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Histories Of Ryerson University

• A Brief History of Ryerson University by Claude Doucet
• From Cradle to Computer: A History of St. James Square, the Birthplace of Ontario Education
• Serving Society's Needs: A History of Ryerson Polytechnic University by Ronald Stagg

Egerton Ryerson

"On the importance of education generally we may remark, it is as necessary as the light-it should be as common as water, and as free as air....Education among the people is the best security of a good government and constitutional liberty, it yields a steady unbending support to the former, and effectually protects the latter. An educated people are always a loyal people to good government; and the first object of a wise government should be the education of the people....Partial knowledge is better than total ignorance; and he who cannot get all he may wish, must take heed to acquire all he can. If total ignorance be a bad and dangerous thing, every degree of knowledge lessens both the evil and the danger." Egerton Ryerson (1803-1882) An early editorial from the Christian Guardian, founded by Egerton Ryerson (1829)

Full Text

• Egerton Ryerson, 1803-1882 by Claude Doucet
• Egerton Ryerson, The Great Educator by Karen Mulhallen
• Egerton Ryerson and Indian Residential Schools

References

• Bred in the Bone: Egerton Ryerson, Methodist Polity and Educational Administration, 1844-1850 (MEd Thesis) by Yates, David Ross Allen
• The Educational Policy of Egerton Ryerson, Superintendent of Education for Upper Canada and Some Contemporary Criticisms of That Policy (MA Thesis) by Hall, J. Geoffrey
• Egerton Ryerson (Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online)
• Egerton Ryerson (The Canadians Series) - available in the Library
• Egerton Ryerson and Education in Ontario, 1844-1877 (PhD Thesis) by Carlton, Sylvia
• Egerton Ryerson and Education in Upper Canada by Putman, J. Harold
• Egerton Ryerson and the Politics of Education in Mid-Nineteenth Century Ontario (MA Thesis) by Di Mascio, Anthony
• Egerton Ryerson His Life and Letters by Sissons, Charles Bruce - available in the Library
• The Philosophical Roots of Egerton Ryerson's Idea of Education as Elaborated in his Writings Preceding and Including the Report of 1846 (PhD Thesis) by Fiorino, Albert Francis
• The Political Principles of Egerton Ryerson (PhD Thesis) by Pearce, Colin Denby
• The Ryerse-Ryerson Family (1574-1994) by Ryerse, Phyllis A. - available in the Library
• Ryerson of Upper Canada by Thomas, Clara - available in the Library
• Ryerson Press
• Selected Topics in the History of Physical Education in Ontario: From Dr. Egerton Ryerson to the Strathcona Trust, 1844-1939 (PhD Thesis) by Morrow, Leslie Donald
• Story of My Life: Being reminiscences of sixty years' public service in Canada (1884) (Egerton Ryerson Memoir)

Ryerson Buildings & Site

• Kerr Hall
• Master Plan
• Monetary Times Building
• Normal and Model Schools
• Oakham House
• O'Keefe House
• Ontario College of Pharmacy (Ryerson Theatre School)
• Rogers Communications Centre - History
• Ryerson Athletic Centre
• Ryerson Centre for Computing and Engineering