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GOULD STREET

into a basketball court with
a capacity of 3,000.
"Hosting an event of this
magnitude not only gave us
an opportunity to showcase
our world-class facilities and
the overall success of our
athletic program, but more
importantly, it provided
the student-athletes on our
women's basketball team
with an experience they will
never forget-playing for
a national championship
in front of 3,000 very loud
Ryerson fans," says Jeff Giles,
interim director, Athletics
and Recreation.
This is the third time
Ryerson has hosted a national
championship. The first
was the 2015 U SPORTS
Men's Basketball National
Championships, followed
by the 2017 U SPORTS
Women's Volleyball National
Championships.
Hosting nationals was one
of the many successes the
Rams achieved this year. The
women's hockey team had
a historic season, making
their first appearance in the
Ontario University Athletics
semifinals. They went up
against the top-seeded
Guelph Gryphons and fought
hard but ultimately got
eliminated from their
playoff run.
The men's basketball team,
veterans now at the Final
8 championships, claimed
their fifth medal at nationals,
winning bronze over
Dalhousie University. And
the women's volleyball team
capped off the 2018-19 season
with a silver medal at the U
Sports national championship
in Edmonton, Alta.
The women's basketball
team, led by head coach
Carly Clarke, went into the
tournament ranked eighth
and finished fifth. The
McMaster Marauders won
the coveted championship
trophy.-Antoinette Mercurio
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CREATIVITY

Saagajiwe is a new
space at FCAD
that fosters Indigenous
research and creative
work at Ryerson.
A mural by Monique
Aura, an Onyota'a:ka
(Oneida) artist,
helps bring a strong
Indigenous visual
presence to campus.

EQUITY

DID YOU
KNOW...

Ryerson University
is hosting a
Pow Wow on
Sept. 20-21, 2019.
Find out more
on Instagram
and Twitter @
rupowwow.

Ryerson University Magazine / Summer 2019

A journey of
Truth and
Reconciliation
Ryerson's response to Truth
and Reconciliation has been
unfolding in the year since the
university shared its report
Truth and Reconciliation at
Ryerson: Building a Foundation
for Generations to Come.

A TRC Strategic Planning
Group has been established
in the wake of the report
and involves more than
30 Indigenous and nonIndigenous representatives
from across the university.
It is led by campus Elder
Joanne Dallaire; Ryerson's
Vice-President, Equity and
Community Inclusion Denise
O'Neil Green; and Provost
and Vice-President, Academic
Michael Benarroch.
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