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Volume 47 - Issue 5October 2, 2013
theeyeopener.com@theeyeopener
Since 1967
IMPROVEDWI-FI COMESTO TRSMP7
PHOTO: Jess Tsang
Ryerson to probe improper photo allegations P3
OUA FINALSARE BACKAT THE MACP 12
PHOTO: CHarles vanegasPHOTO: Jess Tsang
OVER
EXPOSED
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2 Wednesday Oct. 2, 2013
Twitter: @RyeGindinChair
REBUILDING THE WE:This is What Solidarity Looks Like!
REAL PEOPLE’S HISTORYMariam Zaidi with her film
Safar (Journey)
Speaker:• Dr. Lynn Lavallee
11 FRI
Thomas Lounge, Student Centre
12:00pm-2:00pm
ALL DAY, ALL WEEK
"TROUBLING
MASCULINITIES"curated by Heather Bains
& Dr. Ken Moffatt
Room G, Oakham House
"TORONTO-STREET LEVEL"Photography from a master class
with Vincenzo PietropaoloAbilities Arts Festival
Credit Union Lounge
DEFENDERSRecipient of the Social Justice in
Documentary Photography Award,
Ryerson Universityby Dan Epstein3rd floor Image Arts Building
“SPIRIT OF OUR
MOVEMENT”Celebrating Toronto Labour in the
21st Century, Photographyby John Maclennan7th floor TRSM
YOUTH VOICES OF
NESKANTAGAFoyer area, 6th Floor,SHE Building
ART EXHIBITS
10 THUR9:00am-10:00am
MORNING KEYNOTEBuilding Capacity, Building
Community for Social Change
• Angela Robertson,
Executive Director of the Central Toronto
Community Health Centres
Atrium, ENG, 245 Church Street
SCC115, Student Centre
8 TUE
5:00pm-6:30pm
12:00pm-2:00pm
Gould Street
STITCH A HOMESocial Safety Net and
Homelessness
Speakers, interactive workshop
and canvas art making
LUNCH & LEARN
RACE TO THE BOTTOM:Canada’s Low Wage Labour Strategy
Speakers:• Deena Ladd
Workers Action Centre
• Evelyn Encalada
Justicia for Migrants & PhD student, York U.
• Debbie Douglas
Ontario Council of Agencies Serving
Immigrants
• Trish Hennessy
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives,
Ontario
Film clips by Min Sook Lee:
Migrant Dreams
2:00pm-3:30pm
6:30pm-8:30pm
7 MON12:00pm-1:30pm
Gould Street
2:00pm-3:30pm
TRS1067,
55 Dundas St. West
SOCIAL JUSTICE
‘WALKING TOUR’Meet at Ryerson Statue
Ryerson Campus
SOCIAL JUSTICE
‘WALKING TOUR’Meet at Ryerson Statue
Ryerson Campus
RALLY:Decent Work for All
LUNCH AND LEARN
CRITICAL DIALOGUEWhere Social Justice And Social
Innovation Meet: Complicating
The Question
[Joint event with Marilyn Struthers, the
John C. Eaton Chair on Social innovation]
Speakers:• Dr. Ken Moffatt
Professor, School of Social Work. Ryerson U.
• Maya Roy
Executive Director, Newcomer Women
Centre of Toronto
• Paul Chamberlain
Program Director, CanadianCommunity Economic Development
Network
9 WEDS12:00pm-2:00pm
SCC115, Student Centre
7:00pm-9:00pm
RACE, LAW AND
SOCIAL JUSTICEA Public Lecture by
Dr. Kimberle Crenshaw, UCLAModerated By:• Dr. Denise O’Neil Green
Associate Vice Provost/Vice President,
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion,
Ryerson University
Respondents:• Dr. Akua Benjamin
Professor, School of Social Work, Founding
Member of Black Action Defense Committee
• Rodney Diverlus
President, United Black Students
at Ryerson
LIB072, 350 Victoria Street
12:00pm-2:00pm
LUNCH AND LEARNPanel: ReVision Disabilities
Speakers:• Dr. Kirsty Liddard
• Eliza Chandler, UofT Doctoral Student,
along with 4 disabled artists/activists
Atrium, ENG, 245 Church Street
6:00pm-8:00pm
VIDEO AWARD CEREMONY
+ FILM SCREENINGOccupy Love
with director Velcrow Ripper & Judy Rebick
This is a joint event with 50+ Program,
G. Raymond Chang School of
Continuing Education,
Ryerson University
LIB072, 350 Victoria Street
10:00am-12:00pm
& 2:00pm-4:00pm
SKILLS WORKSHOPS
• Ally Building (Jack Layton Room, SCC)• Forum Theater (Atrium, ENG)
• Popular Education & Social Justice
(Oakham Lounge, SCC)• Building Movements Through
Movement (Thomas Lounge, SCC)
A week of events, keynote speakers, art exhibits, actions, and
cultural events to transform Ryerson into a hub of social justice
and solidarity in Toronto.
Ryerson3rd Annual
Social October 7 to 11, 2013
Justice
Week
OPENING LECTUREIdle No More: Reframing the Nation
to Nation relationship
+ FILM SCREENINGThe People of Kattawapiskak River
Moderator:
• Dr. Cyndi BaskinChair, Aboriginal Education Council,
Ryerson University
Speakers:• Dr. Pam Palmater
Chair, Centre for Indigenous Governance,
Ryerson University
• Alanis Obomsawin
Documentary Filmmaker, The People of
Kattawapiskak River
• Josh Kendrick
Youth artist from Neskantaga First Nation
For more and schedule of events, check out ryerson.ca/socialjustice
Ryerson University is committed to accessibility and inclusion of persons with disabilities. If you require any
accessibility accommodations to ensure your full participation in this event, please contact: Heather Willis,
Accessibility Coordinator at [email protected] (416) 979-5000 x4144
All venues are fully wheelchair accessible
The Ryerson Community Presents The Ryerson Community Presents
For more info about the events:
Twitter: RyeGindinChair
Email: [email protected]
Website: ryerson.ca/socialjustice
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3Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013 NEWS
The photo in question was allegedly taken during a frst-year Illustration class.PHOTO: JESS TSANG
Photo ap hits fashion schoolRye’s ashion school launched an investigation ater allegations o a picture beingtaken o a lie model during a frst-year illustration class allegedly hit social media
An investigation into an incidentnvolving fashion students has been
aunched after photos were alleg-dly taken of a life model during anllustration class.
Fashion school chair Robert Ottaid that the photo has also alleg-dly been redistributed, possibly on
ocial media.The model had been hired by the
ashion school for students to prac-ice life drawing. The class often
uses nude models but Ott could notomment if the model was naked
or clothed in the alleged photo.
“I became aware Thursday eve-ning that there might have been in-idents where students were taking
pictures of the model then that [thephoto] was allegedly put on socialmedia,” said Ott.
