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The University of Victoria, in British Columbia, will rename a residence hall named for a 19th-century politician, Joseph Trutch, because of his views on race and his treatment of indigenous people, the Times Colonist and CBC reported. Trutch, British Columbia’s first lieutenant governor, refused to recognize indigenous land rights and reduced the size of reserves. He described First Nations people as “savages” and wrote that they were “the ugliest and laziest creatures I ever saw.”
A university administrator said there have been several campaigns to change Trutch Hall’s name. “It’s about being consistent with our mission and our values. And, it was just time,” Carmen Charette, Victoria’s vice president of external relations, told the Times Colonist.
