Media for social change

Arti Patel

Arti Patel is a third-year journalism student at Ryerson, specializing in online and television journalism. She enjoys mentoring and exploring different cultures and their lifestyles. Currently she is the volunteer and outreach coordinator at Verse City.

colleen

Colleen is the project coordinator of CITIZENShift.

Colleen Tang

Colleen Tang has just completed her first year as a Masters of Journalism student at Ryerson University learning more about feature writing and online journalism. She has just finished up an internship at CityNews.ca and has just started an internship at CBCNews.ca.

irene

Irene Quarcoo (Class of 2009) specialises in radio, television and multimedia. An honours graduate, Irene is an avid traveller and came to Canada as an international student. She has completed several international internships, most recently at the CBC's London bureau and is working at the City of Toronto's Office of the Ombudsman over the summer. Irene has been involved with the Verse City project since its early days and will be serving as Tech and Curriculum Coordinator at this year's summer camp.

Julianna McDermott

Julianna McDermott is a third-year journalism student majoring in broadcast journalism. In the future, she hopes to cover international affairs and human rights issues.

Kevin Young

Kevin Young is a third year journalism student at Ryerson University specializing in broadcast journalism.

Lakshine Sathiyanathan

Lakshine Sathiyanathan is a second-year journalism student with a keen interest in human rights and ethnic minority issues.

Lisa Bruni

Lisa Bruni is a recent graduate from Ryerson's four-year journalism program, with a major in broadcast. She hopes to continue her academic career in law so she can not only report on legal issues facing minorities, but also provide legal defence to those who can't defend themselves.

Lora Grady

Lora Grady is a graduate of Ryerson's magazine stream and former co-editor-in-chief of McClung's Magazine, Ryerson's voice for women. She has written for the Ryerson Review of Journalism, Purchasing B2B, Design Edge Canada and MastheadOnline.

Omair Quadri

Omair Quadri is a third-year student at the Ryerson School of Journalism. After graduation, he hopes to cover international issues and get sent to a war zone.

Sachin Seth

Sachin Seth is a third-year journalism student working toward a career in television journalism. He hopes to impact and report on issues concerning human rights and global politics.

Samantha Edwards

Samantha Edwards is a third-year journalism student at Ryerson University, specializing in online and magazine. She has an interest in environmental journalism and loves riding her burgundy bicycle.

Verse City Student

A cool, young, aspiring journalist learning the ropes in Toronto from industry professional.

Vinita Srivastava

Vinita Srivastava is a multimedia artist and the director of both the Verse City Project and the online program at the School of Journalism at Ryerson University.