John A. MacDonald was a start September 10, 2020September 10, 2020 Boston Laferté Photo of James Cook with red paint downtown, Photo by Kate Korte. On Saturday, August 29th, a group of activists in Kanien’kehá:ka territory gathered to demand the defunding of police. As...
Victoria to remove statue of John A. Macdonald August 10, 2018August 10, 2018 Josh Kozelj Statue could start coming down as soon as Saturday A little over a year since UVic removed the name of Joseph Trutch from one of its residency buildings, the City of...
Lecture and panel discuss the power of street names September 23, 2017September 20, 2017 Emily Fagan Even with benches borrowed from exhibits, the Legacy Art Gallery was standing room only on the evening of Sept. 14 for “The Urban Streetscape as Political Cosmos,” a free lecture...
Out with the old September 12, 2017August 10, 2018 Martlet Staff EDITORIAL: Why John has to go The question: should we rename public monuments/institutions named after problematic people? Our answer: obviously. For anyone who hasn’t been living under a rock (or deliberately hiding from...
