New Name For Ryerson University

[jalimon]

It's 100% woke lefties behind RU and Dundas Street renaming. Just scream the woke target is racist or sexist or anything remotely offensive and Bob's your uncle, you get your way like a 3 year old screaming for candy at Wal-Mart.

I agreed with you on that. Yet the rights is doing the same shit dude.

I much prefer being a snowflake leftist drinking tea and fucking girls then a crazy rightist baning sex, gays, abortion, promoting racism and polishing guns...

 

[princekwekua]

Agreed, and I am sure that you aware of the long line up of people attempting to immigrate to Canada for many reasons.

Here am I. From Ghana. Sending money every month to Ghana from Kanata lol. Soccer superstar Alfonso Davis born in a refugee camp in Ghana. And so many more.

 

[princekwekua]

I would have bet money they'd have picked an Indigenous based name.

Like Kanata

 

[shack]

Better than insolvency.
'An ugly stain for years to come': Laurentian University students, staff reeling from cuts | CBC News

Thanks for furthering the discussion of Ryerson and it's name change.

 

[Darts]

World ranking, #829

Canadian ranking. #25

More meh than great.

Since you asked. I would place the former Ryerson in the same group as this insolvent university, or maybe a bit higher. I would mention the name but you would go apeshit again.
World ranking 1293
Canadian ranking 38

 

[shack]

Since you asked. I would place the former Ryerson in the same group as this insolvent university, or maybe a bit higher. I would mention the name but you would go apeshit again.

What did I say that was "apeshit"? I made a one line comment that was completely valid.

 

[Darts]

What did I say that was "apeshit"? I made a one line comment that was completely valid.

So, what was the point of this one liner? Other than to annoy and it does appear you got rather excited enough to post.
"Thanks for furthering the discussion of Ryerson and it's name change."

You asked for comparables and I offered Laurentian as one.
"Is it really considered a great university? It hasn't even been an actual university very long.

Does it rank highly in surveys? How many world class programs do they have. My impression is that their journalism program is good. Anything else?"

 

[Mr.Know-It-All]

I would have bet money they'd have picked an Indigenous based name.

Technically it is. Toronto is an indigenous based name.

 

[shack]

So, what was the point of this one liner? Other than to annoy and it does appear you got rather excited enough to post.
"Thanks for furthering the discussion of Ryerson and it's name change."

The point is the same as other people (who are polite and respectable posters) who have called you Captain Obvious and made other disparaging comments of the quality of many of your other posts. I don't recall you calling them excited.

There was no excitement in my simple, factual post that had no insults or name calling. (There was some sarcasm in there. LOL) Your comment was totally off topic, which is very common for you and I calmly pointed it out. If anything, you are the one that seems worked up.

You asked for comparables and I offered Laurentian as one.
"Is it really considered a great university? It hasn't even been an actual university very long.
Does it rank highly in surveys? How many world class programs do they have. My impression is that their journalism program is good. Anything else?"

There is not a hint of a request for comparables in my comment. I asked where Ryerson ranked and what programs they have and was not interested where any other particular uni ranked. I am not sure how you interpreted that as asking for comparables.

 

[Varoufakis]

And you know that from which authority?

Read the articles posted above. Here is an excerpt:

“The Ryerson Institute of Technology was founded in 1948 as a vocational college by the Ontario government to train war veterans for new careers. The name was an obvious one at the time, chosen because he was the greatest pioneer of accessible education in the province’s history. It was updated in 1963 with the British-sounding addition of “Polytechnical Institute,” but twenty years later administrators and faculty were lobbying to change the name again. And so Ryerson Polytechnic University was born in 1993, and it became Ryerson University tout court in 2002.“

MTU or RU is a glorified college indeed.

 

[Spunky1]

I would have bet money they'd have picked an Indigenous based name.

How

 

[shakenbake]

Read the articles posted above. Here is an excerpt:

“The Ryerson Institute of Technology was founded in 1948 as a vocational college by the Ontario government to train war veterans for new careers. The name was an obvious one at the time, chosen because he was the greatest pioneer of accessible education in the province’s history. It was updated in 1963 with the British-sounding addition of “Polytechnical Institute,” but twenty years later administrators and faculty were lobbying to change the name again. And so Ryerson Polytechnic University was born in 1993, and it became Ryerson University tout court in 2002.“

MTU or RU is a glorified college indeed.

