0:07 Good morning Ryerson. I'm Nicole Cullota. 0:09 And I'm Maddie Wong. 0:10 You're tuned in to the Rye Report for October 8. 0:13 Today we'll be bringing you updates on the child and youth care program's response to teaching pets, a new app that calculates the resilience, how students societies are facing a loss of income and Ryerson's first Indigenous rights advocacy group. 0:26 Students and faculty at Ryerson's Child and Youth care program say that the job cuts to teachers by the Ford government are problematic for students. A report was published on September 26 from the Financial Accountability Office of Ontario, stating that about 994 elementary teaching positions would be gone. The report also states 9060 secondary teaching positions would be gone throughout the province. Dr. Petra Roberts is an assistant professor at the child and youth care program. She says that although the program does not train students to become teachers, the cuts affect the school. 1:00 We don't have a program to graduate people to go to teach, but cuts in education at the high school level will affect us because what will happen is that classes will become larger and and that mean to impact the quality that students may receive. And then the pool of students that we will then we get in from those graduates to university may come may compromised how ready they are for university. 1:31 The report states that the loss in teaching positions is a result of the government's decision to increase class sizes from 22 to 28 students. Students say they feel this decision will impact them as they fear for their future job security. The province will be gradually reducing jobs without layoffs to subtract the teaching positions. 1:50 Ryerson students can now measure their resilience and an app. Multi System Resilience is an app that allows users to calculate the resilience capacity. The app was created based on research done by Ryerson PhD student Jenny Lu, and was officially launched this summer. Resilience is analyzed by how someone takes care of themselves and how they cope with everyday challenges. Though Ryerson offers many on campus resources for mental health, some students are seeking more accessible ones. This app offers an easily consumable and interactive approach to dealing with mental health issues. Lu says that the app can be a good tool to establish a starting point suggest solutions and improve resources. 2:25 Ryerson student societies are facing a potential loss of income. The Ontario government implemented an initiative allowing students to opt out of fees that support students societies. These societies support and represent student bodies within their respective faculties. Evangeline Brooks is the Vice President of Finance for Ryerson's Communication and Design Society. She says that since the cuts were announced their team is working to structure a budget to accommodate losses. Student levies collected through tuition makes up a large portion of their annual income. It accounted for approximately 63% of their annual budget in 2017. The Communication and Design Society plans to work on their relationships with corporate sponsors and partners to fill funding losses. The option for students to opt out of program specific fees ended on September 13. Students societies have not yet been notified of the amount they were receive through levies. 3:17 Ryerson now has its first Kashmiri Indigenous rights advocacy platform. Vinish Ahmed is a PhD student at Ryerson. She created Kashmir Kapush back in January. Ahmed is the director of Kashmir Kapush and says that the group will be drawing attention to issues in Kashmir. Kashmir has been the subject of territorial dispute between Pakistan and India. This dispute has been ongoing since the end of British colonialism to the formation of Pakistan as a new country. 3:42 So Kashmir Kapush existed prior to all of this and we focused on centering Kashmiri voices and experiences. Often what you find with Indigenous peoples all over the world, including in Kashmir, is that people speak for us. But this is a that was one of the goals to have us speak for ourselves and think about what it means to have peace and security in the region. 4:11 She says that the group is focused on peace, security and prosperity in Kashmir. According to Ahmed, the group is focusing on Kashmiri voices and experiences to allow members to cope with challenges. I'm Nicole, and I'm Maddie and this is your October 8 Rye Report. 4:27 Thanks for tuning in.