Celebrating Our Voices conference highlights women and trans stories
March 3, 2017
“If there’s no spaces there for you, then you have to create them yourself”
Category: Communities
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Panel: Working towards a solution to Islamophobia in Canada
March 3, 2017
The panelists began by acknowledging the rise in Islamophobia, and the leaps and bounds that bigotry has made manifesting itself within Canada
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
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
Cultures jam out at the Elgin Winter Garden Theatre
January 25, 2017
The historic theatre was packed with a spirited crowd as Ryerson student cultural groups took to the stage
Rye sexual assault film sparks important conversation surrounding trauma
January 25, 2017
Ryerson alumni Sydni Lazarus’ film Wisdom Teeth explores the parallels of the mythological Hades and Persephone to tell the stories of real sexual assault survivors in a world dominated by rape culture
Muslim women tackle social justice issues through recognizing resistance and story telling
January 23, 2017
During the summer before university, social justice activist Gilary Massa found herself having to decide whether she would go back to school being “full on Muslim” or “full on non-Muslim”
Ryerson students join crowd of 60,000 for TO Women’s March
January 23, 2017
We spoke to some members of the Ryerson community about why they chose to march on Jan. 21
Short film explores lesbian love, hookups and self-love
January 22, 2017
The unique trait about this film is the decision Melo made to focus on a lesbian relationship rather than the commonly used straight relationship
SLC to improve accessibility
January 20, 2017
The building’s Student Engagement and Leadership Team held its first charrette on Jan. 18
Missing and murdered Indigenous women remembered at Ryerson
November 26, 2016
From Nov. 21 to Nov. 23, the Image Arts building on Ryerson's campus lit up in shades of red for the support of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, transgender and two-spirited people
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