‘the Water Walker’

Brampton school ditches Sir John A. Macdonald’s name, honours Indigenous elder

Brampton school ditches Sir John A. Macdonald’s name, honours Indigenous elder

The naming ceremony saw the name changed to ‘the Water Walker’ in Ojibwe to recognize water rights advocate Josephine Mandamin. The Anishinaabe grandmother, elder and founding member of the Water Protectors walked around the Great Lakes to bring awareness to water pollution. She walked 25,000 miles around the shorelines of all Great Lakes and other North American waterways while carrying a bucket of water to bring awareness to the need to protect the waters from pollution.