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January 2017
Bike Lanes – What’s next?
With talk of road tolls, 2017 might be the year that transit really does get friendlier for cyclists. There’s just shy of half a year worth of data from the Bloor street bike lane pilot project and the reception to those bike lanes will have an impact on transit all over the city. Will this lead to more bike lanes along major corridors, fewer, but bigger bike paths, or does ridership justify expansion at all? Albert Koehl, a cycling advocate,…
Find out more »March 2017
Food Waste: A $31 Billion Problem
Every year, Canadians toss out roughly $31billion worth of food. That’s about 40% of all the food grown and imported in Canada, of which roughly half of it is done by households. Part of the problem is that food is too cheap (Northern areas notwithstanding). Food waste is a drain on our resources and is also an environmental disaster. Not only are fertilizers and pesticides wasted on food that never gets eaten, plastic packaging adds to the environmental load. How can we ensure…
Find out more »May 2017
Electricity Pricing in Ontario
Amid soaring electricity bills, the future of the grid we rely on is in crisis. Efforts have been made to reduce electricity costs by stretching out payments, an expensive option that affects our children more than us. What is the future of the electricity grid? Can costs come down and still give us a grid that businesses and residents can rely on? Will new technologies make this important piece of public infrastructure obsolete? Join us on Monday, May 15 as…
Find out more »October 2017
Rising Waters – Are we ready to cope?
Ontario and Quebec saw a lot of water this year. Flooding in the first half of summer kept the Toronto Islands closed for much of the season. Watching the devastation wrought by what seems like an endless line of Hurricanes down south is really forcing us to think about our own infrastructure resiliency. Once in 500 year storms are happening with increasing frequency. Flooding is becoming common place in Toronto. What are we doing to make sure our critical infrastructure…
Find out more »March 2018
Smart Cities – Will we leave people behind?
As Cities around the world get smarter, will cities start leaving people behind?
Find out more »July 2018
Is there Value to a Diversity City Council?
Does Diversity benefit the city? How about diverse representation?
Find out more »March 2019
New Canada Food Guide – An Early Look
Canada is getting a new food guide! The food guide is perhaps the first political document Canadian children are introduced to. Historically, it was a standard bearer for the most powerful food lobbies and revisions based on health and nutritional needs were difficult. What does the new guide mean for the food industry? Dairy farmers are already warning about the new guide’s harm to the dairy sector. How will the new guide work? Who are the winners and losers to…
Find out more »April 2019
Canadian Mining – Needs, Rights, and Responsibilities
Did you know that 75% of the world’s mining companies are headquartered in Canada? With this much pull on the world stage, you would think that Canada could impose its health and humans rights values around the world. However, what are the values that we hold dear? In our own backyards, aboriginal rights are ignored in the name of pipelines. What other atrocities are committed in Canada’s name further afield? Sakura Saunders, mining justice organizer, and , Kerrie Blaise, Environmental…
Find out more »June 2019
Tax it? Trade it? Is Curbing Carbon enough?
Ontario and Quebec just had another historic 100 year flood… two years after the last record-breaking 100 year flood. Last summer Ontario, BC, and California all experienced unprecedented wildfires. From Mozambique to Puerto Rico to the Gulf Coast tens of thousands have been displaced by more frequent and powerful hurricanes. Indonesia is about to move its capital from Jakarta partly because of flood risks to its sinking metropolis, while the residents of the Solomon Islands are relocating entire towns in anticipation…
Find out more »August 2019
Food Waste: Reducing the Climate Change impact
Food Waste is a big contributor to climate change. How can we tackle this problem?
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