Hunter Knight

(she/her)
More humane practices will keep schools safer for everyone, including teachers and all students. A hallway is seen in an elementary school in Longueuil, Que., in March 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi

Seclusion rooms don’t make schools safe, and Ontario needs a policy

Evidence-based de-escalation strategies, along with adequate staff support and trauma-informed training, can help schools reduce or eliminate the need to seclude students.
Black Lives Matter protesters threw pink paint on a statue of Egerton Ryerson at Ryerson University in Toronto on July 18, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Carlos Osorio

Egerton Ryerson: Racist philosophy of residential schools also shaped public education

Let’s not ignore how the racist philosophy behind residential schools shaped mainstream education. Ryerson foresaw Canada’s continuing evolution into a “civilized,” white, culturally British nation.

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