{"id":19036,"date":"2021-06-07T07:34:06","date_gmt":"2021-06-07T11:34:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=19036"},"modified":"2021-06-07T07:34:06","modified_gmt":"2021-06-07T11:34:06","slug":"egerton-ryerson-statue-toppled-at-canada-indigenous-school-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2021\/06\/07\/egerton-ryerson-statue-toppled-at-canada-indigenous-school-protest\/","title":{"rendered":"Egerton Ryerson statue toppled at Canada indigenous school protest"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A statue has been toppled at Ryerson University in Toronto at a protest over the recent discovery of a mass grave of indigenous children at a school.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Egerton Ryerson is deemed one of the architects of Canada’s controversial residential school system.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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His statue had already been vandalised earlier in the week after the suspected remains of 215 children were found.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Growing scrutiny of Ryerson has led to calls to change the university name and remove the statue.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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It had already been daubed in red paint with slogans like “dig them up” and “land back” painted on the plinth in reference to his links to Canada’s treatment of indigenous people.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Social media videos from the protest on Sunday showed the statue being pulled down off its pedestal as a crowd cheered nearby.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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