"From 1948 to 1968 the development of the student services functions at Ryerson was directed by two men: Howard Keer and David Crombie. Kerr adopted the philosophy that the Institute had a responsibility for overseeing the general welfare of the student body. He was convinced that certain non-academic services -- an athletic program, health services, residences, placement services, student loans, an alumni service and a student union building -- were part and parcel of student life, especially at the post-secondary level. The Department of Education expressed the view that these services were not essential to the effective teaching of the curricula, and consequently rejected Kerr's proposal that they be funded by the Institute. Therefore, Kerr adopted the university system of adding a student fee to the regular tuition costs to finance these student services, and turned to the American model of the College Union for a mechanism to manage the funds thus collected. The Ryerson Institute of Technology Students's Union Corporation, patterned on the College Union, was used by Kerr to provide student services from 1957 to the mid-sixties. Prior to 1957, the main services provided were financial aid, an athletic program and a health service. After Kerr's resignation in 1966, Crombie provided the leadership to bring these functions under the umbrella of one administrative unit -- a Student Services Department. Like Kerr, he turned to the United States for direction on an organizational framework. It was also during Crombie's tenure that the "Regulations Regarding Conduct, Discipline and Attendance" were amended. By 1968, the concept of 'in loco parentis' seemed outdated and the Board accepted Crombie's proposal that a student be subject to the same legal process as any other citizen living in "the City of Toronto, the Province of Ontario and Canada". By 1968, the Student Services Department was firmly constituted as a divisional unit at the Institute, with its Director reporting to the President."--p. 31. Source: The History of the Student Services Department at Ryerson Polytechnical Institute, 1948-1968. T.G. Sosa, June 30, 1977. Collection Record: 10-50.

Continuing Education has been at Ryerson since the school was opened in 1948. Below is a rough timeline of significant events in the School's history:
1948: Extension Classes at The Evening School Program

1964: Bert Parsons, Director of Extension
Correspondence course in public administration – extension of night school course for civil servants

1971: Began receiving funding from the provincial government
Ben Celliers, Director of Extension

1972: Management Development Institute created.

1974: Ryerson integrating evening and day education under one academic umbrella
Name change from Extension Department to Evening Studies Department

1975: Report on part-time studies recommended that Evening Studies division replace the Evening Studies Department and that an Evening
Studies Council be created

1976: Ken MacKeracher, Dean of Evening Studies
Academic Council approved bylaws for creation of Evening Studies Divisional Council
Evening classes academic terms aligned with day terms

1977: Evening Studies Division moved to Jorgenson Hall/Learning Centre complex
Evening Studies became Continuing Education Division (headed by a Dean)
Continuing Education Division moved to lower ground floor of Learning Resources Centre from East Kerr Hall
First mention of Continuing Education administering Management Development Institute (which was established in 1972)
The first Dean of Continuing Education was Ken MacKeracher
First graduate in the Continuing Education division

1978: Continuing Education students able to appeal grades for non-credit courses
Occupational Health and Safety is first certificate program proposal in Continuing Ed to be presented to Academic Council
Continuing Education students’ caucus proposed and approved by Board of Governors
The Night Student News newsletter started

1979: Continuing Education Student Association referendum approved by CE students
Academic Council approved interdisciplinary certificate program in gerontology (offered through CED)
Academic Council approved policies/procedures for development of future part-time diploma/degree programs

1980: CE Division gained equal representation with day education on Academic Council

1981: CE certificate status disputed for certificate programs not sanctioned by Academic Council
1982: CE and promotion departments merged

1983: Milton Orris, Dean of Continuing Education

1987: 50 certificate programs offered by CE

1989: CE office moved from 111 Gerrard St. to 252 Victoria St
Ryerson CE Division, Durham College, York University, Trent University partner to allow students to transfer between schools

1994: CE moving from 21 Dundas Square to 415 Yonge

1995: Photo ID available to CED students
Marilynn Booth, Dean of CE

1996: Centre for Research on Lifelong Learning opened
Ryerson ends its partnership with Durham College

1998: CE advertised on television for first time

2000: CE moves to Heaslip House - 297 Victoria Street.

2003: G. Raymond Chang gave $5 million for new CE building; rename: G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education (GRCSCE)

2004: GRCSCE gets new logo

2007: Distance education program in nursing partnership between University of the West Indies and GRCSCE

1995: Computer Engineering is offered as an option within the Electrical and Computer Engineering Program. 2002: In the Fall, Computer Enginnering is offered as a separate program.

PPAC is the acronym for Planning and Priorities Advisory Committee. An ad hoc committee, the Priorities Committee to Advise the President, was established in 1972 to make recommendations in the area of programs and resources allocation (human, financial, physical) with the purpose of restoring the Institute's financial stability and maintaining its educational integrity and effectiveness. Dr. George Korey, Vice-President Administration, was Chairman. It is probable that later in the 1970s, this Committee became the Planning and Budgeting Review Committee (PBRC). The PBRC, in turn, became the Planning and Priorities Advisory Committee (PPAC) in the late 1980s. Until new information becomes available on the official links (if any) between the Priorities Committee to Advise the President and the PBRC/PPAC, all records pertaining to these committees will be arranged under this group, i.e. PPAC or Group 39.

In April 1993, the Registrariat made some organizational changes with four units amalgamating into two: Academic Advising/Evaluations with Admissions/Liaison and Timetabling joining with Records and Registration Services. The Group name Admissions/Liaison has been changed to include Curriculum Advising.

