Category: News

Librarian uses urban and regional planning students' reports from cancelled field study to help meet Cubans' needs

By Stephanie Cesca Ryerson’s teaching assistants are beginning efforts to unionize this week, but their attempts to organize are facing a major obstacle — disorganization. It’s been difficult finding TAs at Ryerson because nobody on campus represents them,said Derek Blackadder, a Canadian Union of Public Employees representative organizing the TA’s union campaign. CUPE representatives are […]

New campus group provides forum for Ryerson's young investors

Students raise more than $1,000 for programs to help the needy after a night under the stars

By Adam Button A group of heckling students — most from Ryerson — were thrown out of the provincial legislature as politicians debated during the second reading of a proposed bill that could see for-profit private universities operating in Ontario by September. Last Wednesday was the first of two days of heated debate about Bill […]

By The Eyeopener Team A new poll suggests four out of five Canadians think the next federal government should create a national grant program for postsecondary students, the Canadian Federation of Students announced Tuesday. The study, commissioned by Ipsos-Reid for the national student organization, asked 1,500 Canadians if they would “support the federal government introducing […]

By Lisa Whitaker For the first time, students are sitting on the committee organizing Ryerson’s community forum against racism, anti-semitism and hate. “It is a combination of students and professors this year,” said sociology professor Vappu Tyyska, a member of the planning committee. “This year the Jewish Students Association’s involvement is reflected, as they have […]