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Rye’s call for indigenous education NEHA KARAMCHANDANI RYERSONIAN
Members of the Ryerson community want more indigenous content on campus. This is a major takeaway from the latest series of discussions hosted on campus as part of the university’s response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s (TRC) report. “I have taken a course, called critical issues, that touched on indigenous peoples for about 10 minutes,” said Kyle Edwards, a fourth-year journalism student, who attended one of the discussions. “Other than that, I haven’t seen anything else.” Edwards, who is Ojibwa, said he attended one of the discussions to share his concerns and experiences as a student. The discussions — or talking
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circles — are part of ongoing efforts at Ryerson to respond to the TRC report released last year, which has 94 calls to action, including several directed at post-secondary institutions. The TRC was tasked with gathering information and promoting awareness about the Indian Residential School system as part of the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement. The circles, which began in May, bring together members of the Ryerson Aboriginal community, students, staff and faculty. Five circles were held in October, including one attended by Toronto Aboriginal agencies on Monday. All were closed to the media. Please see Circles page 7
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After 18 months of planning and waiting, Ryerson’s School of Performance has finally moved into its new home. The school moved into new studio spaces in the basement of the Student Learning Centre (SLC) starting Monday. Previously, the school was housed in the old Theatre School building at 44 Gerrard St. E., which is now closed. “I think the students feel excited. It’s state of the art equipment, it’s beautiful space — and it just feels good to be training the next generation of creative minds in a new facility,” said Peggy Shannon, chair of the Ryerson School of Performance. Shannon said despite the
lengthy process, the space’s reveal was surprising. “Until yesterday, I had never stood in this space with lights on, I had never known what this room would feel like,” she said. The new space includes two dance studios, a multi-purpose acting studio, a sound and lighting booth with brand new equipment and a floor-level box office. Michaëla St-Pierre, fourthyear performance dance student, said the brand new space has a lot more potential and is much cleaner — noting that performance students use the space for much longer than just the average class time. “Right now we’re just getting use to finding things, like where to do our group activities, where to have meetings, because the
space is very different,” she said. The space is a much-anticipated update for students and administration who were eager to move out of the outdated Theatre School building. “It’s also good to finally have AC,” said St-Pierre, who often had to practise in the old building’s dance studio during the hot month of September. “It would, in my opinion, get pretty dangerously hot and humid.” Built in 1885, the Theatre School building had a growing number of problems related to its aging structure. The lack of accessibility into the building proved to be a continuing challenge for certain students, while a flood caused by heavy rainstorm caused severe
damages and at a hefty financial cost. Termites were also a problem in the old building, requiring the creation of a termite extermination program. “We were in the oldest building on campus. It was initially the old pharmacy building. It was never intended for theatre or for performance, but it was where we ended up,” said Shannon. “We did what artists do. We used every nook and cranny to make it work.” “We had a goodbye party in the old building and now we can’t go in there anymore,” said St-Pierre. “It’s kind of sad to say goodbye to it.” The old space is slated to undergo major renovations and construction and will eventually house the new Centre for Urban
Innovation, projected to be completed by April 2018. Shannon said that the move to the new space wasn’t free of problems. “The first day was a challenge because we discovered on Sunday that the dance floors were ruined during construction...so there are areas that are unsafe,” said Shannon. However, she adds, the space can only get better. “I think the students are in heaven. They love this space” @bmahichi
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Life after Bernie Former Ryerson student reflects on her time campaigning for Sanders and what she’s doing now SHAIAN MARTIN RYERSONIAN
The Ryersonian spoke with Lihn Nguyen, a former Ryerson economics student, about her experience working on Sen. Bernie Sanders’s campaign for the Democratic party’s presidential nomination this year. She shared her thoughts on the current state of political elections in Canada and the U.S. Q: What was your experience like with the Bernie Sanders campaign? It changed my life. It was a real privilege because I had the opportunity to work with their political and constituency outreach team. It provided me the opportunity to understand all the unique communities that exist in the U.S., and the reasons why they don’t
vote or reasons why they’re not supporting our candidate. I had the incredible opportunity to work closely with Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders. For me to be able to work with the Asian-Americans and Pacific Islander voice, in New Jersey, New York, Washington and Hawaii, it allowed me a real opportunity to see where my roots are and where I came from. Q: What are your opinions on the current political situation in the U.S.? As someone who’s Canadian, and as someone who is learning from our American counterparts, it’s incredibly fascinating. At the same time, it’s very concerning the state of politics and the political theatrics we’re seeing in this cycle. I’m trying not to say the word shitshow, but what it is is a
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shitshow, for lack of a better word. Q: Do you want Hillary to win? I do. I’ll be honest, it took me weeks to be able to comfortably say that because we are still seeing a divide within the Democrats in the state … but in light of who the Republican nominee is, there’s such a greater (need) for the Dems to come together to make sure they’re voting Hillary, who … is the most qualified. I wholeheartedly believe that she is the most qualified. If I had the opportunity to vote, I would absolutely vote Hillary Clinton.
