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On the final episode of Centre Scope’s first season, host Manuela Vega speaks with senior editor Asmaa Toor, managing editor Kirti Vyas and chief editor Abhi Raheja about the past year — and what it was like to work with predominantly racialized reporters and editors, remotely during COVID-19 and during calls for change in the Ryerson School of Journalism. The editors also discuss some of their favourite stories of the year and what Canadian media can expect from the Ryersonian’s latest cohort. Host: Manuela Vega Co-hosts/Reporters: Simran Singh, Meara Khanna and Giulia Fiaoni Mixers: Manuela Vega and Simran Singh Executive Producer: Manuela Vega Stories mentioned: 10 annoying things people actually miss about Ryerson campus by Sydney Brasil To all the lost dreams and to what could have been by Kirti VyasRemembering the Quebec mosque shooting, four years later by Asmaa ToorReconciliation task force’s new name has some questioning if the university is on the right track by Manuela VegaTrans students at Ryerson face bureaucratic barriers when trying to change names by Sydney Brasil and Manus HopkinsSpending a second Ramadan in lockdown by Asmaa ToorRyerson students tell their love stories this Valentine’s Day by Asmaa ToorThe debate on death: Are Canada’s reduced barriers to assisted death ethical? by Pia AranetaCentre Scope – S1 E5 – Through the Lens of Black Photographers and Filmmakers by Emma Buchanan and Centre Scope teamWho run the world? Girls by Asmaa Toor, Keisha Balatbat and Kirti VyasHey Bell, we need to talk by Cassandra Dubiel‘A race to the bottom’: What it takes to make a living as an artist by Manus HopkinsCounting threads: Unexpected supply costs in film, fashion programs put low-income, BIPOC students at disadvantage by Emma BuchananRyerson Students’ Union coverage led by Frank Quaranta The post Centre Scope — S1 E10 — A Year of Persistence and Resistance appeared first on Ryersonian.ca.

Centre Scope hears from two reporters on health and wellness, with special attention to culture, for the “Prescribing Perspectives” special edition. Host Simran Singh speaks with managing editor Kirti Vyas about her piece “Dismantling cultural appropriation within the health and wellness industry,” which examines how yoga, among other cultural practices, has been appropriated — predominantly by middle class, able-bodied, white women — and removed from its religious and spiritual context. Vyas also tells Simran about the women of colour in the industry who are working to make the practice more inclusive and true to its original purpose. Simran later speaks with features editor Pia Araneta about her article on the importance of cultural competence in mental health care. Araneta explains how people from different backgrounds can form varied understandings of mental health, making it even more important to have culturally specific resources. Host/reporter: Simran Singh Co-hosts/Reporters: Giulia Fiaoni and Meara Khanna Mixers: Manuela Vega and Giulia Fiaoni Executive Producer: Manuela VegaThe post Centre Scope – S1 E9 – Cultured Care appeared first on Ryersonian.ca.

In this submission to Centre Scope, managing editor and reporter Kirti Vyas, and podcast producer Meara Khanna focus on health and wellness. This episode examines the cultural appropriation of different religious and spiritual practices that originated in Indigenous and South Asian cultures, including yoga. The episode is a supplementary audio component to Vyas’s April 14 article, “Dismantling cultural appropriation within the health and wellness industry.” The post Special to Centre Scope: Racialized Communities Reclaim Spirituality appeared first on Ryersonian.ca.

After voting for the Ryerson Student’s Union election ended Friday, March 19, evidence of broken bylaws by both running parties — Adapt and For the Students — surfaced. Just before voting ended, Ryersonian reporter Frank Quaranta broke the story of an RSU presidential candidate who said she was unfairly disqualified. Host Giulia Fiaoni speaks with Quaranta and Ryersonian reporter Marin Scotten about why some election results may be called into question. Read more about the RSU election fallout in Rosie Leonard and Brooke Houghton’s timeline. Host/reporter: Giulia Fiaoni Co-hosts/Reporters: Simran Singh and Meara Khanna  Mixers: Manuela Vega and Meara Khanna  Executive Producer: Manuela VegaThe post Centre Scope – S1 E8 – RSU Election: Broken Bylaws and Missteps appeared first on Ryersonian.ca.

On this episode of Centre Scope, we hear from the Ryersonian’s Ryerson Students’ Union (RSU) beat reporter, Frank Quaranta, about the ongoing RSU elections. We dive into Tuesday’s debate, voter turnout predictions, the running slates and what to expect in the coming months. Host/reporter:Giulia Fiaoni Co-hosts/Reporters: Simran Singh and Meara Khanna  Mixers: Giulia Fiaoni and Manuela Vega Executive Producer: Manuela VegaThe post Centre Scope – S1 E7 – RSU Election Week appeared first on Ryersonian.ca.

