The purpose of the Centre for Quality Service Research was to provide research, data analysis and advisory services to business, education, and government organizations in health care, manufacturing, service industries, and tourism. The director was Judith Waalen.

ISTC (INTERPERSONAL SKILLS TEACHING CENTRE) "The Centre was made possible through a $100,000 gift from the R.S. McLaughlin Foundation, $15,000 from the E.W. Bickle Foundation and $2,500 from the George Lunan Foundation. Its purpose is to improve the 'people' skills of those entering professions where such skills are crucial: professions such as nursing and social work". [FORUM, 15Nov91] In 2007, the centre came under the umbrella of Experiential Learning Office, Katherine Perry, Director.

Established in 1989, the School of Child and Youth Care offered an innovative degree program in Child and Youth Care (CYC), the first Ryerson program designed specifically for diploma graduates from Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology (CAATs). CYC was not a traditional Ryerson school and had no full-time faculty of its own; faculty resources were made available through secondment and/or cross-appointment. The first 30 students began in the Program in September, 1989. The founding director and architect of the Program was Dr. Francis Hare (from the Psychology Dept). He stepped down as Director on June 30, 2002. On July 1, 2003, Dr. Carol Stuart began her five-year appointment as the new Director, School of Child and Youth Care.

In 1994 the Academic Council approved a Justice Studies program (B.A.A.). It started as a Part-Time degree program administered by the department of Psychology and the School of Justice Studies. It was a degree completion program for police officers, correctional services workers, and security guards and was offered for the first time in 1997/98 school year. Sir Sandford Fleming students with the 2 year diploma from the Centre of Law and Justice were able to join the Justice Studies program as well. In 2003 the degree changed to become a Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice and in 2005 it was administered by the newly renamed School of Criminal Justice and the Department of Politics and Public Administration, Also in 2005 it changed names from Justice Studies to Criminal Justice. It began being offered as a minor to students in Child and Youth Care, Psychology, Politics and Governance, and Sociology. In 2007 Criminal Justice formed its own department - the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology, the program was also under review. In 2008 the program had its last year of intake and is no longer offered. In the 2014-2015 school year a new full time BA in Criminology began being offered.

As of 2002 the One Card office was under the jurisdiction of Ancillary Services (RG 309). Prior to this is was under RG 742 - General Services. Records regarding the One Card office prior to 2002 can be found in RG 742.

The First Year and Common Science Office (FYCSO) is an independent administrative unit within the Faculty of Engineering, Architecture, and Science which handles the academic administrative responsibilities related to all first year science student affairs (except Computer Science) and also provides support to all upper-year students in Contemporary Science. The FYCSO 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 an Academic Advisor, a Student Counselor, an Administrative Assistant, and a Program Assistant.

Convocation and Awards Office was created in September of 2007. In 2015 the Office of Convocation and Awards was split in two - with the student award section moving under the purvue of the Registrar's Office. The name was changed to the Ceremonials Office.

Ryerson Catholic Chaplaincy Centre

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.

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.

1969: D.H. Bazeley was Comptroller.

c2002: The name of this department/unit within Student Services was changed from "Financial Aid and Awards" to "Student Financial Assistance".

• 1988-2001 : See RG 675, DEPARTMENT OF EQUITY, HARASSMENT AND SAFETY SERVICES, for historical information on the Security department and function.

• JULY 2002 : Effective July 1, Julia Lewis is appointed Assistant Director, Centre for Environmental Health, Safety and Security Management (RG 547). Her new responsibilities included the day-to-day "administration and management of Security Services, through the Manager of Safety and Security and the general security force at Ryerson University", (Linda Grayson, July 2002). Until further organizational information is received, a new group for this umbrella department/designation shall not be created and primary records originating from the office of the Assistant Director shall be arranged either under RG 547 or Group 311 (Security and Safety), dependent upon subject matter.

1958: Name according to the Constitution: Association of Architectural And Construction Technologists 1960-1975: In 1960 name changed to Association of Architectural Technologists. Newsletters in collection up to 1975. 1994: Term Association of Architectural Technologists has been abbreviated to ATA in collection records. 1994: Landscape Architecture forms the Landscape Architecture Alumni Association.

PACSIR is the acronym for President's Advisory Committee On Senior Involvement At Ryerson.

PACAR is the acronym for President's Advisory Committee On Athletics And Recreation. 1976-present: A 12-member committee ACA (President's Advisory Committee on Athletics), established in 1976, replacing the four member Athletics Board. ACA later became PACAR. Pre-1976: From the limited information available the indication is that the SAC (Students' Administrative Council), a branch of the Students' Union, later becoming Ryesac, was responsible for the athletic facilities. Meetings of the 'Board of Athletics' have been arranged under PACAR (369-6) and Ryesac (79-21).

Below is a list of Division/Faculty Deans:
1969: Alberindo Sauro
1969-1973: Eric Wright
1971, 1972-1973: E.W. Harrison, Acting Dean while Eric Wright was on sabbatical
1973-1976: Norman MacKenzie
1976: Connie Briant, acting Dean
1976-1982: Terry Grier
1982-1983: Larry Gray
1983-1987: Nick Siller
1987-1992: Ingrid Bryan
1993-2001: Errol Aspevig
2000-2001: Marie Truelove, acting Dean
2001-2010: Carla Cassidy
2010-2011: Mark Lovewell
2011-2016: Jean-Paul Boudreau
2016- : Pamela Sugiman

URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING --------------------------- 1968: Board of Governors approves new course in Urban Planning. C.R. Worsley was involved in the program's preliminary planning as Chair of Architectural Technology prior to 1968 and Dean of Technology. 1970-1971: Four-year program introduced and administered by the Architecture Department. 1st year: 1970-71; 2nd year: commencing Fall '70; 3rd year: commencing Fall'71; 4th year: commencing Fall '72. (RPI Calendar) 1971-1972: Three-year program. (RPI Calendar) 1972-1973 - 1973-1974: Four-year Degree Program. (RPI Calendar) 1974-1975 - 1978-1979: Administered by Urban Planning Department. (RPI Calendar) 1979-1980 - 1984-1985: Urban And Regional Planning Program administered by Urban And Regional Planning Department. (RPI Calendar) 1983-1984: Accredited by The Canadian Institute of Planners. (RPI Calendar) 1985-1986 - 1988-1989: Urban And Regional Planning Program administered by School of Urban And Regional Planning. (RPI Calendar) «

Established in 1992, CSCA is a leading authority on the distribution of retail and commercial activity across Canada. The Centre is a not-for-profit, membership based research centre, one of only two university research centres at Ryerson. CSCA has an established record providing its supporters - including retailers, developers, consultatns, investors, and legistlators, with reliable, detailed information and analyses. Many of Canada's leading retail players turn to CSCA to enhance their strategic decision making, corporate restructuring and competitive positioning. [E-mail ORS, 18Feb02] Dr. Ken Jones, Applied Geography faculty member, appointed first director of CSCA in 1992.