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Poor work, poor health DAVID GREENBERG RYERSONIAN
Racialized immigrant women working as temporary employees are facing a serious health crisis. This finding was released in a Ryerson-led study on Monday to mark the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. “This is a public health crisis in the making,” said Jennifer Poole, an associate professor at Ryerson’s school of social work and co-author of the report. Researchers interviewed 40 racialized immigrant women in the GTA working temporary jobs and found that these workers inevitably get sick. “It’s not if (they get sick), it’s when and how much,” said Poole. The Ontario government is reviewing the Employment
Standards Act and Labour Relations Act but researchers predict a health crisis if precarious work is not reformed. Most temporary workers don’t receive the same benefits as full-time employees and are vulnerable to staffing changes. Poole said many precarious workers often postpone hospital visits or forgo sick days for fear of missing work opportunities. Tsering Paldon, one of the community researchers for the study who is also a precarious worker, says this is especially stressful for immigrant workers facing language barriers and prolonged adjustment periods. “(Temp agencies) really take advantage of the new immigrants who are already vulnerable” said Paldon. The report’s recommendations include implementing legislation
to guarantee at least seven paid sick days and access to personal emergency leave. “(Employers) can’t hide behind agencies and just turn a blind eye to maximize their profits,” said Winnie Ng, the principal investigator of the study. Poole said that although only 40 women were interviewed for the study, there are thousands of women with similar stories. She said that she thinks the Ontario government must actively address the issue of precarious workers. “This is pressing, this is real, this is cutting short and changing people’s lives.”
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Prof’s kindness has his students giving thanks OLIVIA CHANDLER RYERSONIAN
A Ryerson marketing professor went viral during reading week for offering students a Thanksgiving meal on his dime. Prof. Roy Morley of the Ted Rogers School of Management emailed the offer to 205 students in his marketing courses before the reading week break. “I knew many of our own students will be having a very quiet Thanksgiving, so I thought I could send out an email and give them $20 each,” said Morley. He wanted to ensure his students could remain anonymous while accepting his offer and told them to email him a pseudonym. Whichever name they chose, he would put it on the envelope with the cash inside for them to pick up. So far, around 60 students have taken Morley up on his offer. Morley wanted the kind gesture to remain a secret, but one student couldn’t help but share. “The word needs to be spread because he’s such an amazing guy,” Josh Hanson said about his professor. Hanson said he had to read the email over twice. He was in disbelief because “it was such an impressive offer. “You never expect to see that from anyone — let alone a professor who’s got 200 some odd kids in their class,” he said. “But then I saw it was Roy Morley and I re-read the message and thought this is absolutely something that Roy would do.” Hanson shared Morley’s email over Facebook. Hanson said he wanted to spread the word about his
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Fashion gets funding A new, five-year fashion fellowship was launched at Ryerson as a result of a $1-million donation. The Suzanne Rogers Fashion Institute will offer funding support, master classes and mentorship opportunities to help students transition from school to the fashion industry. The competitive application is open to third- and fourth-year fashion students, along with recent alumni. Six fellows will be admitted to the program each year. Layton leadership school’s fourth year Olivia Chow, Winnie Ng, a social justice and democracy chair at Ryerson, and former MPP Andrew Cash were some of the many activists who spoke
at the Jack Layton Leadership School this past week. The three-day program — established in 2013 — aims to build knowledge and skills in social justice, activism and community. The school runs every year at Ryerson during the October and February reading week breaks. Ryerson scientists going to MaRS Ryerson’s Faculty of Science opened the doors to its new lab in the MaRS Discovery District. The 20,000-square-foot collaborative space will be home to cell biology, biochemistry, microbiology and environmental toxicology research projects. The MaRS Discovery District is a Toronto innovation hub that houses local entrepreneurs, researchers and businesses. @rawbertmack
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professor and inspire others to pay it forward. “There was really no downside, because this could only help other people become inspired,” he said. “It was the perfect time, because it was around Thanksgiving, so people are in the giving mood.” Hanson said this gesture of kindness is not out of character for Morley. “He is the most selfless guy out there.” Throughout his career, Morley has helped students manage mental health issues, financial difficulties and has even helped get a student out of jail. Each year, Morley also dedicates two weeks of his time to help his graduating students find jobs. For 60 years, Morley has been heavily involved in notfor-profit and volunteer organizations across the GTA. He said some of his colleagues likely do not know what he does outside
Ryerson because he keeps much of his community involvement “a little below the radar.” “This is not just a one-time thing … all my life I’ve really enjoyed volunteer work and with the students I help. I don’t ever tell anybody. None of my faculty members in my department know what I do,” Morley said. While Morley would have preferred to keep the exchange under wraps, he’s not upset about the news getting out. He said he’s been getting contact from current and former students around the world and all levels of Ryerson’s administration. Fourth-year business management student, Samra Ramzan said, “He is a huge role model for many of us, and we wish there were more leaders and professors like him. He inspires me daily to be the best version of myself.” @livchandler
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Changing spaces Ryerson’s Public Realm Plan means more major changes for campus DAVID GREENBERG RYERSONIAN
The City of Toronto has approved the next phase of the Ryerson Public Realm Plan, including major changes to Gould Street. Kristyn Wong-Tam, Ward 27 city councillor, announced the plan’s approval and a $2-million investment on Oct. 5. Ryerson’s Public Realm Plan focuses on creating green spaces and street art and public furniture to make Ryerson a “people-first” urban environment. Here’s a look back at other major changes to infrastructure on campus: No cars on Gould In 2012, Toronto city council approved a plan to make part of Gould Street a pedestrian-only zone. A part of the street between O’Keefe Lane and Bond Street along with a part of Victoria Street between Gould and Dundas no longer allows car traffic.
