Ernest Isbell Barott (1884-1966) was born in Canastota, NY, and studied architecture from 1902 to 1905 at Syracuse University. Later he apprenticed at the New York office of McKim, Mead and White and worked there between 1905-1911. Barott went to Montreal to supervise the buildings for his firm. He later formed a partnership with fellow McKim employee Gordon Blackader and Daniel Webster. The firm of Barott and Blackader was in business until 1935.

Wolfman Jack was born on January 21, 1938 in Brooklyn, New York, USA as Robert Weston Smith. He was an actor, known for American Graffiti (1973), Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978) and Motel Hell (1980). He was married to Lucy Lamb. He died on July 1, 1995 in Belvedere, North Carolina, USA.

Dr. Michael J. Doucet was a member of the Ryerson faculty in the Department of Geography from 1977 - 2010 when he retired to Emeritus status. Doucet received his PHD from the University of Toronto in 1977. During his academic career, his research interests included Immigration & Settlement Studies, Urban Land Development and the geography of Toronto. Doucet also served as President of the Ryerson Faculty Association (RFA) between 1998-2002 and as President of the Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations (OCUFA) between 2003-2007.

Her interest in the retail sector began as a university student. Upon attaining her Bachelor of Applied Arts degree in Applied Geography from Ryerson University, she pursued a career in research in the retail sector. She worked for several years at the Centre for the Study of Commercial Activity at Ryerson University where she first worked as an Assistant Education Coordinator for the Retail Learning Initiative and then as a Geographic Information Analyst. Her main skills are in location analysis and mapping as well as collection and insightful analysis of data. She has participated in a variety of research projects ranging from studies on the entertainment sector, to developing national databases on commercial activity and studies on foreign retailers in Canada. She has also assisted in the coordination of students across Canada for the collection of data related to power centres, shopping centres and commercial strips in main urban centers.

American singer, actor, producer, and activist who was a key figure in the folk music scene of the 1950s and was also involved in various social causes, notably the civil rights movement.
He served in the U.S. Navy in the mid-1940s and studied drama at Erwin Piscator’s Dramatic Workshop, where a singing role led to nightclub engagements and a recording contract as a pop singer.
He then became a folk singer, learning songs at the Library of Congress’s American folk song archives. He sang Caribbean folk songs as well, in nightclubs and theatres; his handsome appearance added to his appeal as a frequent performer on television variety programs. He initiated a fad for calypso music and became known as the King of Calypso and also made a Broadway debut; winning a Tony award for his performance. He also starred in films and a TV special, earning an Emmy. In the 1960s he became the first African American television producer.

The Canadian branch of the English Macmillan Company was founded on 26 December 1905 as the Macmillan Company of Canada Ltd., also called Macmillan of Canada and after July 1995, Macmillan Canada. Earlier documents pertain to the Morang Education Co. Ltd., purchased by Macmillan in 1912. The English owners of the Canadian branch sold the company to Maclean-Hunter Limited in 1973. In 1980 Macmillan of Canada was sold to Gage Publishing, later merged into the Canadian Publishing Corporation. In 1999 Macmillan Canada became an imprint of CDG Books (founded in December 1998). In April 2002 CDG Books was purchased by John Wiley & Sons, and Macmillan Canada ceased as an imprint and a publishing house.

Dr. Kimberley Gilbride is a professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biology at Ryerson University. She is the head of The Gilbride Lab research program at Ryerson. The lab's research focuses on waste water.

Nandita Bajaj earned her Bachelor of Engineering - Aerospace from Ryerson University in 2005. While at Ryerson she was a program instructor and research assistant in the school's Women in Engineering program - a job she held until graduating. After graduation she began working at Bombardier as an acoustics and vibration engineer. She left this job to attend OISE/University of Toronto, earning her Bachelor of Education - Secondary Education degree in 2009. Between 2009-2016 Nandita taught High School Physics and Mathematics with the Toronto District School Board. While there she was also the program co-ordinator for the Honours Mathematics Science Technology program. In 2013 she began contributing science curriculum to ChangeGamer. In 2016 Nandita was hired by University of Toronto Schools as their Head of Admissions.

Ann Holmes was a member of the Ontario Women's Directorate.