Centre Scope’s special edition episode explores how poverty affects certain members of the LGBTQ2S+ community. Manuela Vega hosts, with appearances from Toronto-based activist and former incarcerated person, Moka Dawkins, and researcher Alex V. Green. Dawkins shares details about her life before and after jail, considering how race, sex work and being trans have played a role in her criminalization. Green discusses her research on queer poverty, criminalization and what she calls queer anti-capitalism. Both highlight the varied realities among white cisgender queer people and Black trans people. Host/reporter: Manuela Vega Co-hosts/Reporters: Simran Singh and Giulia Fiaoni Mixers: Simran Singh, Giulia Fiaoni and Manuela Vega Executive Producer: Manuela Vega The post Centre Scope – S1 E6 – A Queer Class appeared first on Ryersonian.ca.

On the fifth episode of Centre Scope, Opinion Editor Emma Buchanan takes over as a guest host, speaking with photojournalists and filmmakers about creating space for Black creatives in Toronto and beyond. Photojournalist turned producer James Russell discusses his origins as a photographer for an activist group newsletter and the importance of Black journalists in recording history. The Young & the Restless actress Tonya Williams tells the story of how her character on the show was created for her and why she founded the Reelworld Film Festival. Lastly, Diane Liverpool speaks on her experience as an eager 8-year-old journalist and the comfort of doing her placement in 1979 with Contrast, one of the first Black newspapers in Toronto. Each guest speaks on the importance of Black-told stories being recorded in what Russell simply calls “accurate history.” Guest host/reporter: Emma Buchanan Co-hosts/Reporters: Simran Singh and Giulia Fiaoni Mixers: Giulia Fiaoni Manuela Vega Executive Producer: Manuela Vega Episode Shownotes: Tonya Williams’ Reelworld Film Festival and Screen Institute The Access Reelworld Directory for BIPOC creatives in Canada:  James Russell’s MANKS Production Inc Ears, Eyes Voice: Black Canadian photojournalists from the 1970s to the 1990s Learn more about the legacy of Contrast Newspaper: Cecil Foster’s personal essay  Angles Covered Blog. “The Legacy of Contrast Newspaper”     The post Centre Scope – S1 E5 – Through the Lens of Black Photographers and Filmmakers appeared first on Ryersonian.ca.

On this episode of Centre Scope, we learn about a few trailblazers in Canada’s legal community. On behalf of the Ryerson Faculty of Law, we heard from prominent Justices like Harry LaForme, Gregory Regis and Micheal Tulloch. They paid tribute to Lincoln Alexander, Charles Roach and Juanita Westmoreland-Traoré, some of the country’s most influential figures that shaped Canada’s social, political and legal community. Simran Singh hosts. Co-hosts/Reporters: Simran Singh and Giulia Fiaoni Mixer: Manuela Vega Executive Producer: Manuela VegaThe post Centre Scope – S1 E4 – Black Trailblazers in Law appeared first on Ryersonian.ca.

In the third episode of Centre Scope, hosts Simran Singh and Manuela Vega discuss three of the past week’s big stories: Asmaa Toor’s reflection on the Quebec mosque shooting that took place four years ago, Vega’s coverage on Ryerson’s delay in updating the community on action against anti-Black racism and Singh’s look into Ryerson students’ investments following the GameStop uproar. Co-hosts/Reporters: Manuela Vega and Simran Singh Mixers: Giulia Fiaoni and Manuela Vega Executive Producer: Manuela VegaThe post Centre Scope – S1 E3 – This Week’s Highlights appeared first on Ryersonian.ca.

In this episode of Centre Scope, Arts & Life Editor Manus Hopkins takes over as a guest host and reporter. Hopkins speaks with three Ryerson students who are managing their finances, studies and wellbeing as essential workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Guest host/Reporter: Manus Hopkins Co-hosts/Reporters: Giulia Fiaoni and Simran Singh Writers: Giulia Fiaoni, Simran Singh, Manus Hopkins, Emma Buchanan and Manuela Vega Mixers: Simran Singh, Emma Buchanan and Manuela Vega Executive Producer: Manuela VegaThe post Centre Scope – S1 E2 – The Essentials appeared first on Ryersonian.ca.