The Association of Electronic Alumni of the Ryerson Institute of Technology was created to foster a spirit of loyalty, fraternity and assistance among the membership. The association also worked to bring about united and concentrated action in promoting the welfare and advancing the interests, influence and usefulness of the School of Electronic Technology of the Ryerson Institute of Technology.

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.

The Centre for Voluntary Sector Studies was established in 1995 in order to enhance understanding of the voluntary sector through research and education. Its mandate is to conduct and disseminate research, provide educational opportunities for managers, workers and volunteers in the nonprofit sector through formal undergraduate and continuing education programs, and extend consulting and research services to nonprofit organizations.

The Working Group on Design Education (WGDE) was formed in 1978 to support and promote design education and awareness at Ryerson through an interdisciplinary approach. The Group was comprised of approximately 15 members from the following programs: Fashion; Interior Design; Film and Photography; Urban and Regional Planning; Architectural Science and Landscape Architecture; Food, Nutrition, Consumer and Family Studies; and History. The Group functioned until 1986.

This Working Group was formed in November 2003 to enable Ryerson to comply with the federal Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA). PIPEDA was enacted on January 1, 2001 to guide and direct private sector organizations in the collection, use and disclosure of personal information during the course of commercial activities. On January 1, 2004, the Act applied to all commercial activity within each province -- including provincially regulated organizations -- particularly if a province had no privacy laws (as in Ontario). Thus, Ryerson became subject to the federal legislation and had to formulate guidelines to deal with personal information protection, especially with regard to any commercial activities it may be involved in.

The Working Group, comprised of a cross-section of Ryerson individuals who were deemed to have a particular interest or expertise in this matter, sat for approximately four months, from November 2003 to February 2004. It produced final documents for consideration by the University's senior administration, which in turn issued a final draft entitled, "Personal Information Protection Guidelines", along with a companion document, "Freedom of Information Guidelines".

The Office of University Relations was created in April of 2013 with the appointment of Erin McGinn as Assistant Vice President Communications. Department consists of Communcations: Media relations, publications, event listings, crisis communications and issues management, and social media; Marketing: brand resources, marketing strategy and planning, creative design and production, web and digital services, and business cards and stationery; Government relations; and Community Engagement. In September of 2016 the name changed from the Department of Communication, Government, and Community Engagement to the Office of University Affairs.

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.

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.

Started in 1979 by staff members Ron Rankine and Brad Fortner at the Cornucopia Restaurant, members met in the restaurant's Darting Lounge between September to May. The club later met once a week in the 3rd floor lounge of Jorgenson Hall. Usual participants were 32 - 40 members. An annual dinner, catered by Food Services, held the presentation of trophies. In the club's final year, Ken Scullion was President and Linda Elford, Secretary/Treasurer.

July 1, 2003 - the name of the position of Vice President Academic is changed to Provost and Vice President Academic and the position of Associate Vice president Faculty Affairs becomes Vice Provost Faculty Affairs. "The term 'Provost' dates from the 10th century and in the academic world refers to the chief academic officer of a university.

In 1966 the Ryerson Institute of Technology Students' Union’s name changed to The Ryerson Union. Howard Kerr stepped down as its President and David Crombie was appointed in June of that year. The organization also began to change roles, which took several years to refigure. In the 1967-1968 course calendar the Union fell under the purvue of Student Services and the following explanation was printed:
“The Ryerson Union was founded before Ryerson came under its own Board of Governors. The Union was originally designed as a special means of supplying amenities not customarily provided by provincially supported educational institutions. Among these amenities were the Health Service, Residences, and Intercollegiate Athletics. In the early days, the Union was the parent body and controlled the budgets of the SAC, the Athletic Directorate, the Publications Committee, the Health Service, the Bookstore Committee, the Band Committee, and the House (Residences) Committee.
However, the SAC became financially independent of the Union, raising their money through per capita grants. The new SAC constitution makes that body independent of the Union completely.
The new Health Sciences Department of the Institute has undertaken partial responsibility for running the Health Clinic, and the Communication Department will be bearing the brunt of the cost of the new ‘professionalized’ Ryersonian, since working on the paper will now be an integral part of the Journalism course.
The Ryerson Union is being re-organized to meet these new conditions.”

In the 1969 Course calendar Ryerson Union is listed under the Student Services department and is responsible for Alumni, Bookstore, Kerr Hall, Residences, and Social and Cultural events. It again states that changes are being made to the Union in the wake of SAC's independence and other re-alignments. By the 1970-1971 Course calendar - Ryerson Union is no longer listed as a Student Association - with all its former responsibilities being taken care of by the Department of Student Services.

As of 1970 it was still functioning as a non-profit corporation, though no longer receiving money from student fees. Its purpose to provide non-academic facilities and to students, staff, faculty, and alumni Its Board was made up of a 4 students, two faculty, and 2 alumni members. Their responsibilities lay in the planning and construction of a new Ryerson Centre building using the funds collected and invested from student fees collected prior to 1970 - a project that took many, many years to come to fruition. In the meantime the Union provided funding various projects, including several real estate purchases. In 1971 they purchased a farm near Peterborough and it became the Ryerson Rural Centre, and would later purchase a ski chalet in Collingwood and land in Brampton. All three properties were eventually sold, with the money being used toward renovating Oakham House and further monies put towards a new student Campus Centre. In 1976 Oakham House was declared the Student Campus Centre with money being put forward by Ryerson Union, and Ryerson's Board of Governors (BOG). The School and the Union also formed the Palin Foundation to run Oakham House.

