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Rooftopping Today?

Rooftopping Today?

vimeo.com — This is "Rooftopping Today?" by Anika AS on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
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Vertical city: 80 new skyscrapers planned in Toronto as demand climbs

Vertical city: 80 new skyscrapers planned in Toronto as demand climbs

business.financialpost.com — Toronto's crowded skyline could see scores of new skyscrapers sprouting up in the next few years, more than doubling the number of tall buildings in the city, according to a new report. "80 new residential and mixed-use skyscraper projects are in various stages of development, 31 of which already have a completion date set," according to research by Point2 Homes, a real estate listing site.
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What exactly is the inverted yield curve, and why is everyone so worried about it?

What exactly is the inverted yield curve, and why is everyone so worried about it?

business.financialpost.com — Here's what 'the yield curve' refers to and what it might mean for the Canadian economy
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#Trashtag challenge sweeps the globe, getting people to clean up littered areas

#Trashtag challenge sweeps the globe, getting people to clean up littered areas

National Post — People are sharing before and after pictures of themselves doing some environmental good
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Campus fire cancels midterms

Campus fire cancels midterms

ryersonian.ca — A fire on the Ryerson campus Friday night caused the evacuation of an entire campus building with students writing midterms inside. Toronto firefighters responded to a call at the engineering building in the area of Church and Dundas streets at approximately 7:30 p.m. last night.
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DeWever publishes 10 years of RSU financial audits

DeWever publishes 10 years of RSU financial audits

ryersonian.ca — Ryerson Students' Union (RSU) president Maklane deWever has uploaded 10 years worth of audited financial statements to the RSU's website. "Basically, the idea was just to start the process of having easier access to financial information for students," said deWever. DeWever's actions come in light of his impromptu election during the Board of Governors Feb.
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Q-and-A with new RSU executives

Q-and-A with new RSU executives

ryersonian.ca — In light of the impeachment of former Ryerson Students' Union (RSU) president Ram Ganesh, the RSU has ushered in two new members. Maklane deWever, previously an RSU board of directors member, was voted in as the new president during the RSU board of directors meeting where Ganesh was impeached.
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President's office turns to Ryerson for answers

President's office turns to Ryerson for answers

ryersonian.ca — By: Kiki Cekota and Anika Syeda Student life on campus will be harmed by the budget cuts the provincial government is forcing on universities, said a senior Ryerson executive at a town hall meeting Monday. "There's no doubt that there's going to be less money flowing to student groups.
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Ganesh impeached, deWever elected in RSU meeting Monday night

Ganesh impeached, deWever elected in RSU meeting Monday night

ryersonian.ca — Ryerson Students' Union (RSU) president Ram Ganesh was impeached Monday night in a two-thirds majority vote by the RSU Board of Directors (BoD). Ganesh was replaced by student groups director Maklane deWever, who was voted in as interim president by the end of the meeting.
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Time magazine's Person of the Year visits Ryerson

Time magazine's Person of the Year visits Ryerson

ryersonian.ca — Time magazine's 2018 Person of the Year Maria Ressa visited Ryerson University yesterday to tell students not to lose hope in the media during the current rise of fake news. The Filipina journalist is the co-founder and CEO of Rappler, an online news platform based in the Philippines specializing in digital content.
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How can a Rye student plan for a career in the public or private sector

How can a Rye student plan for a career in the public or private sector

theeyeopener.com — Ryerson, it describes itself as a "leader in career-focused education." With its many faculties, Ryerson can help students attain jobs in both the public and private sectors. The public sector refers to working for the government or government-owned organizations, and the private sector means working in everything else such as privatized companies.
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Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield speaks and sings at Ryerson

Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield speaks and sings at Ryerson

theeyeopener.com — Canadian astronaut and cultural icon Chris Hadfield visited Ryerson University on Friday evening. The former captain of the International Space Station (ISS) addressed a crowd of Ryerson students and other visitors at an event hosted by the George Vari Innovation Conference (GVIC).
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The 84-hour week of a student business owner

The 84-hour week of a student business owner

theeyeopener.com — In a single week, Ryerson student Mark Zaidi spends roughly 17 hours in class, 10 hours at his job as a research assistant and 57 hours at Ryerson University's Science Discovery Zone (SDZ) as a small business owner. Much of the university's student population is plagued with stress related to work and school.
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DMZ hosts women in STEM panel

