ESG News For RYERSON HOLDING CORPORATION

Lafarge Canada partners with Indspire and five prestigious universities in Eastern Canada to launch its 'Leaders of Tomorrow' scholarship program. This initiative supports exceptional students facing financial barriers to achieving their educational goals. It fosters diversity and inclusivity in select fields and empowers students to pursue their passions and succeed. Lafarge Canada's Leaders of Tomorrow program is part of our People and Planet Fund, established in 2023. The annual funding progr

Today seven founding member orgs announced the establishment of the Inclusive Life Sciences Collaboration.

PEO Leadership (PEO), Canada’s leading peer-to-peer leadership advisory firm, and the Mentorship and Sponsorship Committee of the BlackNorth Initiative (BNI), today announced their partnership to launch two scholarships for Black senior leaders within the business community. In a study released by Ryerson University’s Diversity Institute, it was noted that less than 1% of Canadian corporate leaders are Black. To take steps towards rectifying this statistic, and in keeping with one of the key goa

More than 2,000 artists sign letter supporting Black Lives Matter - Toronto after police target and arrest three people at public art demonstration.

Families are encouraged to donate outerwear to help build clothing libraries at 46 local elementary schools

Ryerson University students partnered with a local school in Pisac, Peru to implement a horticultural education program designed to generate a sustainable revenue stream for the school.

A dynamic new female-focused accelerator is launching in Toronto to help women founders break through barriers to better compete in the heavily male-dominated startup field. With only a small fraction of Canadian startups led by women, the program is designed to help promising female-led startups in their early stages. The four-month initiative is a partnership between the DMZ at Ryerson University, the leading university-based tech incubator in North America, Scotiabank and Tangerine.

The DMZ at Ryerson University announced today the launch of a Women Founders accelerator program to help early-stage women-led startups secure early revenue and find their product-market fit. The four-month accelerator program, launched in partnership with Scotiabank and Tangerine, will fuel the success of Canadian women innovators.

In Gujarat, India, where 70 per cent of the population faces high water stress, Enactus Ryerson University students created Project Pura, which empowers local waterpreners to manufacture and sell ceramic water filters, while simultaneously providing a water sanitation education and entrepreneurship program to drive industry growth.