Student Learning Centre Ryerson’s Student Learning Centre (SLC) opened in 2015. The eight-storey building can accommodate about 2,300 students looking for spots to study, eat or hang out on campus. The SLC is home to the DMZ, Student Learning Services and a new restaurant that opened in February 2016. Mattamy Athletic Centre Ryerson’s newest gym facility opened in 2012. Building construction cost about $94 million. The MAC is home to an NHLsized hockey rink, basketball court and fitness centre. Housed in the former Maple Leaf Gardens, it’s also a National Historic Site and listed as a Toronto Heritage Property. Image Arts Centre Ryerson opened the Ryerson Image Centre in 2012. Perhaps its most notable feature is the colourful lights that illuminate Gould Street and Lake Devo nightly. Along with study spaces and faculty offices, the building includes
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Students will be allowed to keep their belongings at their desks during exams, an initiative aimed at preventing theft.
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Updated exam policy, less stress Students can now keep belongings with them during exams MALLORY WARREN and ANNA-KAYE EVANS RYERSONIAN
Students no longer have to stress about the security of their belongings while writing exams, thanks to updates to Ryerson’s Examination Policy released on Monday. Ryerson students will now be allowed to keep all personal belongings with them instead of leaving them unattended. Bags can be stored under desks and coats can be kept on backs of chairs. Students can also wear hats and other accessories, subject to inspection. “We are hoping that these new initiatives ... will decrease students’ stress levels,” said Michelle Green, manager of examinations and special projects at the Office
of the Registrar in an email. Green said that other initiatives will be in place this year, including a wellness campaign. Green said that stress about personal belonging security was a “frequent concern” during exams. “I wanted to remove any unnecessary stressors that we could,” she added. Green also added that she hopes allowing students to keep their coats and bags with them “will eliminate (theft) all together” during exams, which has been a problem in the past. “I think that’s awesome,” said Taylor Stone, a third-year professional communication student. “I hate that during my exam, when I’m supposed to be writing, I’m also thinking and worrying about (my bag) on top of everything.” The new policy does come with
limitations, however. All watches are now banned from examinations and baseball caps can only be worn backwards. “Watches are being banned for a couple of reasons,” said Green. “Smart watches, or ‘cheating watches,’ are sometimes difficult to detect from a non-smart watch.” As for the caps, “One of our invigilators … pointed out that large brims will make it difficult to see if a student is looking at another student’s paper,” said Green. A similar policy was launched last year at the University of Toronto, and has been a great success according to Deborah Thompson, faculty registrar and director of undergraduate academic services. “The results were overwhelmingly positive, students settled down to write their exam faster, and during U of T’s exam period last year there were no thefts reported,” said Thompson. This latest exam policy change includes confirmation that exams will be moved from the Metro Toronto Convention Centre to the Mattamy Athletic Centre this year.
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when a former provost established a group to explore the possibility. A small group, including academic director of the Ryerson Law Research Centre, Avner Levin, began working on the proposal last October. In December, then interim president Mohamed Lachemi backed the proposal. The program plans to seek approval from the school’s Academic Standards Committee and Senate this spring. The plan is now open to feedback from Ryerson community members. @ rawbertmack
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To truth and reconciliation CIRCLES cont’d... Both the report and talking circles are overseen by the Aboriginal Education Centre, Aboriginal Elder Joanne Dallaire and Denise O’Neil Green, assistant vice-provost of equity, diversion and inclusion at Ryerson. O’Neil Green said in an email that there has been “a modest turn out and high levels of interest” at the talking circles. She said student participation is extremely important to the process. “It gives us an opportunity to learn about their university experiences, both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal, and their thoughts about the calls to action and how they can be implemented at Ryerson.” Progress on campus toward truth and reconciliation predates the TRC report, according to Cheryl Trudeau, co-ordinator of the Aboriginal Education Council. One example is the establishment of the council itself in 2010 as part of the university’s Aboriginal Post-Secondary Education and Training Action Plan. Trudeau added that the school supports curriculum development and senior administration participates in these consultations. “It’s important to all Canadians. All Canadians should know the truth of the past history and current situation of indigenous peoples,” she said. There is no date set for when the advisory council will release its report. However, Trudeau said, “Work is being done and when it happens, everyone will get to know.” As for the biggest takeaway from this series of talking circles, O’Neil Green’s answer was clear: “Members of our community are expecting action.” @nehak90
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Despite growing up on a reserve (Lake Manitoba First Nation), Edwards knows firsthand how absent indigenous content is in the education system, having attended a public school. He said he wishes he’d had the opportunity to learn his language, Anishinaabemowin. “Here at Ryerson, I think it’s important that there are quality courses that we can take (in) indigenous history and languages,” he said. This fall, the G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education began offering the Aboriginal knowledges and experiences certificate. However, according to Sarah Dennis, a Ryerson student who is Anishinaabe, because the program only runs evening classes, access is limited. Dennis said she raised this concern during the talking circle. “We also talked about the elective courses in all of the programs across all of the departments and making one course that is core and mandatory for everybody to take that would bring awareness to the experiences of indigenous peoples in Canada,” said Dennis. She said she hopes to see the university and community members “be serious” about responding to the TRC. “I just think there is a disconnect between the TRC initiatives and what this institution (Ryerson) should be committed to and it’s an issue. I think I just want to see people really connect with the importance of this and just really be on board, even if it is faking it until you’re making it,” she said. “It just needs to happen.” Comments from Dennis, Edwards and other talking circle attendees will contribute to a report that will eventually be submitted to the president of the university and provost academic.
