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WINTER 2019

Aerospace professor Fengfeng (Jeff) Xi designs better airplane cabins to improve travel.

COVER PHOTOGRAPH BY CARLOS OSORIO FEATURING IMAGE ARTS STUDENTS JARED WALLACE, IAN FILIPOVIC, ADAM BARTLEY AND NOAH LALONDE; (RIGHT) SANDY NICHOLSON

Gould Street

3 President’s message

5 The Pow Wow returns
A sunrise ceremony, drumming and dancing

6 Downtown designs by students
Interactive art installations add fun to Toronto’s King Street

7 New deans join Ryerson
Faculty of Science and Ted Rogers School of Management name leaders

10 Grazing the roof
Ryerson Urban Farm grows food and community

12 Q & A
Meet new chancellor Janice Fukakusa

Features

14 The Toronto new wave
The next generation of filmmakers

By Will Sloan

20 Voices for consent
Farrah Khan and Robyn Doolittle in conversation about #MeToo, and where we go from here

Interview by Melissa Yu Vanti

25 Smart planes
Reaching new heights at aerospace research hub

By Wendy Glauser

Alumni Diary

29 Nature hike
Alumni in Kingston hit the trails for a September outing

30 Volunteer spotlight
Giving back with passion

32 Life story
How Filipe Masetti Leite travelled 10,000 miles by horse

34 Alumni profiles
Chris Munro helps veterans; Susan Zuzic cold calls her way to success; and Steve Teekens learns while leading

42 Class notes
Updates from alumni

48 Remember when?
A club from the early ’50s produced musical theatre for fun

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