Circle K International was a collegiate service organization involved in community, student, environmental and health concerns. A Circle K Club operated on the Ryerson Campus from the early 1960s to January, 1986. Its materials and records were transferred to the offices of the Student Union and ultimately turned over to the Archives.

--Formed in 1972 under the jurisdiction of the Business Division --A program of adult education tailored to the professional development of practising managers in business and government --Dr. Donald Gyallay, appointed Director --Responsibility transferred to the Continuing Education Division in 1977

This Committee was struck in 1976 as a joint body of Academic Council and the Board of Governors and was chaired by Board member, Peter Meincke. The Committee produced a report generally known as the Meincke Report (1976-1977) which established policies and procedures for academic appointments and made recommendations on basic questions of academic structure and the role and compensation of academic administrators. In January 1984, the Board of Governors independently set up a Review Committee of this Committee, chaired by Board member, Eric Wright, to create an appointment of Associate Vice-President Academic, as there were no terms of reference for such an appointment in the Meincke Report. The Review Committee was also requested to review the Meincke Report and make recommendations for any upgrading. A subsequent report was produced by the Review Committee (E. Wright Report) recommending three significant changes to the Meincke Report Part I. The Board of Governors approved adoption of Part I/Wright Report as Institute policy, superseding Part I/Meincke Report, at the June 25, l984 meeting. Part II/Wright Report was approved for adoption as Institute policy, superseding Part II/Meincke Report, at the September 23, l985 Board of Governors meeting.

1968: the Administrative Services Department becomes the Finance Department (RYERSONIAN 10Sep68). 1994: around this date (first reference in 1994-1995 Internal Directory), the Purchasing Department or function becomes affiliated with the Finance Department instead of Ancillary Services. Because of the informal transfer of the Purchasing function to Finance and because Purchasing traditionally worked closely with the Finance Department, it was decided not to establish a new, revised archival record group for the Finance activity. 1996 (Fall): the Finance Department undergoes an internal reorganization and changes its name to Financial Services. The departmental sections are as follows: Payroll; Procurement and Payment; Student Fees, Accounts Receivable and Cashiers; Department Services; Budget and Training; Accounting and Treasury; Insurance. [collection record 37-32]

Full name of the group is Promotion Planning Group. The Group was set up at the request of Ryerson President Brian Segal in 1986 to report on ways to meet increased competition for a declining pool of students with effective promotion strategies and appropriate allocation of funds. The Group was chaired by Tim Reid, Dean of Business and co-ordinated by Gail Scott, Executive Co-ordinator, Community Relations. Other members included: Jennifer Brunzell, Registrar; Gene Logel, Assistant Registrar - Admissions; Arnice Cadieux, Director of Promotion Services; Marvyn Novick, Dean of Community Services; Paul Nowack, Dean of Applied Arts; Nick Siller, Dean of Arts; Ted Wisz, Dean of Technology; Ron Swirsky, Director of Planning and Research; Ron Taber, Director of Student Services; and Ray Young, Associate Director - Marketing of the School of Business.

1994 (July): Employment and Educational Equity officially becomes a unit of the newly-formed Department of Equity, Harassment and Safety Services. 1998: The Employment Equity Policy is revised. Responsibility for the activity of Employment Equity is transferred from Discrimination and Harassment Services to Human Resources (background provided to the BOG Employee Relations and Pensions Committee 16Jun03)). Primary records pertaining to the Employment Equity Unit of Human Resources will now be arranged under the Human Resources Group. Educational Equity will continue under Group 126, for the time-being. 2001: The internal Ryerson Telephone Directory lists the unit of Educational Equity. 2002: The internal Ryerson Telephone Directory places the Educational Unit under Discrimination and Harassment Prevention Services, with Tony Conte as Educational Equity Advisor. 2003 (October): A Student Services newsletter indicates that Tony Conte has moved to this department. The Internal Telephone Directory lists the position of Educational Equity Advisor as being vacant. N.B. The future status of Record Group 126 is undecided due to the above vacancy. The Archives shall monitor future organizational information in order to determine if this group should be closed. The shortened name 'Equity Office' has been allocated to the group to encompass past and present designations. Subject headings in both the Cross-Reference Subject File and the Documentation Files Collection are designated as "Equity Offices/Issues" and will contain information from both of the abovementioned areas.

1957: Social Sciences 1970: Arts Division 1976: Reorganized Arts Division into 7 Depts., Jean Golden, Politics Chair 1984 (Sep): A degree in Public Administration was first offered.

1962: June -- first issue of "The Ryerson Rambler" 1972: Last issue 1978: February -- publication resurrected. (See Issue 1 for more detailed information) 1997: Name changed to "The Ryerson Magazine". Arranged under the University Advancement Office Group (Coll Rec: 395-32)

The full name of the Committee is the Ryerson Joint Occupational Health and Safety Committee.

As of the beginning of the academic year 2009 (Tuesday 8 September 2009), the Health Centre changed their name officially to Medical Centre. Name of Record Group changed to reflect the title change.