I was there to witness Canadian Accreditation Board review of engineering programs. I of T was hammered and lost accreditation that year, while Ryerson passed with flying colours and was awarded five years of accreditation. Not exactly a glorified ‘college’ when compared to U of T, my alma mater.

By government decree, Ryerson became a degree granting UNIVERSITY in 1993.

You misread the history of Ryerson and have shown your bias against it. Learn the facts before you spout.

In 1993, the institute was recognized as a full-fledged polytechnic university by the government of Ontario and renamed Ryerson Polytechnic University; expanding the mandate of the institution to include scholarly research.[22] The university's school of graduate studies was formally established in 1997.[13] In June 2002, the institution shortened its name to Ryerson University in order to reflect its status as a full-fledged university.[14] The beginning of the 21st century saw another construction boom on its campus.[13]

 

[HungSowel]

They need to name it to the school formerly known as Ryerson.

 

[Varoufakis]

I was there to witness Canadian Accreditation Board review of engineering programs. I of T was hammered and lost accreditation that year, while Ryerson passed with flying colours and was awarded five years of accreditation. Not exactly a glorified ‘college’ when compared to U of T, my alma mater.

By government decree, Ryerson became a degree granting UNIVERSITY in 1993.

You misread the history of Ryerson and have shown your bias against it. Learn the facts before you spout.

In 1993, the institute was recognized as a full-fledged polytechnic university by the government of Ontario and renamed Ryerson Polytechnic University; expanding the mandate of the institution to include scholarly research.[22] The university's school of graduate studies was formally established in 1997.[13] In June 2002, the institution shortened its name to Ryerson University in order to reflect its status as a full-fledged university.[14] The beginning of the 21st century saw another construction boom on its campus.[13]

Thanks for sharing.

My statement was based on:
- historical facts cited above that you are stating are incorrect
- my empirical observation, over the years, is that Ryerson admitted, mostly, those who did not secure admission to other universities such as U of T or U of W, etc...

 

[Darts]

- my empirical observation, over the years, is that Ryerson admitted, mostly, those who did not secure admission to other universities such as U of T or U of W, etc...

Survey after survey rank Ryerson somewhere in the 20's compare to other Canadian universities ("comparables"). It is somewhere in the 20-30 group. Definitely not a top 20 in Canada.

 

[Mr.Know-It-All]

They need to name it to the school formerly known as Ryerson.

They should just name it as a symbol the way Prince did for a period of time. It cannot be pronounced. But it is a visual masterpiece.

It would be colloquially called the 'symbol university'.

 

[NotADcotor]

- my empirical observation, over the years, is that Ryerson admitted, mostly, those who did not secure admission to other universities such as U of T or U of W, etc...

My brother's wife went to Carleton and she has no problems calling it Last Chance U.
Seems Ryerson folk are a bit more touchy... maybe because the comments resemble the truth.

 

[Mr.Know-It-All]

Maybe it's just a coincidence that woke culture won this battle, as Millennials now outnumber Boomers in Toronto.

Millennials now outnumber boomers in Toronto so grab that avocado toast

Toronto boomers should probably stop whining about our social media habits and inability to purchase property, because, according to the latest data,…

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10 years from now Toronto will be a woke shithole with annual parades celebrating King Trudeau.

 

[lomotil]

Read the articles posted above. Here is an excerpt:

“The Ryerson Institute of Technology was founded in 1948 as a vocational college by the Ontario government to train war veterans for new careers. The name was an obvious one at the time, chosen because he was the greatest pioneer of accessible education in the province’s history. It was updated in 1963 with the British-sounding addition of “Polytechnical Institute,” but twenty years later administrators and faculty were lobbying to change the name again. And so Ryerson Polytechnic University was born in 1993, and it became Ryerson University tout court in 2002.“

MTU or RU is a glorified college indeed.

The graduates of “vocational “ schools like the former Ryerson or George Brown seem to come out with skills and training for employment in the field where as many university graduates unless they were professional programs like nursing, pharmacy, dentistry, medicine etc. are unemployable in whatever they were studying. This has been known for a long time and makes it hard to pay the bills for many university graduates. A useless degree from a prestigious high ranking university can be very painful, even more so in this pandemic error compared with a degree from a “glorified college” where tangible skills are sought after in today’s job market. Industry needs more MTU graduates in a hurry and Immigration Canada is attempting to fill the void.

 

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Rob Ford University...... end of discussion.