BLM Protesters Vandalize Egerton Ryerson Statue .... Ryerson University .... Toronto, Ontario .... Saturday, July 18, 2020.
.... A number of Toronto statues were vandalized as Black Lives Matter protesters took to the streets demanding the defunding, disarming, de-militarizing and ultimate abolishment of the Toronto Police. Messages written at the statues read: “Tear down white supremacist monuments that represent slavery, colonialism and violence.” The current campaign of vilification and erasure is being carried out against Egerton Ryerson, for whom the downtown Toronto university is named. Ryerson, who founded Ontario's public education system, was also a proponent of residential schools, that sought to assimilate Indigenous children into Canadian culture .... *Update* - Egerton Ryerson statue was toppled in June of 2021, it no longer stands ....
BLM Protesters Vandalize Egerton Ryerson Statue .... Ryerson University .... Toronto, Ontario .... Saturday, July 18, 2020.
.... A number of Toronto statues were vandalized as Black Lives Matter protesters took to the streets demanding the defunding, disarming, de-militarizing and ultimate abolishment of the Toronto Police. Messages written at the statues read: “Tear down white supremacist monuments that represent slavery, colonialism and violence.” The current campaign of vilification and erasure is being carried out against Egerton Ryerson, for whom the downtown Toronto university is named. Ryerson, who founded Ontario's public education system, was also a proponent of residential schools, that sought to assimilate Indigenous children into Canadian culture .... *Update* - Egerton Ryerson statue was toppled in June of 2021, it no longer stands ....