• 1949 - CJRT launches with limited broadcast to Toronto area, on frequency 88.3.
• 1950 - Frequency changes to 91.1 MHz, .CJRT-FM.
• 1954 - Used as training for RTA.
• 1964 - Licensee changes from RTA to the Board of Governors and run by professional staff with part-time student employees.
• 1965 - Disk jockey, Ted O'Reilly, begins popular jazz program.
• 1971 - First broadcast of new Open College with university level Sociology; a first in North America.
• 1973 - Ryerson announces plans to surrender licence.
• 1974 - November 29 - a non-profit company incorporates to acquire CJRT, which changes to CJRT-FM Inc.. However, Ryerson retains an affiliation with CJRT-FM with Open College.
• 1981 - Antenna moved to the CN Tower.
• 1992 - 2000 - An increase in jazz program(s) and less of other music genres.
• 1996 - provincial government cancelled the radio's annual operating stipend of $1,300,00 [Jazz FM91 website].
• 2001 - Move to an all jazz format.
• 2006 - Move from Ryerson campus to Liberty Village.
• 2009 - Broadcasts on radio and online.Digital radio and licence as CJRT-DR-1.
• 2010 - CJRT obtains licence to become Jazz FM91.

Morley Finley was appointed the first registrar at Ryerson at the School's founding in 1948. He also functioned as the executive assistant to Principal Howard Kerr. Finley resigned from the position in 1955, replaced by D. G. W. McRae (1956-1958). The Registrariat had three sections - Academic Advising/Evaluations; Records and Registration Services; and Timetabling. In 1990 they became responsible for the Office of Admissions/Liaison, which formerly had been organized under the Office of Community Relations. In 1993, the Registrar's office amalgamated its four units into two - Academic Advising/Evaluations with Admissions/Liaison; Timetabling with Records and Registration Services. In 2015 the Office of Student Awards and Scholarship moved under the umbrella of the Registrar's office, formerly residing in the Office of Convocation and Awards.

List of Ryerson's Registrars

Morley Finley 1948-1956
D. G. W. McRae 1956-1958
Alberindo Sauro 1958-1967
Al Wargo 1967-1972
Dorothy Rowles 1972-1973
Roy Horney 1973-1978
Jennifer Brunzell 1978-1988
Dennis Mock 1988-1989
Dawn Little (acting) 1989-1990
Keith C. Alnwick 1991-2013
Charmaine Hack 2013 - present

1995: Academic Planning and Research Unit re-named University Planning Office. 2003 (July 1): Paul Stenton is apponted to the newly created position of Associate Vice President, University Planning. "I am pleased to inform the community that Dr. Paul Stenton has been appointed to the newly created position of Associate Vice President, University Planning, effective July 1, 2003 reporting to the Provost and Vice President Academic. Dr. Stenton has served the University as the Director of University Planning since September, 1999, and as such has worked closely with the senior management and academic administrators in the development of plans and policies on a wide range of strategic issues in order to guide the University's development and ensure the achievement of its mission. The change in title reflects the importance of this office in the Ryerson structure. During his time at Ryerson, Dr. Stenton has served as chair of the Council on University Planning and Analysis (CUPA), an affiliate of the Council of Ontario Universities, and as the chair of the Operating Revenue and Budget Committee of CUPA. He has served as co-chair of the Ryerson Backfill Committee and has helped develop the double cohort plan for enrolment growth and academic resourcing at Ryerson. Dr. Stenton has a BSc in Economics from Trent University , an MA in Economics from McMaster University and a EdD in Higher Education from the University of Toronto (OISE). He came to Ryerson from his position as Manager of the Finance Unit in the Universities Branch of the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities. Prior to that he led the research and policy division of the Ontario Council on University Affairs for a number of years. While at OCUA, he played a lead role in reviewing and overhauling the Ontario university operating grants allocation system that resulted in the introduction of the "corridor funding system" that has been in place for over fifteen years. Dr. Stenton also served as Director of Policy and Research for the Advisory Panel on Future Directions for Postsecondary Education (the Smith Panel) which made policy recommendations to the Government of Ontario on the structure and policies of the Ontario university and college systems. He has a thorough knowledge of operating grants, policies and forecasting in the University sector. I am very pleased that Dr. Stenton will be continuing to serve Ryerson in this new position, and will continue to bring his extensive expertise to the area of University Planning." (Errol Aspevig, Provost and Vice President Academic, to Infoline, 4Sep03)

• 1989 (March) : President Terry Grier announces a proposal to establish an assault and harassment centre.
• 1990 (December) : The new department, established as Harassment Prevention Services, has Carolyn Macleod appointed as the first Co-ordinator. Organizationally, it is within Campus Safety and Security.
• 1991 (July) : Carolyn Macleod resigns from her position.
• 1991 (November) : Wendy Roberts is hired as Co-ordinator, Harassment Prevention Services.
• 1994 (July) : Janet Mays becomes Director of the umbrella office, Campus Safety and Security and changes its name to Equity, Harassment and Safety Services (later Campus Equity, Harassment and Safety Services). See RG 675 [Campus] Equity, Harassment and Safety Services.
• 1997 : Harassment Prevention Services is changed to Discrimination and Harassment Prevention Services. (Ryerson 1997-1998 internal Telephone Directory).
• 2001 (Summer) : After the resignation of Janet Mays, Director of the above umbrella office, Discrimination and Harassment Prevention Services becomes its own entity, reporting directly to the Vice President Administration and Student Affairs, as per an e-mail from V.P. Administration (L. Grayson) to the Archivist (C. Doucet), 23Jul02.
• 2012 : Discrimination and Harassment Prevention Services is moved to the newly formed V.P. Office of Equity and Community Inclusion with the new name, Human Rights unit. Archival record group 294 is considered closed as of 2011.

Ryerson's School of Food Technology started in 1948 with a two year course in Commercial Cooking and Commercial Baking. In 1950 Home Economics was offered. In 1953 the school changed its name to Institution and Home Management. In 1961 a three Home Economics program was offered with three options - Food Administration, Fashion, and Pre-School Education. In 1967 the Teachers College option was added. In 1970 the school changed its name to the Home Economics Department. In 1972-73 they offered diploma and degree programs in Food and Nutrition. Department changed its name again in 1987 to Department of Food, Nutrition, Consumer and Family Studies, and changed again in 1997 to School of Nutrition with the program becoming Food and Nutrition.

