Protesters call on CBE to change name of Sir John A. Macdonald School yyc
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission found the system amounted to cultural genocide, estimating roughly 6,000 children died while attending the schools — precise numbers are unknown due to incomplete records. Hundreds of potential unmarked graves have been found at former residential school sites over the last two years, including in Alberta.Makena Halvorsen, a Grade 9 student at Sir John A.
“It kind of defines us,” she said of the name. “It really does because, if it was different, then people wouldn’t have to be reminded of him and the intergenerational harm that he’s caused.”Article content John A. Macdonald Junior High School student Makena Halvorsen takes part in a protest outside the Calgary Board of Education building to call for an end to delays in changing the name of John A. Macdonald Junior High School and the mascot name for John G. Diefenbaker High School.While largely peaceful, the protest did result in some shouting from the demonstrators directed at a lone counter-protester, Patrick Flynn, who they called a “racist” for his support of Macdonald.
“You cannot forget history and you particularly cannot just wipe his name off of a school,” he said, noting the school’s name commemorated the 100th anniversary of Canadian confederation when it opened in 1967. “I’m silently protesting what I consider to be a shift in politics where extremism wins out over common sense.”Article content
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