In an email sent from faculty,ashion students were notied thathere would be a ban on using re-
ording devices in illustration class-s, effective immediately.
“I’m actually appalled on behalf of all the students who are upset thishas happened,” said Ott.
Ott said they began looking for
the involved students on Sept. 20(the morning after he was rst in-formed about what happened by
faculty). Because no one has turnedthemselves in, the situation will behanded over to the Ryerson student
conduct ofce.
Student conduct ofcer MarkAtia said he will deal with any com-plaints that come through the ofce
that are listed in the student code of non-academic conduct, policy 61 of the Ryerson senate.
“I will take the complaint, reviewit and then interview the complain-ant and continue with my investi-
gation,” said Atia, who could notcomment on specic cases due to
condentiality agreements.Examples of “non-academic con-
duct” can include anything from-bringing rearms, explosives orweapons onto campus or theft.
Fashion instructors were madeaware of the situation after studentsbrought to their attention that al-
leged photos had been taken andredistributed.
The school is not sure what class
section the incident took place in.There are six sections of this courseand there are roughly 180 students
enrolled. Ott said there are betweenseven and eight models in total who
have worked with the school duringthis term.
Ott could not comment on whothe models were. “I reached out to
all of them on Friday and I apolo-gized and I promise this will nothappen again,” said Ott.
Laura Virdo, an agent at Suther-land models, (a modeling agency inToronto that does not work with
Ryerson), said that the fashionschool should be responsible for thespace that models work in.
“We would immediately take le-
gal action against the person or in-
stitution who had hired the model if a situation like this happened,” saidVirdo. “We would look at whetheror not the fashion school at Ryer-
son did due diligence in ensuring thesafety of their models.”
Ott said there is currently no
specic policy outlining that pho-tos are not to be taken in this set-ting, but that this incident was un-precedented.
“I don’t understand why anyonewould do this. I remember beingtold the rst week we were not al-
lowed to take pictures,” said An-
drea Markle, a second-year fashionstudent.
At this point, the school isn’t surehow the photo was taken and Ottacknowledged that “a camera is a
part of a lot of technology that stu-dents bring into the classroom.”
“[Students] need to come for-
ward to be held accountable fortheir actions,” said Ott. “I don’tbelieve their actions were malicious
or ill intended, but instead possiblyselsh or ignorant.”
With les from Sierra Bein
nion members handed out yers to students outside the student centre Monday
PHOTO: JULIANNA DAMER
CESAR locks out its full-time workersEarly Monday morning, CESAR employees woke up to fnd out they were locked out o their jobs
On the morning of Sept. 30, RyersonUniversity’s Continuing Educationtudents’ Union (CESAR) locked
out its two full-time staff positionsfter unsuccessful collective bargain-ng negotiations.
These were both senior staff mem-bers.
The lockout was triggered due tounsuccessful negotiations between
CESAR executives and their staff onthe topic of wage increases to a “costof living standard” through a newcollective bargaining agreement.
“We don’t understand why this isbeing pushed to a lockout. This is a
totally achievable agreement,” saidMary-Joe Nadeau, service coordina-tor for CUPE 1281, the trade unionrepresenting all full-time staff at CE-
SAR.
“Our members want to go back towork,” she said.
A collective bargaining agreement(CBA) is an agreement between anemployer and its employees which
regulates the terms and conditions of employees in their workplace, theirduties and the duties of the employer.
Nadeau has claimed that bothgroups were only $2000 apart frommaking an agreement but, CESAR
did not want to negotiate.“We want to be at the bargain-
ing table,” said Nadeau. “It’s really
disturbing and disgusting to see astudents’ union locking out the em-ployees.”
The previous CBA expired in2011.
During the initial negotiation peri-
od between the two parties, the tworemaining full-time unionized ofcestaff were presented with a choice,
either accept a “0% Agreement” orface the potential lockout.
The rally, hosted by CUPE 1281,
had already been planned prior tothe lockout by workers t to raise
awareness about the workers’ de-mands.
The rally included free pizza,music and speeches from differentmembers of CUPE 1281 and some
workers.But, only a few hours after it be-
gan, someone inside the building,
made a call to Toronto police ser-vices stating that there were picketersboth inside and outside the building
disrupting their general members’meeting.
CESAR’s website stated, in a mes-
sage from CESAR president ShinaeKim, that everyone entering and ex-
iting the building was supposed to“respect the picket line.”
Since the beginning of August, theunion had made two offers. Since
then, demands were reduced downto one main objective: increasedwages.
CUPE 1281 rally organizers hadbooked out the Gould Street spacewith building management and the
Ryerson Students’ Union (RSU),who manages the space, severalweeks in advance.
“The cops have said we’ve donenothing wrong,” said CUPE 1281president, Saira Chhibber.
The full-time staff at CESAR pro-
vides students with services such astheir health and dental plan, legal
services, career counselling, print-ing services and course unions alongwith a list of different social justice
campaigns.It is not yet clear how CESAR
plans to bring students their services
with the loss of most of its workersbut, CESAR’s website states that inthe event of a strike or lockout, the
Board of Directors will make all nec-essary plans to continue operatingCESAR’s services for its member-ship.
“I don’t expect there to be any de-
lays in student services,” said Kim.“We haven’t had any help in the past
six months and we’ve done ne.”CUPE 1281 members were told
that CESAR might hire cheaper la-
bour until a new agreement can bereached.
One of the two remaining mem-
bers still working at CESAR hasbeen on a wage freeze since 2010.She preferred not to be quoted.
“It’s like you wake up one morn-ing and your health benets aregone,” said Nadeau.
There is still no timeline for rene-gotiations between CESAR and itsworkers.
“We are not going to sign anagreement that doesn’t offer ex-ibility of our operations,” said Kim
about the proposed agreement. “It’svery one-sided.”
I’m actually appalledon behalf of all thestudents who are up-
set this has happened
ByRamishaFarooq
By
AngelaHennessy
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5Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013 NEWS
FCAD referendumapproved by Boardof GovernorsRCDS one step closer to creatingstudent-led society or FCAD
The Ryerson Communication
nd Design Society (RCDS) got
what it wished for Monday when
ts referendum request was suc-
essfully approved during the
013-2014 school year’s rst
Board of Governors meeting. The
board unanimously approved the
possible foundation of a student-
ed society for the Faculty of Com-
munication and Design (FCAD).“We want to take things to a
higher level by refusing to accept
hem as they are,” said Cormac
McGee during the RCDS propos-
l. McGee, a third-year journal-
sm student, was alongside new
media’s Karina Nicole, who both
poke on behalf of the RCDS dur-
ng the evening.
Ryan McKenna, a third-year
ournalism student and one of the
ead organizers for the RCDS, has
onrmed that the referendum
will be held in the next few weeks,
most likely in the rst week of
November.
