Don Tapscott, meet Denzil Minnan-Wong. One of you is a visionary. The other, Toronto’s deputy mayor. Jane Jacobs, meet George Mammoliti. One of you is a visionary. The other, a Toronto city councillor. Mr. Tapscott was not at the debate at City Hall last Thursday, possibly because he was writing his front-page piece in Saturday’s […]
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WOODY POINT, NFLD-Writersat Woody Point is to summer festivals what Gros Morne is to natural splendours. Both are understated, full of surprises and oddly Canadian. They’re a 2-1/2-hour flight from Toronto to Deer Lake, then a 45-minute drive to Woody Point, the historic village on the western shore of Bonne Bay. An August week’s holiday
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What beats gender parity? Gender dominance. And it’s busting out in some telling places. Last month, media reported that women will outnumber men on what could turn out to be the most influential group of people around Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Finance Minister Bill Morneau. Also last month, a Royal Brunei Airlines Boeing 787, with
What Happens When We Pass Beyond The Point Of Gender Parity? Read More »
That question never entered our heads when we booked a trip from Toronto to Africa, cashing in our Aeroplan Miles to fly business class. When our travel agent booked us back home from Cape Town to Toronto, we hunkered down in the Turkish Airlines CIP Lounge at Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport for the six-hour layover. One
When does an airline lounge become the reason to fly through a city? Read More »
NEW YORK-Rundown warehouses, dodgy streets, and zero nightlife filled the city’s Meatpacking District back in 2003. A year later, the boutique hotel Gansevoort Meatpacking NYC, opened at 9th Ave. and W. 13th St. Twelve years later, the hotel is credited with sparking the transformation that turned the area into the definition of New Cool. Price: $385 to
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Last month brought the news that nearly 20 per cent of Canada’s board members are women. That is a lot better than a decade ago, when it was 12 per cent, but no ovations yet, please – we are making progress much more slowly than others. In 2009, we stood sixth among industrialized countries. Last year, we
Gender diversity on corporate boards won’t happen until we limit terms Read More »
Can strapping on a headset that puts you in a mountain meadow induce you to visit that actual meadow on your next vacation? The travel industry thinks so, and last week’s Globe article “Can virtual reality bring real tourists to B.C.?” practically yodels “YES!” in reply. I beg to disagree, or at least to pause in praising
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Today, tobacco is on the run in Canada and the U.S., and in Ontario, it’s even against the law to smoke in your own car if there’s passengers under the age of 16 with you. What did it take to turn tobacco from something everyone did to something only social pariahs dare keep doing? Timely
Doctors have killed tobacco. So why can’t they beat obesity? Read More »
On Wednesday, Justin Trudeau will announce a new cabinet made up 50 per cent of women. That example could have painful consequences for a community that’s been hobbled by the Harper Tories and is expecting great things — especially more money — from the new Liberal Government. The major arts groups in Canada’s largest city
Now That We’ll Have A Diverse Cabinet, The Arts Need To Catch Up Read More »
Though the vast majority of Canadians support doctor-assisted dying, the Conservative government has set up a policy review process that’s built to ignore them. Ottawa recently announced an expert panel who will consult with Canadians on doctor-assisted dying. This panel will guide the government in how to respond to the Supreme Court’s ruling in February that if
Canadians agree on assisted suicide. Why isn’t Ottawa listening? Read More »
At the finish line of this year’s Boston Marathon stood a large sign that read: “Absolutely no weapons allowed.” Really? Bostonians had to be told that? But at least they had tragic reality as a backdrop. Here in Toronto, the “Conditions of Entry to a Venue” at the Pan Am Games are as bizarre and Martian as
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The largely white, male boards of Toronto’s top arts organizations may be one reason for declining attendance and reduced funding. Two years ago this week, I had a look into the gender and racial makeup of the boards of Toronto’s Big Six arts organizations. They were overwhelmingly male and white. Since then their overall attendance has trended
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