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The irrational fear of Muslims, otherwise known as Islamophobia, might just have a comedic cure. Becky Choma has spent years researching prejudice and discrimination. The Ryerson psychology professor recently turned her focus to the effects of fear on Islamophobia, given the rise of prejudice towards Muslims in the western world. Choma was awarded a grant for her latest project, which she hopes won’t just reveal the psychology behind Islamophobia, but offer up a potential solution. Choma proposes that laughter may in fact be the best medicine. “We know that there are certain types of humour that lead to more prejudice – disparaging humour, racist jokes, these sorts of things,” Choma said. “But there’s this other element of humour that’s more sarcastic, or more self-critical, that might lead people to question these kinds of assumptions.” Choma is referring to comedians who use humour to combat prejudice, whether it’s contained in standup material, sketches or sitcoms. She references Canadian comic Russell Peters, who questions the legitimacy of negative stereotypes in his act, as well as the documentary The Muslims Are Coming!, which follows Muslim-American comedians
touring Middle America. “There’s lots of examples of comedians who kind of push the envelope of getting people to question the stereotypes and assumptions they hold,” Choma said. “So I want to look at that in a more empirical way.”
Critical humour Part of Choma’s study will include creating a database of jokes — largely from clips found online — and conducting a content analysis. Participants in the study will be separated into two groups — one group will read or be presented with disparaging humour that is likely to promote prejudice, while the second group will review examples of what Choma calls “critical humour.” Choma said humour that fosters critical thinking might help reduce fear at the root of Islamophobia. “When people feel afraid, they feel more prejudice and more intolerance,” Choma said. “If we use humour, does it dampen that effect?” Mariam Nouser thinks it can. The mechanical engineering student and president of Ryerson’s Muslim Students’ Association (MSA) said “comedic relief is the best type of relief,” and therefore essential to addressing sensitive issues like Islamophobia. “Comedy is something that is universal and people
understand it no matter what language they speak,” Nouser said. “It’s all about tone, about how people are saying things. So the (idea) of using comedic relief to kind of negate Islamophobia – it’s really interesting.” As part of her research grant, Choma and her psychology lab are partnering with the MSA on community outreach efforts. They hope to start hosting an annual event where students can have a platform to talk about their experiences with humour and Islamophobia, as well as inviting local comedians to perform. “I think this is the very first time the MSA has done something on an academic platform,” Nouser said. “The fact that we’ve been approached by faculty, that is so important to us. That’s something I really worked on last year ... to really bridge the gap between the students and faculty.”
One Starbucks, two hijabis While humour could potentially reduce prejudice, Nouser said she also makes jokes in her everyday life that helps her deal with Islamophobia. “I work at Starbucks. I’m one of two hijabis,” Nouser said. “Both of us were on till at the same time. That never happened before because at my old store, I was the only Muslim there.” The situation caused Nouser to make a joke about some
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sh Islamophobia? of the Islamophobic incidents she had experienced herself. “I was saying, ‘Look, the bigots can’t do anything now because they got two hijabis that are on till,’” Nouser said. “We only have two tills in our store. It was something funny, just to make light of the situation, but at the same time recognizing its urgency to be negated.”
Poking the bigots Comedian Abdul Butt has plenty of experience using humour as a way to deal with bigotry. His childhood in Quebec was spent making jokes about the hate he encountered. “I grew up in a smaller town where I was one of maybe six coloured people in my schooling years, so you come across those situations all the time. It’s how you handle it that makes you move on with your day, and I’ve found humour, or laughing at it, or kind of poking it with a stick (helps).” Butt has continued that humour as a satirical news correspondent on CBC’s This Hour Has 22 Minutes. In one segment from 2015, he reported from an anti-Islam rally in Montreal. “I will go to racist protests and try and be like, ‘Oh ya, great, thanks for being here,’” Butt said. “That’s what makes me laugh because if you try to debate people on that kind of topic, it never tends to go well.” “It’s funny that that’s still kind of the approach I take
– that I’m friendly even if I’m put in a room with people who will want to kill me.”