“This is the big stretch now forus. We’re going to be doing a lot
of work in terms of marketing and
eally pushing our group online,”
aid McKenna.
The RCDS aims to bring
tudents from all FCAD programs
ogether, share ideas and collabo-
rate with one another. Funding
however, would come through
tuition, as it does with other stu-
dent-led societies at Ryerson Uni-
versity.
“We want to help FCAD stu-
dents get professional opportuni-
ties and link them with profession-
als in their eld,” said McKenna.
“[But] we really need to get
people aware rst,” he added.
In a survey of 1,000 FCAD
students done earlier this yearby the RCDS, 95 per cent of
students said they were in favor
of an FCAD society. As well, 75
per cent of students also said they
would support funding the society
through tuition.
Funds would be distributed
towards funding resources for
FCAD students such as awards
and bursaries, conferences and
competitions, orientation-week
events geared specically towards
FCAD students and professional
events. In turn, these resources
and opportunities build the repu-
tation of the faculty and its stu-
dents.In response to the challenge
of getting the rest of the FCAD
students on board, McGee said
the RCDS will be “talking one
on one with students, to make
them aware of how it can benet
them.”
Students crack engineering and architecutresystems; thousands of spam e-mails sent
Several students tampered with
Ryerson’s email server Monday
night, utilizing the online ad-
dress fabrication site Deadfake.
com to send over 80 emails from
engineering communications co-
ordinator Michelle Colasuonno
to all students in the engineering
and architecture programs.
The emails ranged from links
to pornographic images, insultsaimed at faculty members, Break-
ing Bad spoilers and dismissal
of Ryerson’s online security. The
students started recieveing mul-
tiple messages at roughly 8 p.m.
and through until Tuesday morn-
ing.
The Eyeopener was able to get
into contact with one participant
in the prank who wishes to re-
main anonymous.
The source explained how the
group, though not actually work-
ing together, managed to change
their IP addresses in order to hide
the source of their emails and re-
main untraceable.“The rst message I sent was to
tell people to use a proxy instead
of just using their internet be-
cause people could trace it back,”
our source said.
He went on to explain that
he was one of the few who saw
the initial spam mail and pos-sessed the “know-how” to join
in for fun. “I was reading and
it seemed like fun so I just want-
ed to test it and see if it actually
worked… there are some people
who are doing it and actually
trying to nd system aws,” the
source said.
One email hinted to the inten-
tions of other participants in the
prank: “As a student, I put a lot
of trust in Ryerson. Them letting
something as easily exploitable as
this stick around indicates to me
that there could be other security
holes, especially because it’s stillnot been resolved.”
Another such email hinted that
this stunt was the tip of the ice-
berg: “to all of my friends who
know at least a thing or two …
take a look at Ryerson’s wireless
network, you’ll nd some shit
there that is way more interest-
ing.”
Mugino Saeki, Ryerson’s infor-
mation security ofcer, has said
that after nding out about the
“stunt” her ofce shut down the
email list. “Any system has some
aw no one is immune to some
sort of attack,” said Saeki.
Saeki’s ofce has also restrictedaccess to Deadfake.com on Ry-
erson’s server and has called in
a forensic investigations team to
track down the sources of the
emails.
Visit theeyeopener.com for up-
dates on this developing story.
By Kyle Edwards
“Sorry to say but your system is so shit that even a nobrainer could fnd a hack around your system.”
Excerpts fromthe emails
“Here I sit broken-heartedTried to shit, but only fartedThen one day I took a chanceTried to fart and shit my pants”
“QUESTION: do you use soapto wash out a soap tray and if so,do you use the same soap or a dif-ferent one? I have soap issues...”
“This is pathetic. I should notbe able to send this email. It’sbeen three hours already.”
“Sorry to say but your systemis so shit that even a no-brainercould nd a hack around your sys-tem...your system architect has abrain lower than a no-brainer .”
ByDylanFreeman-Grist
“Man. Like, the last few episodesof Breaking Bad had my buttcheeksclenched so hard, I swear myhips were going to collapse.”
“No wonder there is no NSA inCanada. I am sure your shit hole isall open, anyone can sneak peek in.”
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6 Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013NEWS
RSU unks for freedom ofspeech on campus
ByYaraKashlan
The Ryerson Students’ Union
(RSU) received poor grades for its
performance of policies and prac-
tices on campus last year after re-
fusing to ratify a proposed men’s
issues group.
The Justice Centre for Constitu-
tional Freedoms (JCCF) rated Ry-
erson and other universities and
their student groups in its 2013Campus Freedom Index. While
Ryerson University received a top
grade, the RSU was rated among
the second worst student unions in
the country for failing to uphold
free expression rights on campus.
There were two categories for
the grading: policy and practices.
The RSU received a “D” in policy
and ‘F’ in practices.
Communications and develop-
ment coordinator and co-author
of the Campus Freedom Index Mi-
chael Kennedy said its decision to
give Ryerson failing grades was a
direct result of the RSU’s decision
to not allow a student men’s issues
group to be formed last March.
“Every member in the RSU
should have the same freedoms,
and funding space,” said Kennedy.
“Every student is entitled to that,
they [RSU] can’t deny what every
other student is entitled to.”
Kennedy also mentioned that
there is a concern that once the
student union rejects a club, that
leaves the students not wanting to
go ahead anymore.
“Most men on campus don’t
regard the Women’s Center as a
threat,” said Kennedy.
However, the RSU still stands by
its decision to not allow the men’s
issues group on campus.
Rajean Hoilett, RSU vice-presi-
dent for equity, said they had cam-
pus safety in mind when consid-
ering the ratication of the men’s
group. “We looked at how this
group operated at different lev-
els,” he said. “For example, at U
of T, [they were] targeting women,
we felt like this was not the route
to go.”
“We see this as a difference in
ideology. We are proud of the work
[that] we do,” said Hoilett. He said
that freedom of speech has a limit
when it puts others in danger.
Last year, Argir Argirov and
Sarah Santhosh presented their
potential campus group to a panel
of seven RSU members March 15,
hours later they were sent an email
stating that the group had been re-
jected.
Students across campus have
expressed their support for the
men’s group.
“Men experience a lot of hid-
den repression because they are
expected to be tough guys,” said
Amber Bin-Soehardji, a second-
year social work student.
Bin-Soehardji mentioned thatthere are no other groups that of-
fer men support on campus.
“There is a stigma against men
who express their feelings and ex-
press that they have issues,” she
said.
For students, the ratication of
the men’s group hinges on whether
their intentions are positive.
“If they’re not for education,
I don’t think that they should be
here but, other than that, they
have a right to be here,” said Je-
rome Lorenzo, a rst-year early
childhood studies student.
Hoilett stated that the RSU is
proud of the work that they have
accomplished.
