Tag: Ryerson Politics

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Campus News Indigenous

Politics department lacks POC, say Rye students

February 25, 2020

“There needs to be a faculty-wide reform in which politics professors are given exposure on how to include racialization in their curriculum,” said one student

Board members still aren’t attending mandatory meetings. PHOTO: K2 SPACE/FLICKR

Board members slacking on attendance

November 14, 2017

This year’s RSU Board of Directors have been on the job for eight months now, but some of them still aren’t showing up to meetings—putting their positions at risk and leaving students under-represented

How far away is Ryerson’s grad student union?

October 24, 2017

For many at the Ryerson Students’ Union, the establishment of a graduate student union has been a long time coming—but RSU president Susanne Nyaga says an independent union could still be almost two years away

Ryerson Students' Union sign. FILE PHOTO

Student Politics

RSU has conflict of interest issues

September 12, 2017

Conflicts of interest regarding employment and voting rights have become a hot topic among the Ryerson Students’ Union (RSU) Board of Directors, according to various board members

Features Student Politics

The young and the clueless: the eternal turmoil of the RSU

In a book about the history of student initiatives at Ryerson, history professor Ronald Stagg wrote that at time, the nasty politics “inhabited the student union’s ability to act”

Your student union is no longer united. ILLUSTRATION: Alannah Astorquiza

“Boys’ club” holds power in RSU, union executives say

Executives of the Ryerson Students’ Union (RSU) have made accusations of sexism against other members of the executive team, resulting in a gender split inhibiting the union’s efficiency

A photo so self-explanatory it doesn’t really need a caption. PHOTO Keith Capstick

Editorial Opinion

Our news editor on watching the RSU self-destruct from the sidelines

Reporting on student politics is more interesting than I expected it to be. It’s essentially a soap opera with too many seasons, and I get to play Big Brother

Nicole Schmidt

An obligatory RSU election spiel

January 24, 2017

There’s something about the Ryerson Students’ Union (RSU) election that puts me and my cynical brain in an especially pleasant mood

The young and the political

October 1, 2014

It’s easy to count youth out when it comes to politics, but for some students, public life isn’t so far away

POLITICIANS GONE WILD!

Stephen Harper’s pummelling the masses with money, MPPs are promptly returning calls from student journalists and Stéphane Dion is drinking green beer at the Ram in the Rye.