JRN 270, SECTION 4 GROUP 1 POLL: More than two-thirds of Ryerson students living in Toronto pay over $1000 per month in rent By Xavier Eeswaran Two-thirds of rent-paying Ryerson students living in Toronto pay over $1000 per month, according to a poll conducted by Ryerson journalism students. The poll results, released Friday morning, suggest…
Should Toronto have Free Public Transit?
by Selina Setrakian, Nikki Hashemian, and Abbey Kelly Students express concerns about the faults of the current system According to a recent poll conducted by second-year Ryerson School of Journalism students in October, 61 per cent of Ryerson students are in favour of free public transit in Toronto. Of 1,081 responses, 396 strongly supported it,…
Ryerson students worry about affordable housing ahead of Toronto election
By: Alex Ramsay A recent survey of Ryerson students has found that affordable housing is a main concern for many attending the university. Ryerson itself has been ranked the second most expensive university for students living away from home. Couple this with the university’s location in the newly-designated Ward 13 – which has one of…
What’s going on with transit in Toronto?
Public transit creates pressing concerns in Toronto’s imminent municipal election Friday, October 19, 2018 By: Manus Hopkins In 2017, 79 per cent of undergraduate students at Ryerson University identified as commuters, according to the National Survey of Student Engagement. Some students at the school are not shy to voice their issues when it comes to…