The ‘Little Mosque’ effect Zarqa Nawaz believes comedy can go further than poking fun at bigots. She said it can change people’s perceptions of certain groups. The Ryerson journalism grad and creator of Little Mosque on the Prairie, has made a comedy career out of writing about Muslim identity. Her sitcom about a Muslim community living in Saskatchewan ran for six seasons on CBC. It was recently used in a study that revealed watching the show could counter prejudice towards Muslims. “It’s been proven that there’s a measurable difference when people watch sitcoms about a cultural group they’re not familiar with,” Nawaz said. The study, by PhD student Sohad Murrar at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, had one set of participants watch episodes of Little Mosque. Another watched episodes of Friends. Murrar measured prejudice levels before and after viewing. Those who watched Little Mosque had more positive attitudes towards Muslims immediately after viewing, as well as four to six weeks after watching the show. “You consider Muslims ‘the other,’ yet when you laugh at them, it humanizes them and you realize you have so much
more in common with them than you realized,” Nawaz said. “You see them as human beings and you see your own humanity reflected in them.”
Taking the mic Aisha Alfa said a similar thing happens when she’s on stage performing standup comedy. The Canadian comic doesn’t always bring up her Muslim family in her act, but she said sensitive issues like religion and race become more accessible when they’re used in standup material. “People don’t get their guard up as fast and people give you the benefit of the doubt, especially when you’re on a stage holding a microphone,” Alfa said. Whether it’s a standup set or a television show, Choma wants to find out whether humour can translate to intolerant people and change their prejudiced assumptions. For Muslim students like Nouser, humour is how they survive the constant spate of Islamophobia directed at them. “I definitely have experienced micro-aggressions at work, where folks will treat me horribly but treat my non-Muslim colleagues nicely,” Nouser said. “Comedic relief is my way of reconciling with the fact that yes, there are racist folks out there, but it doesn’t mean I cannot go about my day.” @avneetdhillon
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“My best memory of the (theatre) building is probably one of the most frightening, too — being in the haunted basement with my brother (Howard Davis), picking costumes from hundreds of boxes.”
“When I got to Ryerson it was the first time in my life where I really felt like I belonged. It’s the sense of belonging that it provides for young artists.”
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Ryerson students rev up support for ‘The Benz’ ISABELLE DOCTO RYERSONIAN
A feature film written and directed by Ryerson students is almost complete, but one thing is getting in their way —money. All of the work the team has done for their debut film so far has been financed from their not-sodeep student pockets, said Zach Silverstein, Ryerson film studies student and co-director of The Benz. “There are so many difficulties associated with having no
money,” said Silverstein with a laugh. “Money has a way of quickly solving issues.” The Benz is now in post-production and Silverstein and his team of 80 students (40 of them from Ryerson) have turned to Kickstarter as a way to fund and solve their post-production woes. Their campaign went live on Oct. 5 and aims to raise $15,000 to cover costs like visual effects, colour correction and festival submissions. It currently has over 70 supporters and has raised over
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$10,000. Inspired by Wes Anderson’s The Darjeeling Limited, the film follows three brothers coping with their father’s death. They steal his vintage Mercedes-Benz to keep it from being reclaimed and go on a life-changing adventure across northern Ontario. For pre-production and filming, Silverstein said they had to get creative on ways they could save money. The vintage Mercedes-Benz that drives the story was lent to them. The actors and crew
weren’t paid, the filming locations were free and the filmmakers asked equipment providers for discounts. Silverstein said he’s grateful to have a team that was able to run on passion rather than money. Screenwriter Sam Godfrey, a RTA School of Media student, said he felt these positive vibes during the times he visited set. “I visited a couple of times and everyone’s just really good at what they do and really enthusiastic,” he said. Silverstein said he hopes The
Benz will be finished some time between December and February. Their goal is to distribute the movie to online streaming services such as Netflix and enter it into festivals like the Toronto International Film Festival. The Kickstart campaign ends on Nov. 9.
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Art road show for self-healing CASIMIR BOIVIN RYERSONIAN
Sexual Assault: The Roadshow is coming to Ryerson during Social Justice Week. The touring art installation, made out of a repurposed shipping container, spotlights artwork that empowers survivors of sexual assault. The gallery introduces new work at every stop it makes, and the Ryerson edition will feature pieces produced and curated by illustrator, journalist, and Ryerson alumna, Hana Shafi. “It’s intense, it’s political, it’s relevant,” said Shafi. “I think it’s something that everyone needs to see, especially
people who haven’t been impacted by sexual violence … you need to see the stuff that people have created and the resistance work that they’re doing.” The 23-year-old Toronto artist, whose artwork was recently featured in THIS Magazine’s 50th anniversary, said she will be basing her additions to The Roadshow around “positive affirmation.” It’s a subject Shafi tackles frequently in her digital illustrations under the name Frizz Kid. “They’re very simple, essential reminders for people, and myself, about how to navigate through the day, navigate trauma, navigate healing,” added Shafi. She said her ultimate goal with “positive affirmations” is simply to
make others feel good. Shafi is also hosting a free zine-making workshop at noon today at the Student Campus Centre, where some of the art created may be selected to be shown when The Roadshow arrives at Ryerson. The Roadshow will be on campus from Oct. 30 to Nov. 5.
