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Good morning Ryersonian's I'm Ben Shelley.

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And I'm Tova Friedman. This is the Rye Report for October 19. We're bringing you the top stories of the week.

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This week on the show, we talk about the #metoo movement, Ryerson's growing curling team and the construction of the new FCAD zones.

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The Dean of the Faculty of communications and design at Ryerson University is taking on a new project for FCAD students. Charles Falzon is overseeing the construction of a new transmedia zone, a fashion zone and the design and fabrication zone on Bond Street. Federal government infrastructure money for colleges and university has been invested in the project. According to Falzon, the building is the perfect location for FCAD students.

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We're looking fora place that is creative in its in its in its essence, it's a very real building. It's not just a shiny, white, kind of concrete space. It's, it's very old and historic. So if you felt like a really perfect space for creativity. 

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He also said that this zone will help students apply what they learned in the classroom to real life situations. The FCAD space is expected to be ready by the spring of 2018.

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Ryerson's curling team is expanding. The curling team was revived for the 2015-16 season after being one of only four schools without a curling team in the OUA. Ryerson has a long history with curling, with school championships dating back to the 1960s. Last year, the woman's curling team finished second in the UAE while the men's team did not qualify for the playoffs. Due to overwhelming interest in the sport. There's now a curling development team. The purpose of this team is to help players who aren't good enough to be on the main team to improve. One member of the women's side will be part of the development team. Three members will make up the men's development team. Three members will make up the men's development team. The hope is that players on the development team will become part of the main team once they're ready.

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The me to movement is taking over social media to raise awareness for sexual harassment. American actress and activist Alyssa Milano started the hashtag on Twitter milanos started it to encourage women to speak out if they are victims of sexual harassment or sexual assault. The movement comes in the wake of the allegations surrounding Hollywood producer, Harvey Weinstein. Farah Khan, the coordinator of Ryerson Office of sexual violence, support and education spoke about the movement. What does it mean for survivor who's continuously been told that no one will believe you or that they're told they're crazy. And I'm putting that in quotes because you know, people are saying these horrible things to survivors all the time and silence them. And so it's really important. We do open up spaces that survivors can't tell their story and for a lot of people was the first time to say it, so we can't just miss that. And there's power in there. The number of people using it to share their stories on social media is continuing to grow. Twitter says that in 24 hours, the hashtag Me too, has been used over half a million times. 

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The director of Ryerson's sport media program is praising RTA alumni Michael Landsberg. Joe Recupero says he's a fan of the respected broadcaster who has used his platform to reduce stigma around mental health. 

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You know, he's used his celebrity status, you know his voice, as a broadcaster to shine a big light on mental health issues. He's been very big and involved with the Bell Let's Talk campaigns and they do and he does his own around the hashtag.  

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Landsberg was inducted onto the RTA Hall of Fame during Larson's annual Alumni Weekend. He is known for his talk show off the record, which ran for 18 years on TSN off the air lenzburg has spoken openly about his experience battling depression. That's it for today. This is Ben Shelley,

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and I'm Tova Friedman, you've been listening to the Rye report. Come back next week as we bring you Ryerson's top Stories