In 1979 Ryerson Union changed the letters of patent by officially changing their name to Ryerson Centre. By 1983 Ryerson Centre's future was in question because of the sale of its final property, the lodge in Collinwood, it was no longer fulfilling its mandate. It would continue to fund Oakham House's needs. The bulk of their remaining finances were put towards the New Student Campus Centre that was finally constructed in 2004.

The Group title, "Joint Training Comm(ittee)" is shorttened from the official name, "Joint Union-Management Advisory Committee on Staff Training and Development ." From a report dated September 4, 1990, entitled, "Training and Development for OPSEU Staff, Needs Assessment Research and Strategic Plan" (RG 458-4): The committee was established in the 1988 - 1990 OPSEU collective agreement. The name of the committee was the Joint Union-Management Advisory Committee on Staff Training and Development. The mandate of the committee was to advise the Director of H.R. "in the areas of needs assessment, and the development, implementation, and evaluation of individual and/or group programs for members of the OPSEU bargaining unit." The report also recommended that the training and development programs developed for OPSEU staff be open to other Ryerson groups, "respecting the conditions outlined in the OPSEU collective agreement." The report was submitted to the Director of H.R., Angelo Pesce. The Joint Union-Management Advisory Committee on Staff Training and Development works closely with the Human Resources section, Organizational and Employee Development (OED). NOTE: In [January?] 2010, the section name was changed from OED to OEE (Organizational and Employee Effectiveness).

Effective January 1, 1970 departments CJRT-FM/TV and Audio-Visual Aids Resource Centre were re-organized to create the Communication Engineering Services Department (CES) and the Media Centre, the purpose of both to provide a co-ordinated service for radio, television, and audio-visual aids to academic and administrative departments. Prior to the re-organization, a growing need throughout the school for audio-visual hardware and servicing resulted in a variety of television and audio equipment collected in various academic departments.
CES provided consulting, formerly allocated by the Campus Planning Department, installation, maintenance, and technical services for radio, television, and audio-visual equipment. It also maintained the hardware for RCTV, Instructional Television facilities, RTA facilities, CJRT-FM, and public address and surveillance systems.
Kurt Mayer, the chief engineer of CJRT-FM, was the first director of CES, who reported to the Vice President of Administration.
Before the end of the 1970s, the service expanded to include the telephone system and computer terminals.
Effective May 30, 1986, CES became part of the Computing Centre integrating the hardware and voice resources of CES with the data and software resources of the Computing Centre. The new department became the Computing and Communications Services Department. Kurt Mayer continued in the new department managing similar equipment and technical services as in CES.

CSAO was an acronym for the Civil Service Association of Ontario. The Ryerson Branch existed from 1949 to 1963. The objective of the association was to promote the common interest of the staff of the Ryerson Institute of Technology.

Information acquired from:
Constitution of the Ryerson Branch of the Civil Service Association of Ontario (Last accessed August 2017)

As described in the original vacancy notice dated March, 1982, the position of Associate Vice President, Academic involved the following responsibilities: "All matters relating to faculty affairs, including administration of the Collective Agreements with the Ryerson Faculty Association and the Canadian Union of Educational Workers; labour relations strategy; appointment, promotion, transfer or removal of members of the teaching faculty; sabbaticals, leaves, exchanges, secondments and other professional development activities." Terry Grier, the Dean of the Faculty of Arts, was appointed as the first Associate Vice President, Academic. In 1983, Vice President, Academic, Tony Gifford, stepped down from his position halfway through his six-year term and Grier became Acting Vice President Academic. Jim Packham took his place as Associate Vice President, also in an acting capacity. When Terry Grier was named Vice President Academic in the Fall of 1983, a search was undertaken for a new Associate Vice President, Academic. On July 1, 1984, Larry Gray, Chair of the Psychology Department and a former President of the Ryerson Faculty Association, was appointed Associate Vice President, Academic. In 1989, at the end of his five-year term, Gray was re-appointed for another five years, but to a renamed postion, that of Vice President, Faculty and Staff Affairs. His new position encompassed all of his existing academic responsibilities and added Human Resources and Employment Equity, which formerly reported to the Vice President, Administration. In 1994, Gray stepped down from his position and Michael Dewson was appointed as the the new Vice President, Faculty and Staff Affairs. In 1998, an internal management restructuring designed to realign responsibilities for Faculty and Staff Affairs was announced. Dr. Dewson's new title, Vice President, Faculty Affairs, reflected new responsibilities for faculty development and renewal and learning and teaching, in addition to his existing role in faculty labour relations and negotiations. University Planning was also slated to become a part of the Vice President's portfolio by August, 1999. The responsibility for Human Resources reverted back to the Vice President, Administration and Student Affairs. On July 1, 2000, after a twelve-month extension of his first term, Dr. Dewson commenced a second five-year term in the re-titled position of Associate Vice President, Faculty Affairs. On July 1, 2003, the name of the position of Vice President Faculty Affairs becomes Vice Provost Faculty Affairs, at the same time as the Vice President Academic becomes Provost and Vice President Academic. An explanation of these changes can be found in the group history of Group 74. Because of the many changes in title and related functions for this position over the years, but also because of its consistent responsibility for faculty affairs, it was decided to maintain the records produced by this Office under one group, from 1982 to the present. This group is not to be confused with the group for the Associate Vice President, Academic (Group No. 654), a position created in 1995, primarily to oversee scholarly, research and creative activity at Ryerson.

The Vice President's Academic Operations Committee (VPAOC) was created by A. Gifford in 1980. The committee was to establish a set of quantitiative and qualitative evaluation criteria which were to be used to examine each individual program at Ryerson for academic budget planning. There was overlapping membership between the VPAOC and the PBRC which was a sub-committe of the VPAOC. The committee consisted of the V.P. Academic, Ryerson's five deans and the Registrar. The committee published the report "Framework for 1982 and beyond" and another report in 1982/83. In 1984 the committee was referred to as the V.P. Academic's Planning Group. In 1987 it was referred to as the Academic Planning Group and the membership was similar to the earlier VPAOC.

