Ontario’s Ryerson University has been renamed Toronto Metropolitan University after its board of governors approved a proposal for a name change on April 26. The renaming process began in August 2021, after Ryerson’s board of governors approved recommendations proposed by a special task force created to review the history and legacy of the university’s namesake,…
Ryerson University Renamed as Toronto Metropolitan University Amid Controversy
Ryerson Students Take Legal Action Against University Over COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate
A group of 15 students is taking legal action against Ryerson University for deregistering them from their programs after they chose not to comply with the school’s vaccine mandate. “This action is brought to remedy the harm caused by the implementation of its COVID-19 vaccine mandate and to advocate for the permanent removal of such…
Ryerson University to Be Renamed
Following the recommendations of a special task force, Ryerson University is looking for a new name. Ryerson president Mohamed Lachemi created the task force in November 2020 with a mandate to review the legacy of the university’s namesake, Egerton Ryerson, in the history of Canada’s colonization. The task force released its final report on August…
Ryerson Students Afraid to Speak Out Over Toppling of Statue, Fellow Student Says
Students at Ryerson University who are opposed to the recent toppling of a statue of the school’s namesake are afraid to speak out for fear of being shunned by peers or being targeted online, says a student at the school. Jonathan Bradley, a fourth-year journalism student at Ryerson, says other students have told him they’re…
John A. Macdonald Statue Removed From Ontario’s Kingston City Park
A statue of Canada’s first prime minister, Sir John A. Macdonald, was removed from a public park in his home town of Kingston City, Ontario, the latest city to take down monuments of Canada’s founders. The Kingston City Council voted on Thursday night in favour of relocating the statue from the city park to the…
Changing Ryerson University’s Name Could Have ‘Serious Consequences’: Ryerson Prof
As Ryerson University considers changing its name and after a statue of its namesake was recently toppled, a professor at the Toronto school worries that a name change could have a domino effect given that so many Canadian institutions are named after figures who symbolize British colonialism. “If Canadian decision-makers are going to be logical,…
Beheaded Statue of Egerton Ryerson, Toppled Sunday in Toronto, Won’t Be Replaced
TORONTO—The president of Ryerson University in Toronto says a statue of the university’s namesake has been pulled down by protesters and will not be replaced. A statement from university president Mohamed Lachemi says the statue was felled by demonstrators about an hour after the conclusion of a demonstration protesting the university’s continued use of Ryerson’s…
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