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List of Ryerson University people

The following is a list of notable people associated with Ryerson University.

Alumni

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B

C

D

  • Dave Devall - former CFTO-TV weather personality
  • Nina Dobrev - actress, star of The CW show The Vampire Diaries and Degrassi: The Next Generation
  • Yuri Dojc - commercial photographer
  • Joan Donaldson - journalist, formerly of CBC, and CTV, founding head of CBC Newsworld
  • Raina Douris - radio personality
  • John Downs - radio personality, co-host Friendly Fire on Newstalk 1010 Toronto
  • Francis D'Souza - journalist, Citytv
  • Michelle Duff - as Mike Duff, raced in World Championship motorcycle events
  • Dominic Panganiban - known as 'Domics' on YouTube as a storytime animator

E

F

G

  • Tony Gagliano - president of St. Joseph Communications; chairman of the Art Gallery of Ontario; winner of Canadian of the Year 2008
  • Martine Gaillard - sports anchor on Rogers Sportsnet, formerly with The Score
  • John Galt - President & CEO of Husky Injection Molding Systems
  • Robert Gardner, professor emeritus, screenwriter, and television producer
  • Sue Gardner - executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation
  • Martin Gero - writer and producer, Stargate Atlantis
  • Shelley Gillen - producer, screenwriter and songwriter
  • Natalie Glebova - Miss Universe 2005
  • Paul Godfrey - Canadian politician and businessman (honorary)
  • Olivia Grange - Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture in Jamaica, Member of Jamaican Parliament
  • Simina Grigoriu (born 1981), Romanian born Canadian-German electronic musician

H

  • Kimberly Halkett - Al Jazeera's White House correspondent
  • Hayden - folk singer-songwriter
  • Michael Healey - playwright
  • Helen Anne Henderson - journalist and disability rights advocate
  • Jessica Holmes - comedian-actress on Royal Canadian Air Farce
  • Zoe Leigh Hopkins - filmmaker, actor; her 2004film Prayer for a Good Day premiered at Sundance Film Festival
  • Kenneth Joel Hotz - filmmaker, actor, journalist, photographer, writer; Kenny vs. Spenny and South Park
  • Tanya Huff - fantasy author
  • Ross Hull - star of the TV series Student Bodies
  • Paul Hunter - television journalism, CBC News

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

  • Dominic Panganiban - Filipino-Canadian YouTuber and animator known for his YouTube channel "Domics"
  • Tony Parsons - broadcaster, formerly of CTV and CHUM, former host of Canada Tonight on Global
  • John Paskievich - Genie Award-winning filmmaker
  • Keith Pelley - sports media executive
  • Marian Penner Bancroft - artist and photographer
  • Louise Penny - mystery novelist
  • David J. Phillips - actor and producer
  • Jeremy Podeswa - film and television director
  • Valerie Pringle - broadcaster, former co-host of Canada AM

R

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T

V

W

Y

Chancellors

  • Honourable David Crombie 1994 – 1999
  • John Craig Eaton - 1999 – 2006
  • G. Raymond Chang 2006 – 2012
  • Lawrence Bloomberg 2012 – 2018
  • Janice Fukakusa 2018 – present

Principal

Presidents

Faculty

In November 2005, Professor Arne Kislenko won TVOntario's first Best Lecturer Series. In 2006, Ryerson University had two professors in the semi-finals for TVO's second Best Lecturer Competition. Philosophy professor Dr. James Cunningham, and radio and television arts professor Dana Lee were semi-finalists. In 2006, Greg Inwood, professor in the department of Politics and Public Administration, was awarded the prestigious Donald Smiley Prize for his book Continentalizing Canada: The Politics and Legacy of the Macdonald Royal Commission. Criminal justice history and international relations professor Peter Vronsky published Serial Killers: The Method and Madness of Monsters (2004), a bestselling history of serial homicide, and more recently a controversial history of Canada's first modern battle, Ridgeway: The American Fenian Invasion and the 1866 Battle That Made Canada (2011).

References

  1. ^ Blatchford Behind the Byline :: Ryerson Review of Journalism :: The Ryerson School of Journalism
  2. ^ Napier, Jim (14 May 2012). "Maureen Jennings". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  3. ^ Canadian Art School (17 January 2012). "Jeremy Laing, fashion designer". Canadian Art. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  4. ^ Johnson, Jessica. "The Canadian School" (September 2010). The Walrus. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
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