In 1971, the Office of Development is established under Director Morton W. Rashkis. (TECHNIKOS, October, 1971) This department or activity was short-lived, however, as evidenced by this report: "No appointment was made to replace the Director of Development when the Office became vacant on April 30, 1972 and the support staff moved to positions elsewhere. The other areas within the Office of the President endeavoured to share this responsibility although such efforts were understandably limited due to pressure of other direct responsibilities and lack of staff." (ANNUAL REPORT, 1972-1973) In 1976, fund-raising activities were resurrected, with the allocation of $15,000 by the Board of Governors for this purpose. It appears that Louis Gonsalves, Director of Alumni Affairs, co-ordinated this effort on a part-time basis, with some voluntary assistance. (FORUM, 16Dec77) In 1977-1978, to facilitate increased fund-raising activity, a Private Funding Office was officially established under at first, the assistant directorship and then, the directorship of Gonsalves, who divided his time between Alumni Affairs and Private Funding. Robin Armstrong (later Cruickshank) of Information Services assisted in the funding office on a part-time basis. (FORUM 16Dec77) In 1979, Louis Gonsalves was appointed full-time Director of the Private Funding Office and David Butler was seconded to the Alumni Affairs Office as Acting Director of this department. Mr. Butler was appointed Director of Alumni Affairs in 1980. (FORUM 29Aug80) Although the two areas seem to have been administratively separated at this point, both activites probably continued to be closely intertwined and focused mainly on fundraising in subsequent years. In the 1978-1979 Ryerson Annual Report, it is reported that a five-year, $6 million private funding campaign ("Developing For the Eighties") is approved by the Board of Governors. In March of 1981, the student press reported the resignation of Louis Gonslaves and the appointment of Robin Cruickshank as manager in the Private Funding Office. (RYERSONIAN 18Mar81, EYEOPENER, 19Mar81) Later in the year, William MacPherson is appointed Director of the Private Funding Office. (RAMBLER, Fall/1981) In 1985, the Alumni Affairs Office and the Private Funding Office merged to form the Office of Development. David Butler was named Assistant Director and Bill MacPherson Director of the "new" department. The department was renamed Development and Alumni Affairs in 1987. See the group history for the Office of Development and Alumni Affairs (Development/Alumni, Group 26) for subsequent information. It should be noted that the Private Funding Group (577) will include: records of the short-lived Office of Development under Morton Rashkis (1971-1972); records pertaining to fundraising activites under Louis Gonsalves during the period 1976-1981; and records pertaining to fundraising activites under Bill MacPherson for the period 1981-1985.

1948?: George Hitchman appears to have been Ryerson's first Superintendent of Buildings. This position and the caretaking staff who reported to it may have evolved into the Department of Physical Plant at a later date. 1968: Following George Wildish's resignation as Planning Director and the disbandment of his four-man planning staff, two departments are formed: Campus Planning and Physical Plant. The Department of Physical Plant is headed by Director C.E. (Cy) Brown. 1980: With Cy Brown's retirement as Director of the Department of Physical Plant, a decision is made to consolidate three existing departments into the newly-formed Physical Resources Department. The departments are: Campus Planning, Physical Plant and Communications Engineering Services. John Ezyk is appointed Director of the Physical Resources Department whereas Dick Crichton assumes the position of Associate Director - Plant Operations. See group history under PHYSICAL RESOURCES for further information.

The position of Bursar existed from the early days of the University until about 1972 when it became part of the newly-formed Finance Department. The Bursar at the time, Benita Krumins, became Accounting Manager. Earlier bursars included Ryerson pioneers S. J. Gadsby, Jim Handley and Charles Temple. The Bursar was essentially responsible for receiving and dispersing money and accounted for receipts and disbursements.

July 1994 - Janet Mays is appointed Director of the newly designated Department of Equity, Harassment and Safety Services. She reports to the Vice President, Faculty and Staff Affairs. Previous to thisin August 1993, Janet Mays was Acting Director of Campus Safety and Security, a position she took over from Professor Jean Golden (on secondment as Acting Director) who staffed a new unit, Harassment Prevention Services (RG 294), within Safety and Security.

Equity, Harassment and Safety Service's areas of responsibility included the :

• Crime Prevention Office ;
• Employment and Educational Equity (including Ethno-Racial Issues) ;
• Harassment Prevention Office ;
• Office of Occupational Health and Safety ;
• Security Force.

1994/1995 : A slight name change to Campus Equity, Harassment and Safety Services.

The Ryerson Student Association is first mentioned in the 1952-1953 course calendar. The Association was made up of all members of the Ryerson Community, uniting them in a functioning body and to co-ordinate all phases of co-curricular activity other than athletics. The governing body of the association was the Students’ Administrative Council (SAC) – in co-operation with the Faculty Council. It appointed student representatives to serve on joint student-faculty committees to administer funds and control certain activities like the Health Centre and the Loan Fund.

On March 12, 1957, the Students’ Association was incorporated and renamed “The Ryerson Institute of Technology Students’ Union. Its purpose was to:
1) Raise funds, accept contributions and to administer and allocate a fund for the provision and maintenance of building or buildings for the use, entertainment, recreation, refreshment and accommodation of students, faculty, alumni and guests of the Ryerson Institute of Technology; to make and arrange for such purchases, sales and construction as may be necessary for this purpose; and to hold and administer such property for the aforesaid purposes.
2) Provide the means to promote health, welfare and athletic activities of the students, faculty and alumni
3) Promote and preserve the associations and traditions of said Institution
4) Provide scholarships, bursaries, and loans to present and prospective students considered suitable by the Corporation.
The Union was directed by a Board of Stewards (the Board) comprised of the Principal (Chairman and later President); one member of the teaching or administrative staff to be appointed by the principal and act as First Vice- Chairman; three members of the teaching staff appointed by SAC; three students from SAC appointed by SAC; two representatives of the alumni appointed by the Alumni federation; a treasurer appointed by the Board; a secretary appointed by the Board; and a chairman of committees appointed by the Board. The Union’s members included all Ryerson students in good standing, all faculty members, Alumni elected to membership by the Board and honourary members also elected by the Board.

