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The Legacy of Egerton Ryerson, What's in a Name?
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Esther Buckareff
Founded in 1948, Ryerson University is named after Egerton Ryerson.
Today, Ontario’s public education system credits Egerton Ryerson as its architect. His most notable contribution toward education, however, is often tragically understated and overlooked.
In 1847, just three years after Egerton became the Superintendent of Education, the Chief Superintendent of Indian Affairs requested Egerton to prepare a report regarding the education of Natives. In his report, dated March 18th, 1847, Egerton recommended the establishment of Industrial Schools.
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Egerton Rhyerson
by green pineapplies
Fri, 03/09/2012 - 01:02
@Ranjith:
i totally agree to a name determined by a naming ceremony by the indigenous community connected to the indigenous community before the Canada Indian Act.
the whiteness pathology did a number on the community through racialized and very gendered and other wise, through legislation.
it made me wonder about the level of creativity to even help the practitioners of whiteness pathology to redirect their violence towards something constructive.
part of peace and reconciliation is being civil and democratic.
but even some (non-white as well) will promote whiteness pathology through policy, legislation and social engineering.
definately need for more people impacted by colonial violence to share their versions of experience with whiteness pathology, written by people of color and communities impacted by including colonial violences.
Egerton Rhyerson
by green pineapplies
Fri, 03/09/2012 - 00:46
@ Jose
i agree with your questions around degreed education.
and not sure if the issue is more about violence than blame.
there's many degreed in the globe that reproduce violence, this is not what degreed is about.
there seems to be this obsession with zero logic, and zero learning from history.
so that signifies a couple things:
-the problem with privlidge
-the need to integrate diversity not as lip service.
-and more punitive recompense related to whiteness pathology.
i also choose the university route of study because i wanted understand more about whiteness pathology, how this worked and ways to think because the social strucuture raised in, was very white centric and made zero sense to me. i also saw how it imposed violences off all kinds on including the indigeous community in "Plains Territory" and wonderered how to rectify this.
the whiteness thing that comes from including the actions of Rhyerson, is pathological.
the next step is for including medical professionals as well, to cure these people of their illness.
imposing violence on others without recompense is an illness.
how does one rectify this structured illness?
as well, there are very ethical degreed people that bypass stuff related to degree or no degree and look for how people think and approach situations.
i agree education should be free in presumed rich and civil democratic countries.
problem is the ones more uncivil seem to not learn from their culture and history because possibly they have no culture and need one. even medical discourse talks about genetic problems leading to pathological behaviors such as rhyerson and all those that like to create problems for others.
i agree quality in the outcome of actions also matters.
it is very surprising of the degreed that create and recreate problems and violence.
but there are degreed that do quite the opposite as well.
Egerton Rhyerson
by green pineapplies
Fri, 03/09/2012 - 00:28
@ Kerri the Storyteller
a contingent comes to your community/ family, imposes tragedy, steals and loots resources and proccesses structures related to violence.
where is the peace and responsibility in all this?
what exactly is your definition of education?
my definition of education : ' is to be a better person, participate in community and share". this is also the paraphrased words of a judge.
this guy Rhyerson was commissioned to violate others, why was he and this violent faction not able to work with what existed?
sustainable communities, rich ecology, culture.
and education is something to teach kids to hate their selves as well?
i'm trying to understand your logic and generally the direction of whiteness pathology, faciliated through imperial building and residential schools.
Egerton Rhyerson
by green pineapplies
Thu, 03/08/2012 - 22:12
this is really an insult to the indigenous community in canada.
it it not appropriate to glorify atrocities so why would a school even use the name of this guy.
growing up in western canada and part of the afro diaspora exchange, that thing that tore so many communities part, castrated the men, degraded the women, sold this children, even raped the women to produce whatever this mentality was trying to do, is very arrogant, in this matter to not be respectful and more reconciliatory towards the victims.
kill people and glorify this?
what exactly is this canadian education.
thanks for sharing this because i would not want to be associated with this school, if they can be so unlike reconciliatory and not patronizing for the atrocities in the building of this country, canada.
this is also why this colonial and religion terroism and generally all the illness related to racism shoudl be taught througout all school systems from grade zero.
if these are university educated people then what exactly did they learn from their education to reproduce violence like this?
univeristy education teaches people to be better, and do better when one knows better.
very sad and insulting.
will be sending a response to international interests as well.
thank you for posting this.
will share.
Blame you said???
by Ranjith K.
Sun, 02/26/2012 - 13:22
Kerri the Storyteller does not seem to get it still!!!!! Did you hear his writing about the need to "civilizing the natives"? And, "educate" them too? Oh my gosh I am just disguisted by the whole system of injustice, oppression so systemically ingrained by White Colonizers like this.
It is time we started a campaign to re-name the downtown university named after his name with a native survivor's name: a native female.
blame
by José Garcia
Wed, 10/06/2010 - 19:44
is blaming really what is important here? He may not have forseen the consequences of his design, but this does not remove him from responsibility. It seems a recurring theme around the world with colonizing groups from Europe who impose and privilege a certain type of education over other forms. Maybe part of the problem is an inabillity to see various ways of learning as valuable; why do i need a degree to be considered expereinced or educated?
Can we really blame
by Kerri the Storyteller
Mon, 09/27/2010 - 03:53
Can we really blame Ryerson for the damage done in the residential schools? Was it he who suggested that the church become involved and forbid the children any access to their heritage? language?
Did he suggest the abuses? He was heartbroken at the lack of education available to children before the advent of public schools and disgusted by the lack of qualified teachers and the brutality of so many of the teachers in the schools that were available in Upper Canada... I cannot for a moment believe that he imagined a plan that would abuse other children.
Having studied Ryerson's approach to education, I cannot believe that he foresaw the great tragedy that would befall the children who attended these schools...
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