The Health and Wellness Committee at Ryerson was established by the President's Advisory Committee on Student Life (PACOSL) in the Fall of 1988. It was created to review the possible future of the Health Centre and investigate the feasibility of developing an on-campus health and wellness centre. The Committee included representation from SURPI (Student Council), the former Health Education Study group, The Health and Safety Committee, Health Services, Student Services, Human Resources, and The Faculty of Community Services.
The Committee's mission statement was - To enable members of the Ryerson Community to achieve and maintain their optimum health and well-being potential.

In 1999 a part-time, degree-completion program in Justice Studies was created and administered by the Dept. of Psychology and School of Justice Studies. In 2003 the School of Justice Studies became independent of the Psychology Dept. and acquired a Chair, Dr. Colin Mooers.

On February 28th, 1981, the first ever Ryer's Inn was held in Jorgenson Hall. Organized by the students of the Hospitality and Tourism Management program, it was modeled on a similar event held every year at Cornell University. A gala evening of dining and dancing to which top people in the hospitality industry were invited, was conceived, organized and run by students, volunteering their time, with faculty advisors providing guidance throughout the project. Ryer's Inn became an annual event at Ryerson until its cancellation in 1987. It was decided that the program wasn't giving a positive image to guests in the industry. The event was put on hold for re-assessment.

The School was comprised of courses developed by the Director, Gladys A. Dobson, in Home Economics, Hotel, Resort And Restaurant Administration and Baking Administration. Gladys Dobson also helped in the development of the School's Childhood Management course.

The Access Centre provides students with disabilities accommodation services and supports needed to achieve academic success and access to the university within the provisions of the Ontario Human Rights Code.

June 1/1990: the Department of Physical Resources is divided into two departments: Campus Planning and Construction under Director George Hume and Physical Plant Operations under Director Ron MacLean. John Ezyk resigns from his position as Director of Physical Resources but agrees to return in January 1991 to take up a 25% workload on special projects while reporting to the Vice-President Finance and Administration. In a memorandum to the Ryerson Community, it is announced that Ian Hamilton is appointed Director of the Department of Campus Planning and Facilities, effective April 20, 1998. Both the areas of Campus Planning and Construction and Physical Plant Operations are once again reunited under one department (see: 1999 Ryerson Internal Directory). See: group history under PHYSICAL RESOURCES for further information.

January 1972 - March 1973 Alderman David Crombie (former Director of Student Services and faculty member) chairs special committee, developed by Student Services, on Ryerson's housing problems. The committee studied and prepared documentation on requirements, based on student needs, for the construction of a student residence.

In the Winter term 1973, Vice President Academic, H. Yates, established a Task Force to consider Ryerson's philosophy on athletics, the nature and responsibility of athletic programming and the administration of athletic programming at Ryerson.

Student housing consists of the various housing options offered by Ryerson University including Off-Campus Housing and Summer Housing.

Information acquired from: http://www.ryerson.ca/housing/ (Last accessed July 2017)

Report Of The Ryerson Commission On Polytechnic Education Preface: "The Commission was appointed on 25 October 1980, under the authority of the Board of Governors by Dr. Brian Segal, President of Ryerson Polytechnical Institutue and asked: - to provide, through the Board of Governors, Ryerson's response to the "Green Paper" on Polytechnic Education in Ontario to the Minister of Colleges and Universities; and - to outline general and specific policy recommendations and directions for the government and its ministries for polytechnic education in Ontario. The Commission was composed of 16 members, representing both Ryerson and the external community. We believe that this combination of internal and external expertise has enabled us to respond to the Green Paper in a manner reflecting our polytechnic style of education, which incorporates the private and public sectors on advisory committees in all programs as a means of maintaing our relevance. Our objective was to assess the future of polytechical education in a provincial and national context, rather than from a narrow, institutional point of view, because we perceive this kind of education as vital to the creation of a manpower infrastructure which will strengthen our economy in the years ahead. The Commission was asked to complete its work in a brief period and it decided to establish four separate internal study groups which were asked to do research and to report on four specific issues: societal need and its impact on polytechnic education; the characteristics of polytechnic education; government support for polytechnic education; and the impact of new technologies on polytechnic education."

In May, 1996, President Lajeunesse called for a "visioning" process for Ryerson to answer the question: what is our collective vision of what Ryerson's academic landscape should look like five years hence? The goal of the task group was to articulate a broadly based vision of the University's academic landscape by recommending strategic directions and paths of development that the university would follow. The task group also worked to identify practical short term steps to be taken to set Ryerson on course for the achievement of that vision and to recommend broad academic priorities.

The Vision Task Group consisted of one chair appointed by the president, four appointees of the Board of Governors, six appointees of Academic Council, and three appointees of the Executive Group.

"The Administrative Information Technology (AIT) Committee was launched to identify and define strategic directions for administrative information systems at Ryerson. The development and definition of such directions will build and expand upon the work of the Transitional Funding Committee." (Coll.Rec. 736-2 ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY REPORT, October 1996) See also: Group 602 - Transitional Funding Committee.

The Ryerson University Chinese Students' Association (RUCSA) is the first established major Chinese association at the said university. With over 700 members, CSA@RU is one of the largest student associations at Ryerson University. Their main objective is to promote and encourage students to learn more about the Chinese culture.

