The Daphne Cockwell

Health Sciences Complex

 The Daphne Cockwell
Health Sciences Complex:
at a glance
A catalyst for innovation and excellence, transforming
education and the city

Creating connections • Eight-storey podium features enhanced academic and administrative spaces
• Student residence tower provides 100 residential units to house 332 students

for a healthy city • Four schools in one coherent cluster fostering collaboration
• Clinical experience suites
• Modular teaching labs
Foster a vibrant academic environment and new communities of living and
learning at Ryerson University by supporting the Daphne Cockwell Health • High-fidelity simulation suites
Sciences Complex. • Debriefing rooms
• Formal and informal study spaces
Scheduled for occupancy in the fall of 2018, this multifunctional hub will house
four schools from Ryerson’s Faculty of Community Services, together with • Course union, lounge and office areas
student accommodation and administrative offices. The School of Nutrition, • LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold compliant
the School of Occupational and Public Health, the Midwifery Education
• Green roofs
program and the Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing will form — for the first
time — a purposeful cluster of schools connected to the health sciences. • Greywater collection and reuse
• Bicycle parking
Designed by the internationally acclaimed architectural firm Perkins + Will, the
• A Future Lab with 3D printers, robotic arms, a laser cutter and CNC lathes for prototyping
complex features outstanding spaces that encourage not only cross-disciplinary
connections among students, faculty and staff — but also interaction between the
activities of the building and its surrounding community. These experiences The Daphne Cockwell Health Sciences Complex will offer Ryerson students state-of-
celebrate a holistic approach to health and wellness. the-art facilities, fostering the kind of creative collaboration that sparks innovation. Its
presence in the streetscape will invite the urban experience into the life of the campus
Your support will realize the power in this transformation. and vice versa, bringing new vitality to the surrounding community.

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 A hub for
interdisciplinary
collaboration
Built to foster opportunities to interact and collaborate
Currently, the schools and programs connected to the health sciences are
scattered across Ryerson campus. By bringing them together, the Daphne
Cockwell Health Sciences Complex creates outstanding opportunities
for cross-disciplinary teaching, learning and research that take a holistic
approach to health and wellness.
A common atrium with a seating area, café, and inviting space to meet and study
at the moment of entry encourage the productive collision of students, faculty and
staff who until now had been separated and diffused across campus. Welcoming
spaces encourage people to stay on campus, and linger between classes. For a
largely commuter campus — this is a new invitation to dialogue and interaction.
This proximity is productive. Already, Nutrition and Midwifery are talking
about combined work on maternal nutrition, and faculty are musing on
potential new collaborations.
Celebrating the
connections between
sustainability and health
A living lab that teaches through interaction and
connects beyond classrooms
Healthy and sustainable choices at the Daphne Cockwell Health Sciences
Complex are encouraged by design. A prominent staircase invites users to be
more active, while parking space for more than 250 bicycles inspires students,
faculty and staff to leave their cars at home.
An accessible green roof provides the School of Nutrition and the Centre for
Studies in Food Security with space to grow healthy, local food and supplies
fresh produce to the building. The green roof provides nutrition students
with hands-on learning opportunities in urban agriculture and food security,
and allows researchers from across the university to closely examine soils,
production, and optimal use of urban green spaces.
Cutting-edge green design features incorporate energy efficiency and resilience
directly into building operations:

• A high-visibility metering and monitoring system communicates

consumption and performance information.
• A micro-grid system relies upon micro-turbines to produce electricity on site.
• A network of energy-storing local batteries promotes resilience in extreme
weather and provides power to the building — even when the city grid is down.
• Greywater collected from showers and sinks is used to flush toilets —
reducing water use by millions of litres per year.

“The students, faculty and In a building designed to test and evaluate its own systems and planning,
staff of these four schools will students in Occupational Public and Public Occupational Health can monitor
have new opportunities for the effects of design and building practices on the work environment, and, in
inter‑disciplinary interaction. turn, gain real-world knowledge of health, safety and well-being.
This will inevitably lead to
It should also come as no surprise that the complex will be certified LEED
enhanced collaboration and
(Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold — an international
research in creative ways.”
mark of excellence for green building.
– Dean Lisa Barnoff

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Facilities that promote Animation and activity
exceptional learning
experiences A building that cares for its neighbourhood,
its community and its city
The Daphne Cockwell Health Sciences Complex is a touchstone for the
Effective, efficient space accommodates the full ongoing revitalization of Church Street, bringing pedestrian energy and
range of future teaching and learning models activity to an important area of our campus and the city.

New purpose-built classroom and laboratory space at the Daphne
Cockwell Health Sciences Complex — together with up-to-date equipment
and enhanced functionality — provide an enormous opportunity for
resident schools to significantly enhance their educational offering.
Two simulation labs and a health assessment lab provide double the
lab space for the Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing. Now limited in
capacity, these spaces are critical to foundational nursing skills and are
used extensively at all levels. By giving nursing the room it needs to grow
into the future, the new complex delivers further value to the program.
Ryerson has a strong track record of success as a catalyst for change and
renewal both on campus and in the university’s downtown neighbourhood.
The Mattamy Athletic Centre at Maple Leaf Gardens returned crowds to
the country’s most historic sports arena, while the Ryerson Image Centre is
helping establish Toronto as an international photography destination. The
new Student Learning Centre is leading a transformation of Yonge Street.
Your support can help the Daphne Cockwell Health Sciences Complex take
its place among these city-building projects — all of which put students first
and, in the process, bring new vibrancy to their immediate surroundings.

State-of-the-art labs that emulate the hospital, clinical and workplace

conditions found in professional environments and newly acquired
equipment — such as life-size and skills-based medical mannequins
— position nursing students with the knowledge and skills needed for
success in the real world.

Space is used effectively and promotes efficiency. A cleaning space

allows technicians to prepare materials for the next class, while debrief
rooms provide opportunities for private or more focused feedback.
Nursing students, now forced to change in the hallways, gain access to
change rooms and lockers in the new space.

And that’s not all:

• Midwifery benefits from a larger and more flexible classroom, with

satellite clinical rooms for examinations and role play.
• Nutrition gets new state-of-the-art food labs, together with a new
demonstration kitchen equipped with cameras and projection.
• Occupational and Public Health gains a microbiological lab and a new
chemical lab — both well equipped to take them into the future.

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What’s in a name?
A dedication to helping others

The Daphne Cockwell Health Sciences Complex is named to recognize

the far-reaching generosity of Jack Cockwell, whose mother Daphne
dedicated her life to helping others.

It is in this giving spirit that the schools and programs housed in the
facility work to have an impact on our communities. They bring their
knowledge and inquiry directly to people, and support community safety,
health and wellbeing.

By contributing to the Daphne Cockwell Health Sciences Complex, you

make it possible to create more powerful learning experiences for our
students, bring vibrancy to the immediate surroundings and give critical
mass to Ryerson’s longstanding work to create a healthier society.

Contact Information
Celeste Richards
Director of Development
Faculty of Community Services
416-979-5000 ext, 7877
crichards@ryerson.ca

Visit our website for further information:

ryerson.ca/fcs