News & Events

Ryerson Today is taking a look back at the year and listing our favourites. No, it’s not scientific, but together, our panel has come up with a list of stories that we think were big news, had great impact or stood out. The panel is made up of those who work on the newsletter including Bruce Piercey, group director, communications; Colleen Mellor, manager of publications; Kirsty Pazek-Smith, internal communications manager; Antoinette Mercurio, writer; and Shirley Moore, Ryerson Today editor.

Check out our favourites of 2011 - and the top page views - and drop us a line at ryersontoday@ryerson.ca to let us know what you think. Are we right? Way off? Would you like to add your own?

Top 10 stories

Chemical engineering co-op graduate Tim Muttoo helps bring clean water to those who need it.

Here is the list of the top 10 stories according to our panel, in no particular order.

Co-op graduate's non-profit brings clean water to those in need (Tim Muttoo)
www.ryerson.ca/news/news/General_Public/20111107_water.html

Professor's teaching excellence recognized with 3M fellowship award (Arne Kislenko)
www.ryerson.ca/news/news/General_Public/20110302_fellowship.html

Bold new Student Learning Centre is a learning environment for the next generation
www.ryerson.ca/news/news/General_Public/20110406_slc.html

$15-million donation from philanthropist Peter Gilgan for Athletic Centre at the Gardens
www.ryerson.ca/news/news/General_Public/20111129_gilgan.html

GO Mobile launches as #1 app in smartphone navigation
www.ryerson.ca/news/news/General_Public/20111111_mobile.html

Blind filmmaker challenges notion of seeing (Maria Teresa Larrain)
www.ryerson.ca/news/news/General_Public/20110815_larrain.html

Faculty of Science approved
www.ryerson.ca/ryersontoday/stories/20110629_science.html

Ryerson, St. Michael's Hospital expand partnership to create innovative training model
www.ryerson.ca/news/news/General_Public/20110928_stmikes.html

New branding for Rams heralds new era in athletics
www.ryerson.ca/news/news/General_Public/20110912_rams.html

Bright, young innovators key to Canada's future prosperity (President Sheldon Levy’s speech to the Economic Club of Canada)
www.ryerson.ca/news/news/General_Public/20111102_levy.html

Top five videos

The Ryerson Theatre School performs Clowns on Gould Street.

Here are the panel’s favourite videos that ran in Ryerson Today in 2011, in no particular order.

Marshall McLuhan: Advice for universities of the future
http://vimeo.com/25146678

Subcultures: Why vinyl?
www.rbnonline.ca/media/11725/

Feature: Ryerson student on TCHC board (Munira Abukar)
http://rbnonline.ca/media/17380/

Clowns on Gould Street – Ryerson Theatre School
www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=i1JyPZHdL5s

First steps
www.rbnonline.ca/media/13757/

Top five page views

The Ted Rogers School of Management building.

Here are the top five Ryerson Today stories that you viewed during 2011, according to the statistics we collected.

1. 'The King' welcomes students back to campus
   www.ryerson.ca/ryersontoday/stories/20110831_salad.html
2. Ted Rogers School of Management earns distinguished accreditation
   www.ryerson.ca/ryersontoday/stories/20110803_trsm.html
3. New program for international PhD students
   www.ryerson.ca/ryersontoday/stories/20101208_trillium.html
4. 2011 Faculty Teaching Award recipients announced
   www.ryerson.ca/ryersontoday/stories/20110209_fta.html
5. What are you looking forward to this year? (poll)
   www.ryerson.ca/ryersontoday/poll/2011school.html