Santhosh, the original founder
of the group, was contacted but
declined to comment.
Not allowing the formation of a men’s group on campus
last year was the main reason for the failing grade
Ryrson studnts Anjana Rao, ft, Argr Argrov and Sarah Santhosh trd to start a mn’s ssus group on campus ast yar.
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The intersection of Gould and Vic-oria streets has been fenced off for
urther renovation. Vice-president
of nance and administration, Julia
Hanigsberg, said the installation of
new surface paint treatment that
will cover up the current dirt-rid-
den paint will be done by the end
of October. This is stage two in
three part beautication process.
The changes will be completed
by Nov. 1.
Early Learningturns fty
Ryerson’s Early Learing Centrecelebrated its 50-year anniversary
this week. The centre runs the
early childhood education degree
program, which began in 1972.
Changes to the nursery school
soon followed. In addition, the
school of early childhood studies,
including the Early Learning Cen-
tre, is now an established leader
in the eld, spearheading early
learning labs across Canada.
Men experience a lotof hidden repressionbecause they are ex-pected to be tough
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our prayers have been answered. Faster, more dependable internet is now at TRSM.
Wi-Fi revamped in Ted Rogers School of Management
PHOTO: JSS TSg
ByAlfeaDonato
While the rest of Ryerson might beagging behind, 227 small, whiteboxes installed on ceilings all over
Ted Rogers School of BusinessManagement (TRSM) will makehe building’s Wi-Fi faster and more
eliable. TRSM has entered the lastphase of wireless and network up-rades, which includes a complete
overhaul of networking deviceshat will be nished by Oct. 7.
These white boxes are calledccess points — they allow devices
o connect to the Internet. Six yearsgo, Ryerson’s Computing and
Communications Services (CCS)
only installed enough access pointsn TRSM for moderate laptop useapable of handling 30 simultane-
ous connections.TRSM is one of Ryerson’s most
requented areas and had 216 old-
r-generation access points beforehe upgrades. TRSM was experi-ncing Wi-Fi congestion prior to
he installations.“Suddenly every person not only
had a laptop, they had a smart
phone they wanted to connect,”aid CCS director Brian Lesser.
As the number of connections
hot up, so did the complaints.“I would search [Ryerson] on
Twitter and see ‘What the fuck,
our Wi-Fi sucks,’” said Lesser.TRSM information technology
director Paul Dunphy said the big-
est challenge of the upgrades wasnstalling the network switches, de-ices used to power access points.
The bulk of costs in TRSM wento replacing them. Since the old
witches couldn’t provide enoughpower for the new access points,594,244 was used to replace the
older models. These older models
will replace the even more archaic
switches in the Victoria and Po-dium buildings. CCS was given$772,476 to upgrade TRSM.
The new access points cost Ryer-son $151,369 and can handle 100simultaneous connections each.They’re also three times faster than
the old ones, capable of download-ing content at 950 megabytes perminute. The latest models can also
measure Wi-Fi signal strengthsand switch users to the closest andstrongest Wi-Fi connections.
The upgrades were meant to
be nished before September butCCS faced delays when a technol-
ogy company, (which couldn’t benamed) tried to force the school tobuy their devices. CCS has bought
access points from another com-pany, Aruba Networks, for nineyears. Lesser said the school’s law-
yers had to write to the company,explaining that Ryerson was notcompelled to buy access points
and network switches from othervendors.
Demand for Wi-Fi access on
campus has increased every year,with peak numbers growing by
the thousands. Last year, thepeak number of wireless devicesconnected at the same time was7,000. This year the number rose
to 9,200.In an informal survey, TRSM
students said they’ve seen no
differences in their usual Wi-Fiservice so far, with some report-ing great connections and others
noting lag.“At times it cuts out, in cer-
tain areas on campus [too],” said
second-year business technologymanagement student Jason Ra.
Since last March, 378 accesspoints have been added and 227
have been replaced across cam-pus. By the end of the year, anadditional 271 access points from
different Ryerson buildings will beswapped with newer models.
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Go take a walk on cam-
pus. Saunter down Gould
Street and take every-
hing in. From the quaint inter-
ock and picturesque trees to the
brownstone expanse of Kerr Hall,
ou’ll probably notice a common
heme –– new buildings. From the
till-sparkling Image Arts Build-
ng to the metallic sprawl of the
unnished Student Learning Cen-
re, it’s an open secret that Ryer-
on is not happy with its current
ot in life. It’s trying to shake off he rust of its years as a polytech-
nic with physical construction on
ampus. The size of the small,
downtown campus has exploded
ince its humble beginnings in the
mid-1900s and the current admin-
stration in particular has made
onstruction and purchasing new
buildings a major priority. And
here’s one thing that ties almost
ll the growth together –– the way
t was nanced.
Over the past several years of
budget cuts, public-private part-
nerships, or P3s, as they are often
referred to, have increasingly be-
come a part of business as usual
at universities, and Ryerson is no
exception. Though some critics
say that deals with private corpo-
rations risk the interests of post-
secondary education, much of
what Ryerson has done in recent
years has come attached to P3s.
Public-private partnerships at
Ryerson have allowed the uni-
versity to extend its reach in the
downtown core, and has been at
the centre of most of the buildingdeals allowing Ryerson to expand
its physical blueprint.
P3s are, in essence, any rela-
tionship in which a public sector
institution, such as Ryerson and
other schools, engages in a rela-
tionship with a private company.
When used correctly, P3s can offer
universities a chance to function
beyond the limits of dwindling
budgets. But other times, they can
be unhealthy and lead a university
down the wrong path.
“I am a big fan of private fund-
ing to an extent,” says Ryerson
economics professor Eric Kam.
“Which means I am a big fan of
privatization of anything until
that privatization takes over a uni-
versity’s direction.”
According to Kam, some univer-
sities in the United States, includ-
ing Ivey-league Yale and Harvard,
engage in public-private partner-
ships that are unhealthy.
“Some corporate companies
who sponsor the university are
trying to sit on the board of gover-
nors and the board of directors,”
Kam says. “And the corporate
agenda is starting to govern thedirection of the research of the
university and that’s a danger-
ous slope.” He adds that some
companies will try to earn prod-
uct support from research arms
of universities they sponsor when
those recommendations have not
really been earned.
This is exactly what worries the
Ryerson Students’ Union (RSU),
which last year approved by a
landslide vote an ofcial motion
to oppose the implementation of
P3s on an institutional level, and
have been outspoken critics of
their use.
Today, when it comes to fundingprojects that are not directly tied
to academics, universities receive
little to no government funding.
This could be one of the reasons
why universities engage in public-
private partnerships on an increas-
ingly large scale.
