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By Nicole Riva The number of Ryerson staff and faculty making six-figure salaries has more than tripled in the past year. According to a provincial government report released last week, 263 employees earned at least $100,000 last year. In 2002, that number was about 80. The Ontario Ministry of Finance released its public sector salary […]

By Jen Gerson When Ryerson bids to develop its proposed new business building, it will be trying for access to some of the most expensive real estate in Canada. It’s so expensive that in 1995 the current owner, Cadillac Fairview, paid almost $7 million dollars for a 1 per cent share of the city block […]

By Owen Leitch A business student found guilty of violating Ryerson’s Student Code of Conduct claims he, too, has been violated. Sameh El-Falou, a fourth-year ITM student, and two of his classmates were found guilty of academic misconduct by the Faculty Appeals Committee, and given a failing grade in their course because they allegedly submitted […]

By Matt Kwong As the late afternoon sunlight fades, Iain Gardner sits alone in the kitchen smoking a cigar in the dark, He touches a photo of his wife. “You must understand, this woman meant the world to me,” he says, his eyes welling-up, evidence of the past few turbulent days. He ashes his cigar […]

By Robyn Doolittle Any money left on meal cards after exams isn’t refunded to students. Instead, it goes back into the ancillary services fund. Some schools give back what they call ‘flex dollars’ – the taxable portion of remaining cash – but not Ryerson. “Usually students only have less than $100 left on their card […]

  Until the deep fryers, grills and woks start humming, Ryerson’s main kitchens, in the basement and first floor of Jorgenson Hall, are cramped but livable. The coughing fits don’t begin until the cooking does. The rooms fill with steam and smoke, rich in food particulates, that needs to be vented from the building. But […]