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2010

November 27, 2010
Salman Rushdie sits down with a Ryerson professor
“If Salman Rushdie is telling you bedtime stories, you’re likely to become a happy insomniac,” said Randy Boyagoda, professor of English literature at Ryerson University. He spoke on Nov. 24 at the Toronto Reference Library where Salman Rushdie shared his latest book Luka and the Fire of Life.
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November 25, 2010
Nobel laureate comes to campus
One of the world's most famous poets, Nobel laureate Derek Walcott will be visiting Ryerson for a special reading on Nov. 25, 2010
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November 12, 2010
WWR makes a splash in Ryerson
The launch parties of most literary journals centre around readings by the published authors. They don't usually include walls lined with photography, digital media or dramatic monologues flavoured in equal measure by Eminem and Hamlet. But the White Wall Review isn't like most other literary journals.
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November 03, 2010

Dr. Murray Gives Paper on Media and Guantánamo

Dr. Murray from the Department of English at Ryerson presented a paper titled "No Right to Die: Media, Guantánamo, and the Biopolitics of Free Speech" at Toronto’s Arts and Letters Club on October 1, 2010.
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October 19, 2010
SPLASH 2010
Splash!  An Evening in Celebration of the Arts at Ryerson University
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September 27, 2010
Visiting Scholar
Domenico Cuomo is a doctoral candidate in communication and new media at the Università IULM in Milan, Italy.
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September 26, 2010
WWR 2010 heads to press
Issue #34 of the White Wall Review  has been completed and is currently going through production at Coach House Press.  The journal will preview at Toronto’s Word on the Street Festival Sept 26/10.
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August 03, 2010
MA Practicum Offers Arts-Community Job Experience
Six-week Practicum placements for English MA students offer hands-on experience in arts careers.
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August 03, 2010
Service Learning Offers Hands-On Experience
Students in Dr. Lee-Loy’s course Introduction to Equity and Diversity were offered a Service Learning opportunity as volunteer mentors with Pathways to Education in Toronto’s Lawrence Heights neighborhood.
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August 01, 2010
Chau Essay Prize 2010
The winner of the 2010 W.C. Chau Essay Prize in English is Anne Douris.
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