Ryerson University has changed its name to Toronto Metropolitan University
‘Toronto Metropolitan University’ honours place, community and values
TORONTO, April 26, 2022 – A new chapter has begun for one of Toronto’s big universities. From this point forward, Ryerson University will be Toronto Metropolitan University. The school colours remain the same but the name is decidedly different. An announcement sent out to students referred to as the ‘next chapter’ and detailing the naming process, reads:
“Names matter. They tell the world who we are and what we stand for. They communicate ideas, values and aspirations. They speak to the future even as they acknowledge the past.
“A new name offers an invitation to be more inclusive, to imagine novel ways of thinking and creating — to open ourselves to new possibilities.
“To be metropolitan is to be defined by big city life – the diversity of its cultures, the density of its landscape, and the creativity bred by the proximity of so many people. Here, in this place, collaboration runs deep.”
“From its earliest days, this has been a site of gathering, an area in which knowledge has been communicated between peoples. And so we continue this commitment to share ideas as we shape the future with research, scholarship and creativity. Our students carry this forward, with ingenuity, entrepreneurship and an unwavering sense of social responsibility.”
“Our new name Toronto Metropolitan University embodies so many things about our university, our community, our students, faculty, staff and alumni. Located in the heart of our country’s biggest and most diverse city – we represent all that it is to be metropolitan.,” said Mohamed Lachemi, President and Vice-Chancellor, Toronto Metropolitan University. “We are a gathering place for people from all over the world, from all walks of life, with broad and diverse perspectives, lived experiences and aspirations.
Toronto Metropolitan University are calling this a shift towards shaping a future where everyone belongs, calling it “A new chapter for our university, informed by the pages that come before but open to the opportunities that lie ahead. Now is a time to recommit to the values that define us, to invite our community to gather around our shared mission and to shape a future in which everyone belongs. “
“If cities are one of humanity’s greatest sites of innovation, then a university located at the heart of the world’s most diverse urban centre is uniquely positioned to foster new ways of thinking and doing. We are at once a benefactor of this uniquely urban ingenuity, an incubator for its growth and a platform for its dissemination.
TMU released a video explaining the name changing process:
We are defined by our city and the communities that surround us, and we measure ourselves by how we give back to them – both locally and globally. This symbiotic relationship informs all that we do.
Fostering Inclusivity
From fostering inclusivity to preaparing students for impactful careers that steward transformative change, to research that meets societal needs, TMU says “being metropolitan is all about a collective commitment to creating a more equitable future. “
Lachemi says the entire signage and identity will gradually be switched over, starting with all of its digital identity.
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Read more about the name-changing process here: https://www.ryerson.ca/next-chapter/renaming-process/ and here: https://totimes.ca/ryerson-university-to-be-renamed/
