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Ryerson University
Motto:	Mente et Artificio (With mind and hand)
Established	1948
Type:	Public
President:	Sheldon Levy
Staff:	600
Undergraduates:	24,000 full-time
Postgraduates:	1,100 full-time
Location	Toronto, ON, Canada
Campus:	Urban
Sports team:	Ryerson Rams
Mascot:	Eggy the Ram
Website:	ryerson.ca
Brandmark and crest images © Ryerson University

Ryerson University is a public university located in downtown Toronto, Canada. It has 24,000 full-time students,^[1] and offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs.

Contents 1 History 2 Ted Rogers School of Management 3 George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre 4 Governance 4.1 Board of Governors 4.2 Academic Council 5 Principals and Presidents of Ryerson 6 Facts & figures 7 Noted alumni 8 Facilities 9 Associations 10 References 11 External links

In 1852 at the core of the main campus, the historic St. James Square, Egerton Ryerson founded Ontario's first teacher training facility, the Toronto Normal School. It also housed the Department of Education and The Museum of Natural History and Fine Arts, which became the Royal Ontario Museum. An agricultural laboratory on the site led to the later founding of the Ontario Agricultural College and the University of Guelph. St. James Square went through various other educational uses before housing a namesake of its original founder.

Egerton Ryerson was a leading educator, politician, and Methodist minister^[2]. He is known as the father of Ontario's public school system. He is also a founder of the first publishing company in Canada in 1829, The Methodist Book and Publishing House, which was renamed The Ryerson Press in 1919 and today is part of McGraw-Hill Ryerson, Canadian publisher of educational and professional books. Although not affiliated with the university, the well known publishing company still bears Egerton Ryerson's name for its Canadian operations.

The Ryerson Institute of Technology was founded in 1948 and its name was changed in 1964 to Ryerson Polytechnical Institute. It became a university-degree granting institution in 1971 accredited by both provincial government legislation and by the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC). That year, it also became a member of the Council of Ontario Universities (COU). In 1992, Ryerson became Toronto’s second school of engineering following accreditation from the Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board. A flag bearing the Ryerson crest was carried aboard the space shuttle Columbia (until the shuttle was tragically lost in 2003), signifying Ryerson’s collaboration in research with Canadian astronaut Roberta Bondar. Research funding tops $9 million for the period 1986-92. In 1993 Ryerson received approval to also grant graduate degrees (master's and doctorates). The same year it changed its name to Ryerson Polytechnic University reflecting a stronger emphasis on research associated with graduate programs and its expansion from being solely an undergraduate university-level college. In June 2001, the school renamed itself again, assuming its present identity as Ryerson University. Today, Ryerson University offers strong programs in Aerospace, Chemical, Civil, Mechanical, Industrial, Electrical and Computer Engineering. The university also has the prestige of being one of only two Ontario Universities to offer a program in Aerospace Engineering.

In 1972, Ryerson was admitted as a full member of the Ontario Universities Athletic Association (OUAA). The university is represented in Canadian Interuniversity Sport by the Ryerson Rams.

Previously known as Ryerson's Business Building; however, it was changed to the current name after a $15 million donation from Ted Rogers. This latest addition is located within a new wing of the Toronto Eaton Centre at the southeast corner of Bay and Dundas Streets, the Ted Rogers School of Management occupies three floors of the nine-floor wing (two floors are occupied by retail uses, with an above-grade parking garage occupying the remaining three storeys). The integration of the Ryerson faculty with commercial uses in the same building has been praised as an innovative solution for the downtown university.[1]

The building houses undergraduate programs in Business Management, Retail Management, Hospitality and Tourism Management, and Information Technology Management. It also houses the two graduate business programs (MBA, MMSc).

"The George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre'' is a 4 storey building that is part of Ryerson University in Toronto, Ontario.

The building was to have been originally designed by Santiago Calatrava (designer of the atrium of Brookfield Place). Nearby residents fought the inclusion of a tower component. The project was withdrawn and re-tendered[2].

Completed in 2004 by Moriyama & Teshima Architects and home to Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science and Aerospace Engineering. The state-of-the art building cost $70 million to complete.

The building was officially renamed in 2005 to the George Vari Centre for Computing and Engineering after a 5 million dollar donation from George and Helen Vari.

Ryerson has a bicamaeral system of governance.

A board of governors makes major administrative policy, staff, and financial decisions for the university.

An academic council or academic senate makes all academic decisions for the university.

• Howard Kerr, 1948-1966
• Fred Jorgenson, 1966-1969
• Donald Mordell, 1970-1974
• Walter Pitman, 1975-1980
• Brian Segal, 1980-1988
• Terry Grier, 1988-1995
• Claude Lajeunesse, 1995-2005
• Sheldon Levy, 2005-Present

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• Ryerson Institute of Technology 1948-1963
• Ryerson Polytechnical Institute 1963-1993
  • Accredited as a university-degree granting institute in 1971
  • Received approval to grant graduate degrees in 1993
• Ryerson Polytechnic University 1993-2000
• Ryerson University 2001 - Present

Ryerson is well known for its media-related programs, specifically:

• Radio and Television Arts, the only four-year broadcasting degree in Canada [3];
• Journalism, publishers of the Ryerson Review of Journalism magazine [4];
• Interior Design, one of the only two universities in Canada that offers a four-year degree program [5];
• Image Arts (film, photography and new media) [6].

