Category: Features

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High costs and high stress: Delayed Ryerson updates are frustrating out-of-town students

January 28, 2022

Delayed responses from Ryerson are costly and stress-inducing for students

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At what cost: How scholarship applications re-traumatize BIPOC students

November 9, 2021

Students report putting hours of time and emotional labour into applications they may never hear back from

Have a little empathy: Students with chronic disease feel ignored and misunderstood

October 22, 2021

Students with chronic disease feel ignored by doctors and unaccommodated by educators

Life beyond fandom: when childhood obsessions turn into future careers

October 5, 2021

See mom, I told you it wasn't a phase!

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‘I’m not broken’: Racialized students on navigating mental health in their communities

September 29, 2021

For racialized students, addressing their mental health comes with added challenges

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A bone-chilling reality: Returning to campus brings fear of sexual harassment

September 22, 2021

For women living on campus, sexual harassment feels as common as going from one class to the next

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COVID-19 Features

Pandemic of realizations: Rye students on how their body image changed in isolation

September 17, 2021

The pandemic provided a chance for Rye students to connect and learn more about their bodies and identites

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COVID-19 Features

To vax, or not to vax

September 8, 2021

While some students consider the vaccine a necessity for in-person learning, others say their vaccination status is none of Ryerson’s business Words by Rochelle Raveendran Visuals by Jes Mason R ustling papers, frantic pen scratching and anxious breathing formed the rhythm of a typical Ryerson midterm exam as Sofia Rodríguez-Garzon sat in a classroom in the […]

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Return of the froshies

August 25, 2021

First- and second-year students journal how they feel about finally getting to experience campus life somewhat in-person

COVID-19 Features

Dear future me: What students are excited to experience back on campus

We decided to ask students to write a letter to their post-pandemic selves

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‘Who’s caring for our nursing students’: Ryerson undergrads feel unsupported

Sitting in the middle of her bed in her Toronto apartment, tears streamed down Ann Mikayla Estrella’s face

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Speak for yourself: How Rye students are relearning their mother tongues

In a grainy home video, Michelle Belov is just a toddler, running around, playing with her toys and babbling to herself

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