Featured Stories

CAMH turns its main Toronto campus into a community to help mental health patients recover quicker

Naheed Mustafa Wednesday, September 15, 2010

The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) embarks on a bold new plan for quicker mental health recovery by bringing patients and community together in a redesign of their main Toronto site on Queen West that aims to break down barriers. It's the first of its kind in Canada too.

City Building, Healthcare and Wellness

Queen/King West

Toronto's film industry: Mongrel Media and Hussain Amarshi Score Again at TIFF

Marc Glassman Wednesday, August 11, 2010

The founder of multicultural Toronto-based and internationally successful film distribution company Mongrel Media is a practical idealist whose newest feature, Score, will open the Toronto International Film Festival next month.

City Building, Diversity

Queen/King West

Got 3D? Toronto's Head Gear Animation is leading the film industry in new directions

Alexandra Shimo Wednesday, June 02, 2010

Head Gear Animation are known for their ground-breaking work that mix up a variety of different animation techniques. Their latest venture is the first 3D commercial in Canada and its production required pioneering a new stereoscopic technique.

Design, Research and Innovation

Queen/King West

Living for the vintage city: Upcycling Bloorcourt and Queen West

Rea McNamara Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Kealan Sullivan spends a lot of time at the local dry cleaners. You could say it's the boardroom of her 69 Vintage Collective empire, where between giant loads of new-old clothes, she's leading Toronto's vintage scene in new directions.

Design, Sustainability

Queen/King West

Video: Ignite Toronto

Rose Bianchini Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Ignite Toronto captures the best of geek culture in a series of five-minute speed presentations on a wide range on topics and innovations.

Research and Innovation

Queen/King West

Real Food for Real Kids: encouraging children to crave health

Carla Lucchetta Wednesday, March 10, 2010

When a young couple sent their child to daycare with his own nutritious and tasty lunches, they didn't know that a few years later they'd be feeding thousands and changing the attitudes of kids, parents and teachers toward the food they eat daily.

Healthcare and Wellness, Sustainability

Queen/King West