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The three-year scholarship awarded by the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation supports students for academic excellence and civic engagement, providing a $60,000 annual scholarship package with a $20,000 annual travel/networking allowance. Illesinghe is the first Ryerson student to receive the scholarship, and the funding will support her research, community engagement and knowledge dissemination. She plans to collect data both in Sri Lanka and Canada, and look not only at people’s experiences, but also at the implementation of immigration policy in a country of origin.
—Will Sloan
TECHNOLOGY
Faster than the speed of light
Imagine a world where the Hyperloop—the high-speed tube-based transit system designed by Elon Musk—becomes a common mode of transportation. Imagine if Ryerson students could help make an innovative technology even better.
In January 2017, the Ryerson International Hyperloop Team (RIHT) travelled to California to demonstrate their Hyperloop wheeldeployment technology at the SpaceX headquarters.
DID YOU KNOW…
In 2018 Ryerson is celebrating its 70th anniversary as an institution and its 25th anniversary as a university.
APPOINTMENTS
Ryerson names new VPs
DENISE O’NEIL GREEN
appointed first Vice-President, Equity and Community Inclusion
Denise O’Neil Green, whose leadership and advocacy have helped establish Ryerson’s reputation for excellence in equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI), has been appointed the university’s first vice-president, equity and community inclusion.
The position provides strategic leadership and support for the achievement of Ryerson’s vision to be a leader in EDI.
“I have been so blessed to work at Ryerson for the last five years and do the work I love, alongside great colleagues and an engaged community,” said Green. “I welcome the next phase in our collective journey as an inclusive community.”
Green earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of Chicago, master’s from Princeton University and her PhD from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. She was Ryerson’s inaugural assistant vice-president/vice-provost equity, diversity and inclusion.
IAN MISHKEL
appointed Vice-President, University Advancement and Alumni Relations
In 2017 Ian Mishkel joined Ryerson University as vice-president, university advancement and alumni relations with a long record of fundraising, donor development and team leadership.
The position is responsible for building relationships with alumni, donors, community stakeholders and partners. Mishkel will seek to expand Ryerson’s base of donors, gift cultivation, solicitation and stewardship.
“As Ryerson enters its next phase of evolution, the vice-president’s role is a wonderful opportunity to be on the ground floor of a new leadership team and helping to build a university that serves the next generation of students,” said Mishkel.
Mishkel earned his bachelor’s degree at Victoria University of the University of Toronto and his MEd at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education.
