lilt was a remarkable woman, a journalist and war correspondent at a time when most married women with children did not work.
TDSB to review school names with a focus on diversity
by News Staff
Posted Apr 28, 2021 12:28 pm EDT
School children play in the yard of Adam Beck public school in Toronto on Tuesday, April 6, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
The Toronto District School Board (TDSB) is going to conduct a city-wide review of school names in a move is to better reflect the diversity of the city.
The TDSB is putting together a special group to carry out the review with the goal of having a plan together by the end of June.
The group will include students, parents, teachers, and members of the community as well as people involved in anti-racism work.
Ryerson student magazine halting use of university s name over ties to residential schools
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A publication run by students in Ryerson s journalism program won t be using the university s name in its title until at least the end of the winter semester while the school examines the legacy of Egerton Ryerson and his role in the establishment of residential schools.
The publication, officially called the Ryerson Review of Journalism (RRJ), announced Thursday that it will be referred to as the [ ] Review of Journalism (the Review or the [ ]RJ for short) going forward while a presidential task force examines Egerton Ryerson s history and legacy, the findings of which are expected to be released in the summer of 2021.
TORONTO The magazine long known as the Ryerson Review of Journalism is temporarily removing Ryerson from its name. The biannual magazine published by the Ryerson School of Journalism will place brackets in front of its name, going by the 1/8 3/8 Review of Journalism, the Review, or the 1/8 3/8 RJ until the end of the winter semester. The move comes after the school of journalism announced in December it would review the names of its two student publications the Review and the Ryersonian given their namesake s legacy. Egerton Ryerson was an architect of Canada s residential school system, which sought to convert and assimilate Indigenous children into Canadian culture and saw them suffer widespread physical and sexual abuse.