According to July 2025 decisions posted online, the Education Minister-appointed Toronto District School Board supervisor Rohit Gupta has moved against a recommendation by school trustees to rename three schools.

The schools in question were Sir John A. Macdonald Collegiate Institute, Ryerson Community School and Dundas Junior Public School.

The reason behind the possible renaming of the schools was controversial legacies.

In the case of Macdonald, it included the Indian Act and the creation of residential schools by both Macdonald and Egerton Ryerson.

Meanwhile, Henry Dundas’ connections to the the trans-Atlantic slave trade already led to the renaming of Yonge-Dundas Square in May to Sankofa Square.

Gupta’s decision said the school naming procedures would be revised if Bill 33, Supp

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