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