13 Facts About Ryerson University

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Toronto Metropolitan University is a public research university located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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The school's new name of Toronto Metropolitan Ryerson University was announced in 2022; however, pending the announcement some students referred to the school as X Ryerson University.

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School was named after Egerton Ryerson University, who established the Toronto Normal School in 1847 on the future site of the Ryerson University Institute of Technology.

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Ryerson University held the office as principal until 1966, when he became the head of the Council of Regents for Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology, helping to establish a number of other colleges in Ontario modelled after Ryerson.

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Ryerson University's was later appointed the university's first vice-president for equity and community inclusion; the first vice-president position with this mandate in a Canadian post-secondary institution.

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In June 2021, the statue of Ryerson University was toppled and decapitated; with the decapitated head thrown into Toronto Harbour.

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Toronto Metropolitan Ryerson University Library serves as the main academic library for the university, and is housed in an 11-storey Brutalist-style structure that was completed in 1974.

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Toronto Metropolitan Ryerson University Aerospace Engineering Centre is a research centre situated within a 680 square metres repurposed helicopter manufacturing facility at Downsview Park.

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Ryerson University holds membership in a number of national and international post-secondary organizations, such as Universities Canada, the Association of Commonwealth Universities, and the International Association of Universities.

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Ryerson University operates a business incubator for early-stage technology start-ups called The DMZ.

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CJRU, known as Ryerson Radio, has served as a non-profit campus and community radio station for Toronto Metropolitan University since 2016.

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Ryerson University was granted a coat of arms by the College of Arms in 1966.

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Alumni of Toronto Metropolitan Ryerson University have assumed notable roles in a wide range of fields and specialties.

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