Toronto Metropolitan University

Overview

Toronto Metropolitan University is a public university in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada, known as Ryerson University prior to 2022.

Journalism and related programs

The School of Journalism, part of the Creative School, offers a four-year undergraduate journalism program and a two-year Master of Journalism program. The university describes the school as one of Canada's leading institutions for professional journalism education for more than 60 years. Graduate students complete their final year producing work for the school's publications, On the Record and the Review of Journalism.

History

The university was founded on 16 September 1948 as the Ryerson Institute of Technology, established on the site of the former Toronto Normal School to provide trades-oriented training for returning war veterans and the postwar workforce. The institute was reorganized as the autonomous Ryerson Polytechnical Institute in 1963-64, gained degree-granting authority in 1971, and became a full university, Ryerson Polytechnic University, in 1993. It was renamed Ryerson University in 2001-02, and following an internal task force review of founder Egerton Ryerson's role in Canada's residential school system, the university was renamed Toronto Metropolitan University on 26 April 2022.

Location and contact info

Address
School of Journalism
80 Gould Street
Toronto, ON M5B 2M7
Canada
Phone
416-979-5319
Email
office.journalism@torontomu.ca
Website
https://www.torontomu.ca/journalism/