Winnipeg's Wolseley School to be renamed within the year, ending connection to colonial general

Winnipeg's Wolseley School to be renamed within the year, ending connection to colonial general

Five years after a petition circulated calling for the renaming of Wolseley School in Winnipeg, the province's largest school division is taking new name suggestions from the public.

In recent years numerous streets have been renamed in Berlin – often for political or historical reasons. More and more colonial or racist references are at the centre of the debate. However, the renamings are not always smooth, local protests, bureaucratic hurdles and technical problems delay many projects. Lüderitzstraße in the Berlin African Quarter was renamed Cornelius-Fredericks-Straße in 2024. Cornelius Fredericks was a central figure in …