SRO program suspended days after Ryerson was approved to conduct review
By Jacob Dubé The Toronto District School Board (TDSB) passed a motion Wednesday night to suspend the Student Resource Officer (SRO) initiative program, days after Ryerson was approved to conduct a...
View ArticleRyerson student taken to hospital after alleged assault at the Ram in the Rye
By Noushin Ziafati A Ryerson University student was transported to hospital after an alleged assault at the Ram in the Rye early Thursday morning. Toronto police Const. Jenifferjit Sidhu said a...
View ArticleRyerson responds to Black Liberation Collective’s concerns about increased...
By Annie Arnone and Justin Chandler Ryerson president Mohamed Lachemi is responding to an open letter from the Black Liberation Collective (BLC), which expressed concerns surrounding the university’s...
View ArticleBLC expresses concerns about not being consulted on Ryerson’s partnership...
By Annie Arnone Ryerson will soon facilitate an academic partnership alongside the Toronto Police Service to educate officers on bias-avoidance and diversity in the force—but students on campus have...
View ArticleMan arrested after car crashes into pole on Ryerson campus
By Alanna Rizza One man has been arrested after allegedly crashing his car into a pole on Ryerson campus in the early hours of Saturday morning. Toronto police said the crash occurred around 1:30 a.m....
View ArticleToronto Public Health hires more outreach staff around safe injection site on...
Reading Time: 3 minutesBy Emma Sandri As the opioid crisis rages on in Toronto, the city is increasing the number of outreach staff around the safe injection site beside Ryerson. Located across from...
View ArticleRyerson launches two-week cybersecurity competition
Reading Time: 3 minutesBy Sera Wong The Digital Media Zone (DMZ) at Ryerson has partnered with the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) to host CanHack 2018, a two-week competition featuring challenges where...
View ArticleRyerson won’t disclose type or amount of acid stolen from a lab on campus
Reading Time: 1 minuteBy Nathaniel Crouch Two weeks ago, an unknown amount of acid was stolen from a lab in Kerr Hall East. Ryerson University has declined to disclose any further details about the...
View ArticleRyerson marketing student shot dead in North York
Reading Time: 1 minuteBy Denise Paglinawan Police have identified a Ryerson University student as the man killed in a shooting in Toronto’s Downsview neighbourhood on Oct. 11. Police were called to the...
View ArticleUPDATED: Police investigate alleged assault against anti-choice protestor at...
Reading Time: 3 minutesBy Jonathan Bradley Toronto police are investigating an alleged assault that was filmed at an anti-choice rally at Ryerson University earlier this month. On Oct. 1, Gabby...
View ArticleCommunity calls for justice after Ryerson student shot dead in North York
Reading Time: 2 minutesBy Denise Paglinawan Friends and family members of Roy Zamora are looking for answers after the 26-year-old Ryerson marketing student died in a daytime shooting in North York...
View ArticleGould Street reopens after suspicious package found on Ryerson campus
Reading Time: 2 minutesBy Alanna Rizza, Katie Swyers, Sherina Harris Gould and Bond streets reopened after Toronto police concluded that a suspicious package on campus was not a threat. Just before...
View ArticleRyerson’s Black Liberation Collective calls on RSU to diminish police...
Reading Time: 2 minutes By Valerie Dittrich Ryerson’s Black Liberation Collective (BLC) called upon the Ryerson Students’ Union (RSU) new executive team, made up entirely of members from the Refresh...
View ArticlePolice arrest man for sexual assault of 16-year-old near Ryerson
Reading Time: 2 minutes By Emma Sandri Toronto police have arrested a man who allegedly sexually assaulted a 16-year-old girl twice in one week, near Ryerson campus. Andrew Martin Morris, 26, was...
View ArticleRyerson security plans to appoint special constable positions on campus
Reading Time: 2 minutes By Valerie Dittrich Ryerson has proposed to the Toronto Police (TPS) for designated employees to have ‘special constable’ status. In a post on the Ryerson security website on...
View ArticleHate on campus: LGBTQI2A+ students don’t feel safe at Ryerson
Reading Time: 9 minutes LGBTQI2A+ STUDENTS ON THE HATE THEY FACE ON CAMPUS, WHETHER IN THE CLASSROOM OR IN THE CITY. WORDS BY JACK WISE The Eye has chosen to use the acronym LGBTQI2A+ to describe the...
View ArticleWoman stabbed at Bond and Gould Streets
Reading Time: < 1 minute By Valerie Dittrich A woman and a man have been transported to the hospital after a stabbing at Bond and Gould Streets, according to Toronto Police. Police were called to...
View ArticleUPDATE: RSU files police report following alleged ‘financial mismanagement’
Reading Time: < 1 minute By Emma Sandri The Ryerson Students’ Union (RSU) has filed a report with the Toronto Police Service (TPS), following allegations of financial mismanagement last year. In...
View ArticleTwo thefts in two days at The Catalyst lead to security changes
Reading Time: 3 minutes By Josh Scott A Ryerson research space in the Rogers Communications Centre (RCC) was broken into twice in the last two weeks, causing Ryerson to replace the building’s south...
View ArticleUPDATE: Ryerson’s proposal for special constables approved by Toronto Police...
Reading Time: 4 minutes Ryerson expects to incorporate special constables into campus security by late 2021 By Manuela Vega Ryerson’s proposal for designated employees to have special constable status...
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