Safety of the Ryerson Campus Area
What conditions must apply before an area can be considered safe? A safe area according to the definition from the Encarta is summed up as an area where one can find refuge and safety, while living in security, (Encarta. 2007). Would you consider the Ryerson Campus area to be safe? This depends on a certain individual 's bias which is based on the gender and age of that individual. Another factor that comes in to play is the time of day you are viewing the area, different opinions may be generated on an area if it were daytime as opposed to night time. Personally I 'm an 18 year old male and from my exploration I generally found the Ryerson area to be unsafe, especially during the night time. Many factors came in to play for me to generate such an opinion such as lack of light in certain areas, narrow alley ways and construction that can be dangerous to anyone walking within the area. The general opinion on safety during daytime from Ryerson students is that it 's not a big concern because you 're in broad daylight and there are always people around. A first year Electrical Engineering student, Obaid Ansari responded, "So far I found Ryerson to be very safe during the daytime, in fact I found it safer than my high school because there are always lots and lots of people around!", when asked how he felt about the safety of the Ryerson area during daytime. Although daytime seems pretty safe, there are still major concerns with safety around the Ryerson campus. A major safety concern particularly at this time includes the construction at Point 1 in the daytime map. The construction that is happening on Yonge and Dundas is dangerous for citizens regularly passing by the place in order to get to their destination. The construction that is being built in this area is dangerous because anyone is in danger of being hit by an object from above. Since they are constructing a building from the top, anything can fall from above and hit a citizen, which can lead to serious
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