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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. ....

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