Zubi: In an inclusive society, there are words and symbols we should let go of Getting rid of tributes to a violent past and choosing to build towards a better future makes perfect sense to me.
Author of the article: Beisan Zubi
Publishing date: Dec 14, 2020 • December 15, 2020 • 3 minute read The headless body of the statue of Sir John A. Macdonald lies at the base of the monument from which it was pulled during a demonstration by the Coalition for BIPOC Liberation in Montreal on Aug. 29, 2020. Photo by John Mahoney /Montreal Gazette
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A Nova Scotia high school named after Sir John A. MacDonald announced last month that it’s beginning the process of changing the school’s name “so that every student that walks through the door feels welcome.” It’s part of a growing movement to remove tributes to architects of Canada’s genocide of Indigenous peoples from public spaces, schools, institutions. Statues in parks, names on buildings, face
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