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Artez

Toronto's Artez Interactive brings Web 2.0 to fundraisers around the world

Piali Roy Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Artez Interactive is the behind-the-scenes company that helps fundraising campaigns take part in the social media revolution.
Manuel Cappel

Manuel Cappel's Freedom Machines: making cycling in Toronto practical

Sarah Elton Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Cycling isn't just for recreation as more and more Torontonians are pedaling around the city. Manual Cappel makes bikes and cargo trailers that help make that easy.
A Different Booklist

A Different Booklist at Bloor and Bathurst is the independent bookstore that keeps going

Rea McNamara Wednesday, July 14, 2010
A Different Booklist is one independent bookstore that's flourishing by being a community centre for Toronto's Caribbean diaspora.
Rob Fraser

The new nurse: Rob Fraser says nurses need to tweet, blog and learn from each other more.

Carla Lucchetta Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Rob Fraser is a driven nursing student who has taken on the challenge of introducing late-adopter nurses to new social media technologies that help them talk to each other and advance their profession.
FundTunes

Charitable giving just got innovative and healthy with FundTunes

Alexandra Shimo Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Forget about selling candy bars and bake-sales -- new company FundTunes was co-founded by Toronto entrepreneur Eduardo Alvarez, a Queen Street entrepreneur and gym-owner, who wanted a more healthy way to raise quick cash for charities.
Neighbourwoods

A city in a forest -- the business of Toronto's urban forest is growing

Paul Gallant Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Interest in Toronto's urban forest is booming, and so are the businesses involved in taking care of it as new programs and companies sprout up all around the GTA.
Church Street

The evolution of Toronto's Church Street Gaybourhood -- a photo slideshow and essay

Bert Archer Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Church Street sure was in the news this past week. Let's revisit Yonge Street's investigation of Church that ran a year ago by Bert Archer and Tanja-Tiziana. For decades the street has been the centre of the region's gay and lesbian communities, but as the rest of the city becomes more gay and gay-friendly, what does that mean for the Church Street Strip?
Toronto's Greenest City

Yonge Street Video: Toronto's Greenest City sprouts in Parkdale

Rose Bianchini Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Yonge Street Video goes to Parkdale and chats with Greenest City. They're not just encouraging neighbourhood green thumbs to turn this most urban neighbourhood into a working city farm, they're also growing a new generation of Toronto leaders.
Beyond 3:30

Where art and architecture meet: the Beyond 3:30 mural program turns schools into canvases

Paul Gallant Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Beyond 3:30, an after school program introducing preteens to architecture and art, turns schools into community hubs and hopes to get a whole new generation of kids thinking about architecture as a career, especially young women.
Cognovision

Watching the signs of the times has led Markham's Cognovision to do a global business

Naheed Mustafa Wednesday, June 16, 2010
In a time of shrinking ad sales, Markham-based Cognovision has developed an innovative way to count how many people are looking at digital ads in public spaces, all while maintaining privacy.
Michelle Hamilton-Page

Net Change Week: Toronto's social innovators are making Don Tapscott's predictions come true

Joeseph Wilson Wednesday, June 09, 2010
It's Net Change Week at MaRS and tech-biz thinker Don Tapscott is asking us to rethink how, well, just about everything operates. It's a new way of doing things, and Toronto's social innovators like Michelle Hamilton-Page at Toronto Public Health are helping lead the way.
John Kiru of TABIA

Q&A with TABIA's John Kiru on Toronto's Best Export: the BIA

Edward Keenan Wednesday, June 09, 2010
Toronto's Bloor West Village Business Improvement Area recently celebrated its 40th anniversary. A world's first in 1970, BIAs have since spread across the city, country and around the world. The Toronto Association of Business Improvement Areas' John Kiru explains how the idea started and spread.
Head Gear Animation

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.
Eduardo Castro

Eduardo Castro takes care of Toronto's mental and civic health, one person at a time

Paul Gallant Wednesday, June 02, 2010
Eduardo Castro's work with youth, mental health and addiction is all about building long-term relationships and his recent appointment to the Toronto Board of Health is his latest achievement in his civic-minded career.
Co-working at Camaraderie

Have laptop will travel: coworking spaces are the new home offices in Toronto

Carla Lucchetta Wednesday, May 26, 2010
As Toronto's self-employed laptop-lugging workforce grows, new coworking spaces like Camaraderie in St. Lawrence Market give independent workers a place to be around colleagues and cure their cabin fever.
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