The School of Graduate Studies was formed in 1998, with its first 2 programs being launched in 2000. In 2010 the school changed it name to the Yeates School of Graduate Studies in honour of former Dean Dr. Maurice Yeates (2002-2010). In February of 2024 the school was renamed again, adding on Postdoctoral Studies, to highlight the importance of post doctoral fellows contribution to Scholarly research at Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University)

Very little historical information has been written on the distance education function at Ryerson University. What is known is that distance education was a unit within the Continuing Education Division and has remained so to this day. Based on the dates of the series of distance education calendars in the Archives, it would appear that the distance education program may have been started in the mid-1960s. Also, judging by the lack of records in the Distance Education archival records group for the 1980s and 1990s, the extent of this program's activity at Ryerson during that period is unclear; it is possible that distance education was mainly the domain of Open College (see Records Group No. 7).

Starting in 1948 a two year program was offered in Mechanical Technology with a third year being added in 1952. In 1949 the department was renamed "the Department of Mechanical and Industrial technology. In 1957 Aeronautical Technology was introduced as part of Mechanical Technology and in 1969 a industrial technology option was offered. In 1973 a bachelor of technology degree was first offered. The program received accreditation from the Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board in 1992 and the degree changed to a Bachelor of Engineering. In 1997 an optional Industrial Internship program was introduced. In 2003 Academic Council approved the restructuring of the Mechanical, Industrial and Aerospace Department to form two separate departments.

Ryerson Student Nutrition Action Committee A collaborative effort exists between the School of Nutrition and Ryerson Food Services to create nutrition awareness on campus. RSNAC (Ryerson Student Nutrition Awareness Committee) was formed. Third and fourth year students are hired to carry out project initiatives which include nutrition analysis, a newsletter, nutrition awareness week at Ryerson, and nutrition information for the Food Services website. Action - In 2006 called, Ryerson Nutrition Action Committee which changed to Ryerson Student Nutrition Action Committee by March 2007.

"In the context of a number of racist incidents on campus in the past year [2007/2008], an Anti-Racism Coalition (ARC) has come together at Ryerson. These incidents include defacing doors of racialized faculty; intimidation tactics of white students towards racialized faculty and students in the classroom; the undermining of racialized employees in leadership positions, with little or no repercussions for such behaviour; and death threats. Furthermore, there have been instances of anti-Semitism on campus, while incidents of Islamophobia and threats toward Muslim students and students who are allies in the anti-racism struggle have continued. The ARC is composed of employees and students concerned about racist incidents on campus and structural racism in its institutional and individual forms.After considerable discussion and two public meetings, ARC proposedthe formation of a Task Force to investigate, document and make recommendations to address these serious issues. This document presents both the context and terms of reference for the Task Force. We believe that with the steps recommended below, Ryerson can once again become a leader in diversity in one of the most diverse cities on earth." http://www.ryerson.ca/antiracismtaskforce/terms/index.html copyright 2009

Department created in 2008 and consists of the Student Information and Advising Centre (SIAC). The Centre is located near the main entrance to Jorgenson Hall, room POD 144.

The First-Year and Common Engineering Office (FYCEO) is an independent administrative unit, within the Facutly of Engineering, Architecture, and Science, which handles the academic administrative responsibilities related to all first-year engineering student affairs. The FYCEO was created to help make students' transitions from high school to university smooth, pleasant, and successful. We invite students to visit us whenever they have questions, concerns, or comments of any sort. To answer questions and deal with concerns, we have assembled a highly experienced team of professionals, including a First-Year Academic Advisor, a Counselor, an Administrative Coordinator, and an Administrative Assistant.

Modern Literature and Culture Research Centre

The DMZ at Ryerson University is a business incubator and co-working space for entrepreneurs with a mandate to help startups succeed by connecting them with customers, advisors, influencers and other entrepreneurs. The Zone was established in 2010 with offices in the Dundas Square building. The Zone is run by students and open to both students and non-students to apply with business ideas and prototypes. Accepted startups receive four months of free co-working space and services (after which they can pay a membership fee to stay on), and access to seed funding and an accelerator program through Ryerson Futures Inc. (RFI), a for-profit business associated with Ryerson. The DMZ also offers an "Innovation-for-Hire" program that laccesses expertise associated with the DMZ and Ryerson University to solve real business problems for industry partners as well as an intrapreneur program.

The DMZ was the first of an network of other "zones" at the University, each specializing in growth sectors to support new entrepreneurs. Zone Learning administers to the entrepreneurial centres or zones mentoring students to create their own businesses. Digital Medial Zone (DMZ) was the first and with its success, other schools established their own zones.

The zones, include :

Biomedical Zone
Fashion Zone
Design Fabrication Zone
Digital Media Zone (DMZ), April 2010
iBoost Zone
Innovation Centre for Urban Energy (iCUE)
Legal Innovation Zone
Science Discovery Zone
SocialVentures Zone
Transmedia Zone

Information from: "About DMZ: Welcome to the Digital Media Zone at Ryerson University", Digital Media Zone. http://digitalmediazone.ryerson.ca/about/

The department was founded in 1969 with David Brennan was the director of Information Services. Terry O'Conner appointed the director in 1979. In 1986 Information Services joined with Promotion Services to form the Department of Community Relations.

The Rogers Communications Centre was built over a two-year period (1989-1991). A ceremony was held on December 11, 1991 to mark the completion of the Centre's construction.

Ryerson University’s School of Disability Studies, established in 1999, is the first in Canada to offer a degree education that is strongly rooted in a disability studies perspective.