“There is a need for the govern-
ment to fund all aspects of univer-
sity since students access different
areas,” says Rochelle Lawrence,
vice-president of education at the
RSU. “These areas like counsel-
ling services, food services, resi-
dence, athletics and recreation andall other aspects of university that
students rely on that are outside
of just academics are integral to a
student’s experience.”
But Julia Hanigsberg, the vice
president of administration and -
nance at Ryerson, believes less fo-
cus should be placed on where the
funding comes from and more on
what it does for students. “The is-
sue with partnerships is less about
whether they are public or private,
which is a matter of where they get
their funding, and more a matter
of what are the shared objectives
of Ryerson and that partner,” she
says.Wherever you fall on the issue,
though, lack of government fund-
ing has pushed Ryerson to nance
one of its latest projects entirely
through a private organization.
MPI group is a private
development company
that is partnering with
Ryerson on a new student resi-
dence project announced Febru-
ary 2012. MPI owns the land that
Don’t worry son, I’m fWhether or not you’re an architecture student, it’s hard to ha
Monique Phillips takes a look at the sometimes controversial method
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Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013 9FEATURES
he residence will be built on ands also covering the cost o the en-ire project, something that would
have been very difcult or Ryer-on to aord otherwise. MPI willetain rights to profts rom the
building, but Ryerson will oper-te the residence in the same way
om the private sector
that Pitman Hall and the Interna-tional Living and Learning Centre(ILLC) have been run in the past.
Prior to this partnership, Ryer-son had very ew options to ac-commodate its student housing
needs (around 850 residence spotsor an enrollment o 28,000).“For a number o years we have
been trying to determine how wecan build more student housing,”Hanigsberg says. “We get nogovernment money to build stu-
dent housing and it’s expensive tobuild.”
But Lawrence says that this
partnership might not take studentbudgets into consideration. “Oneconcern that we have is around
the cost o rent,” she says. “MPIis a private company, it is in theirinterest to make a proft rom the
rent paid by students, which couldmake it unaordable.”
That said, Hanigsberg said rent
pricing will be competitive withPitman and ILLC, both o whichcost around 1,000 to 1,200 per
month in rent.Kam notes that Ryerson’s space
problems expand beyond the num-ber o residence rooms to an in-creasing shortage o class space.This limits the university’s ability to
bring in more students, and in turnmore per-student unding rom theprovincial government. “The prob-
lem is you have space constraints,especially with a place like Ryer-son University,” he says. “We don’t
have a ton o room, so, in theory,you might want to bring in anotherten, or 20, or 30,000 students, but
where are you going to put them?”
Another recent addition tocampus is no exceptionto this trend o P3s. The
Ted Rogers School o Manage-ment (TRSM) building is part o what’s called a “strata contract”
between Ryerson and CadillacFairview. Ryerson retains controlover its academic space on the up-
per oors, while Cadillac Fairviewoperates a bank o retail space onlower oors, including CanadianTire and Best Buy.
The building ran the school ap-proximately $75 million and theprovincial government chipped in
$12.5 million. Even with supportrom Cadillac Fairview, though,the building would not have been
possible without a generous dona-tion rom Ted Rogers, which gavethe building and business school
its name.Beore the TRSM building
popped up, the business school did
not have a central hub on campus,and though the new structure is ashort walk rom campus, its prox-
imity to Bay Street is not lost onits occupants. Ken Jones, dean o
the school o business at the time,called the location one that “ev-ery other business school wouldenvy” in a press release beore the
issed the myriad o new buildings popping up on campus.to fnance almost all o them — partnerships with the private sector
opening o the building in Septem-ber 2008.
Perhaps the greatest accom-
plishment o Ryerson’smodern berth as a ull-
blown university was the redevel-
opment o the historic Maple Lea Gardens as the Mattamy AthleticCentre (MAC), which was unded
by, you guessed it, a public-privatepartnership.
The deal was initially a three-
way partnership between the gov-
ernment, Ryerson and LoblawCompanies Limited. The govern-ment and Ryerson pitched in $20
million each and Loblaw donated$5 million to the project. Ater alengthy construction process (the
project was announced December2009 and not completed until Sep-tember 2012), Global Spectrum,
another private company, steppedin to manage the building’s opera-tions.
But Lawrence says studentshave some issues with the man-ner in which the company runs the
centre. “The act the building ismanaged by Global Spectrum has
raised issues like students not be-ing able to access the space whenneeded,” she says. “And pro-
gramming is geared towards being
able to a proft.”It seems that, as is the case with
much o Ryerson’s expansion,
Maple Lea Gardens would neverhave sported an “RU” withoutthe help o Global Spectrum and
Loblaw. Loblaw, in particular,played a pivotal role, Hanigsbergsays. “We worked very closely to-
gether on the development itsel,”Hanigsberg says. “Loblaws wasresponsible or the base building
and we were responsible or theft-up o our area.”
Whether you believe it’s sae
or public institutions to irt withthe private sector or not, it seemsthat, at least here at Ryerson, they
are here to stay. Ryerson showsno signs o slowing its explosivegrowth in terms o physical space,and as Hanigsberg points out, it’s
unlikely to fnd deals on the scaleo Maple Lea Gardens withoutsome sort o P3.
“Without them,” Hanigsbergsays, “we never could have donethat project.”
ILLUSTRATIONS: SUSANA Gómez Báez AND JeSS TSANG
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ournalism grad and Eyeopener alumnus Graeme Smith spoke at Ryerson on Tues-ay about his book The Dogs Are Eating Them Now: Our War in Afghanistan,
which is shortlisted for the Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonction. For theull story and a chance to win a signed copy of the book, isit theeyeopener.com.
F PHT
Architects light up Nuit BlancheRyerson students bring trio of light installations to BataShoe Museum for all-night contemporary art event
Revellers braving the all-night ex-
perience of Nuit Blanche this year
are in for not just one, but three,
Ryerson-bred creations.
Behind the interactive light in-
stallations is the [R]ed[U]x Lab
(Ryerson University Architectural
Science Design Lab), a group of
students led by architecture asso-
ciate chair Vincent Hui.
The rst of the works — all of
which will be on display at the
Bata Shoe Museum — is an instal-
lation called Ad Astra (latin for
“to the stars”). The piece is madefrom hanging illuminated balls,
some of which have sensors that
can trigger pulsating light patterns
and even change the audio that
lls the dark space. By touching
these special lights, users are able
to assert inuence over the space.
The second exhibit, Light_
Scape, allows users to move and
manipulate 999 boxes of light,
cycling through different hues of
diffused light. The boxes stick to
both a wooden substructure and
each other, allowing the viewers to
create their own lightscapes based
on patterns and forms they con-struct themselves.
ByMackenzieDavidson
“The user interaction with the
installation is the exciting part,”
says Jeff Mitchell, a masters of ar-
chitecture student and one of the
members of the Light_Scape team.RevitaLight , the third installa-
tion, similarly focuses on creating
a kinetic space that reacts to those
exploring it. Its undulating struc-
ture is outtted with a reactive ar-
ray of lights.