The 1959-1960 is the first course calendar after the incorporation that lays out the organization of the Union and its’ Board of Stewards and how it was to be funded. The membership of the corporation is still open to all students, faculty and administrative staff of the Institute, and alumni. Fees to cover administrative costs are collected annually from student fees. Faculty members and alumni who wished to join paid an annual fee as determined by the Board. The Board was compromised of the principal, four members of staff, three members of the student body, two appointed alumni members, and a treasurer. A secretary was later added to the Board, which changed into a combination position secretary-treasurer.

Over the following years the corporation was responsible for the The Students’ Administrative Council (SAC), The Athletic Directorate, the Alumni Association, Health Services, Student Publications, Student Loans, Students’ Union Supply Store, the Parking Lot Committee, Kerr Hall (Oakham House), and the Music Committee. It purchased two residential properties on Church Street and had renovated Oakham House. The Church Street properties were "sold" to Ryerson in 1965 for $2.

In 1966 the Union’s name changed again to The Ryerson Union. Howard Kerr stepped down as its President and David Crombie was appointed in June of that year. The organization also began to change roles, which took several years to refigure. In the 1967-1968 course calendar the following explanation was printed:
“The Ryerson Union was founded before Ryerson came under its own Board of Governors. The Union was originally designed as a special means of supplying amenities not customarily provided by provincially supported educational institutions. Among these amenities were the Health Service, Residences, and Intercollegiate Athletics. In the early days, the Union was the parent body and controlled the budgets of the SAC, the Athletic Directorate, the Publications Committee, the Health Service, the Bookstore Committee, the Band Committee, and the House (Residences) Committee.
However, the SAC became financially independent of the Union, raising their money through per capita grants. The new SAC constitution makes that body independent of the Union completely.
The new Health Sciences Department of the Institute has undertaken partial responsibility for running the Health Clinic, and the Communication Department will be bearing the brunt of the cost of the new ‘professionalized’ Ryersonian, since working on the paper will now be an integral part of the Journalism course.
The Ryerson Union is being re-organized to meet these new conditions.”

The Budget Reduction Group (or Non-Teaching Budget Reduction Group) was established in the 1992-1993 academic year as a project team with a mandate to oversee budget reductions and retructuring proposals, in the face of harsh economic conditions and severely reduced government funding in the early 1990s. In Ontario, for example, an already low 2% increase in funding was eliminated in favour of a one-time $56 million restructuring grant for the province's post-secondary educational system in the 1993-1994 fiscal year. As a result, Ryerson was forced to consider and implement cuts, mainly in non-teaching areas, in order to meet the goals of its Financial Management Plan and reduce its cumulative operating deficit. The following report in the March 19, 1993 issue of the University's newsletter, FORUM, summarizes the process by which restructuring decisions and budget reductions were to be achieved: "Decisions on restructuring involved a staged process that began with a project team of Richard Malinski, Larissa Allen, Marion Creery and Peter Gee meeting with individual directors to review their restructuring proposals, based on scenarios that called for budget reductions of 4%, 6% and 8%. The proposals were examined against criteria that included centrality to the mission and institutional priorities; potential for technology substitution and business practices modification; capacity to streamline or flatten organizational structure; and relevant historical and comparative financial data. The project team recommended targets to each director, including position closings and non-salary reductions. It was then reported to the group of directors, with members of the executive in attendance, on which matters the project team and individual directors had differences of opinion, for the purpose of collective decision-making. Consensus on restructuring changes was reached in that manner." The records in this collection were turned over by Richard Malinski, Chief Librarian and a member of the Budget Reduction Group and were deposited in the Archives in 1995 under A.1995-004. They cover the 1992-1994 period. By and large, the original order of these records was maintained in their arrangement into the Archives Collection. Some material was re-organized in chronological order. Most of the sub-series in this record group have a restricted or closed access condition because of the sensitive and recent nature of the information. This status will be subject to re-evaluation in future years. The physical extent of this collection is 12 cm.

The Ryerson Opera Workshop was formed in 1951, with Jack McAllister (English department faculty member) as the director-in-chief. On March 13 and 14, 1952 the first ROW productions "Down In The Valley" and "The Devil and Daniel Webster" were performed. Fans and participants dubbed the new organization "ROW", after the first initials of the Workshop's name. ROW was an institute-wide involvement from the production crew to the cast members. The Workshop had its financial ups and downs over the years. There was no ROW in 1959 because the Student Administrative Council felt it could no longer support the show, but in 1960, ROW was once again produced and continued until 1976. In 1963 "Once Upon A Mattress" was the last musical performed in the old Ryerson Theatre (Ryerson Hall), and in 1964 "Brigadoon" was the first ROW performance in the newly constructed Ryerson Theatre (Howard Kerr Hall). The ROW Collection contains: programmes, notices, invitations, photographs, reel-to-reel tape and clippings. The clippings have been arranged under the ROW Group because the documentation files have become dormant and will not be added to. Information is sketchy as this point but will be updated as it becomes available.

The 1998 Internal Telephone Directory (issued in December, 1997) lists the new department of General Services. The head of this department is Peter Brunner, General Manager. The areas which fall under the General Services Department are: Multiprint (Jorgenson Hall), Multiprint (Business Building), Photocopy/Campus Card System, Mail Room and General Receiving/Stores. 2000: The former Multiprint Services, the One-Card Office and the CCS PrintCentre amalgamated under the management of Ancillary Services - General Services Division, under the new name: Duplication and Printing Services. (Campus Memo Sep00) As well, Campus Stores would appear to fall under the General Services Department. Campus Stores is the new name which encompasses both the Bookstore and the Computer Shop. Although Campus Stores is not listed as an area under the General Services Department in the telephone directory, its separate entry in the directory indicates that Peter Brunner (formerly Manager of the Bookstore) is the General Manager. 2002: the internal telephone directory, issued in September, no longer lists General Services as a separate organizational entity. All areas which formerly fell under its umbrella now come under Ancillary Services. The areas listed under the latter department include the following: Director's Office; Campus Parking; Campus Bookstore; Conference Services - Pitman Hall; Conference and Food Services - ILLC; Duplicating and Printing Services; Food Services; Receiving/Shipping/Mailroom/Stationery Stores; "Ryerson One Card" System (under Peter Brunner, the former General Manager of General Services); and Theatre/Facilities Rental. Because of the apparent removal of General Services, this archival record group was closed at the end of 2002.