The School of Disability Studies provides part-time university education to adults with a college diploma in the disability field or other related post-secondary academic credentials and work experience in a diverse range of fields. At the end of the equivalent of approximately two years of full time study, students will receive a Bachelor of Arts, (Disability Studies) from Ryerson University.

Information acquired from: http://www.ryerson.ca/disabilitystudies/ (Last accessed July 2017) http://www.ryerson.ca/disabilitystudies/about-school/index.html (Last accessed July 2017)

The RJAA is one of Ryerson University’s longest running alumni groups. The association, founded in 1989, annually inducts “Headliners”, recognizing exemplary journalism grads. The RJAA also organizes networking events and presents an annual student bursary.

In November 2015 the office split forming the new Ceremonials Office and the awards section moving under the jurisdiction of the Office of the Registrar and renamed Student Awards and Scholarship. Please see the Office of the Registrar fonds for records pertaining to this new office as of November 2016.
The newly re-organized Ceremonials office is responsible for convocation; Presidential and Chancellor installations; Employee awards - teaching and education, scholarly, research and creative activity, and service and leadership; and service milestones - 25 year club.

Based on a recommendation of the 2010 Final Report of the "Taskforce on Anti-Racism at Ryerson", Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) was established in 2012 within the Office of Provost and Vice President, Academic and under the direction of Denise O'Neil Green as its first Assistant Vice President/Vice Provost.

In April 2017, EDI became its own vice presidency office, renamed to Equity and Community Inclusion with Ms. O'Neil Green being its first Vice President.

The Campus Photographic Service was made up of students in the Journalism and Photographic Arts programs. They were responsible for providing photographs for the Ryersonian Newspaper, the course calendars, and the yearbook - including graduate portraits.

CJRU 1280AM is Toronto Metropolitan University’s campus and community multi-media hub. Our station airs a variety of programming from the university, TMU students, the community at large and syndicated programming from community stations across Canada.

The Learning Resources Centre arrangement consists of four groups: (i) ARCHIVES; (ii) LRC: DIRECTOR'S OFF. (69); (iii) LIBRARY DEPT. (5); (iv) MEDIA CENTRE (76).

November 1/1986: the Promotion Services and Information Services Departments join to form the Department of Community Relations.

History: The Board of Governors of Ryerson Polytechnical Institute, in December 1970, approved in principal a proposal made by President D. Mordell that an applied research institute be set up. Operations of Ryerson Applied Research Limited (RARL), actually commenced on 1 July 1971. RARL was wholly owned by RPI and operated as a normal commercial enterprise. It acted primarily as a liaison agent between Ryerson faculty and business, industry, government, and other educational institutions in the evaluation, delineation, acquisition and carrying out of projects. The Board of Directors of RARL consisted of the President, V.P.-Academic, V.P.-Administration, Chairman of the Board of Governors and one other member of the Board supported by a Secretary and Treasurer. The members of the first Board of Directors were D.L. Mordell, Dr. H.H. Yates, Dr. G. Korey, R.G. Reid and I.F.T. Kennedy with J.R. Gorman as Secretary and G. Korey as Treasurer. The first General Manager was A.P.H. Barclay who was replaced by W.A. Hunter in 1973 after Mr. Hunter's Viability Report suggested that the position of General Manager need only be a part-time one. RARL sales grew slowly from $40,000 the first year to almost $60,000 by 1976. Several successful projects, such as a low-frequency radio transmitter developed for use in the Arctic and a survey for the United Church of Canada, were undertaken but bureaucracry and the impression that applied research was being forced on faculty and departments from the "top" down dampened enthusiasm for RARL. Many faculty members were reluctant to get involved because their teaching loads did not allow sufficient time for them to engage in applied research. By 1978 the accumulated debt of RARL had reached $65,000 and the Board of Governors decided to inactivate the company. W.A. Hunter resigned as General Manager on 30 June 1978 and on 30 October 1978 the Board of Governors passed a resolution which required RARL to cease operations and return all outstanding funds to RPI except for $750, which would be used to generate income to satisfy basic corporate costs, until a review of the company could be held. RARL was officially dissolved in 1982. Provenance/Original Order: The RARL files represent a single fond even though the records are scattered throughout several offices at Ryerson. This is due to the fact that RARL, as an outgrowth of the new concept of solidifying links between RPI and industry and business through applied research, was set up as a separate organization with specific objectives and functions, and with a clearly defined mandate. Nearly all the RARL files are located in the Accessions of the people who were on the Board of Directors, i.e. President, V.P.-Academic, V.P.-Administration and Board Secretariat. Most of these records are duplicates except for the contact reports, prospect data files and project files held by the V.P.-Academic. Individual departments, faculty and students may have in their possession documents relating to RARL. However, these would probably not add substantially to our collection of records. The RARL records we have provide a very complete picture of the aims, objectives, functions and structure of Ryerson Applied Research Limited.

1965/66-1974 - Communications Dept. 1975 - Business & Technical Communication November 8/2005 - Academic Council approves the departmental name change from Business and Technical Communication to Professional Communication.

June/2007: it is announced that the Office of Academic Council has changed its name to Senate and that Dr. Diane Schulman's title is: Director, Office of the Provost and Vice-President Academic and Secreatery of Senate. Many records created by the Senate during the course of its business (policies, by-laws, committee and departmental/divisional council reports, course changes, membership lists, etc., can be found in the Senate's Agenda and Minutes (sub-series 57-3). Thus, in addition to consulting other sub-series in this Group, it is important to refer to this collection record.

