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Three faceless people. In place of their face, is a blob of water painting colour

Fighting the invisible battle: trying to succeed in school with a hidden disability

"Despite studying hard and having an academic accommodation that provided her with more time to write, she looked down at her exam and couldn’t make sense of any of the sentences"

A portrait of Victoria Lacey outside in the quad. PHOTO: ALANNA RIZZA

Disability art: how do you participate if only two Toronto venues are fully accessible?

“My name is Victoria Lacey, I am 16 years old and I have a very rare, genetic disease called Spinal Muscular Atrophy. As I am getting older and becoming more alert as to how venues deal with disabled fans, I am becoming aware that we are actually very discriminated against"

A water painting of exploding colours with a Mad Hatter hat in the center

Reclaiming madness: figuring out my relationship with mental health, family and identity

I told my parents it was just Prozac. (It wasn’t.) They insisted on making an appointment with my doctor to understand why she was trying to ruin my life.

Amazing people at the Women's March walking along Yonge Street

International Women’s Day at Ryerson: working towards equity on campus

The International Women’s Day March (IWD) on March 11 saw hundreds of people gathered together, marching the streets of Toronto. The march ended inside Ryerson University’s Student Learning Centre

Ryerson event focuses on resisting Trump’s agenda against minority groups

Attendees were reminded of Stephen Harper’s proposal to ban niqabs and Kelly Leitch’s plan to implement a Canadian values screening test for immigrants

Rye speaker series discusses creating accessible communities

"We didn’t just want to show that it [mobility] can be difficult, we wanted to show the joy of experiencing access when you expect not to have it"

Celebrating Our Voices conference highlights women and trans stories

“If there’s no spaces there for you, then you have to create them yourself”

Panel: Working towards a solution to Islamophobia in Canada

The panelists began by acknowledging the rise in Islamophobia, and the leaps and bounds that bigotry has made manifesting itself within Canada

The Daughters of the Vote Conference will take place on Parliament Hill on March 8. PHOTO Izabella Balcerzak

Ryerson student gives up Parliament Hill seat to protest sexual violence

February 28, 2017

Arezoo Najibzadeh, a Ryerson public administration and governance student, will be giving up her seat at the national Daughters of the Vote conference at Parliament Hill to illustrate a point about sexual violence against women in Canadian politics

Black Somali women rise up against negative representation and make space for youth leaders

February 12, 2017

Hibaq Gelle and Hawa Y. Mire said they founded the skills development program, Project Toosoo, in response to a lack of Somali-based youth programming, an under representation of youth voices and “horrible” media coverage

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Ryerson Indigenous community gathers to heal

February 8, 2017

Ryerson’s Indigenous community gathered on the night of Feb. 6 with a healing ceremony and potluck, in honour of missing and murdered Indigenous women

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