Matthew Fraser is a former professor of communications at Ryerson University. Fraser holds a doctorate in political science from the Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris. He is a frequent commentator and public speaker on issues related to the media industries and has written for such publications as the the Montreal Gazette, the Globe & Mail, and the National Post. Fraser was Editor-in-Chief of the latter newspaper from 2003 to 2005 and was a former co-host of the CBC Newsworld show, Inside Media. He is currently a professor at the American University of Paris and the Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris and lectures at the Université de Paris IV (Sorbonne), Panthéon-Assas University, and Université de Paris-Dauphine. His research interests include: political economy of communications; globalization of media & entertainment industries; communications policy; converging technologies; new media; market trends; media and international relations.

Said Easa is a professor of Civil Engineering at Ryerson University. Easa earned his M.Eng. from McMaster University and Ph.D. from University of California at Berkeley. His research interests include Highway Geometric Design and Road Safety, Human Factors in Transportation, Traffic Operations and Management, Modeling of Transportation Networks, Transportation Systems Logistics, Intelligent Transportation Systems, and Geographic Information Systems. Easa was Vice-President (Administration) of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE) and member of CSCE Board of Directors. In 1996, he initiated and chaired the highly successful CSCE transportation conference series, held in Edmonton, Halifax, London, Montreal, Saskatoon, and Toronto. His international activities include serving as chair of the ASCE Intermodal Committee, as a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the International Journal of Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, and as guest editor of several special issues of this journal. Easa was Chair of the Executive Committee of the ASCE Urban Transportation Division (1997) and its CSCE counterpart (1994-98), and co-chair of the ASCE conference in 1998. That same year, he led a CSCE delegation to China focusing on sustainable transportation systems. His work has received several national/international best-paper and lifetime achievement awards, including the 2005 Arthur M. Wellington Prize from ASCE for best paper, the 2003 Sandford Fleming Award from CSCE, and the 2001 Frank M. Masters Transportation Engineering Award from ASCE. He has authored and co-authored more than 350 technical works, including nearly 200 refereed journal articles and book contributions.

John Wallace Easton is a former Chemistry Professor and Director of Ryerson's Office of Co-operative Education. Easton graduated from Ryerson with a diploma in Chemical Technology in 1964 and earned his PhD from McMaster University in 1974. While a member of the faculty at Ryerson, he was the Chair of the Department of Applied Chemistry and Biology and the School of Chemical Engineering from 1986 until 1996, during which time co-operative education was established in both programs. After Ryerson, Easton joined the faculty of the University of Ontario Institute of Technology, where he has served as the Associate Dean of the Faculty of Science and as the Co-ordinator of Co-operative Education.

Ayse Yuce has been a Professor of Finance at the Ted Rogers School of Management at Ryerson Unversity since 2001. Yuce receive her PhD from Louisiana State University. After graduation, Yuce worked at Bilkent University, Turkey, before taking a position as a visiting professor at Wilfrid Laurier University, then as an assistant professor at the University of Northern British Columbia. She has several publications in finance journals, as well as two books. As an emerging market expert, Yuce has delivered speeches at the IMF and the World Bank on Eastern European Stock Markets. She is a member of the American Finance Association, Financial Management Association, Middle Eastern Economic Association, Multinational Finance Society, and Women Economist's Society.

Vanessa Magness has been an Associate Professor in the Ted Rogers School of Management at Ryerson University since 2000. Magness earned her BA in Administrative Studies from York University (1983), her MBA from the University of Toronto (1992), and her PhD in Accounting, Finance, and Environmental Economics at the University of Manitoba (2000), having received the Meloche Monnex Society of Management Accountants of Canada Doctoral Scholarhip. She became a Certified Management Accountant in 1989. Before joining the faculty at Ryerson, Magness held instructional positions at the University of Manitoba, Keyano College (AB), and York University. In 2003, she won the Administrative Sciences Association of Canada's Best Paper Award and the Canadian Academic Accounting Association's Innovation in Accounting Education Competition. Her research interests include environmental accounting, environmental reporting, and shareholder reactions to environmental management.

Pierre Tremblay is a Toronto-based artist and an Associate Professor at Ryerson University. Tremblay was born in Québec City. He earned Bachelors of Applied Arts in Design and Photography from Laval University and in Still Photography Studies from Ryerson University. He received his MFA in Art and Technology of Image from Paris University Bibliothèque Nationale Bayard Presse. Tremblay lived and worked for many years in Paris. From 1994 through 1996, he taught advanced computer imaging at the Paris branch of the Parson's School of Design, moving to Toronto in 1998. Tremblay's work in still and motion picture photography, as well as sound and new media, has been exhibited for over twenty years and appears in a number of public and private collections in Canada and France. Tremblay has acted as the coordinator for the French visiting artist program at the School of Image Arts and has coordinated cross-cultural conferences, bringing together artists and scholars from Quebec, Ontario and France to discuss new media technology and artistic practice.

