Ryerson is now Toronto Metropolitan University. Here’s what people are saying

Ryerson has a new name: Toronto Metropolitan University.

The school announced the change on Tuesday after Ryerson University’s board of directors voted last summer to change its name, following public condemnation over Egerton Ryerson’s role as a primary architect of Canada’s residential schools.

In 2021, the school embarked on a renaming process following years of calls that the university drop Ryerson’s namesake. This also follows a summer of protest by students, advocates and Indigenous leaders which led to the toppling of the Ryerson statue on Gould St. after the discovery of 215 unmarked graves at a Kamloops residential school in May 2021.

In to May 2021 to letter was also published by the Yellowhead Institute, an Indigenous-led think tank based at the university, Indigenous students demanded the university immediately drop the Ryerson name rather than wait for the task force review.

“I cannot think of a better name than Toronto Metropolitan University,” said Lachemi, in a statement. “Metropolitan is a reflection of who we have always been — an urban institution dedicated to excellence, innovation, and inclusion and who we aim to be — a place where all feel welcome, seen, represented and celebrated.”

Here’s what people are saying about the school’s new name:

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