The G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education is the country's largest provider of University-level adult education with over 60,000 enrollments[7].

According to the Globe and Mail's University Report Card 2006, Ryerson is ranked 5th of the medium size universities in the category of 'Preparation for Employment'. Webometrics ranking of world universities, has placed Ryerson University at 432nd most committed University to Web publication and to the worldwide open access to knowledge overall, in its list of World's Top 3000 Universities in this respect.

• More than 80 degree programs in its Faculties of Arts, Business, Communication & Design, Community Services, and Engineering and Applied Science
• Nearly 60% of first-year classes have 50 or fewer students. 13% of first year classes exceed 100 students.
• 12 undergraduate degree programs are unique among Canadian universities: Arts and Contemporary Studies, Disability Studies, Early Childhood Education, Fashion, Graphic Communications Management, Health Services Management, Image Arts, Information Technology Management, International Economics, Occupational and Public Health (Occupational Health and Safety option), Radio and Television, and Retail Management
• The School of Early Childhood Education is the oldest of its kind in Canada, from a 2 year diploma in 1959 to a BAA degree in 1972. The school also produces the journal Learning Inquiry.
• 25 graduate programs, seven of which lead to a Ph.D., offered through the School of Graduate Studies; two master's programs unique in Canada: Photographic Preservation and Collections Management, in partnership with George Eastman House in Rochester, New York; and Immigration and Settlement Studies
• Annual funded research has increased more than four times the amount over a decade ago, from $2.4 million to $10 million
• Home to 20,000 full-time undergraduate students, 600 graduate students, and more than 61,000 Continuing Education enrolments
• International student enrolment of more than 901, representing 90 countries
• The G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education, Canada's leading provider of university-based adult education, offers more than 1,000 courses, workshops, and seminars; 185 distance education courses; over 65 career-related certificate programs, and 10 advanced training designations
• Largest undergraduate Faculty of Business in Canada
• Undergoing the largest expansion in 30 years, with more than $210 million in construction
• 106,000 alumni
• Ryerson International Living Learning Centre is an 11 storey former Hotel Ibis with 252 units for student housing and located at 240 Jarvis Street, entrance also at 133 Mutual Street, acquired 1993.
• Pitman Hall Residence is a 14 storey apartment with 555 units for student housing and located at 160 Mutual Street, opened 1991.
• The George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre is the new state-of-the-art academic building mainly serving the Faculty of Engineering & Applied Science as well as other faculties too. The 75 million dollar budget has made it one of the costliest academic building projects among all the Canadian universities. It is home to some of the leading research laboratories sponsored by corporations like: Rockwell Automation, Nortel, EA Sports etc.
• Parts of the movie Urban Legends was filmed in the R.A.C. (Ryerson Athletic Centre)
• Parts of the movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding were filmed in the Rogers Communication Centre on campus, which houses the R.T.A. and Journalism programs (and at the time, Computer Science labs as well).
• The 'computer lab' scene (and subsequent chase) in the film PCU was filmed at the Rogers Communication Centre.
• In November 2005, Professor Arne Kislenko won TVOntario's 1st Best Lecturer Series.
• In 2006, Ryerson University has two professors in the semi finals for TVO's 2nd Best Lecturer Competition. Philosophy Professor, Dr. James Cunningham, and Radio and Television Arts (RTA) Professor Dana Lee is also a semi-finalist.
• JobLoft.com (a cutting edge hospitality and retail job board) founders: Chris Nguyen, Lee Liu, Sundeep Mokha, and Andy Lai are all Information Technology Management graduates from Ryerson University. They recently appeared on Dragons’ Den, a new CBC reality show in which entrepreneurs seek funding from five multi-millionaire “Dragons” in exchange for part ownership of their company. They were very successful, and came out with $200,000. However, conflict over the inclusion in the board of directors of someone who antagonized the "Dragons" for wanting to take too large a chunk of JobLoft.com caused the "Dragons" to rescind their initial offer despite the potential of the promising prospects from Ryerson University. Regardless, On October 29th, 2007, an official press release by Hcareers - the leading online job board for the hospitality industry worldwide - announced its US parent company, onTargetjobs, acquired the assets of JobLoft.com. The buying price was not disclosed.

Main article: List of Ryerson University people

• Ryerson University Library
• George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre
• Heaslip House-Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education
• Heidelberg Centre - School of Graphic Communications Management
• Kerr Hall
• Oakham House
• Ryerson Ted Rogers School of Management Building
• Ryerson Rogers Communications Centre
• Ryerson Theatre School Building
• Sally Horsfall Eaton Centre

• Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU)
• Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC)
• Council of Ontario Universities COU
• Continuing Education Students' Association of Ryerson CESAR
• Ryerson Students' Union
• Ryerson Commerce Society (Ted Rogers School of Management) www.rcsonline.ca

• Ryerson University Homepage
• The Eyeopener, student newspaper
• Ryerson Student Groups
• Ontario Plaques - Ryerson Polytechnical Institute

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