Adela Zyfi first got involved with the Speaking Your Language Program in her first semester of her first year at Ryerson University. Her sister told her that there would be…
The Weight of Being Different
Ryerson Student Adela Zyfi Wins National Award
Personal and Professional Leadership Journeys: Five Students Share Their Experiences
Five international students from Ryerson Student Life draw connections between their personal, work, and leadership journeys to the five Ryerson Student Affairs pillars – mental well-being, community, learning, personal and professional…
Award Recipients’ Insights: Zeerak Hassan and Embracing the Unknown
Zeerak is the 2015-2016 recipient of the Personal Development Award from Salad King and Ryerson’s International Student Support When I first came to Canada I didn’t even know how to…
Reflections from the WUSC Uniterra International Forum
by Dana Dwaik, Journalism student and International Student Support WUSC Ambassador for 2016-2017 I started 2016 in the best way possible thanks to Ryerson’s International Student Support and the World University…
Award Recipients’ Insights: Ridzki Samsulhadi and Perseverance
Ridzki Samsulhadi is the 2015-2016 recipient of the Off-Campus Community Builder Award from Salad King and Ryerson’s International Student Support I honestly could not ask for a better timing to…
Award Recipients’ Insights: Adela Zyfi and Mental Well-being
Adela is the 2015-2016 recipient of the Mental Health Outreach Champion Award from Salad King and Ryerson’s International Student Support I cannot fully describe what I felt when I found…
#LoveWithoutBorders Photo Contest
In a world of intense global mobility, the idea of “home” becomes difficult to name. Who are we, and where do we belong? How do the many aspects of our…
“Being Canadian” Photography Contest Submissions
This November, for the first time ever, Ryerson hosted the Canadian Citizenship Oath Ceremony in partnership with the Cultural Awareness Committee of Ryerson University and Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC). The…
Living in a (not so) Foreign Land: Adapting to International Student Life in Toronto
by guest blogger Christie McLean I love airports. They have this sense of a million stories being written, of old and new merging together, tales of beginnings and endings. Can you…