'They've had years': Renewed calls to change name of Calgary's Sir John A. Macdonald School

Protesters urge CBE to drop Sir John A. Macdonald's name from school

Protesters gathered Tuesday outside the Calgary Board of Education headquarters, calling for the removal of Sir John A. Macdonald’s name from a junior high school in the city’s northwest.

'It kind of defines us': Protesters call on school board to change name of Sir John A. Macdonald School

Indigenous advocates and students took to the street in the Beltline on Tuesday morning to demand the name of Canada's first prime minister be wiped from a school in the city's northwest due to his history as an architect of the country's residential school system.

'They've had years': Renewed calls to change name of Calgary's Sir John A. Macdonald School

Students and community members will gather in protest outside the Calgary Board of Education Centre Tuesday morning, calling for the removal of the Sir John A. Macdonald name from a northwest junior high school.