Indigenous professors and students at Ryerson University are asking the school to change its name and remove a statue of Egerton Ryerson from its campus because of his role in the creation of Canada's residential school system.
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Ryerson University's First Nation-led think tank, the Yellowhead Institute, has issued an open letter saying their students and staff will no longer be using the university's name in their email signatures and social media and will replace it with "X University" instead.
TORONTO Indigenous professors at Ryerson University asked the school Wednesday to change its name and remove a statue of Egerton Ryerson from its campus…