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Getting the shot This is the 2016 OUA photo of the year. We talked to the Ryerson student who took it.
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Taking pictures has become a vocation for Alex D’Addese. Since the summer of 2014, D’Addese, a third-year sport media student at Ryerson, has been the varsity sports photographer for the Ryerson Rams. Last month, D’Addese shot his 250th Rams event, marking the halfway point to his goal of shooting 500 events. The Ryersonian sat down with D’Addese to talk about overhead pictures, keeping a tight schedule and his legacy. Q: When did you start getting into photography? Alex D’Addese: It all started back when I was around 10 or
11. The earliest memory I have is being up at my uncle’s cottage and there was some digital camera my parents had at the time. I remember just going outside to shoot, shooting the lake, shooting flowers, same kind of thing that most people start out shooting. I remember for the longest time that my parents couldn’t get the camera out of my hand. They’d want to take some pictures, but I was always taking pictures. Q: What do you use for the catwalk setup (for overhead pictures)? It’s a magic clamp, super arm, and there’s a plate to go with it. Basically you screw the plate into the ring mount that’s on the lens — or if you’re not shoot-
ing with a ring mount, you just screw it into the bottom of the camera. Place it up there, put some safety cables on it, lock it off, put some tape around the focus ring so it doesn’t move and put it on manual focus. It’s a lot of gear hanging up there. Q: When you talk about your schedule, you seemed to have two weeks of events, at least, just in your head, and you can list them off in 30 seconds and know it all. How do you do that? Because of the fact this is my third year now, I’ve kind of gotten into a rhythm and routine of knowing when games are. I’ve developed this passion to try and make athletics better … and it’s motivated me to go to
more games. It’s the age old adage — the more you shoot, the better you get. Obviously school is still important to me, but I’ve got to know when certain things are. Q: What do you see when you look at your OUA Photo of the Year picture? I still get chills. The funny part is that that photo was just pure luck. Earlier in that game I had the camera mounted on the net and I had put it on manual focus and taped it off. The celebration was happening and guys were doing the handshakes and I looked at it and was like, “Oh fuck, this is on manual still.” Q: What do you think your legacy at Ryerson is? Do you
think you have a legacy? I don’t like to toot my own horn. I kind of pride myself as being the fly on the wall. I come in, come out, do my work and that’s it. Hopefully I can leave a good legacy here — what it’ll be, Lord knows. If people are to remember me, I’d like it to be (remembered) for taking nice pictures obviously, but also as a person who’s approachable, nice and easy to come to. @TheRealNort
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Wednesday, October 19, 2016 Men’s soccer clinches division title on Saturday
Women’s soccer falls to varsity Blues
Rams win high-scoring affair against Badgers
Women’s hockey team loses season opener to Brock
The Ryerson Rams men’s soccer team clinched the OUA East Division title on Saturday in North Bay, Ont., defeating the Nipissing Lakers 3-1. The victory also clinched a first-round playoff bye for the Rams. Adam Hemati, Raheem Rose and Misel Klisara scored for Ryerson.
The Ryerson women’s soccer team fell to 4-9-1 on the season with a 2-0 loss to the Toronto Varsity Blues last Wednesday at Downsview Park. The Rams have scored 12 goals in 14 games this season and have been shut out 10 times. The Rams’ regular season comes to an end on Sunday.
The Ryerson Rams men’s hockey team exploded offensively against the Brock Badgers last Wednesday, winning 8-6 at the Meridian Centre in Niagara, Ont. Third-year forward Aaron Armstrong paced the Rams offence with a hat trick — including back-to-back short-handed goals .
The Ryerson women’s hockey team opened its season with a loss on Thursday, falling 3-2 in double overtime against the Brock Badgers at Jack Gatecliff Arena in St. Catharines, Ont. Rookie forwards Ailish Forfar and Leanne Baker both scored their first goals as Rams in the loss.