Dr. Catherine Middleton earned her B. A. from Queen's University in Kingston, her MMA from Bond University in Australia and her PhD from York University. She joined the School of Information and Technology Management at Ryerson University in 2002 and as of 2023 was the director of the school. . An expert on telecommunications policy in Canada, her research focuses on advancing digital inclusion to ensure equitable access to digital society and enable full participation in the digital economy. Dr. Middleton held a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair from 2007-2017, served as a MITACS Policy Fellow at the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) in 2017-2018 and is a member of the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists. Dr. Middleton holds the ICD.D (Institute of Corporate Directors, Director) designation and has served as a Trustee for ARIN (American Registry for Internet Numbers) and a Board Member for the Commission for Complaints for Telecom-Television Services (CCTS). She is a past Board Chair of CANARIE (Canada’s research and education network) and also served on the board of Compute Ontario.

M. Juliana Carvalho is a professor of Physics in the Faculty of Science at Ryerson University. Carvalho joined Ryerson in 1990 after earning her PhD and MSc in Physics from the Unversity of Toronto, and her Liceniciada from the Universidade de Lisboa. Her research focuses on collective motion in nuclear physics, algebraic models, Schur function formalism, and MAPLE as a pedagogical tool.

Lorne Garfield Kembley graduated from Ryerson Institute of Technology in 1960 with a Diploma in Electronic Technology. While at Ryerson, Kembley was a member of the Ryeham Radio Club and was awarded the E.L. Palin Trophy upon graduation. He became certified as an Engineering Technologist by the Association of Professional Engineers of Ontario in 1961 while working for the Northern Electric Company, Ltd. of Belleville, Ontario.

George Gekas joined the faculty of Business Administration at the Ted Rogers School of Management at Ryerson University as an Associate Professor in 2002. Gekas holds a PhD in Accounting from the University of Hull, England, an MBA in Financial Management and a BA (Hons) in Policy-Marketing from the University of Windsor, Ontario, and a BA (Hons) in Economic Theory from the Graduate School of Business and Economics, Greece. Gekas additionally earned an MA in Economics from Lakehead University, as well as a PMgr and CMA certificates. Prior to his appointment to Ryerson, Dr. Gekas taught for over 20 years in Business Administration at several universities in Canada, the US, and Europe. His academic career includes appointments with the University College of Cape Breton, Algoma University College, University of Maryland, American College of Greece (Deree), and the University of Western Ontario.

John R. (Jack) Bea was born in Hamilton in 1932. For high school he attended the F. R. Close Technical School in Hamilton. He enrolled in Ryerson with the Electrical Technology Department. While at Ryerson, Jack was a member of the Ryerson Choir and on an intramural volleyball team. He also won a scholarship for electrical measurement. Jack graduated in 1952, and became a member of Ryerson's Electrical Alumni Association.

Eric Shelton graduated from the Architectural Science program at Ryerson University in 2003. After Ryerson, Shelton took on the role of Project Manager at Shikatani Lacroix Brandesign, where he performs duties in the areas of project management, operations, and business development. He is an active member of the Ryerson Architectural Alumni Association, and is responsible for managing the association's finances, branding/web development and meeting facilitation. He has been heavily involved in the coordination of successful association activities, including 2010's The Built Forum II - Infrastructure and Design.

Judy Rebick is a Canadian journalist and political and feminist activist. Rebick was the CAW-Sam Gindin Chair in Social Justice and Democracy at Ryerson University from August 2002 to January 2011. In addition to teaching courses in Politics during her tenure as Chair, Rebick organized numerous political inititiatives, including The Gathering of Mother Earth Protectors protest, The Anti-Racism Taskforce, The Toronto Social Forum, The Gindin Debates, and others. She was the president of the National Action Committee on the Status of Women from 1990 to 1993 and co-hosted CBC's Face Off (1994-1998) and Straight from the Hip (until 2000). Rebick is a regular contributor to CBC Television's Sunday Report and CBC Radio. In 2001, Rebick became the founding publisher of rabble.ca, an independent, progressive multimedia news and editorial site. In 2001, Rebick published Ten Thousand Roses: The Making of a Feminist Revolution, which charts feminist movements in Canada from the 1960s to the 1990s. She followed this publication with her 2009 book, Transforming Power: From the Personal to the Political and 2012's Occupy This. Rebick has been an active member of the New Democratic Party of Ontario, joining the party as a member of the "Campaign for an Activist Party" in the 1980s.

