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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. ....
TORONTO – Mayor John Tory says if the Church-Wellesley Village BIA want to remove a statue of Alexander Wood in the gay village because of his past link to… ....
A business improvement area is demanding that Toronto remove a bronze statue in the city's gay village because it says it represents a man linked to an organization that created a residential school. ....
Article content Toronto Mayor John Tory says if the Church-Wellesley Village BIA want to remove a statue of Alexander Wood in the gay village because of his past link to residential schools for Indigenous children, they are free to do so. Speaking at his afternoon media briefing Wednesday, Tory said the CWVBIA asked for the statue’s installation in the first place and “largely” paid for it in 2005. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Group calls on city to remove Alexander Wood statue from gay village Back to video But CWVBIA Chair Christopher Hudspeth says they split the $200,000 statue 50-50 with the city, the latter paying the entire cost of the installation. ....