BuzzFeed Canada founding editor says rumours, unverified information, and fake articles are taking over social media Julianna Perkins, RSJ The less true an article is, the more popular it tends to get, said Craig Silverman, founding editor of BuzzFeed Canada in a lecture at Ryerson University Tuesday. Silverman, who now acts as the company’s media…
Random drug and alcohol testing on all Toronto Transit Commission employees will soon begin as the agency moves forward in implementing a decision approved in 2011.TTC CEO Andy Byford said the board approved the decision to implement and fund the random testing despite years of complaints on the policy from the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 113, headed…
The Ryerson School of Image Arts building was lit up red this week to bring awareness to the lives of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, transgender and two-spirit people as part of a project headed by eight Ryerson students. The red lights, which reacted to real-time Twitter engagement and reflected in Lake Devo Monday,…
Toronto Harry Potter fans attended a two-day promotional event this week for the new spinoff film Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them at Yonge-Dundas Square. The film will be in theatres Nov. 18, 2016. Tuesday night featured a red carpet event for the film in the square. Fantastic Beasts star Eddie Redmayne, who plays…
From Daniella: Matthew Masci, first-year York criminology student, feels saddened that some Canadians appreciate Trudeau more for his looks then for his prime ministerial work. From Julianna: Julian, a Ryerson University media production student, believes that Trudeau’s looks might be working in the Prime Minister’s favour and shouldn’t matter as long as he’s getting the…
War journalists around the world are not having their mental health taken seriously by their employers, Dr. Anthony Feinstein, a University of Toronto professor of psychiatry, said at a discussion at Ryerson University Wednesday. Feinstein, also a successful author and documentary filmmaker, has spent over a decade studying and surveying war journalists and has found…
An interview with Ryerson child and youth care student Marianne Emond.
Ryerson Student Affairs has created a new student program aimed at mental health awareness with a focus on prevention rather than intervention. The six-week-old ThriveRU initiative emphasizes “thriving on campus” and “proactive mental health promotion,” said Dr. Diana Brecher, head of the new program and current Scholar-in-Residence for positive psychology, during a press conference at…