Safer sex campaign slips into nightclubs
By Vanessa Thomas A woman wearing a tight, low-cut, lace dress reaches over the bar to grab her beverage from the bartender at Studio 69. At the other end of the Bathurst Street nightclub, John Lee’s...
View ArticlePITMAN PASSES OUT
by Maurice Cacho Associate News Editor Two of Ryerson’s cafeterias failed their most recent municipal health and safety inspections between April and July, one with crucial infractions. The cafeterias...
View ArticleH1N1 spread to Ryerson
By Shirley Lin The chills, coughs, aches and fatigue: it’s an experience that’s familiar for most people except Meagan Blodgett – until now. The 21-year-old, who has never even had the flu before, got...
View ArticleH1N1 REACHES RYERSON’S EARLY LEARNING CENTER
BY MAX MERTENS A child attending the Ryerson Early Learning Centre is healthy again after being diagnosed with H1N1 last week. “The child was fine and received the first half of the immunization on...
View ArticlePub and cafe forced to clean up act
By Emma Prestwich For the second time in less than two years, Toronto Public Health has handed the Ram in the Rye and Oakham House Cafe a conditional pass. According to Toronto Public Health, a Nov. 9...
View ArticleRam kitchen sort of gets a pass
By Tanya Mok A greasy ventilation system is to blame for the Ram in the Rye and Oakham House Cafe’s most recent conditional pass from Toronto Public Health. According to Eric Newstadt, the general...
View ArticleLetter to the editor
To the Editor: Your article of January 10, “Ram Kitchen Sort of Gets a pass,” was unnecessarily vague, alarmist, and thus did a tremendous disservice to the many people who work hard to maintain the...
View ArticleSmoking ban could be coming to campus
By Sarah Jackson Heads up smokers, you may have to find a new place to light up on campus. On Monday, September 30th, Toronto Public Health is meeting to discuss the Smoke Free Act which would ban...
View ArticleSafe injection site proposed near campus
By Nicole Schmidt After more than a decade of debate, Toronto is planning on moving ahead with creating supervised injection sites to give users a hygienic environment to inject pre-obtained drugs. One...
View ArticleViral mumps case confirmed on campus at Ryerson University
By Alanna Rizza A Ryerson student has a confirmed case of the viral infection mumps, and was working at the Recreation and Athletics Centre (RAC) while the infection was contagious, according to...
View ArticleTwo more cases of mumps on campus at Ryerson
By Alanna Rizza Two more cases of the viral infection mumps have been confirmed on Ryerson campus totally to three cases, according to Toronto Public Health (TPH). The infected individuals are “among...
View ArticleA bug’s life: The psychological impacts of living with insects
Reading Time: 10 minutesBy Sherina Harris Two years ago on a May morning, Eduardo Rodríguez, then 25, stood in his room with his phone in one hand and a crumpled tissue encasing a dead bug in the...
View ArticleToronto Public Health hires more outreach staff around safe injection site on...
Reading Time: 3 minutesBy Emma Sandri As the opioid crisis rages on in Toronto, the city is increasing the number of outreach staff around the safe injection site beside Ryerson. Located across from...
View ArticleRyerson student seeks volunteers for needle pick-up group on campus
Reading Time: 2 minutesBy Sam Harley A Ryerson University masters student is calling on students to help clean up safe injection and harm reduction materials from campus. Annabelle Bernard, a...
View ArticleWho is campus really for?
Reading Time: 2 minutesBy Jacob Dubé While construction workers were putting fences all across Gould Street and turning Ryerson into one big petting zoo (spoiler: we’re all the goats), another fence...
View ArticleUpdate: Supervised consumption site next to Ryerson “on hold”
Reading Time: 2 minutes By Raneem Alozzi and Emma Sandri The Works, a supervised consumption site (SCS) next to Ryerson, will remain open after the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care announced...
View ArticleFire at 10 Dundas put out
Reading Time: < 1 minute By Alexandra Holyk A small fire in the basement of 10 Dundas St. E (DSQ) has been put out. Classes have since resumed, however, a portion of the basement remains closed for...
View ArticleHere’s how Ryerson would handle a COVID-19 outbreak on campus
Reading Time: 4 minutes By Charlize Alcaraz With COVID-19 cases on the rise in Toronto, Ryerson is prepared with protocols and procedures to implement in the case of an outbreak on campus. However, not...
View ArticleBREAKING: Ryerson reports first case of COVID-19 in ILLC
Reading Time: 2 minutes By Alexandra Holyk A student living in Ryerson’s International Living & Learning Centre (ILLC) residence has tested positive for COVID-19, according to an email from the...
View ArticleNoisy traffic can do more than just irritate you, Ryerson research finds
Reading Time: 3 minutes By Stacey Nguyen Research by a Ryerson health geographer has found that Torontonians’ frequent noise exposure can contribute to serious health conditions. The study shows that...
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