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  2. Egerton Ryerson - Wikipedia

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    Joseph Ryerson (father) Sarah Stickney (mother) Adolphus Egerton Ryerson (24 March 1803 – 19 February 1882) [1] was a Canadian educator, author, editor, and Methodist minister who was a prominent contributor to the design of the Canadian public school system. [2][3] Ryerson is considered to be the founder of the Ontario public school system.

  3. Canadian Indian residential school system - Wikipedia

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    Study period at a Roman Catholic Indian Residential School in Fort Resolution, NWT. The Canadian Indian residential school system[ nb 1 ] was a network of involuntary boarding schools for Indigenous peoples. [ nb 2 ] The network was funded by the Canadian government 's Department of Indian Affairs and administered by various Christian churches.

  4. Statue of Egerton Ryerson - Wikipedia

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    The statue in 1890, as photographed by Josiah Bruce. The novelist Graeme Gibson draped the flag of the United States around the statue in a 1970 protest against the sale of Ryerson Press to the American publishers McGraw Hill Education for $2 million (equivalent to $15,691,517 in 2023). [5]

  5. The Christian Guardian - Wikipedia

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    The Christian Guardian was a Wesleyan Methodist journal founded in Upper Canada in 1829. The first editor was Egerton Ryerson.It ceased publication in 1925 when the Methodist Church of Canada merged with the Presbyterians and Congregationalists to form the United Church of Canada, and merged their journals to create The New Outlook, later renamed the United Church Observer.

  6. Egerton Ryerson Young - Wikipedia

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    Canadian. Spouse. Elizabeth Bingham. . (m. 1867) . Signature. Egerton Ryerson Young (1840–1909) was a Canadian teacher, Methodist missionary, lecturer, and author. By sharing his travels and mission work in his writing, E.R. Young helped popularize Methodist missions and expand the knowledge of the region. [1]

  7. Burwash Hall - Wikipedia

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    Burwash Hall refers to both Burwash Dining Hall and Burwash Hall proper, the second oldest of the residence buildings at Victoria University in Toronto, Canada. Construction began in 1911 and was completed in 1913. It was named after Nathanael Burwash, president of Victoria from 1887 to 1912. [1] The building is an extravagant Neo-Gothic work ...

  8. Toronto Normal School - Wikipedia

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    Ryerson wanted the Normal School to be a focal point of the development of arts and education in Upper Canada. [4] In 1857, Canada's first publicly funded museum, the Museum of Natural History and Fine Arts, was established within the Normal School building, with its initial collection based largely on Egerton Ryerson's own artwork, statuary ...

  9. Metropolitan United Church - Wikipedia

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    Organist/Director of music. Dr. Jonathan Oldengarm [2] Metropolitan United Church is a historic Neo-Gothic style church in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is one of the largest and most prominent churches of the United Church of Canada. It is located at 56 Queen Street East, between Bond and Church streets, in Toronto's Garden District.