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The institution was established in 1948 as the Ryerson Institute of Technology, named after Egerton Ryerson, a prominent contributor to the design of the public school system and teacher's college in Canada West. In 1964, the institution was reorganized under provincial legislation, and renamed Ryerson Polytechnical Institute. Under that name ...
After the war, the St. James Square property was given to the new Toronto Training and Re-establishment Institute in 1945, a joint-venture of the federal and provincial governments to train ex-servicemen and women. The institute became Ryerson Institute of Technology in 1948, and would ultimately become today's Toronto Metropolitan University.
Howard Hillen Kerr (December 25, 1900 - June 16, 1984) was the first principal of the Ryerson Institute of Technology (now Toronto Metropolitan University ). Kerr was born on a farm near Seaforth, Ontario. He graduated from the University of Toronto in 1926 with degrees in education and engineering and became an administrator in the public ...
An older version of the school crest prior to the 1970's. RCC Institute of Technology (RCC) was founded as the Radio College of Canada in 1928, making it one of the oldest private technology institutions in Canada. It is also the only private educational institute in Ontario to be approved by the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities ...
Sheridan College Davis Campus. The Davis campus is located in Brampton (7899 McLaughlin Road) completed in 1977, and serves approximately 12,167 students. The former name is Brampton Campus. It is named in 1992 after former premier of Ontario William G. Davis, who created the college system and was from Brampton himself.
In 1948, Howard Hillen Kerr persuaded the government of Ontario to turn the Training and Re-Establishment Institute for veterans into the Ryerson Institute of Technology. Over the following forty-five years, the institute expanded its vocational focus to become Ryerson University (now Toronto Metropolitan University) . [20]
An addition was completed in 1900. In 1958, the house was sold to the Ontario Government and was given to the Ryerson Institute of Technology (now Toronto Metropolitan University). It was then used as a student residence but is now used by Toronto Metropolitan University for student amenities such as dining and for receptions and events at the ...
Hossein Rahnama. Hossein Rahnama is a Canadian computer scientist, specialising in ubiquitous and pervasive computing. His research explores artificial intelligence, mobile human-computer interaction, and the effective design of contextual services. In 2017, Rahnama was included in Caldwell Partners' list of "Canada’s Top 40 Under 40". [1]