The Office of the Ombudsperson was created in 1997 and is governed by Terms of Reference which outline the powers and responsibility of the Ombudsperson and the role of the Ombudsperson Committee.

The Ombudsperson, Nora Farrell (Ph.D., LL.M. (Osgoode), M.Ed. (UBC)) has extensive experience in providing Ombuds services in a wide variety of settings, in problem-solving and in dispute resolution. She also has experience as an investigator, a mediator and an educator.

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

CERIS: Centre Of Excellence For Research On Immigration And Settlement

The Vice President's Academic Operations Committee (VPAOC) was created by A. Gifford in 1980. The committee was to establish a set of quantitiative and qualitative evaluation criteria which were to be used to examine each individual program at Ryerson for academic budget planning. There was overlapping membership between the VPAOC and the PBRC which was a sub-committe of the VPAOC. The committee consisted of the V.P. Academic, Ryerson's five deans and the Registrar. In 1981 the Academic Planning and Research Unit (APRU) was created to serve as a support for the VPAOC. It gathered, analyzed and organized data to assist the VPAOC in making decisions for academic planning in 1982/83 and beyond. It's formation was recommended by the Hickling/Johnston report (1979). This unit was not a policy-making body. The committee published the report "Framework for 1982 and beyond" and another report in 1982/83. In 1984 the committee was referred to as the V.P. Academic's Planning Group. In 1987 it was referred to as the Academic Planning Group and the membership was similar to the earlier VPAOC.

The School of Health Services Management was founded in 1994. The school specializes in part-time degree programs. In 2003 a Bachelor of Health Administration in Health Information program. Originally part of Continuing Education, the School is now part of the Faculty of Community Services.

The Student Centre Steering Committee was formed to examine the feasibility of building a Student Centre at Ryerson University on or in the vicinity of H Parking Lot, off Bond Street south of O'Keefe House. The committee commenced its work on January 22nd, 1990 and largely prepared the Ryerson Student Centre Feasibility Report in February and early March 1990. It was chaired by M. Evelyn, Director of Finance.

May/2005 - Further to an announcement by the Office of the Dean, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, regarding the appointment of a chair for the new Mathematics Department, the Dean's Office confirmed that the Department of Mathematics, Physics and Computer Science was recently split into three: two new program departments (Computer Science and Physics) and one academic service department (Mathematics). These changes were approved in November, 2004 by Academic Council and came into effect on January 1, 2005.

Orginally the Ryerson's Women's Committee. Officially formed as Ryerson Women's Association (RAW), 1977.

The Ted Rogers School of Management (Faculty of Business) has a long history at Ryerson University. In 1948 the School of Business offered certificates in Business Machines and Retail Merchandising.
By 1958-1959 Business offered diplomas in Business Administration, Hotel, Resort, and Restaurant Administration, Merchandising Administration, and Secretarial Science. In 1960 Ryerson’s schools were organized into Divisions – with the Business Division responsible for Business Administration, Home Economics, Hotel, Resort, and Restaurant Administration (HRRA), Journalism, Merchandising Administration, Photographic Arts, Printing Management, Radio and Television Arts, and Secretarial Science. The following year the Arts Division was created, leaving Business with Business Administration, HRRA, Merchandising Administration, Printing Management, and Secretarial Science.
In 1966 the Business Division was re-organized. Business Administration department offered diplomas with 5 options for courses of study – Business Computer systems, Financial Management, HRRA, Marketing Management, and Retail Administration. Secretarial Science maintained its own diploma. Printing Management had been realigned into the new Communications Division the previous year.
In 1972 the Business Division offered its first two degrees – a Bachelor of Technology in Business Management and a Bachelor of Applied Arts in Secretarial Science. This was followed by a Bachelor of Applied Arts in Hotel and Tourism Management in 1973; a Bachelor of Commerce in Retail Management in 1998; and a Bachelor of Communication in Information Technology Management in 1999.
In 1983 Faculties were established with Faculty of Business administering the School of Business Management, the School of Hospitality and Tourism (BAA), and the Department of Secretarial and Administrative Studies.
In 1994 a part-time Health Services Management degree (BAA) started being offered through the Faculty of Community Services. In 2011 it would move under the umbrella of the Faculty of Business.
In 2006 the Faculty of Business moved from 287 Victoria Street to a new building at 55 Dundas Street West. The Masters of Management Science in the Management of Technology and Innovation degree, and the Masters of Business Administration degree established. That same year, Ted and Loretta Rogers donate $15 million dollars to Ryerson University.
The following year, The Faculty of Business would be re-named the Ted Rogers School of Management with the schools of Business Management, Hospitality and Tourism Management, Information Technology Management and Retail Management under its umbrella. In 2011 the School of Health Services Management would join, and in 2012 the School of Accounting and Finance was established.

In 1949 Journalism and Publishing was offered during the 1949-1950 school year as a second year option by the School of Graphic Arts and in April, 1950 Ryerson Principal H.H. Kerr announced the introduction of a three-year diploma course in Journalism and Publicity. In 1950-51 two streams offered by the School of Graphic Arts- “Journalism and Publicity” and “Publishing and in 1951-52 three streams offered by School of Graphic Arts: “Practical Journalism,” “Printing and Publishing” and “Printing and Management.” In 1959-60 “Journalism” and “Print Management” split into two distinct academic programmes, although headed by the same director. In 1965-66 the Communications Department formed under Ted Schrader- grouped together Journalism, RTA, Photographic Arts and Graphic Arts Management and in 1970-71 the Communications Department was discontinued. That Department became the Division of Applied Arts. In April, 1972 Academic Standards Council approved degree status for Journalism, granting a Bachelor of Applied Arts and in Oct. 20, 1989 Academic Council approves adding a fourth year to the Journalism program. In 2000 the degree named changed from a Bachelor of Applied Arts to the Bachelor of Journalism.

