Egerton Ryerson was instrumental to building our current education system in Canada. His most notable achievement was the creation of the Normal School in Toronto which was a college for in class training of teachers. The normal school was also home to the department of education and a museum which introduced people to art and different scientific activities which normalized publicly funded art galleries, museums and other places in Canada. [1]

  1. ^ Archives, Ryerson University. "Egerton Ryerson, 1803-1882". Ryerson University.