1990 (August/September): the Human Resources Department is reorganized. Angelo Pesce, formerly Director of Human Resources, becomes Executive Director of Human Resources, assuming direct responsibility for Occupational Health and Safety, Pension Issues, Employee Development and Compensation and Benefits. Larissa Allen is promoted from Assistant Director of Human Resources to Director, Labour Relations and Employment Services. She is responsible for Labour Relations, Staffing and Systems, Human Resource Information Management and the Ryerson Administrative Support Pool (RASP).

On May 6, 1986, Academic Council approved a motion to change the name of the Mechanical Technology Department to the Mechanical Engineering Department. Three separate schools were created under its jurisdiction: School of Aerospace Engineering; School of Industrial Engineering; and School of Mechanical Engineering. On December 5, 2000, Academic Council approved a motion to change the name of the Mechanical Engineering Department to the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Industrial Engineering. On May 6, 2003, Academic Council approved the restructuring of the Mechanical, Industrial and Aerospace Department to form two separate departments: the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering and the Department of Aerospace Engineering. No changes are recommended at this time to the existing arrangement of separate archival groups for these three areas. 2006: A decision was made to create a new group for the Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department (Mech/Industrial), closing off the two separate groups Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Engineering.

1965-1966 Applied Arts department first appeared in Course Calendar. Architectural Technology and Furniture and Interior Design were the two programs in this department.

1967-1968 Furniture and Interior Design name changed to Interior Design

1969 Department organized under the Arts Division

1970 Recognized as its own division - Applied Arts Division - with the following departments : Home Economic, Library Arts, Interior Design, Journalism, Business and Technical Communications, Photographic Arts, and Radio and Television Arts

1971-1972 Theatre offered under Applied Arts for first time as a diploma.

1972-1973 Early Childhood Education becomes a separate program from Home Economics and offers a degree (Bachelor of Applied Arts) for first time. Home Economics, Interior Design, Journalism, and Radio and Television Arts all offered as BAA's for first time.

1974-1975 Library Arts is offered as a certificate. Photographic Arts offers 2 degree option for first time - BAA and a Bachelor of Technology (BTech).

1976-1977 Graphics Arts Management offers BTech degree for first time

1983-1984 Faculties established - Faculty of Applied Arts

1985-1986 Fashion offered as a BAA for first time.

2001 Faculty of Applied Arts changed to the Faculty of Communication and Design

2002-2003 Interior Design degree changed to a BID - Bachelor of Interior Design

2004-2005 Radio and Television Arts degree changed from a BAA to a BA - bachelor of Arts and Fashion changes to a BDes - bachelor of Design

2005-2006 Faculties re-organized - Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Business, Faculty of Communication and Design (FCAD), Faculty of Community Services, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science. FCAD home to the schools of Fashion (BDes), Graphic Communications Management (BTech), Image Arts (BFA), Interior Design (BID), Journalism (BJour), Radio and Television Arts (BA), and Theatre (BFA)

2013-2014 Offers 3 new degrees - Creative Industries (BA), New Media (BFA), and Professional Communication (BA)

2014-2015 Radio and Television Arts degree name changed to Media Producation (BA)

2016-2017 Theatre School changes name to Ryerson School of Performance. Degree changes to Performance (BFA)

2021 On August 16, 2021 The Faculty of Communication and Design changed its name to the Creative School. The repositioning of the faculty comes after two years of rigorous research, consultations with industry professionals, and input from the FCAD community that overall supported the revised brand positioning and comprehensive definition of creativity.

The creation of Ryerson's Energy Centre was approved at a public meeting on Sept. 22, 1976. Dr. Burkhardt, who first proposed the concept of an Energy Centre, was elected as the first Acting Director. The general ongoing goals of the Centre were to: - carry out research and education on energy issues; - assist the consumer, industry and government in solving energy problems, and; - to provide energy know-how to developing areas in liaison with Ryerson's Third World Committee. The Energy Centre's activities continued from 1976 until April 1985 when it became a project of the Centre for Industrial Development (CID) rather than continuing as an independent operation. Reasons for this merger included a decrease in public and government concern about the future supply and price of petroleum. The Centre had previously focused mainly on energy sources other that petroleum, particularly solar, recycling and uses for oil other that for burning.

The Joint Planning Commission was established by Ryerson President Brian Segal in September 1986 to provide a wider, more inclusive review of the Institute's strategic direction than is afforded by normal operating processes and to develop a strategic planning framework for Ryerson in the 1990s. The Commission consisted of the following representatives from both the Board of Governors and Academic Council: the Vice-President Academic; a senior Board member; four other Board members (including a member of the support staff); six faculty members elected by Academic Council (one from each Faculty/Division); and two students elected by Academic Council. The Special Assistant to the President served as executive secretary and the Director of Academic Planning and Research as chief research advisor. Based upon the definition of questions and issues received from the Ryerson Community, as well as its own discussions, the Commission formulated a document entitled, "Questions & Issues: A Framework For Discussing Ryerson's Future Directions." It was distributed in March 1987 and submissions were received from the Ryerson Community in the Spring and early Summer. In addition to assessing submissions and conducting hearings, the Commission asked the Academic Planning and Research Unit to provide background data and to undertake an examination of macro-environmental trends in a number of areas of interest to the Commission. In March 1989, the Commission produced its final report entitled, "Planning For The next Decade." The recommendations set forth in this report provide a basis for action and critical change within the context of Ryerson's future.

