0:06 Good morning Ryersonians I'm Angela McLean and I'm Julia Lloyd. This is the Rye Report for September 14. We're bringing you the top stories for the week. This week on the show, a group of Ryerson Image Arts alumni celebrate their feature films TIFF debut, students react to the possibility of having opioid overdose kits on campus, plus a q&a with sportscaster Jay Enright, who returned to the air this week. These stories and more coming up. 0:38 That's the sound of moviegoers who are currently celebrating the Toronto International Film Festival, which kicked off last week. One group of Ryerson Image Arts graduates has a special reason to celebrate, they premiered a feature film at the festival on Friday, it is called Cardinals. The movie tells the story of an ex-convict who is unable to let go of her past. Co-director Grayson more graduated in 2014. He said he felt a mix of nerves and excitement before the premiere, but he said his main hope was that the audience appreciated the film and left the theater thinking about it. Whether they liked it or not. Tips programmer of Canadian features praised the film, describing it as a genuinely gripping psychological thriller. The chair of Ryerson School of Image Arts congratulated more and the rest of the Ryerson grads involved. He said that they are great examples of what can be accomplished in the industry. Cardinals will be screened once more during TIFF on September 17, at Jackman Hall. 1:37 Opioid overdose deaths have been in the news all summer long across Canada and in Toronto, but not a single overdose kit can be found on Ryerson campus. This includes Ryerson Medical Center and residents buildings. Ryerson president Mohammed Lashami spoke to the Ryersonian. He said security staff are trained to deal with emergency situations, but will contact emergency services for anything out of their control. Anyone can walk into a pharmacy including the Shoppers Drug Mart at 10 Dundas and receive a free kit and training on how to use it, but not here at Ryerson. Suzanne Nyaga is the president of the Ryerson Student Union. She says she hopes it won't take an overdose on campus to change things. A second year student at Ryerson says having great accessibility to kids on campus would be a perfect idea. 2:25 Just because I feel like people are can be careless when like taking drugs and like most the time you don't know what it's in cut with. 2:34 Ryerson residence students have more options now. As students moved into Ryerson residence buildings last month, they were able to be paired with students of a different gender identity. This comes after residents assignments started to include all gender identities for the first time. The Ryersonian's Melissa Galevski reports the move coincides with changes to Ontario University application forms. As of this fall, the forums include a non-binary gender option. Ryerson's previous residence applications were based on binary gender identities. The director of Housing and Residence Life at Ryerson said they heard from students that the practice was outdated and harmful. Now that the change has been made, director Ian Cruickshank said nearly 50% of this year's incoming students selected all gender accommodations. The RSU's VP equity. Cameron Harlech told the Ryersonian this is a step in the right direction for Ryerson. However, she added more can be done in terms of education. 3:37 Four years later this first students of Ryerson sports media program are set to graduate next term. Many of them say that fellow RTA grad Jay Enright is a career inspiration. Enright graduated in 1998. A fan favorite TSN on right left in 2013 to be an anchor for Fox Sports one across the border. Our reporter Matt Ciarmelo spoke to Enright shortly after he returned to the Canadian network last week. 4:03 How does it feel to know that many students in the sport media in sport media and RTA at Ryerson say they were inspired by you and looked up to you and watched you growing up. 4:14 Obviously, very flattering. I'm also served for the future of sports media. 4:25 You know, one of the funny things about our show is that when when we were initially put on what was the 2am Eastern Sports Center, so a super late Sports Center. We were put on there by our boss who currently runs TSM. Marco year we were put there, because Marc's vision was that young people in this country would grow up with us and watch us mostly in the morning, and you know, get up and before they went off to school while they were eating their cereal or whatever they would watch our show. And over time, it would be something of an institution to them. And then when they eventually all went away to places like Ryerson for post secondary education, they would continue to watch us when they got home from the bar. And that's exactly what happened. He was right. Whenever I walk the streets of this country, and I really mean the country, because it happens all over the country. The most frequent comments I get is, I grew up with you guys. And so that's, on one hand, it makes us feel old. But on the other hand, it's very flattering. 5:47 When you're at Ryerson, if the sport media program existed, while you were there, is that something you would have been interested in taking? 5:56 For? Sure? Absolutely. It would have been no question about it. In fact, confession. When I applied to Ryerson, I fully realize or understand that there was a separate journalism and radio and television program. So my, the reason I went to Ryerson, or one of the big reasons is that I'm from a very small town in Alberta. And coincidentally, gentlemen, a few years ahead of me in my high school, went to Ryerson for radio and telogen. Archie has since become a producer and lives in the city and as well, but he was a huge influence on me coming down here. So I just said to him, would you program are you in he wanted to be a television producer? So using radio, television or radio or television or so I just applied for that? 6:47 Like, did your time at Ryerson today today? How different Do you think it is? Is it for students today as opposed to when you arrived? 6:57 I think it's for the better. It's very fascinating to watch the changes in the school, not just from the programs again, but just this statically and just, you know, just the seeds, the school grow, buy up land around the campus, build beautiful new facilities. 7:22 Alright, thanks very much. 7:24 Okay, take care, buddy. Have a good day. 7:25 You too. 7:27 I'm Angela McLean. 7:28 And I'm Julia Lloyd. You have been listening to the Rye Report. Tune in again next week as we highlight the week's top stories.