Featured Stories

Philanthropists take Toronto's future in their own hands

Jade Blair Wednesday, December 23, 2015

Under the Gardiner initiative joins Toronto Foundation in a growing cluster of philanthropic efforts and organizations to make Toronto even better.

City Building, Civic Impact

Financial District, Central Waterfront, Downtown Eastside - Old Town - Corktown

Collaboration for Innovation: A Gateway to Entrepreneurship

Kelli Korducki Monday, November 16, 2015

Higher Education , Research and Innovation

Central Waterfront

Collaboration for Innovation: BIM Lab Brings the Future to Construction

Kelli Korducki Monday, November 16, 2015

Design, Higher Education , Research and Innovation

Church & Wellesley - Yorkville - Annex, Central Waterfront

Looking west from Don Roadway over Commissioners Street.

Designing a wildlife refuge at the mouth of the Don

Kelli Korducki Wednesday, July 29, 2015

How a new flood protection plan makes room for the city's non-human residents.

Biodiversity, City Building, Conservation, Greater Lakes

Central Waterfront

Lake Ontario swims again: How once-fragile species are back in action

Kaitlyn Kochany Wednesday, June 10, 2015

With careful management under the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority, several previously fragile species are returning to the GTA.

Biodiversity, Conservation, Greater Lakes, Infrastructure, Sustainability

Central Waterfront, Leslieville - The Beach

Rethinking ravines: A plan for Toronto's hidden backyard

Kelli Korducki Wednesday, May 13, 2015

City Building, Conservation

Long Branch - New Toronto - Mimico, Don Mills, Central Waterfront

What Toronto would look like without the Pan Am Games

Paul Gallant Wednesday, April 22, 2015

After more than a half-decade of preparation, the Pan Am Games are nearly here. And, if all goes according to plan, their built and cultural legacy will continue for decades to come.

Arts and Culture, City Building, Infrastructure, Tourism

Central Waterfront

Participants cheer at the end of a positive day at Playing 4 Keeps.

Playing for Keeps builds social capital from sport

Igor Bonifacic and Kelli Korducki Wednesday, April 01, 2015

Arts and Culture

Central Waterfront

Snowcone by Diana Koncan and Lily Jeon and the Department of Architectural Science at Ryerson.

Waterfront installations make for an art-warming event

Sarah B. Hood Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Installations invite Toronto to Winter Stations on the waterfront

Arts and Culture, Design

Central Waterfront

George Brown students working on prototypes.

Prototyping the Future: How students and startups are working together to shake up local industry

Kelli Korducki Wednesday, January 28, 2015

At George Brown College, students are helping young companies design and prototype tomorrow's technologies.

Research and Innovation

Central Waterfront

Anisa S. Mirza, CEO and Co-founder of Giveffect.

Charitable giving gets a techie twist

Andrew Seale Wednesday, December 03, 2014

Toronto startups Giveffect, FlipGive and Hospital Connection set out to rewire and disrupt the billion-dollar charity market in Canada.

Corporate Social Responsibility, Digital

Financial District, Downtown Eastside - Old Town - Corktown, Central Waterfront, Entertainment District

CKX participants pieced together strategies around sharing community knowledge like you'd piece toge

Pioneering new ways of measuring a city's success

Paul Gallant Wednesday, December 03, 2014

The inaugural CKX Summit explored how open data and collaboration can transform communities.

City Building

Financial District, Central Waterfront, Queen/King West, Entertainment District, Downtown Eastside - Old Town - Corktown

Greg Yuristy, founder of Smart Green Technologies.

Greening the roof over your head: A look inside a growing industry

Tiffy Thompson Wednesday, November 19, 2014

With help from one local company, Toronto's paving the way – and the roof – for sustainable building initiatives.

City Building, Sustainability

Financial District, Central Waterfront, Church & Wellesley - Yorkville - Annex, Entertainment District

Where the Great War lives on in Toronto

Andrew Seale Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Nearly half a decade after the last veteran of the First World War faded, we trace Toronto’s physical relationship with the war from the city streets to the memories tucked away in attics.

Arts and Culture

Central Waterfront, Church & Wellesley - Yorkville - Annex