The Ryersonian‘s Winter 2021 podcast team introduces Centre Scope, a weekly podcast for Ryerson University and the Toronto Centre. In this episode, host and reporter Giulia Fiaoni speaks with Editor-In-Chief Abhi Raheja about his plans for the paper and how he has been running it all the way from India. Host/Reporter: Giulia Fiaoni Co-host/Reporter: Simran Singh Writers: Giulia Fiaoni, Simran Singh and Manuela Vega Mixer: Manuela Vega Executive Producer: Manuela VegaThe post Centre Scope – S1 E1 – Good News appeared first on Ryersonian.ca.

 For our last podcast episode this semester, we decided to check in with our own reporters here at the Ryersonian. Our host Sidra Jafri chats with reporters Josh Scott, Nabeeha Baig and Gavin Mercier about their most recent stories. Their pieces are all part of the Ryersonian’s third Special Project, which explores the different ways that COVID-19 has changed and will continue to change the world. Blue and Gold is a weekly podcast from the Ryersonian profiling each week’s top stories; created, hosted and produced by Jasmine Rach, Nojoud Al Mallees, Sidra Jafri and Alex Cyr. Thanks for listening! The post Ryersonian Audio: Blue & Gold Podcast – Season 2 – Episode 9 appeared first on Ryersonian.ca.

In this eighth episode of the fall season of Blue & Gold, we explore two stories outside of those that have dominated the news cycle. First, our video executive producer Deepak Bidwai speaks with author and academic Monia Mazigh, about Islamophobia in France and around the world. Then, host Nojoud Al Mallees chats with Brad Galloway, Coordinator at the Centre on Hate, Bias and Extremism at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology,  on the rise in far-right extremism in the United States. Blue and Gold is a weekly podcast from the Ryersonian profiling each week’s top stories; created, hosted and produced by Jasmine Rach, Nojoud Al Mallees, Sidra Jafri and Alex Cyr. The post Ryersonian Audio: Blue & Gold Podcast – Season 2 – Episode 8 appeared first on Ryersonian.ca.

The seventh episode of the fall season of Blue & Gold takes a dive into the world of varsity sports here at Ryerson. This fall, both the Ontario University Athletics conference and national sports governing body U SPORTS announced that all athletic events under their umbrella would be suspended until 2021. This week, our host Alex Cyr chats with Ryersonian sports editor Daniel Centeno about the stories he covered despite the cancellation of all varsity sports contests. Then we hear from Kaitlyn Wilson, a fifth year figure skater and OUA All-star who is learning to practice her sport in the absence of facilities. And finally, Ryersonian reporter Coby Zucker tells us about E-sports: the fastest growing – yet most misunderstood – sport offered at Ryerson. Blue and Gold is a weekly podcast from the Ryersonian profiling each week’s top stories; created, hosted and produced by Jasmine Rach, Nojoud Al Mallees, Sidra Jafri and Alex Cyr.The post Ryersonian Audio: Blue & Gold Podcast – Season 2 – Episode 7 appeared first on Ryersonian.ca.

The sixth episode of the fall season of Blue & Gold looks at how dating has changed during the pandemic. This week, our host Sidra Jafri chats with students  to learn about how their relationships and searches for love have been upended since March. We also speak with Jen Kirsch, a Ryerson graduate and relationship expert who shares her insights on how to find love and maintain the spark during these unusual times. Blue and Gold is a weekly podcast from the Ryersonian profiling each week’s top stories; created, hosted and produced by Jasmine Rach, Nojoud Al Mallees, Sidra Jafri and Alex Cyr.The post Ryersonian Audio: Blue & Gold Podcast – Season 2 – Episode 6 appeared first on Ryersonian.ca.

The fifth episode of the fall season of Blue & Gold is dedicated to the 2020 US Election – perhaps the most anticipated one in history. This week, our host Nojoud Al Mallees chats with young Canadians and Americans about the outcomes they hope to see on Tuesday and how they expect the election to impact their lives for the years to come. We also speak with Wayne Petrozzi, an expert in American Politics and Ryerson professor for his election predictions and analysis. Blue and Gold is a weekly podcast from the Ryersonian profiling each week’s top stories; created, hosted and produced by Jasmine Rach, Nojoud Al Mallees, Sidra Jafri and Alex Cyr.The post Ryersonian Audio: Blue & Gold Podcast – Season 2 – Episode 5 appeared first on Ryersonian.ca.