Ryerson to host eSports tournaments Two fighting games tournaments to be held at SLC amphitheatre this month BROOKS HARVEY RYERSONIAN
Two eSports fighting games tournaments are coming to campus this month, along with two $500 prize pools, confirmed Daniel Silva, vice-president of Gaming and Multiplayer eSports of Ryerson (GAMER). GAMER is Ryerson’s only video game club officially recognized by the Ryerson Students’ Union (RSU). The tournaments are being organized by GAMER in partnership with Canadian Gaming Tournaments (CGT), a company that organizes eSports events across the country at a semi-professional level. “Hopefully, the tournaments mean a lot more community involvement at Ryerson,” said Silva, a 19-year-old, second-year psychology student. Silva has been working with CGT since August to try to set up an eSports event at Ryerson. His work has finally come to fruition. “We want our events to be as public as possible. We want to bring people from outside of Ryerson to see what we’re doing here. But to do that we need as big a following as possible. That’s why we’re partnering with CGT.” Pierre St. Rose, event organizer
at CGT, has been working closely with Silva. “These tournaments will be the first of their kind at Ryerson, especially being held at the Student Learning Centre,” said St. Rose. “We’re still trying to lock down how the setup will look, with it being our first series of fighting game tournaments and with it being the first eSports tournaments held at the SLC amphitheatre.” St. Rose thinks it will be a fun experience for all, and encourages anyone interested in learning more about eSports to come check them out. The events will be held at the SLC main entrance amphitheatre and will require a $5 entrance fee. The first event will be a Mortal Kombat X tournament held on Oct. 23 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. The second will be a Street Fighter V tournament, held on Oct. 30 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Both are bringyour-own-controller events and will be standard elimination style bracket tournaments with five rounds. Silva said he hopes that these events will be the first of many to be co-organized by GAMER and the CGT throughout the year. @BrooksHarvey13
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Hall time increased MICHAEL NORTON RYERSONIAN
Devisha Binns isn’t the biggest fan of the Ryerson Rams’ study hall. The first-year undeclared arts student would much prefer going home instead of logging more hours at the Mattamy Athletic Centre (MAC), where she already spends her time practising and playing as a member of Ryerson’s women’s basketball team. Binns admits, though, that the acquired additional time at the MAC is a blessing in disguise. Located on the MAC’s third floor along with the arena, study hall is a small classroom with space for about 20 students. All first-year student athletes competing for the Rams in “CIS Sports” (for Ryerson, these sports are basketball, hockey, soccer and volleyball) must attend four hours of study hall each week. Returning student athletes with a GPA
of 2.67 or lower in the previous school year have to attend two hours of study hall per week. “I wouldn’t do as much work at home as I do at study hall,” Binns said. “Usually you can get a head start in classes if you want to.” Study hall is open for all student athletes from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m., but students can only complete their required hours when the hall is being monitored, which happens at regular time slots from Monday to Thursday. If student athletes fall behind in their hours, they are deemed ineligible to play until they make up the time. Keeping students on the right academic and athletic tracks has been a goal of Ivan Joseph’s since he took over as Ryerson’s director of athletics in 2008. He advocated for the creation of study hall and continues to lobby for high academic standards among student-athletes.
“The goal has always been to exceed (the average GPA of) the general student body,” Joseph said. “We want our athletes to raise the profile of the university.” According to Joseph, the average GPA of the general student body sits at around 2.8, while the average GPA of student athletes is currently at 2.82. Joseph also looks at Ryerson’s number of CIS Academic All-Canadians — student athletes with a GPA of 3.67 or higher — as proof of improved academic performance among student-athletes. “When I first came here we only had one (CIS Academic All-Canadian),” Joseph said. “Now we’re at a school record of 29.” @TheRealNort @TheRealNort
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Community should be top priority for school The Ryerson Theatre School building has performed its final act. As of last week, 44 Gerrard St. is no longer the place for students to study theatre, dance and production. Instead, it is getting transformed into the Centre for Urban Innovation, which will house various research groups, such as Ryerson Urban Water, the Centre for Urban Energy, the Data Science Laboratory and the Food Research Lab. A space of about 17,400 square feet has been designated to the theatre school in the Student Learning Centre (SLC). Certainly in terms of square footage, that’s a lot of space and the new facilities will be a big upgrade for RTS students. But this doesn’t necessarily make up for what is lost. The building on Gerrard didn’t just give students a place to learn; it gave them a place to meet, collaborate and socialize. Most importantly, it gave them a sense of community, and in university this is critical. One daunting aspect of transitioning from high school to university is going from being one of hundreds of students, to being one of thousands of students. Sometimes this can make people feel like university is impersonal and that they are nothing
more than a student number. But when students have a place on campus that is constant and familiar, it can help them to feel like they belong somewhere. Ryerson has made some great efforts to create this sense of community, because it has places for like-minded students with shared interests to meet and socialize. For example, buildings like the Rogers Communications Centre (RCC) have lounges where students can go to talk and complete their homework. The SLC has collaborative and group work rooms, the Beach, which is an open study area that is filled with seating, and the Launch Zone, a space for students who are interested in entrepreneurship. In addition to all of this, there are also restaurants and bars, such as the Ram in the Rye and Oakham Café, where students can meet to talk about their days or watch the latest baseball game. But it is important for Ryerson to continue to prioritize this sense of community. School is about more than what happens in the classroom; it’s about networking, new experiences and personal growth. So here’s hoping that the SLC can foster the same sense of intimacy and camaraderie that the old theatre building did. We have our fingers crossed.
