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“Hosting an event of this magnitude not only gave us an opportunity to showcase our world-class facilities and the overall success of our athletic program, but more importantly, it provided the student-athletes on our women’s basketball team with an experience they will never forget—playing for a national championship in front of 3,000 very loud Ryerson fans,” says Jeff Giles, interim director, Athletics and Recreation.
This is the third time Ryerson has hosted a national championship. The first was the 2015 U SPORTS Men’s Basketball National Championships, followed by the 2017 U SPORTS Women’s Volleyball National Championships.
Hosting nationals was one of the many successes the Rams achieved this year. The women’s hockey team had a historic season, making their first appearance in the Ontario University Athletics semifinals. They went up against the top-seeded Guelph Gryphons and fought hard but ultimately got eliminated from their playoff run.
The men’s basketball team, veterans now at the Final 8 championships, claimed their fifth medal at nationals, winning bronze over Dalhousie University. And the women’s volleyball team capped off the 2018-19 season with a silver medal at the U Sports national championship in Edmonton, Alta.
The women’s basketball team, led by head coach Carly Clarke, went into the tournament ranked eighth and finished fifth. The McMaster Marauders won the coveted championship trophy.
—Antoinette Mercurio
CREATIVITY
DID YOU KNOW...
Ryerson University is hosting a Pow Wow on Sept. 20-21, 2019. Find out more on Instagram and Twitter @rupowwow.
EQUITY
A journey of Truth and Reconciliation
Ryerson’s response to Truth and Reconciliation has been unfolding in the year since the university shared its report Truth and Reconciliation at Ryerson: Building a Foundation for Generations to Come.
A TRC Strategic Planning Group has been established in the wake of the report and involves more than 30 Indigenous and non-Indigenous representatives from across the university. It is led by campus Elder Joanne Dallaire; Ryerson’s Vice-President, Equity and Community Inclusion Denise O’Neil Green; and Provost and Vice-President, Academic Michael Benarroch.
6 Ryerson University Magazine / Summer 2019
