Explore Allies Against Racism THE ALLIES Against Racism group continued its work in the Junior School community. Members from Grade 5 students to Grade 8 students worked together to mark February – Black History Month – in a meaningful way. Connor Demrovsky, Johnson Lin, Antonia Patsias, Rowan Christ, Caden Keystone, Hannah Obomighie, Edisana Ukpeh and Nicolas Canu developed “spotlight videos” for their classmates. The goal was to shine a light on the stories of influential Black Canadians like Willie O’Ree and Chloe Cooley. Sam Nadurata developed the idea of shining a spotlight on members of the Black, Indigenous and People of Colour community within the Trinity College School alumni community. Sam, Kennedy Adams and Molly Steeves developed interview questions that were sent out to Jessica Eruchalu ’16, Cameron Snaith ’96, Aman Bhargava ’18, Vanessa Fong ’99 and Warren McLeod ’93. With the support of the communications department and the philanthropy and alumni department, these alumni spotlight videos were sent out to the whole TCS community on social media platforms. The month of May was Asian Heritage Month and Victoria Wang, Antonia Patsias, Edisana Ukpeh, Tristan Merepeza and Caden Keystone developed a presentation that they shared with the Junior School student body during an assembly. May was also Jewish Heritage Month and Fiona Hartleib, Jordyn Keystone, Stella Schmidlin, Kennedy Adams and Kennedy Belfon developed a presentation to share with the community.
LtoR: Edisana Ukpeh and William Canu
Molly Steeves
When the remains of 215 Indigenous children were discovered in an unmarked grave in Kamloops, British Columbia, the Junior School community was deeply saddened. It was decided that students and staff would wear orange or black to mark a day of mourning for the lives of these innocent children. The members of the Allies Against Racism are to be commended for helping to lead their own community in awareness and activism. Ms. Heather McClure, faculty advisor to AAR
Jewish Heritage Month presentation in May 10 I A View from the Hill
LtoR: Johnson Lin and Kate Kennedy present on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
