Clipboards appearing on Ryerson campus advertising a lucrative job and requesting phone numbers are the subject of a new police investigation.
Last week, Ryerson security disclosed that it had received an email from two students that mentioned an article on Narcity. In the article, students allege the job ads being planted on campuses are linked to a human trafficking ring. The clipboards advertise average earnings of $15,000 to $20,000.
“We do not have any information that would indicate it’s linked to human trafficking,” said Dasha Pasiy, media relations officer at Ryerson.
An unknown individual dropped off sign-up sheets inside a class in the Ted Rogers School of Management last Tuesday. The professor gathered the sheets and advised security. The same forms were also distributed to other classes on Sept. 5 and later on, according to last week’s security briefing.
Later that week, security reported that clipboards containing sheets titled “Management Opportunity for Summer 2019,” and promising students $15,00-$20,000, circulated in classrooms and on campus. Security received between 15 and 20 complaints about them. It hasn’t been verified if all these forms are the same.
The clipboards offering $15,000-$20,000 have also been circulating at the University of Western Ontario, and allegedly Wilfrid Laurier University, Simon Fraser University, University of British Columbia and McGill University.
Some Ryerson students who provided their phone numbers have received follow-up phone calls. Pasiy said she could not yet reveal how many Ryerson students have received phone calls.
The school has filed a report with Toronto police. Detective Constable Sheraz Arshad said he is looking into the case and that Ryerson is cooperating.