The installations share com-
mon themes; they all focus on
light and explore emotional con-
cepts through viewers’ interac-
tions with the spaces. Although
the similarities were unintentional
— the projects were selected from
a pool of proposals from the ar-
chitectural community at Ryerson
— the focus lends itself well to theBata Shoe Museum space, which is
Members of the [R]ed[U]x ab construct a series of 999 indiidual lights that willmake up Light_Scape, an interactie space that will react to iewers’ moement.
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The [R]ed[U]x ab’s RevitaLight installation is one of three Ryerson installations that will ll the Bata Shoe Museum (327 BloorSt. W.) during Nuit Blanche, which begins at 6:51 p.m. on Saturday, ct. 5, and runs until sunrise.
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hosting exclusively [R]ed[U]x Lab
exhibits this year.
The light-focused theme, which
recalls [R]ed[U]x’s pieces from
last year’s event, creates an inter-esting juxtaposition within the
overall thematic elements of Nuit
Blanche; the involving, kinetic
light installations are contrasted
by the darkness that blankets the
all-night event.
Having architects exhibit at
Nuit Blanche opens up an interest-
ing dialogue: Do architects think
of themselves as artists?
“I nd that there’s a lot more
than just purely aesthetics. There’s
creation of atmosphere and the
utility of things like the surfaces,
and how you perceive spaces,”
says Matthew Koniuszewski, oneof the designers of Light_Scape.
“I wouldn’t call it just purely art,
and I wouldn’t call it just purely
building.”
Nuit Blanche will also feature
works from both established art-
ists, like Ai Weiwei, and other
schools like OCAD University.
But Koniuszewski says the groups
aren’t worried about competition.
“We’re fairly supportive of each
other,” he says. “I think everyone
just wants to make the best work
they can.”
Kevin Pu, one of the designers
of Ad Astra, adds, “We want to
showcase what we’re capable of, so
we can make a name for not only
ourselves, but also for our depart-
ment and professors and all the
people who have supported us.”n early prototype of the Ad Astra installation reects in a series of mirrors.
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Kickin’ itRyerson’s Urban Hip-Hop Unionprepares for upcoming competitionseason with dance squad auditions
A studio in the basement o Kerr
Hall West is crowded with Ryerson
tudents sporting colourul kicks
nd track pants, sprawled across
he hardwood foors. They stretch,
warming up beore their audition
or the Urban Hip Hop Union, an
rt collective made up o Ryerson
tudents. “Can the music go loud-
r?” one member says to another.
Yeah!” comes the enthusiastic
eply as “Ride Wit Me” by Nellyblasts through the speakers. The
dancers jerk and spin, gyrating to
he rhythmic sounds booming o
he walls in the small studio.
Premila Shanmugabalan, one o
he 30 or so Ryerson students au-
ditioning on Friday, Sept. 27, leans
over her legging-clad limbs to grab
her ur-lined shoe. She’s hoping to
and one o a hal dozen spots on
team that will represent Ryer-
on’s hip-hop union in two annual
university competitions, OUCH
ByMackenziePatterson
(Ontario Universities Competitionor Hip-Hop) on Nov. 23 and next
year’s BYOB (Bring Your Own
Beats).
“I’ve tried every type o dance:
salsa, contemporary jazz, Bolly-
wood. Hip-hop is one o my a-
vourites,” says Shanmugabalan.
“I just love the music and the fow,
and the dancers always look like
they’re having so much un… I I
don’t make it, then at least I can
say I tried my best and learned
something, that’s all that matters.”
Dan Cruz, a member o the
union’s executive team, choreo-
graphs most o the routines or thecompetitions. As well as dancing
every day and competing in up to
our competitions a year, he teach-
es hip-hop classes proessionally.
“There is a lot o bee and ani-
mosity in the hip-hop world, but
our team is more about the love
aspect o it. We like to connect
through dance,” Cruz says.
He says hip-hop is one o the
most expressive emerging art
orms. “A lot o people judge hip-
hop or don’t take it seriously be-
cause it doesn’t have a strict crite-
ria or ollow an exact technique,”
Cruz says. “But it’s actually very
dicult because you have to put
so much o your emotions andpassion into the moves and really
make them your own.”
Whether or not the team does
well at their competitions this
year, Cruz says he’s happy the hip-
hop union is growing and getting
the chance to showcase its talent.
“We’re really looking or char-
acter today,” he says. “We want
to see someone who can be given
something as boring as a pencil
and do something unique and
creative.”
Roughly 30 hopeuls flled a Kerr Hall dance studio to audition or a spot on Ryer-son’s Uran Hip-Hop Union’s dance sqaud, which will compete later this year.
n the middle o a Markham eld,
70-oot wide and 12-oot tall
white snow ence stands alone.
The seemingly out-o-place rural
andmark is meant to raise a ew
yebrows.
The installation, created by art-sts Dave Colangelo and Patricio
Davila, both doctoral students in
he joint Ryerson-York Commu-
nication and Culture program, is
part o Land|Slide: Possible Fu-
ures, a ree large-scale contempo-
ary art exhibition that runs until
Oct. 14 at the Markham Museum.
For the exhibition, the mu-
eum’s historic buildings were
ransormed into galleries or
nteractive pieces that raise ques-
ions regarding sustainability,
and use, urban sprawl and multi-
ulturalism. The exhibition ques-
ions where society should draw
he line when it comes to the de-
elopment o suburban areas such
s Markham.
Colangelo and Davila ad-
dressed this issue through their
By Isabelle Docto snow ence piece, “The Line.”
The project is split into two parts:
the massive ence, as well as a vid-
eo recording o the ence — which
shows it in ront o places such as
cornelds, strip malls, and park-
ing lots — projected onto the side
o a barn.
“That’s the symbolic thing thatwe’re trying to pick up on — this
idea o a man-made structure that
we place in the environment in
some way and to then determine
how we interact with it,” says
Colangelo. “That has political,
environmental and cultural con-
sequences.”
Plans or the exhibition began
three years ago with curator Ja-
nine Marchessault, a ormer Ry-
erson Image Arts proessor and
current aculty member o the Ry-
erson-York communication and
culture program.
“Since 2009, I’ve been creat-
ing site-specic exhibitions that
engage with processes o urban-
ization in suburban spaces,” says
Marchessault. “For Land|Slide, I
really wanted to come out into an
edge city like Markham and stage
something that’s about the past.”
In addition to “The Line,” the
exhibition also includes roughly
30 other installations, including
photography posted on an oldtrain and an interactive exhibit
that uses iPads to tell the stories
o historical objects.
“We’ve really opened things up
to get artists to give dierent in-
terpretations o the past — aug-
ment some things that are already
here — but also to think about the
uture,” says Marchessault.
