Egerton Ryerson, the school’s namesake, was one of the architects of the residential school system.
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In 1992, it wasn’t COVID-19 that was responsible for the cancellation of Gee-Gees varsity sports programming it was meningitis as the city of Ottawa fought an outbreak that left at least six dead and led to the decision to vaccinate approximately 155 000 children in the National Capital Region.