Opinion: Commuting Can Offer Mental Health Benefits
Running to catch the train last minute, waiting forever for the right train to show up, dealing with seemingly endless line changes. It can leave you both out of breath…
77 New Covid-19 Cases Confirmed at Ryerson Last Week
Ryerson recorded 77 new COVID-19 cases last week, according to data from the university’s Environment, Health and Safety office (EHS). That marked an 87.8 per cent increase in COVID-19 cases…
Ryerson’s Spring Convocation to Be Held in Person
Ryerson announced on Tuesday that its spring convocation ceremonies will be held in person in June, for the first time since the pandemic began in 2020. The university will also…
Ram in the Rye Will Not Reopen This Semester
Restaurant manager of the Ram in the Rye, Crystal Pettman, has just announced that the beloved student bar will remain closed for the duration of the winter 2022 semester. However,…
Ryerson Students Create Petition to Push Back Against Lack of Online Learning Options
Are classes in-person accessible for all? Produced by: Rachel Parent
Ryerson’s Proof of Vaccine System Leaves Room for Errors, Experts Say
Ryerson University’s proof of vaccination system is expected to be put to the test in full force come January when tens of thousands of people are expected to return to…
What Ryerson Isn’t Telling Us about the Return to Campus
Ryerson’s planning a full return to campus this January. The school is confident, but staff and students are demanding more transparent health and safety information before feeling comfortable with coming back.
Ryerson Is an Ontario University Outlier for Not Publicly Reporting COVID-19 Cases
Ryerson is an outlier among Ontario’s public universities when it comes to sharing information about confirmed COVID-19 cases on campus. On The Record has found that 16 out of 23…
Pandemic Learning Left Students with ADHD Behind. Here’s How a Campus Return Could Fix That
In high school, Reta found the rigid class structure and strong sense of community to be grounding. It allowed them to do fairly well academically. The 20-year-old — who On…
Sports Governing Body Plays Hard to Get Varsity Teams Back into the Game
The Ryerson Rams men’s soccer team kicked off its season with a home game at Downsview Park on a warm, early fall evening. The Rams were playing against their crosstown…
An Ode to Online Learning
As the snow descends and weather turns cold, Anticipation brews as fall comes to a close. We say farewell to online, as our screens go black, With in-person approaching, it…
Skills Learned Through Online Study Could Benefit Graduates in the Post-pandemic Workplace
As Ryerson students contemplate returning to campus in January, some are going to be looking even further into the future — and worrying about whether their interrupted in-person education is…
Traffic Safety Experts Worry about Pedestrians as More People, Vehicles Return to Downtown Streets
With students about to return to campus for the winter semester, the university hasn’t done enough to prioritize pedestrian safety, says a Ryerson traffic safety expert. Raktim Mitra, associate professor…
Students, Profs Find the ‘silver lining’ in Remote Classes
When Ryerson decided in March 2020 to close its campus and move all teaching online, it opened a floodgate of criticisms. Students and faculty have complained — about the monotony…
How Time and a Pandemic Have Changed Ryerson’s Campus
A photo essay documenting changes at the university ahead of the winter 2022 return to in-person classes and campus events
Student Commuters Anxious about Getting Back on Trains, Buses
Stepping onto a bus or train was part of a typical pre-pandemic morning for many Ryerson University commuters. Before COVID-19 struck and led to the university going to online classes…
More Online Therapy Key to Dealing with Growing Demands for Mental Health Counselling
Online therapy may become a key to dealing with an expected increase in demand for mental health services when Ryerson students return to campus in January. Ryerson’s Centre for Student…
Four Reasons Life after Online Classes Will Be the Worst Thing to Happen to Education
Ryerson University recently announced the full-time return to in-person classes in January — and students couldn’t be more devastated. To highlight the universal despair felt by students across campus, here…
Restaurant with Long Ties to Ryerson Community Members Barely Survived Through COVID-19
Alan Liu says he can remember how rosy everything appeared as he headed into the year 2020. It was to be a bright new beginning for Salad King, his Thai…
Amid Worsening Mental Health, Students Are Anxious to Return to In-person Classes
Vrinda Satikuwar is nearing the end of her post-graduate diploma in international business management at Seneca College — a diploma she’s completed almost entirely online. The prospect of returning in-person come…
Ryerson’s Student Groups Prioritize Making Religion More Relatable on Campus
When students return en masse in January, campus religious group leaders say they’ll be doing all they can to attract newcomers looking for a sense of belonging after months of…
Surviving the Pandemic: One Café Offers a Lesson in Adapting
On a day in mid-March 2020, Firas Arafat remembers turning off the lights in Page One café with a feeling of uncertainty hanging over him. Arafat owns Page One with…
Why Compassion Is Key to Making January’s Return to In-person Learning Smooth
Although many students returning to campus in January will not be new, the return to the classroom is going to make even veteran students feel like they’re back in first…
Letter from a Student Stuck Abroad: Is Ryerson Doing Enough to Make Sure International Students Can Come Back?
I can recall with muscle-constricting clarity the moment I found out the international travel ban had left me stranded on Ryerson University’s campus. It was Friday, March 13, 2020. Ryerson’s…
Ryerson Unions Raise COVID-19 Safety Concerns Ahead of January Campus Return
“I don’t think that there is a need for us to police our community members,” says university president Mohamed Lachemi.
‘i Didn’t Have a Choice’: How the Pandemic Pushed Long-frustrated Students to the Edge
Even though Tara Mulcahy Konop considers herself one of the lucky ones, the pandemic still upended her life. The 21-year-old Ryerson student started the pandemic at Concordia University in Montreal,…
The Great Campus Return?
Ryerson has become a different place since it and the rest of the world shut down in March 2020. Some of the ways it has changed are easy to see:…