The design and marketing or
Land|Slide refected just that. Cre-
ated by the Madeleine Collective
— Cheryl Hsu and Alexandra
Hong o Ryerson’s Research and
Innovation Oce and Nicole Ba-
zuin, an alumna o the Image Arts
program — were pieces o art on
their own. The collective wanted
to make sure that Land|Slide
drew in an audience unamiliar
with contemporary art in order to
branch out to the community.
The collective said the exhibi-
tion has attracted both art en-
thusiasts and amilies who have
reacted with a “sense o wonder
and discovery.”
“We made a concerted eort to
reach out to the Markham pub-
lic,” says Hsu. “We want to ex-
pose them to contemporary art in
a new, resh way — not just in an
art museum.”
“The ine,” a two-part installation y Dave Colangelo, pictured, and Patricio Davila,projects ootage o a snow ence onto the side o a arn in dierent settings.
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Markham art exhibitrooted in RyersonStudent artists portray remnants ofthe past and prospects of the futuren Land|Slide: Possible Futures
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By
Harlan
Nemerofsky
They don’t know if they’ll be com-
peting in it, but they do know that
t’s coming back to Ryerson.
The Ryerson Rams men’s bas-
ketball team will host the Ontario
University Athletics (OUA) Wilson
Cup Final Four in 2014 for a second
onsecutive year at the Mattamy
Athletic Centre (MAC), according
o athletic director Ivan Joseph.
“The feedback from the OUA
nd everybody involved in it [last
ear] was that this was one of the
best venues and one of the best
hosted events ever,” Joseph said. Joseph wanted to host the Wil-
on Cup again, but rather than
ubmitting a bid to host the event,
he OUA came to him in August.
“The venue looked really good
on television last year, no one will
dispute that,” said OUA President
ennifer Myers. “So we thought
o leave it where it was this year
because Ryerson did a great job.”
The Rams fell short of high ex-
pectations last season — losing in
he second round of the playoffs to
he Ottawa Gee-Gees which pre-
ented them from playing in the
OUA Final Four on home court.
“Hosting the event is great for the
university, it’s great for our students
and it’s great for Toronto, but it’s
not something that we’re thinkingabout right now,” said men’s bas-
ketball head coach, Roy Rana.
“Right now, I’m excited about
starting the season,” Rana said.
“We’ll get excited about [the Wil-
son Cup] as it gets closer.”
Joseph said that the plan for the
MAC was always to host a nation-
al-level calibre events but now he
thinks Ryerson is ready for it.
“We think our teams, coaches
and facilities are all in the position
where they should be recognized
for what they are, which is leaders
in their eld,” said Joseph.
“We’re now at a point where wehave all of those pieces in place
to put forth a bid that will see us
compete and contend for national
championships,” he added.
While Ryerson Athletics will be
hosting the Wilson Cup at the MAC
again, Joseph said they have also
placed bids for the 2015 Canadian
Interuniversity Sport tournament in
men’s basketball and the 2016 CIS
men’s hockey championship.
Ryerson teams would automati-
cally play in the CIS tournament if
they host either event.
The CIS will make its announce-
ment in early December.
yerson o hos OUA Wilson CuOntario’s most prestigious basketball tournament returns to the MAC
The Ryerson Rams and Hum-
ber Hawks were tied at two sets
piece with the Rams at match
point. Over two hours of play
ater, Alex Dawson sent the ball
deep into the Humber court. TheHawks set it up for a big smash,
but rookie sensation Jeff Ardron
umped up and made the block,
iving the Rams a 3-2 win.
This was Ardron’s rst game
with the Rams but head coach
Mirek Porosa saw potential in Ar-
dron more than a year ago.
“I wanted him badly because I
knew Luca [Milosevic] graduated
and] I saw him as a replacement,”
Porosa said.
But getting him to don the blue
nd gold was not easy. And for
while there was a chance he
wouldn’t go to Ryerson at all.
More than 10 universities from
cross Canada wanted him. At 18,
Ardron was the second youngest
member of the under-21 Team
Ontario program that placed
fourth at the recent Canada games
in Sherbrooke, Quebec. He also
holds two Achievement of Excel-
lence awards from his former club
team, the Durham Attack, the
same club team that Rams veter-
ans Dawson and Robert Wojcik
grew up with.
Porosa and Ardron rst met at
the High Performance camp held
annually at Humber College. The
camp lets students entering their
nal year of high school work
with university coaches on skills
and techniques. While it’s not sup-
posed to be used for recruiting,
Porosa couldn’t help but notice
Ardron’s skill level.
“For middle [blockers] you have
to have size, with good volley-
ball IQ and vision,” Porosa said.
“There aren’t many athletes his size
at 6’8 that are playing volleyball.”
Porosa was the rst coach to
bring Ardron in for a tour. In early
December — joined by Dawson,
team captain Robbie Earl and
then-setter Aleksa Miladinovic —
Ardron visited the MAC.
Porosa gave him two weeks to
decide, but Ardron continued toexplore other schools. While stay-
ing in touch with Ardron, Porosa
worked to ll out his roster with
other recruits such as Brett Whitley,
Will Otten and Anthony Cicchi. He
also secured setter Adam Anagnos-
topoulos, who had played with Ar-
dron at both the Humber camp and
with Team Ontario.
And then Porosa got the call he
had been dreading; Ardron had
chosen Western.
“You are ghting for a player, but
at some point, you have to take a
step back and if somebody makes
a decision to go somewhere else, I
have to respect it,” Porosa said.
Porosa was disappointed in los-
ing out on Ardron, but he still had
two middle blockers — Marc Rear-
don and Uchenna Ofoha.
Then in June, long after the ap-
plication window had closed, Po-
rosa got a call from Ardron.
“He talked to me and told me if
I could get him into his program,
he was fully committed to Ryer-
son,” Porosa said. “When I got
the call I was ecstatic, it was like
Christmas.”
With help from Porosa, Ardron
was able to get into the criminaljustice program and sign his letter
of intent, despite the delay.
So what was the biggest reason
for Ardron switching to Ryerson?
Having his friend Anagnostopou-
los there to set him the ball.
“Adam and I had played to-
gether before so I was familiar
with him,” Ardron said. “So when
I heard he was coming to Ryerson,
I knew I wanted to be there too.”
Getting players late is not ideal
for a coach, but when it is a player
of his calibre, Porosa was ready to
make an exception.
“There is no script for how
the recruiting process is going togo,” Porosa said. “You have to be
ready to adjust and come up with
a strategy that will get the athletes
in [the game].”
ByJoshBeneeau
Six-foot-eight middle blocker committed to Western but joined Ryerson to play with friend
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yerson snags rookie volleyball rodigy
Moving uRams men’s soccerteam climbs to topthree in Canada
The Ryerson Rams men’s soccer
team is now amongst the premierteams in the CIS after moving from
fth place to third place on Tues-
day afternoon.
