{"id":21194,"date":"2020-11-16T21:08:51","date_gmt":"2020-11-17T02:08:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/?p=21194"},"modified":"2020-11-16T21:11:08","modified_gmt":"2020-11-17T02:11:08","slug":"liverpool-high-school-is-retiring-its-mascot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/liverpool-high-school-is-retiring-its-mascot\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool high school is retiring its mascot"},"content":{"rendered":"

A new face will be leading the charge for the Liverpool Regional High School Warriors.<\/p>\n

Principal Souhail Soujah said some students brought forward concerns about the school using a native chief in full headdress as their mascot.<\/p>\n

He said the administration listened to the students and decided to survey the entire school to find out if the rest of the student body felt the same.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a lot of kids who feel very strongly about the logo itself; it not being appropriate, not being sensitive, not being inclusive to our First Nations students and partners,\u201d said Soujah. \u201cSo, moving forward, we will be retaining the name Warriors but we will be changing the mascot for something more appropriate.\u201d<\/p>\n

While this is Soujah\u2019s first year at LRHS, he knows the conversation about changing the mascot has gone on for years. He said school should be an inclusive place where no one is made to feel uncomfortable.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t want anyone\u2019s culture to be our mascot, I don\u2019t think that\u2019s appropriate. Consequently, we feel that it\u2019s time for a change and something new that\u2019s more appropriate, more in line with the times that we live in and again, being inclusive and supportive of everybody in our community,\u201d said Soujah.<\/p>\n

\"Liverpool

The current logo being retired by Liverpool Regional High School<\/p><\/div>\n

The idea to change the logo came from conversations between a group of students, First Nations representatives, and district educational personnel where they discussed the inappropriateness of using the image.<\/p>\n

The group decided to move away from the image but keep the name and they are now in search of a new logo.<\/p>\n

Soujah said the student body is being asked to submit an sketch or an idea for an image to replace the existing one. He recognizes changing traditions, even with the best intentions, can sometimes be controversial, which is why it\u2019s important the move to change the mascot is being driven from within the school community.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know this can be a very polarizing endeavour but we know it\u2019s the right thing to do and the kids are fantastic,\u201d said Soujah. \u201cI mean this is what we want. We want our youth to be leading the way, right? So we want to support them in every way and we\u2019ll deal with the negativity as it comes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Soujah said it\u2019s important for everyone to have input on the new logo. He expects if the student body can agree on a new design they could be unveiling the face of the LRHS Warriors before the end of the school year.<\/p>\n

Reported by Ed Halverson\u00a0<\/strong>
\nE-mail:\u00a0edhalversonnews@gmail.com<\/a><\/strong>
\nTwitter: @edwardhalverson<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A new face will be leading the charge for the Liverpool Regional High School Warriors. Principal Souhail Soujah said some students brought forward concerns about the school using a native chief in full headdress as their mascot. He said the administration listened to the students and decided to survey the entire school to find out…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":7722,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[57,221],"tags":[3169,3171,3172,3170],"radio":[250],"origine":[274,279,278],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21194"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21194"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21194\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21194"},{"taxonomy":"radio","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/radio?post=21194"},{"taxonomy":"origine","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/origine?post=21194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}