School Name Change
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Winnipeg School Division announces new name for Cecil Rhodes SchoolThe Winnipeg School Division elementary school will sport a new name come September following a year-long process to disassociate with the school’s controversial namesake.EducationMay 4, 2022
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Brampton school ditches Sir John A. Macdonald’s name, honours Indigenous elderA Brampton public school changed its name to 'the Water Walker’ in Ojibwe, to honour water rights advocate Josephine Mandamin instead of Sir John A. Macdonald.CanadaApr 14, 2022
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Winnipeg School Division reaches final stage for renaming Cecil RhodesStarting in 2021 the Winnipeg School Division has been looking at changing the school's controversial namesake.EducationFeb 28, 2022
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TVDSB trustees vote in favour of changing Ryerson Public School’s nameRyerson Public School was named after Egerton Ryerson, who was instrumental in designing Canada’s residential school system.EducationJun 23, 2021
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Kingston public school board votes to change École Sir John A. Macdonald Public School nameThe interim name will Kingston East Elementary School while the board conducts public consultation on a new name.CanadaJun 17, 2021
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New name coming to London, Ont. school named after disgraced Jean VanierEffective next school year, in September 2021, Jean Vanier Catholic Elementary School will be known as St. Rose of Lima Catholic Elementary School.EducationDec 15, 2020
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Seven Oaks School Division to keep Templeton School nameTempleton School won't be getting a new name, after delegates asked the Seven Oaks School Division to consider a change.EducationFeb 3, 2020
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B.C. board launches public effort to rename school named after ‘racist’ federal MPAlan Webster Neill, the namesake of a Port Alberni school, for his efforts in the House of Commons to deny voting rights to Asian immigrants and other now-controversial positions.Dec 18, 2019
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New plaques finalize Regina school’s name change from Davin to The CrescentsThe building, which opened in 1929, was originally named after Nicholas Flood Davin, the author of a report that led to the creation of residential schools.CanadaJun 21, 2019
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