In the fourth episode of the fall season of Blue & Gold, we explore Egerton Ryerson’s colonial legacy and how it’s affecting Ryerson University and its Indigenous community today. After the Ryersonian released our “Monumental Challenges” special edition all about statues and colonialism two weeks ago, valid claims were made that our reporting lacked Indigenous voices. In response to these claims, this podcast was reworked and re-examined before it was published to ensure those voices are heard. Firstly, Jasmine delves into who Egerton Ryerson was, and why his statue stands on Ryerson University’s campus today.  Later, Dania speaks to Emily Peotto, a Ryersonian reporter who has published a story about the cost of not changing Ryerson’s name, and how a lack of change would affect Indigenous students. Then, Sidra has all the details about the symbolism of the statue’s vandalism over the summer, why colonial statues across the world are being rethought and re-evaluated, and how the debate to remove Ryerson’s statue from campus began.  Next, Dania talks to Nicole Ineese-Nash, an Anishinaabe research associate at Ryerson University, and director of “Finding our Power Together,” a partnership between young people in First Nations communities and non-Indigenous allies. She speaks about her research involving issues of mental illness among Indigenous youth in Canada and how it relates to Ryerson’s debate about removing our colonial statue.  Dania also speaks with Maaz Khan, a Ryerson alum who started a petition back in June to remove Ryerson’s statue, which now has over 10,000 signatures. He tells us why he was driven to take action.  And finally Alex discusses the new task force assigned by Ryerson president Lachemi to examine Egerton Ryerson’s colonial legacy and its effect on the school.   Blue and Gold is a weekly podcast from the Ryersonian profiling each week’s top stories; created, hosted and produced by Jasmine Rach, Dania Ali, Sidra Jafri and Alex Cyr.The post Ryersonian Audio: Blue & Gold Podcast – Season 2 – Episode 4 appeared first on Ryersonian.ca.

In the third episode of the fall season of Blue & Gold, we talk about how you can thrive while attending classes through Zoom and online learning. Firstly, we speak to Melissa Nyembo, Ryersonian’s Arts and Life reporter, about how Ryerson students have been dressing for success in their zoom classes, and what you can wear to feel more productive and comfortable. Later, we talk to cinematographer and Ryerson media production specialist Gary Gould about how you can adjust your Zoom set up on a budget to look fabulous for class. Lastly, we speak to Ryerson psychology professor Dr. Karl Szpunar, who discusses the research he has been doing on how students can maximise their studying and learning while taking classes online and through Zoom. Blue and Gold is a weekly podcast from the Ryersonian profiling each week’s top stories; created, hosted and produced by Jasmine Rach, Dania Ali, Sidra Jafri and Alex Cyr.The post Ryersonian Audio: Blue & Gold Podcast – Season 2 – Episode 3 appeared first on Ryersonian.ca.

In the second episode of the fall season of Blue & Gold, we talk to international students about their experiences of virtual learning during a pandemic. With the recent announcement that the winter semester will also be remote, we catch up with these students to see what their upcoming academic year is looking like. Firstly, we speak to Shallindiri Joseph, a fourth-year business management student about how she is tackling the semester online in Dubai with a time zone difference of eight hours.  Later, we get some insights from two international students who chose to remain in Toronto. They explain how the pandemic has affected their travelling plans to go back home and how they find ways to remain productive in a virtual learning environment. Lastly, we talk to Farina Mahrin, a third-year Bangladeshi student in the finance program about how the pandemic has affected her mental health, and how some aspects of virtual learning have made classes more accessible for her. Blue & Gold is a weekly podcast from the Ryersonian profiling each week’s top stories; created, hosted, and produced by Jasmine Rach, Dania Ali, Sidra Jafri, and Alex Cyr.The post Ryersonian Audio: Blue & Gold Podcast – Season 2 – Episode 2 appeared first on Ryersonian.ca.

In the first episode of the fall season of Blue & Gold, we catch up on all of the major stories at Ryerson from the past few weeks. We speak to the Ryersonian editor-in-chief Patrick Swadden and photo editor Sabrina Pourghassemi about the latest update on the statue task force that president Mohamed Lachemi formed to continue community conversations about Egerton Ryerson’s involvement in residential schooling. Later, we get an update from our student government reporter, Paula Tran, on how the RSU is functioning following the university’s decision to terminate its agreement with the student government earlier this year and then reinstate it. Lastly, we talk to Patrick Swadden about Ryerson’s law school launch and how they’re planning to have in-person and virtual classes this semester. Blue & Gold is a weekly podcast from the Ryersonian profiling each week’s top stories; created, hosted and produced by Jasmine Rach, Dania Ali, Sidra Jafri and Alex Cyr.The post Ryersonian Audio: Blue & Gold Podcast – Season 2 – Episode 1 appeared first on Ryersonian.ca.