Mario Estable is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biology and a researcher in the Molecular Retrovirology Lab at Ryerson University. Estable received his Bachelor of Science from the University of Ottawa, his Master of Science from Laval University, and his PhD from the University of British Columbia. Estable completed a Post-Doctoral Fellowship at The Rockefeller University in New York City. In addition to his research on vaccines for illnesses such as SARS, Estable gained notoriety in 2006 for discovering, cloning, and naming a protein--Major CDK9 Elongation Factor (MCEF)--that can repress the viral replication necessary for HIV to progress to AIDS.
Estable comes from a lineage of scientific researchers. His grandfather, Clemente Estable (1894-1976) studied in Madrid with Nobel Laureate Don Santiago Ramón y Cajal, then later established the Biological Research Institute in Uruguay. Meanwhile, Estable's parents, Juan and Rosita Estable, worked at the National Institutes of Health, the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Stanford University, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration-Ames Research Centre.

Ruth Ann Newton (née Bond) graduated from Ryerson in 1959 with a diploma in Journalism. While attending Ryerson, Newton was an active member of the Student Advisory Council (SAC), president of the World University Service (WUS), social convenor of the Ryerson Press Club, and helped organize debates for the Young Progressive Conservative Club. In her first year at Ryerson, Newton was co-captain of the basketball, volleyball, and badminton teams. In 1959, Newton received an award from the SAC and from the Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association (OWNA) for the best journalism thesis. That same year, Newton donated funds to establish a bursary to assist women studying Journalism at Ryerson.

Gabor Forgacs is an Associate Professor at the Ted Rogers School of Hospitality and Tourism Management at Ryerson University. Forgacs joined the faculty in 1997 and was the Assistant Director of the School from 2005 to 2006. He is a member of the Graduate Faculty of the School of Hospitality and Tourism Management at the University of Guelph, Ontario, where he has taught Advanced Revenue Management for the MBA program since 2006. Forgacs earned his Bachelor's degree in Hotel and Restaurant Management from the College of Commerce and Hospitality Management in Budapest, Hungary. He earned his Master's degree in Economics of Commerce and his Doctorate (DR.Oec.) at the Karl Marx University of Economic Sciences, also in Budapest.

Brian Cameron is a Digital Initiatives Librarian at Ryerson University. Cameron holds a BA in History and Political Science from Guelph University, an MA in History from Laurier University, and an MLS from the University of Toronto. Prior to coming to Ryerson in 2000, Cameron held positions in Health Sciences Librarianship at the Toronto Hospital and the University Health Network. Cameron was editor-in-chief of OCULA Online Publications (2010-2013), Director of Publications for the Canadian Health Libraries Association (2001), and President of the Toronto Health Libraries Association. Cameron is a published photographer and publishes informally and academically on Celiac Disease.

Irene Gammel is a literary historian, biographer and curator. She is a professor of English and holds the Canada Research Chair in Modern Literature and Culture at Ryerson University. Gammel is the Director of the Modern Literature and Culture Research Centre at Ryerson and has served on the executive boards of the Canadian Comparative Literature Association, the journal Canadian Literature, and the L.M. Montgomery Institute. Her research focuses on Modern feminist performance art, Canadian and American literature, and European avant-garde movements, such as Dada and Surrealism.
She holds a PhD (1992) and MA (1987) in English from McMaster University, and a Staatsexamen's degree from the Universität des Saarlandes in Germany. She has acted as a visiting scholar at the Centre for Comparative Literature and the Department of English at the University of Toronto (Spring 2004), a visiting professor at the Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena and Erfurt Universität in Germany (Spring 2001), and has taught at the University of Prince Edward Island. Gammel was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2009.

Neil Seeman is an adjunct professor of health law at Ryerson in the School of Health Services Management. He is a healthcare consultant, lawyer, businessperson and founder and CEO of the University of Toronto’s Health Strategy Innovation Cell.

He has an AA from Pasadena City College, a BA from San Francisco State University, and an MA from the State University of New York at Buffalo. He is now the owner of Cinema Esperanca International.

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.

In 1974 the Joint York-Ryerson Computing Centre established the first cooperative computing centre in Canada with the objective of sharing expertise and reducing costs. The first of its kind in Canada, the YRCC operated with the main computer at York and connected terminals at Ryerson.