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| Ryerson security guards on Bond Street. (Izabela Szydlo/ The Ryersonian) |
Crime on Ryerson’s campus comes in as the number six story of the year in RyersOnline’s top 10 countdown.
In September, the Ryerson community, like many other schools across the country, was shocked and saddened by the shooting at Montreal’s Dawson College.
The Ryersonian featured an article about the reaction of Ryerson students and talked with former Dawson College students. Both
the newspaper and the fourth year
TV Masthead covered the memorial service held at Ryerson to remember those affected by the shooting. The Ryersonian also
looked at safety on Ryerson’s campus and RyersOnline examined the ways
Ryerson differed from Dawson College.
Throughout the academic year, there was much discussion about the idea of having closed-circuit cameras to deter criminal activity and at the same time watch Ryerson students.
The Ryersonian and
RyersOnline both wrote editorials on the topic of whether or not CCTVs would be effective at fighting crime. While talk about the installation of cameras first surfaced in October, the idea became reality during the holiday season when
Toronto Police Services set up three CCTVs along Yonge Street between Gerrard and Dundas Streets as a pilot project.
In January, the cameras came down and that left some downtown business owners upset while others concerned over privacy issues were relieved. The Ryersonian added their
opinion in an editorial published on Jan.17, 2007, that supported the need for cameras.
In the same month,
Ryerson’s Ram in the Rye witnessed a rumble when a patron was caught drinking without an I.D. and then proceeded to battle the bouncers on his way out. The campus pub was closed for the evening and campus security was called to deal with the issue.
Most recently, Ryerson students attempting to raise money in the atrium of the Rogers Communication Centre found out that not all crimes occur in the dark. In broad daylight,
a man alluded to having a weapon and stole $150 from the fundraisers.
Just a few weeks later, a student was robbed and pushed down a stairwell in Ryerson’s Jorgenson Hall by two strangers to the Ryerson community.
In response to these events, two of The Ryersonian’s issues featured stories that examined how safe the Ryerson campus is. Ryersonian reporter
Matthew Coutts talked with a Toronto police officer about instances of crime at Ryerson. A week later, the paper contained a series of stories that took an in depth look at the Ryerson’s security system. Reporters tagged along on an
independent security audit of the campus neighbourhood, looked at the campus
Walk Safe program and also
examined safety at the University of Toronto and St. Michael’s Hospital.
To take an in depth look at crime at Ryerson, click on the following links.
Montreal shooting hits homeRyerson community plans to honour shooting victimsDawson College memorial Ryerson not spelled D-A-W-S-O-NLevy confident in Ryerson securitySmile, you might be on closed-circuit cameraSmile you're on closed circuit camera!Security camera anxiety about police, not privacyRyerson community captured on camerasPub rumble over ID cardFundraisers back in the atrium one day after robberyCrime spilling onto campus, police sayCan Ryerson hear you scream? The findings on an independent security auditCan Ryerson hear you scream? Walk Safe proves to be a positive step Can Ryerson hear you scream? What U of T and St. Mike's do