In 1971 Academic Council approves the degree program in Business Administration. The degree designation is Bachelor of Technology (Business Management), with the first degrees conferred in 1972. In 1979 the degree designation is changed to Bachelor of Business Management.
The following are a list of

1966/67, 1967/68 • C.S. Temple, Chairman of Business Administration
1969 – 1970/71 • C.S. Temple, Dean of Business
1971/72, 1972/73, 1973/74 • Dr. G. Korey, Dean of Business
1974 – 1975/76 • W.J.L. Clark, Acting Dean, Business
1976/77 - 1980 • W.J.L. Clark, Dean of Business
July 1, 1980 – 1985 • D. A. Sutton, Dean of Business Division
1985 - 1989 • Timothy E. Reid, Dean of Faculty of Business
1989 • Sarwan Sahota, Acting Dean, Business
1994 • Dr. Michael Mayo, Associate Dean, School of Business Management
1995 - 1996 • Dr. Irene Devine, Acting Dean, Faculty of Business
1996 (?) • Bonnie Patterson, Dean of Business
1996 – 1999 • Stan Heath, Dean of Business
1999 • Stan Heath, Dean of Business, passed away of a probable heart attack on Sept. 7, 1999 before finishing his five-year term as Dean
• Memorial service: Sept. 13, 1999
1999 – 2000 • Jack Radford, Interim Dean, Faculty of Business
August 1, 2000 – 2005 • Tom Knowlton, Dean, Faculty of Business
2005 – 2010 • Dr. Ken Jones, Dean, Faculty of Business
2010 - ? • Dr. Ken Jones, Dean, Ted Rogers School of Management

Between 1948-1952 the program was part of the School of Business. In 1953 it was known as Secretarial Science, not changing again until 1981 when it became known as Secretarial and Administration Studies. In changed again in 1985 to Office & Administration Studies. In 1988 it became the School of Administration & Information Management (AIM).
In 1999 with the appointment of Kenneth Grant as Director, the new School of Information Technology Management is created through the integration of the School of Administration and Information Management and the Business Information Systems area of the School of Business Management. The AIM program would be phased out starting in 2000.

1952-1953: Childhood Management is introduced as a two-year course under the Institution and Home Management Program. (Ryerson Calendar) 1959-1960: The course becomes the Pre-School Education Option of the Home Economics Program (Ryerson Calendar) 1972-1973: The course expands to three years and is called the Early Childhood Education Program. It is administered by the Home Economics Department. (Ryerson Calendar) 1975-1976: The Early Childhood Education Diploma Program adds a fourth year and becomes a degree program administered by the Early Childhood Education Department. (Ryerson Calendar)

The Department of Campus Planning was established indirectly in the mid to late 1960s in conjunction with the Institute's physical development program. George Wildish was Planning Director. The department may also have been known as Physical Plant and Planning, thereby suggesting that these two functions may have been Wildish's responsibility. On July 15, 1968, Wildish and his four-man staff resigned. His "department" was divided into two departments: Campus Planning and Physical Plant. The Campus Planning Department was headed temporarily by John Wimbs, an external consultant. In December, 1968, Wimbs ended his tenure as Acting Director of Campus Planning and returned to private practice. John Ezyk, a civil engineer and a five-year member of the campus planning department at York University, was appointed Director of Campus Planning. In February, 1970, George Hume joined the Campus Planning Department as Project Coordinator. It appears that, from early on, Ezyk oversaw both the campus planning and physical plant activities. His title, as listed in the 1971 internal Ryerson telephone directory, was Director, Campus Planning and Physical Plant. In 1973, Ezyk's title became Director, Physical Resources as he appeared to continue to oversee the same two activities throughout the 1970s. It also appears that he jointly held the title of Director, Campus Planning during this period. Unless substantial records from the office of the Director, Physical Resources come to the fore, records pertaining to this office and to John Ezyk's role as Director, Physical Resources will be arranged under the Campus Planning Group. In 1974 (February?), George Hume was appointed Associate Director of Campus Planning. On January 1, 1981, the department of Physical Resources was officially established with the consolidation of three existing departments: Campus Planning, Physical Plant and Communications Engineering Services. John Ezyk was appointed Director of Physical Resources (although he already held this title throughout much of the 1970s). George Hume was appointed Associate Director -Planning.

Centre for Entrepreneurship opened in January 1988 under the direction of Business Professor Raymond Kao. It was one of six set up by the provincial government to "champion entrepreneurship and innovation." Each Centre received $150,000 in government funding annually in a four-year arrangement. Renamed Centre for Entrepreneurship Education and Research in Fall of 1992 under the direction of Pro. David Schlanger. The centre closed in June of 1996.

1969: D.H. Bazeley was Comptroller.

The Mathematics and Physics Department at Ryerson began offering service courses in 1966. By the early 1970s, the department had developed two programs, and a study was conducted to reorganize the department due to this transition. The growing use of computers resulted in the creation of the Math, Physics and Computer Science (MPCS) department in the early 1980s. In 1985, the program converted from a diploma to a degree program. By 1988, the department offered a Bachelor of Technology in Applied Computer Science and was part of the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science. The department received approval in May 1996 to offer a five-year co-operative program in addition to its regular four-year option. In the late 1990s, students were given the option to minor in mathematics. Mathematics became a department of its own in July 2005. The Bachelor of Science Degree in Mathematics and Its Applications was introduced in Fall 2008. The following year, the Department commenced its Master's Degree in Applied Mathematics program. The Department redesigned the Mathematics and Its Applications program in 2013 and, that same year, began offering a Financial Mathematics BSc, the only such undergraduate program in Toronto. The Department of Mathematics is part of the Faculty of Science.