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School of Interior Design
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Dates of existence
History
1948 School of Furniture Crafts founded offering a diploma in Furniture Crafts
1950-1951 Diploma in Interior Design offered by School of Furniture Crafts
1951 Furniture arts plans on building six room house for Canadian National Exhibition.
1952-1953 Furniture design becomes three year program.
1958-1959 Diplomas combined - Furniture and Interior Design
1961-1962 moves under the Arts Division
1965-1966 re-organized under the Applied Arts division
1967-1968 Name changed to Interior Design
1969 Interior Design Department moved under the Arts Division
Oct. 24, 1969 Interior Design first to go to four year course, and first to apply for degree granting powers.
1970 Interior Design department re-aligned under Applied Arts Division again. Interior Design becomes a four year program. 3 year program phased out.
1972-1973 Interior Design changes from diploma to Degree Bachelor of Applied Arts (BAA). Spring convocation sees granting of first degrees. In May of 1973 School previously situated in Teraulay Street Campus, moves to fourth floor of Library Resource Centre and in part of old Great Hall in Kerr Hall.
1981 Plans begin to move Interior Design department into the Anthony Foster building behind Oakham house on Bond Street.
September 1982 Interior Design degree program receives accreditation from the Foundation for Interior Design Education Research (FIDER.)
1985 Legislation creates the Association of Registered Interior Designers of Ontario, allowing Ryerson students to become registered members upon graduation. Ken Thompson appointed chairman of Interior Design.
1987-1988 John Kitamura acting chair of School of Interior Design, replacing Ken Thompson.
June 1988 Lorna Kelly appointed Chair of the School of Interior Design.
1991 Interior Design, along with 10 other programs were recommended as financially viable by the Finance Committee of the Board of Governors as part of the cyclical Program Review and Evaluation Process (PREP). School of Interior Design reaccredited for six years by the Foundation for Interior Design Education Research (FIDER).
1999 George Verghese appointed Chair of the School of Interior Design
July 2002 Dr. Lennie Scott-Webber appointed Chair
2002-2003 Interior Design degree designation changed from BAA to Bachelor of Interior Design (BID)
2005 Annick Mitchell appointed interim Chair
2016 Lois Weinthal chairperson