Replace the James McGill statue with a Tree
Replace the James McGill statue with a Tree
Started
June 8, 2020
Petition to
Suzanne Fortier (Chief Executive Officer of McGill University) and
Signatures: 5,628Next Goal: 7,500
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Why this petition matters
Started by Hannah Wallace
It can be any type of tree. Any tree would be better than looking at James McGill.
As we all hopefully know, James McGill was a slave owner who enslaved Black and Indigenous people and used the wealth gained by their exploitation to start McGill University. McGill University makes no mention of this on their website, instead romanticizing his boring life.
There has long been calls for the statue to be removed. McGill has never listened.
https://graphitepublications.com/james-mcgill-was-a-slave-owner-200-years-of-denial/
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Decision Makers
- Suzanne FortierChief Executive Officer of McGill University
- McGill University Board of Governors