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Shirley Blumberg & Charles Rosenberg.

Density done right: Our Feb. 16 panel looks at creating neighbourhoods with room for everyone

Yonge Street Staff Wednesday, February 01, 2012
Join Yonge Street on Thursday, Feb. 16, for a discussion on how smart design and planning can help us get the best out of Toronto's increasing density. Our fourth public event will focus on how the city's built form can accommodate a growing population. Architects Shirley Blumberg and Charles Rosenberg and city planner Gregg Lintern will lead the discussion. Toronto Star columnist Royson James will moderate. The Yonge Street Speaker Series is sponsored by the Toronto Community Foundation and Waterfront Toronto.
Feet and Wheels

Getting out of gridlock: The scramble to save the scramble & other adventures in TO transportation

Yonge Street Staff Wednesday, January 25, 2012
If Torontonians could only depoliticize the debate over transportation, we all might get further faster. Panelists at Yonge Street's Feet & Wheels event had more than a few ideas about how to improve the city's streets for everybody—and so did attendees.
Arlene Hazzan Green and Marc Green.

Out of the film studio and back to the land

Carla Lucchetta Wednesday, January 18, 2012
A documentary on peak oil was a wake-up call for two veteran filmmakers, leading them to unexpected careers in the local food movement.
Faisal Anwar.

Artists in the GTA: Faisal Anwar celebrates social progress through art and technology

Leah Sandals Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Oakville's Faisal Anwar not only wants his art to make people think and feel; he wants it to help them connect with their neighbours in Toronto and around the world.
Best of 2011

WORDS OF WISDOM: What we learned in 2011

Yonge Street Staff Wednesday, December 21, 2011
In our last issue of 2011, we celebrate the great advice we got over the year from the many city leaders and innovators we had the pleasure of covering. We hope their wise words inspire you until Yonge Street returns from our break. See you January 11!
Vaughan mayor Maurizio Bevilacqua

Vaughan's towering new ambitions

Bert Archer Wednesday, December 14, 2011
With the Expo City development, Vaughan mayor Maurizio Bevilacqua is seeking to define his city with a dense new downtown core. Can globally inspired design create vibrant urbanity in sleepy suburbia?
Nancy Smith-Lea

Feet and wheels: Our Jan. 19 panel looks at how we can create streets that work for everyone

Yonge Street Staff Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Join Yonge Street on Thursday, Jan. 19, for a discussion on Toronto's transportation options. Our third public event will focus on how our streets can get everybody where they want to go, safely and harmoniously. Transportation advocate Nancy Smith Lea, National Post columnist Chris Selley and architect Chris Hardwicke lead the discussion. The Yonge Street Speaker Series is sponsored by the Toronto Community Foundation and Waterfront Toronto.
Hamid Tizhooch, Segasist.

An Iranian-born engineer's passion for producing a sharper image of cancer

Edward Keenan Wednesday, December 07, 2011
Iran's Cultural Revolution and a grandfather's death led Hamid Tizhoosh to create a revolutionary tool that could help oncologists cloud-source knowledge about cancer tumours. So much for his idea of a 'take it easy' life in Canada.
Sharada Eswar

Artists in the GTA: Sharada Eswar tells South Asian tales old and new

Leah Sandals Wednesday, November 30, 2011
As a young girl in Kerala, Sharada Eswar loved hearing her grandmother recount Indian epics. Now, the Brampton resident is bringing those ancient stories—and more contemporary tales—to life.
Maggie Chen

When macro goes micro

Paul Gallant Wednesday, November 23, 2011
For a Chinese-born economist, the difficulties new immigrants have entering the labour market are more than just theoretical. Maggie Chen's learned the obstacles firsthand. She's also learned about the resources available to help her.
Bob Gallant

Office space doesn't have to be office waste

Alexandra Shimo Wednesday, November 16, 2011
A new competition has Toronto companies going head-to-head not on the bottom line, but to cut down on carbon emissions. Since its launch in June, Race to Reduce has signed on more than 70 of the city's largest companies, representing 45-million square feet of office space. Competition chair Bob Gallant says it starts with building trust between landlords and tenants.
Kevin McLaughlin, founder of Autoshare

Sharing cars makes sharing the city a little easier

Bert Archer Wednesday, November 09, 2011
The growth of car-sharing services like Autoshare and Zipcar suggests it's ownership of vehicles, not access to them, that's the biggest contributor to Toronto's gridlock.
Rebeka Tabodondung

Artists in the GTA: Rebeka Tabobondung's work bridges traditional and urban First Nations life

Leah Sandals Wednesday, November 02, 2011
With Muskrat Magazine, Rebeka Tabobondung and David Shilling bring ancient Aboriginal knowledge into the networked urban age, blurring the boundaries between 'on reserve' and 'off reserve.'
Rahul Bhardwaj & Josh McManus

The devil (and the solution) in the details: Yonge talks growth, history & getting the balance right

Yonge Street Staff Wednesday, November 02, 2011
At Yonge Street's second public event—this one on leadership and belonging—attendees looked to the past to find the future. 
UFRED researchers at work.

See the forest in the trees: Ryerson mapping experts study ways to keep urban greenery healthy

Todd Irvine Wednesday, October 26, 2011
With politicians trying to find every dollar of savings, high-tech research methods can help our urban forest survive and thrive. Ryerson University's Andrew Millward's tools of choice: maps.
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