Following the recommendations of a special task force, Ryerson University is looking for a new name. Ryerson president Mohamed Lachemi created the task force in November 2020 with a mandate to review the legacy of the university’s namesake, Egerton Ryerson, in the history of Canada’s colonization. The task force released its final report on August 26. Lachemi said in a news release that Ryerson’s board of governors has approved all 22 recommendations the task force made, including one to rename the university. Egerton Ryerson was a Methodist church minister and a prominent 19th-century educator who was instrumental in establishing a public education system when he served as the chief superintendent of education for Upper Canada. In recent times he has been criticized for his role in the creation of the residential school system for indigenous children. In an 1847 report, Ryerson recommended establishing “industrial schools” aimed at educating indigenous children. According …