In August, 1999, it was announced that CJRT-FM and Ryerson's Continuing Education Division formed a partnership involving Open College, the radio station's distance education division. This partnership was created as a result of CJRT-FM's increasing difficulties with the financial management of Open College (due mainly to the Ontario Government's cut of its annual grant to the station three years earlier). The agreement was for a two-year trial period, during which time the Distance Education Unit of Continuing Education administered the Open College courses. At the end of the two years, a decision was to be made as to whether Open College returned to the custodianship of CJRT-FM or whether it remained within Continuing Education, either as a separate unit for marketing purposes or fully integrated into the Distance Education unit of CE (E-Mail, Distance Education Director to Archivist, 20Sep99). On January 22, 2001, a final decision was reached to sell Open College to Ryerson and to integrate it with the Continuing Education's Distance Education unit. The unit became known as Distance Education/Open College. See Collection Record 791-12 for a copy of the purchase and sale agreement. As of that date, the Open College Records Group in the Archives Collection was closed and new records pertaining to Open College were arranged in the renamed DistanceEd/OpenColl Records Group. In the Spring of 2003, the name Open College was dropped in favour of Distance Education. (Minutes, Library Council, 26Mar03)

Around 1994 (first reference in 1994-1995 Internal Directory), the Purchasing Department or function becomes affiliated with the Finance Department instead of Ancillary Services. With this change, all primary and secondary records relating to the purchasing function and dating from 1994 to the present are arranged or filed under Financial Services.

In 1959 the Civil Engineering program was established within Engineering Technology, with the department being established in 1960. In 1970 an Advanced Diploma in Construction Management was established. In 1972 a 4 year degree in Geodetic Sciences was approved. In 1975 the bachelor of Technology in Civil Engineering implemented. In 1985 the Bachelor of Technology (Civil Engineering) degree program revised for more hours and academic rigor—intended to meet standards of Canadian Accreditation Board same, and the four-year degree program (with a three-year diploma option) without specialization in Civil Engineering replaced the three-year diploma. In 1987 the name changed from Civil Technology Department became Department of Civil Engineering, with two schools: School of Civil Engineering and the School of Surveying. In 1990 the degree change: Bachelor of Technology (Civil Engineering) became Bachelor of Engineering (to be implemented in 1990/91 academic year. In 1992 the Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board accredited Civil Engineering. In 1993 the Monetary Times Building at Church and Gerrard underwent $1.9 million renovations. In 1995 Survey Engineering program becomes two-year Geomatics option in Civil Engineering. In 2000 a Co-op in Geomatics approved and a Master’s of Applied Science/Master’s of Engineering in Civil Engineering and joint PhD with DalTech/Dalhousie U approved by Academic Council and Ontario Council for Graduate Studies (OCGS) . In 2001 Civil Engineering accredited by Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board for three years

In 1968, the position of Vice-President Administration was created with the appointment of Brian W. Power. The Vice President Administration was to oversee the following departments: CampusPlanning, Physical Plant, Finance, Personnel and Purchasing (RYERSONIAN 26Sep68). With the death of Brian Power in September, 1970, Don Bazely and John Ezyk were asked to share the position on an acting basis until a permanent replacement could be found. In 1971, George Korey was named Vice President, Administration. With the resignation of Korey in 1977, Tom Sosa assumed the position of Acting Vice President, Administration. In 1978, Sosa was appointed Vice President, Administration. He remained in the position until 1989. With the appointment of Glyn Harry, Director of Finance, as the new Vice President in 1989, the name of the position became Vice President, Finance and Administration. The functions of Human Resources and Employment Equity were transferred from the Vice President, Finance and Administration to the Vice President, Faculty and Staff Affairs. In 1993, the name of the position reverted back to Vice President Administration with the appointment of Linda Grayson. In 1996, the title of this office was changed again, to Vice President, Administration and Student Affairs. With an internal management restructuring in 1998, the responsibility for Human Resources reverted back to the Vice President, Administration and Student Affairs from the Office of the Vice President, Faculty and Staff Affairs (which consequently became Vice President, Faculty Affairs). For the Vice Presidents' and Associate Vice Presidents' record groups, a decision was made to maintain one group for each Office, regardless of changes in titles and responsibilities over the years. It was felt that it was a preferable means of preserving the historical integrity of each of these executive positions.

The Recollections Group (under the direction of Grete Woods, Business and Technical Communication faculty member) started with 14 members following the completion of the first "Writing Your Recollections For Seniors" course offered by Continuing Education in the Summer of 1980. More than 50 members have since joined this seniors' writing society which publishes members' essays, short stories and poems in the publication `Recording Recollections At Ryerson'. This magazine is published quarterly through the assistance of a grant from the New Horizons Program of the Department of Health and Welfare.

Originally called School of Graphic Arts. Early programmes of study divided into: Printing and Publishing; Printing and Management; and Practical Journalism. Programmes of study later streamlined into two areas: Printing Management and Practical Journalism. 1959-1960: Printing Management and Journalism appear to have split into two distinct academic programmes although they continued to be headed by the same director (RYERSON CALENDAR). 1965-1966: Communications Department was formed under Ted Schrader. It grouped together the Journalism, RTA, Photographic Arts and Graphic Arts Management Programs. 1970-1971 1: the Communications Department was discontinued. The four programs mentioned above continued as before. Journalism and Graphic Arts management were both chaired by Ted Schrader. Ed. Parker was first Director of School of Graphic Arts. E.U.(Ted) Schrader succeeded Parker and headed both Printing Management and Journalism.

