EDUCATION REPORTER,
Three Ontario universities - Ryerson, Waterloo and the University of Toronto - are in talks to create a new graduate school of digital media in downtown Toronto, aimed at linking top-flight students with businesses struggling to adapt to emerging technology.
The joint venture, unveiled yesterday by Ryerson President Sheldon Levy, could be running in less than two years, he said. The leaders of the three schools have already discussed the initiative with the province, and have taken the idea to businesses, including banks and technology firms.
The idea, Mr. Levy said, is to create a centre where industry can bring their most challenging problems in this field and where graduate students can gain real experience. Such collaboration, he said, would make Toronto a centre where the very best students will want to work.
The three universities, he said, have strengths in this area that will complement each other. Mr. Levy said the proposed centre would tackle problems in areas such as banking, business, media and medicine.