DMZ hosts women in STEM panel

theeyeopener.com — Ryerson's Digital Media Zone (DMZ) was crowded with attendants on Oct. 5-largely female -listening in on the stories and wisdoms of three female speakers at the Women in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) panel. The event was one in a series of women in tech peer-to-peer events hosted monthly by the DMZ, bringing together female founders and entrepreneurs across the Toronto-Waterloo corridor.
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Ryerson student creates app to help you find a tutor

Ryerson student creates app to help you find a tutor

theeyeopener.com — If you've seen green and yellow banners advertising something called "Tutourist" this week, you're looking at the brainchild of Ryerson student and entrepreneur Blawal Aleem. This fall, the business technology management student is launching Tutourist, an on-demand tutor-finding mobile app, for Ryerson University, the University of Toronto and York University campuses.
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Pro Com prof's startup raises $10 million

Pro Com prof's startup raises $10 million

theeyeopener.com — By Anika Syeda Imagine Instagram if it was exclusively for medical professionals. Replace the feed of chai lattes and celebrity fashion with a stream of wounds and healthcare anomalies that will make your stomach turn. This is Figure 1 in a nutshell, a medical photo-sharing platform that allows medical professionals to share and discuss cases.
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Ryerson and McMaster create robot-doctor to study healthcare communication

Ryerson and McMaster create robot-doctor to study healthcare communication

theeyeopener.com — This summer, Ryerson University welcomed Pepper-Watson. The white, wide-eyed robot currently sits in Ryerson professional communications professor Frauke Zeller's office. It isn't Big Hero 6 's Baymax, but this health communication research assistant comes close.
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How virtual reality is transforming the study of hoarding

How virtual reality is transforming the study of hoarding

theeyeopener.com — Picture this: a carpet of magazines, shelves bending beneath the weight of their contents, and towers of junk grazing the ceiling, hidden behind windows plastered with outdated newspapers. This is one of several scenes in Hanna McCabe-Bennet's virtual reality hoarding simulator.
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Ryerson students debate $15-minimum wage

Ryerson students debate $15-minimum wage

theeyeopener.com — There was no consensus Thursday when Ryerson students engaged in a fiery debate on the implementation of a $15-per-hour-minimum wage. One side argued an increase would decrease crime and help lift people out of poverty, while the other side argued an increase would lead to more unemployment and crime.
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Starbucks served grande lawsuit by Rye student

Starbucks served grande lawsuit by Rye student

theeyeopener.com — Shannon Mishimagi, a Ryerson fashion communications student, has filed a $1-million lawsuit against her former employer Starbucks, alleging her supervisor attacked her. In a statement of claim filed with the Superior Court of Justice, Mishimagi claims her supervisor Joe* physically and verbally assaulted her on Oct.
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Artspace: The Death of Lambs

Artspace: The Death of Lambs

theeyeopener.com — Artspace held the opening reception Thursday for Ryerson student Meagan Christou's exhibition Lamentations, giving guests "an opportunity to reflect on their own mortality." Christou - who recently finished her fourth year as an image arts student - received an opportunity to exhibit her work at Ryerson Artspace for winning Best in Show as a fourth-year exhibitor during Maximum Exposure [ME].
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Life in Siloé is Moving, Still

Life in Siloé is Moving, Still

theeyeopener.com — Toronto-based videographer Jorge Lozano's MOVING STILL_still life - appearing at the Ryerson Image Centre [RIC] - is a glimpse into the harsh lifestyle of Siloé, Colombia. MOVING STILL_still life - remade into eight screens from its original seven for the RIC's Salah J.
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Ryerson professor asks: is a gay rights movement possible in the Arab World?

Ryerson professor asks: is a gay rights movement possible in the Arab World?

theeyeopener.com — The unveiling of the gay rights movement in the Arab world was welcomed at Ryerson by a crowd of varying ages and faces, yearning to know more. Hosted by the International Issues Discussion series, the talk on Oct.1 titled, "Is a Gay Rights Movement Possible in the Arab World?"
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People of Ryerson: Rymn Wadhwa

People of Ryerson: Rymn Wadhwa

theeyeopener.com — Thanks to her height, people usually think she's in the seventh grade, but pint-sized Rymn Wadhwa is a first-year student in Ryerson's business technology management program. She is possibly the only first-year student in the business program with puffy, pink hair.
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