Contents

SUMMER 2018

Gould Street

3 President’s message

5 ’Bots are back in town

A high school robotics competition on campus

6 Play it again, Sam

Sam the Record Man signs are installed on Victoria Street

7 New VP joins Ryerson

Alumna Deborah Brown named vice-president

9 DMZ rules the world

Ryerson startup space tops global list of university incubators

10 Q & A

Ryerson Elder Joanne Dallaire reflects on reconciliation

Features

12 A day in the life of campus
How the university has evolved over 70 years
By Will Sloan

22 Keeping memories alive
Researchers are unlocking the mysteries of dementia
By Wendy Glauser

26 Social media: the good, the bad and the ugly
How we can harness networks for the best
By Dan Falk

Alumni Diary

28 Alumni profiles

Three generations of Ryersonians; leader Lekan Olawoye; Navreet Saini on being a woman in aerospace engineering; and Sathish Bala mentors entrepreneurs

37 Retail gala

Glam gathering at the Bata Shoe Museum

38 Volunteer spotlight

A professional volunteer

40 Life story

Hip-hop radio pioneer Ron Nelson remembers his start at Ryerson

42 Class notes

Updates from alumni

48 Remember when?

Engineers and the Volkswagen Beetle