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Article content The man whose statue a Toronto business association is demanding be moved raised cash to pay the first teacher at a day school for Indigenous children in Sault Ste. Marie nearly 200 years ago. Alexander Wood, a 19 th century city magistrate, was the treasurer and founding member of Society for Converting and Civilizing the Indians and Propagating the Gospel Among Destitute Settlers in Upper Canada. He held the treasurer’s role for at least seven years. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Group wants Sault-related statue gone Back to video St. John’s Missionary to the Ojibway, the first mission school in Sault Ste. Marie, was at the top of Pim Street hill near where Canadian Tire now operates. Students under 13, from Garden River First Nation, would return home at the end of each day, said Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre interim director Krista McCracken. ....
Church-Wellesley BIA calls for removal of Alexander Wood statue Church-Wellesley BIA calls for removal of Alexander Wood statue Business leaders want the city to take down the statue of the local gay icon over his ties to a missionary school for Indigenous people By Kevin Ritchie The business improvement association in Toronto’s gay village wants the city to take down a statue of the historic figure considered the area’s founder “immediately and without hesitation.” In an open letter posted on social media on June 8, the Church-Wellesley Village BIA chair Christopher Hudspeth and vice-chair Sagrario Castilla write that Alexander Wood was the treasurer and a founding board member of the Society for Converting and Civilizing the Indians and Propagating the Gospel Among Destitute Settlers in Upper Canada. ....