Ryerson Alumni - 2018 Summer - 18

FEATURES

3:3 5 P.M.
The Fashion Zone is
one of the university's
10 business
incubators, providing
collaborative
space for emerging
entrepreneurs.

5:4 6 P.M.
The Student
Learning Centre is
Ryerson's "library
of the 21st century."

4:51 P.M.
A business
class at TRSM.

Vari Engineering and Computer Centre opened on Church Street in
2004, it heralded the university as an engineering force. The annual
Norman Esch Engineering, Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Awards offer a financial boost to Ryerson engineering and architectural science students with inventions, technologies and startups.
Since 2009, the awards have given $2 million to support student
entrepreneurs, furthering research, development and commercialization of more than 200 student-run business.
One of this year's winners is Headache Sciences Inc., a technology that could change the way headaches are diagnosed, through
an objective technology that can diagnose migraine sufferers with
93 per cent accuracy. A mature student, CEO Wes Leewis chose to
develop the business through the master of engineering innovation
and entrepreneurship program after a long career as president and
founder of various tech companies. "As a seasoned engineer, I want
Canada to be successful, and I want young people to be successful,"
he says. "The tools now available to engineers significantly reduce
development cycles and project risks. I think the opportunities for
young people are unbounded, and I think it's the responsibility of
my generation to help them."
Ryerson University is at the forefront of health-care education
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Ryerson University Magazine / Summer 2018

1993
Ryerson is
granted full
university
status by
the Ontario
government,
opening the door
for graduate
programs and
funded research
2000
Ryerson launches
first graduate
programs

innovation. At t he Daphne Cock well
School of Nursing, Jasna Schwind teaches
"humanness-of-care" using various creative self-expression approaches, such as
mindfulness, metaphoric reflection, storytelling, drawing and reflective dialogue.
Schwind describes the state of nursing
curricula of two decades ago, when she
first started focusing on creative teaching
approaches, as a camera on a tripod: "In
nursing curricula we did a great job of pulling out the legs of knowledge and skill, but
the leg of caring was often left to chance.
Today, holistic nursing education and practice are more balanced and integrated."
A key component of Schwind's teaching
philosophy is to "start with ourselves." To
that end, she guides students to discover
who they are as "instruments-of-care."
Schwind believes that mindfully engaging in meaningful creative activities, and

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