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Let’s talk menstruation BRITTANY SPENCER RYERSONIAN
When I sat down at the Ram in the Rye with my friends and we started discussing menstrual cups, I had no idea that two of my closest friends were already using them. To me, menstrual cups — which are small silicon cups that you insert into your vagina and can reuse for up to a year — seemed to be a terrifying fad in menstrual care that no one would really buy into. But as I pressed
my friends with questions about how they worked and if there truly was anything to fear, they revealed that they absolutely loved them. How could so many women in my personal circle be so impressed by a product they referred to as “life-changing,” yet not feel compelled to talk about it? The answer is simple. Women aren’t talking about menstrual cups because it’s still uncomfortable to talk about your period. Whether it’s whispering to a friend to ask for a pad or trying to sneak a tampon up your sleeve, menstruation is still often regarded as something people should keep secret. I recently met Natalie Norman, a comedian and host of The Crimson Wave, a podcast dedicated to discussion of all things menstruation. She said she uses the podcast and her comedy to try to break away from the idea that menstruation is embarrassing and remind women that it’s actually
an experience we all share. “I think the important thing for younger women is to talk to your friends and ideally they’re open and you can discuss stories with them and learn from each other,” said Norman. She couldn’t have been more right. The more questions I asked women about menstruation, the more they wanted to open up and talk about it. I even had insightful conversations with men about menstrual cups, who came equipped with just as many genuine questions as I originally had. Inspired by these conversations, I decided to try a cup — and they were right, it was fantastic. The most liberating part of this experience was the candid and honest discussions I had about my period in the process of that discovery. We need to check our menstrual anxieties at the door and start talking about it. Period. @britspencerTO
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Dear RTS building: a love letter
‘I kiss your walls for containing us, and I salute your doors for being open to us’ KATERINA GEORGIEVA RYERSONIAN
To my dear Theatre School building, For four years, 44 Gerrard St. was my sanctuary. Looking back now, it was the place where I grew into myself, where I fell in love with people and ideas, where barriers were torn down, bonds were built and pains led to rewards. Now that the time has come for the program to move spaces and for the building to close its doors, it deserves a tribute. It’s the end of an era. I first walked through the doors of the theatre school building as a high-school student with the dream of becoming a performer. I wanted to act. I wanted to be on stage and Ryerson Theatre School (RTS) was the place. It was where young artists, actors, dancers and producers wanted to go. The audition led to my callback. The callback led to my acceptance. And so, it began. As an undergraduate student,
the building was a safe place, a hub, a bubble for me and my peers to rehearse and perfect. It was where we gathered, watched each other and learned from one another. For my small acting class of 20, the school was where we grew up together. It was where we fell in love with one another. If the walls of RTS could talk, they might say: we witnessed you. The walls might recall the moments when my classmates and I first tackled the weight of Shakespeare, the height of Greek tragedy or the vulnerability of putting on our clown noses during, yes, the term we studied clown. The walls will remember the times we collapsed from exhaustion on the green room couches between rehearsals. They saw the massage trains, the breakdowns and all of the warm embraces. It was a special university experience. I remember our movement teacher asking us to dab at the air while moving barefoot to music in Graham studio … I remember lying on the floor humming, as instructed by our voice teacher, working to feel my voice vibrating through my whole body from my head to my tiptoes … I remember spooning with my classmates on a particularly exhausting morning in the middle of a particularly difficult semester. We needed it. We needed each other. It was intimate. My classmates saw me at my best and they saw me at my absolute worst. And the theatre school was our home. It’s a sad thing that the building will no longer be.
COURTESY JESSICA WAY
Members of the Ryerson Theatre School class of 2011 on convocation day.
Now, I’m a journalist. I’m not acting anymore, but the lessons learned at theatre school continue to serve me in my life and in my work. I learned how to be present. I learned how to listen and how to be heard. I learned how to live in my body and how to take up space. Theatre school made me a better human. As for my classmates and I — we’re all scattered now, in different places, doing different things. Some of us are still acting. Some of us are not. Years later, many of us are still close. Despite the separate paths we’ve all taken since leaving RTS, our hearts and memories are still intertwined because for four years, we were a family. It is comforting to know that
somewhere in time, we will always be in a huddle, giving one another love and encouragement before taking the stage to perform another show, promising to give it our all, to be out there for one another, ready to catch. And thus, with some heartbreak, and so much respect, I bid you farewell, my darling theatre school building. May the program’s new space on campus serve as a home for its students the way the theatre building did for me. May future students continue to find communal couches to nap on, comforting floors to warm up on, and lifelong friends to rely on. As your days come to an end, I just want to tell you that I love
you, and thank you. Thank you for being the nest in which I grew into a woman. Thank you for introducing me to some of the most amazing humans I know. Thank you for being the space in which I tackled so much, and cried so much, and spooned (yes, spooned) so much. I will hold the lessons learned and the memories made deep in my heart. I kiss your walls for containing us, and I salute your doors for being open to us. With all my love, thank you for being my home for a time. Yours, Katerina. @KatGeorgieva
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