By Marcello Cabezas, Culture & Experience Producer & Expo Next Co-Chair It’s pretty awesome being a Canadian these days, eh? The world has taken to us in a very warm way. As our Prime Minister and current government has told and shown us, Canada is back. So what does this mean? To you? To your family? […]
By Janet Grant, Director, Events @ MaRS Discovery District I was in the Heritage Atrium at MaRS listening to Toronto City Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam having an open public dialogue with Secretary-General Vincente Loscertales of the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE). They were speaking to a crowd of journalists, industry leaders, and engaged citizens about transformative potential […]
Update from Expo 2020 Dubai: 2020 World Expo Pavilion revealed. Foster + Partners, BIG and Grimshaw Architects have won a competition to design a trio of pavilions for the 2020 Expo, which will be held in Dubai. The three firms saw off competition from 10 other entrants to the global competition for the pavilions, which will form the centrepiece for the 438-hectare Expo site in Jebel Ali […]
By Steven Del Duca, Kristyn Wong-Tam and Ralph Lean, published in the Toronto Star. A 2011 global index of 130 major city-regions conducted by the prestigious Economist magazine ranked Toronto the world’s fourth most liveable city, yet our continued prosperity and sustained liveability will only occur if we keep working in a focused and strategic […]