This is the highest ranking ever
for the Rams in program history.
“It’s always an honour for our
athletes and our coaches to be
recognized for all the work that
they do, it’s nice to be externally
validated,” said head coach Ivan
Joseph. “However, we’re always
mindful that at the end of the day
[being nationally ranked] is not
one of our goals.”
The Rams defeated the Toronto
Varsity Blues 3-0 Sunday after-noon for their seventh straight
win, continuing its stranglehold
atop the OUA East with 22 points.
“It’s nice for the player that
have been here since when the
pogram was built up from what
is was, but it doesn’t give us an
extra playoff win,” said associate
coach Filip Prostran.
Fifth-year midelder Alex Bra-
letic leads the team in goals with
nine, tied with Guelph’s Robert
Murphy for the OUA lead.
“It’s just going to be a distrac-
tion for this team,” said Braletic.
“It doesn’t change anything.”
By Harlan Nemerofsky
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13Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013 COMMUNITIES
Going globalFor everything you need to knowabout earning your degree overseas
Five days a week, you sit in the
ame desks in the same classrooms
istening to your proessor ramble
on about something you’re prob-
bly not interested in. As you look
out the window, you may fnd
oursel thinking, “I wish I could
be any where but here.”
The world is a big place. Toron-
o is great, but there are so many
other cities to see. For students at
Ryerson hoping to travel while
ompleting their degrees, there is
no shortage o opportunity.“We want our students to get
out there and be ambassadors or
Canada and or Ryerson and just
njoy an international experience,”
aid Erin Miley, student mobility
ssistant at Ryerson international.
There are two primary options
or students hoping to get out o
he classrooms in Kerr Hall – going
on exchange, or studying abroad.
There’s a lot to think about when
deciding between programs. Cost
s a major actor, along with desti-
nation choice and applications.
At Ryrso, studts hav th opportuty to study at uvrsts aroud th word
By Dylan Freeman-Grist andSidney O’Reilly
For most students, exchanges arethe more aordable option, since
tuition is paid directly to Ryerson.
Once you add up the cost o air-
are, insurance, ood and living, it
ends up being more expensive than
staying on campus. But i budgeted
correctly, it’s a reasonable option.
Suhair Deeb, coordinator o in-
ternational mobility, said it’s dif-
cult to put an exact number on how
much an exchange costs because it
varies rom student to student.
“It really depends where you’re
going,” said Deeb. “Business stu-
dents tend to go to big cities be-
cause they want to be in the thicko it all and that’s more expensive
than living in a small city.”
Abroad programs tend to be a
lot more expensive in comparison,
seeing as most students get nailed
with international ees. Deeb said
that tuition costs could be as much
as double (in some cases even high-
er) depending on the university.
On the plus side, students who
choose to go abroad can study at
other universities or over a our
month period – something that ex-
change students don’t have the op-
tion to do.
The application process is di-erent or each option. For abroad
programs, students must apply
directly to the host university
while exchanges are done directly
through Ryerson.
Exchanges are very competitive.
In order to apply, students must
have a GPA o at least 2.5 and
must also fll out an application. It
varies rom program to program,
but essays, portolios, and inter-
views may also be required.
“[This process is] just to make
sure that we’re sending over top
quality students,” said Miley. “We
want to make sure they are able tokeep up with the academic work.”
Even though going global re-
quires a lot o planning, hard
work, and preparation, students
who do take on this opportunity
say it’s worth it.
Sarah Kristensen, a ourth year
retail management student, spent
six months studying in Adelaide at
the University o South Australia.
She said that going on exchange
taught her how to embrace lie’s
twists and turns.
“I was completely pushed out
o my comort zone almost daily,”
said Kristensen. “I did so manythings I don’t think I would have
been able to do without exchange.”
While in Australia, Kristensen
tried everything rom zip lining to
surfng to black-water rating (tub-
ing through dark caves surrounded
by glowworms and eels).
With fles by Nicole Schmidt
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*To read more about Kristensen’s
exchange adventures, visit
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ComikazeBy Travis Dadro
The Pope loves ‘scopes
Aries
At this point I’m not even sure
buying textbooks will help you.
t’s waaaay too late for that shit.
Taurus
Planetary alignments suggest your
ocial media account will be bom-
barded by a friends baby pictures.
Gemini
Nobody wants to say it, but you’re
piss-poor DJ and people consid-
r you a no-talent hack.
Cancer
Your love interest will request an
open relationship. It’s a nice way
of saying you’re crap in the sack.
Leo
Never be self-concious of your
enitals. There’s nothing wrong
down there so quit poking it.
Virgo
A cosmic anomaly will leave you
mpervious to the effects of alco-
hol. Start chugging.
Libra
Business men will coax you into
their limo, only to later release
you in a eld and hunt you down.
Scorpio
Abandon all your dreams! The
planets have revealed your calling
is to be a charismatic cult leader.
Sagittarius
Be wary of free merchandise and
food. They only want you to join
some third-rate social network.
Capricorn
Corn is the only food you should
be eating. A cornucopia of corn
dogs, popcorn and corn cobs.
Aquarius
Soon you will discover yout par-
ents have painted your room 50
shades of sex dungeon.
Pisces
New evidence suggests that global
warming is your fault. Honestly.
Just you, no one else.
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Chancellor’s Award of Distinction*
President’s Award for Teaching Excellence*
Provost’s Experiential Teaching Award*
Provost’s Innovative Teaching Award*
Provost’s Interdisciplinary Teaching Award*
Deans’ Teaching Awards
YSGS Outstanding Contribution to Graduate Education Awards
Call for
and NominationsApplications
In time for 2013 fall nominations and applications, Ryerson is pleased to announce the new
Recognition & Awards website and Online Nomination Portal.
www.ryerson.ca/recognition
The new website brings together all awards, guidelines and eligibility details in one centralized
location. The new Online Nomination Portal streamlines the awards process by allowing users to
gather, review and submit the entire nomination and application package online.
Demonstrations on how to use the portal are being held on October 2 and October 7.
To register, visit the Learning Events Calendar at www.ryerson.ca/hr/learning.
Deans’ Scholarly, Research and Creative Activity Awards
Deans’ Service Awards
Errol Aspevig Award for Outstanding Academic Leadership
Librarian and Counsellor Awards
Recognize someone’s outstanding contribution in the areas of:
Deadline November 1, 2013
New Website and Online Nomination
Teaching and Education
Research
Service and Leadership
For opportunities to recognize the achievements of staff at
Ryerson, visit www.ryerson.ca/recognition to view the
Service & Leadership awards due February 1.
*Nomination briefs are required before full packages can be submitted.
Please submit all briefs by November 1, 2013.
Following approval the full nomination is due November 23, 2013.
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