In 1963 Ryerson's first computer, an IBM 1620 was installed and in 1966 Daisy (Directy Access Information System) Ryerson's first general purpose computer, an IBM 360 model 30, was installed. On April 10, 1974 Ryerson and York University's joint computing centre (YRCC) opened at the Keele Street Campus of York – Ryerson uses Ryerson Computing Centre (RCC) in Kerr Hall to talk to mainframe. Bruce H. Miller was hired as the Managing Director of YRCC, and Ian Taylor as the Director of the RCC. In 1978 the Ryerson Computer Planning Group established. Mitch Kallaur started as acting director of the RCC and Ian Taylor as the managing director of YRCC in 1980. In 1981 a word processor was purchased for the computing centre and RISIS II (Ryerson Integrated Student Information System), a centralized registration for day, night, and continuing education students, was installed. In 1982 IBM and Ryerson entered cooperative agreement to modernize the computing centre – IBM gave $3.7 million and Ryerson matched it with $4.3 million, and Architects Lett/Smith design a $1 million renovation of Kerr Hall West space, funded by a grant from the Federal Government's Skills Growth fund. Academic computing became a functional unit at the same level as administrative computing in 1982 and the RCC was re-organized two divisions – administrative computing services and computing support services (which included academic user services, operations and technical support) – to four: administrative computing services, academic support, technical support, and operations. Also in 1982 Marg Alliston was hired as the Director of the RCC. In 1983 a computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM) facility opened at Ryerson. A computing information centre was opened to provide students with computing help and the academic computing information system opened to provide faculty with computing help.
Also in 1983, the York-Ryerson computing agreement cancelled by Ryerson’s Board of Governors.
In 1985, John Johnston was hired as the director of the RCC and IBM furnished upgraded computer equipment for the RCC. In 1986 the centralized word processing centre was closed because departments were purchasing their own computers. This prompted the Communication Engineering Services (CES) to integrate into the Computing Centre to form the Computing and Communications Service (CCS) department. Units under the new department were: RISIS, Academic Computing Services, Technical Computing Services, Communication Services and Application Control, and Broadcast Systems. John Johnston becomes Director of the new department. In Kerr Hall South, the Administrative Computing Information Centre opened in Rm 355A. Morven Wilson became the Director of CCS in 1988. In 1989 BITNET/NETWORTH allows Ryerson students to send email and files globally. In 1991 the old computer punch cards are retired. Randy Patch becomes the Acting Manager of Academic Computing Services, and under his leadership the Computer Support Centre was formed - consolidating the Academic Computing Information Centre and the Administrative Information Centre. In 1992 a Systems Committee was formed to assess Ryerson's academic computing needs for the next five years. In 1993, some functions of CCS were moved to the basement of the Library Building, using funding provided by the Provincial Government, and servers replaced mainframe computers.
The Ryerson calendar became available on the internet through Gopher, Ryerson became part of the University Space Network (USN), a virtual university of space studies, and full time students get internet access in 1994. Renee Lemieux becomes acting director of CCS and the world wide web becomes available at Ryerson in 1995. In 1996 Computing and Communications Services was reorganized: Academic Teaching and Technology Support (under new manager), Administrative Information and Technology Support (under Larry Lemieux), Communications Technology Support (under Renee Lemieux). In 2001 wireless internet access became available and by 2003 email was required for students. In 2007 virtual applications program launched – access to MS Office, Adobe programs etc, and CCS had virtualized most of its servers.

1948: The Ryerson Institute of Technology is founded. One of the Institute's inaugural offerings is a nine month course in radio broadcasting, initially taught in a collection of Quonset huts leftover from wartime pilot training. (RTA Awards Program 1999) 1950: The broadcasting course is expanded to two years. (RTA Awards Program 1999) 1953: With the arrival of television technology, the course becomes a three year diploma programme in Radio and Television Arts. Around this time, RTA finds a home in Ryerson's Electrical Building. (RTA Awards Program 1999) 1960: RTA moves to modern studio and classroom facilities in East Kerr Hall. (RTA Awards Program 1999) 1967: RTA makes the move to colour, as one of the two East Kerr TV studios becomes fully equipped for colour production. (RTA Awards Program 1999) 1972: Significant course changes are made, as RTA restructures its curriculum after the Ontario Legislature awards Ryerson the right to grant degrees. Beginning in September, newly admitted RTA students work towards their Bachelor of Applied Arts degrees. (RTA Awards Program 1999) 1992: The Rogers Communications Centre opens. This multi-million dollar facility is the current home of RTA, and features three broadcast-standard TV studios, ten portable video production units, eighteen digital audio workstations, nine audio suites, three MIDI production suites, fourteen video editing suites, radio and television newsrooms, a twenty station computer writing lab and a resource centre with Internet, CD-ROM and print reference facilities. (RTA Awards Program 1999) 1994: With the arrival of new broadcast technologies, RTA becomes a four-year degree programme. (RTA Awards Program 1999) 1995: RTA introduces an advanced standing policy for University graduates, whereby the programme may be completed in two years. (RTA Awards Program 1999) 1996: A specialty course dealing specifically with the New Media is added to the curriculum. (RTA Awards Program 1999) 1998/99: RTAstudents are given the option to add a multimedia minor to their course of study. Other RTA courses continue to evolve, embracing new multimedia and web-based technologies as RTA continues to prepare students for the ever-changing world of broadcast communication. (RTA Awards Program 1999). In 2011, the school officially changed its name to the RTA School of Media.

January 1/1986: the Office of Research and Innovation becomes the new umbrella organization for research at Ryerson, encompassing both the Centre for Industrial Development (CID) and the Innovation Centre (IC). The CID remains responsible for technical research and development and the IC for business services and enterprise development.

Ryerson Placement Office was first opened in 1949 with Mr. A.H. Britton running a part-time service for graduating students seeking employment. In preparation Mr. Britton sought out numerous employers in the Toronto area. In 1949 these same companies were contacting him for employable students. The were plenty of available employment opportunities. By 1965 demands were so high for placements three placement officers were needed.

In 1967 the federal government took over the Placement Office, renaming it the Canada Manpower Centre; however, it continued to be refered to as the Placement Office or Centre. The new Student Services department opened the same year within which was the Placement Office.

Services for summer employment started in the late 1970s, The first annual Careers’ Fair in 1984. In cost-cutting measures, the federal government closed the Canada Manpower Centre in WHEN? putting the whole office at risk. Acting President Dennis Mock fought to keep the Placement Centre open (1990-1991) and the students generated a petition in support of the Centre. Both Ryerson and Employment Canada reached an agreement to keep the Centre for another year. A five-year grant of $365,000 from the private Counselling Foundation of Canada saved the Placement Centre in 1991 prompting a name change to the Ryerson Career Centre.

Expanded services included continuing education students in 1993 and to alumni in 1997.

A student referendum held in 1995 voted an additional $50 fee toward the operation of the Career Centre. A private donation of $750,000 from the Bank of Montreal was given for the new Mentoring and Career Resource Centre (separate from the Career Centre).

Another name change to Career Development and Employment Centre and then in 2014 name was changed once again to the Career Centre.