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The post-pandemic future: How Covid got city builders thinking

The post-pandemic future: How Covid got city builders thinking

Pandemics have always changed the world. The Black Death wiped out a third of the population of Europe, leading to the end of...

How Toronto could change—for the better—after Covid

How Toronto could change—for the better—after Covid

We asked the city's smartest thinkers to predict the post-pandemic future of everything. Their answers will surprise you

The post-pandemic future: Modular housing can end homelessness

The post-pandemic future: Modular housing can end homelessness

Abigail Bond is executive director of the Housing Secretariat, City of Toronto For the past few years, Toronto has experienced an...

The post-pandemic future: Affordable Internet will become a universal human right

The post-pandemic future: Affordable Internet will become a universal human right

Alejandra Ruiz Vargas is the national leadership representative for ACORN Canada In the early years of the Internet, it was...

The post-pandemic future: Toronto’s main streets will become European-style pedestrian hubs

The post-pandemic future: Toronto’s main streets will become European-style pedestrian hubs

Kristyn Wong-Tam is the city councillor for Toronto Centre Yonge Street is Canada’s business pedestrian thoroughfare. Some...

Inside the Latest Issue

The July issue of Toronto Life features the monster cottages of Muskoka versus the resistance. Plus, our obsessive coverage of everything that matters now in the city.

The post-pandemic future: Universal pharmacare will save Canadians billions of dollars per year

The post-pandemic future: Universal pharmacare will save Canadians billions of dollars per year

Eric Hoskins is a former Ontario minister of health and long-term care Even before Covid-19, the case for a publicly funded drug...

The post-pandemic future: Home care will ease the burden on hospitals

The post-pandemic future: Home care will ease the burden on hospitals

Kevin Smith is CEO of University Health Network When it comes to technology, health care is far behind other industries. You can...

The post-pandemic future: Brick-and-mortar stores will reinvent themselves with AI

The post-pandemic future: Brick-and-mortar stores will reinvent themselves with AI

Diane J. Brisebois is president and CEO of the Retail Council of Canada The pandemic has forever changed the way we live and...

The post-pandemic future: As business travel declines, leisure travel will thrive

The post-pandemic future: As business travel declines, leisure travel will thrive

Ambarish Chandra is an For years, the biggest fear of airline executives was sharply higher fuel prices. To hedge against such a...

The post-pandemic future: Employees will work wherever they want

The post-pandemic future: Employees will work wherever they want

Zabeen Hirji is executive advisor on the future of work at Deloitte If someone told me in January that by April five million of...

The post-pandemic future: The film and TV industry will go virtual—actors and sets included

The post-pandemic future: The film and TV industry will go virtual—actors and sets included

Paul Bronfman is chair of Pinewood Toronto Studios and co-chair of William F. White International Inc. equipment rental Over the...

The post-pandemic future: Micro-restaurants are the future of fine dining

The post-pandemic future: Micro-restaurants are the future of fine dining

David Hopkins is president of the Fifteen Group restaurant consultancy For decades, the restaurant industry has been a business of...

The post-pandemic future: We will drastically reduce the number of people in Ontario jails—and prevent more crimes in the process

The post-pandemic future: We will drastically reduce the number of people in Ontario jails—and prevent more crimes in the process

Paula Osmok is executive director of the John Howard Society of Ontario Covid-19 has upended the world as we know it. And yet as...

The post-pandemic future: Every homeless person will get a room of their own

The post-pandemic future: Every homeless person will get a room of their own

Cathy Crowe is a street nurse and public affiliate at Ryerson University The problems at Toronto’s homeless shelters have been...

The post-pandemic future: We’ll turn city lands and golf courses into massive urban farms

The post-pandemic future: We’ll turn city lands and golf courses into massive urban farms

Paul Taylor is executive director of FoodShare Back in March, shoppers flooded supermarkets in a frenzy, emptying shelves of beans...

The post-pandemic future: We will regulate long-term care to protect residents

The post-pandemic future: We will regulate long-term care to protect residents

Patty Coates is president of the Ontario Federation of Labour In private long-term care, profit is king. To keep shareholders...

The post-pandemic future: Facial recognition, voice activation and VR will transform offices

The post-pandemic future: Facial recognition, voice activation and VR will transform offices

Claudette McGowan is global executive officer for cybersecurity, TD Bank For several years, businesses have been talking about...

The post-pandemic future: Virtual visits will revolutionize family health care

The post-pandemic future: Virtual visits will revolutionize family health care

Jennifer Young is president of the Ontario College of Family Physicians Over the past few months, I’ve been dealing with...

The post-pandemic future: Grocery delivery will save the planet

The post-pandemic future: Grocery delivery will save the planet

Ran Goel is CEO of Fresh City Farms Online grocery was born in the late 1990s. In spite of billions in venture capital pumped into...

The post-pandemic future: We will stop warehousing older people in care homes

The post-pandemic future: We will stop warehousing older people in care homes

Samir Sinha is director of geriatrics, Sinai Health System and University Health Network Canadians got a shocking dose of reality...

The post-pandemic future: All mental health services will be covered under OHIP

The post-pandemic future: All mental health services will be covered under OHIP

Thomas Ungar is psychiatrist-in-chief at St. Michael's Hospital, part of Unity Health Toronto We've moved past the peak of the...

The post-pandemic future: E-cycles will become the new public transit

The post-pandemic future: E-cycles will become the new public transit

Darnel Harris is executive director of Our Greenway Conservancy and Sam Starr is a consultant for Sustainable Urban Freight and...

The post-pandemic future: Affordable child care will save the economy

The post-pandemic future: Affordable child care will save the economy

Jagmeet Singh is Leader of Canada’s NDP For decades, women have told us how necessary child care is for their ability to...

The post-pandemic future: Race-based data collection can make our city more equitable

The post-pandemic future: Race-based data collection can make our city more equitable

Arjumand Siddiqi is Canada Research Chair in population health equity Each day since stay-at-home orders were first put in place...

Cost of Living

These North York points enthusiasts earn $370,000 a year. How do they spend it?

These North York points enthusiasts earn $370,000 a year. How do they spend it?

“We try to maximize our rewards by using various credit cards plus PC Optimum”

This 22-year-old venture capitalist is on track to make $180,000 this year. How does he spend it?

This 22-year-old venture capitalist is on track to make $180,000 this year. How does he spend it?

“I love a good bargain, so I shop at No Frills”

This globetrotting couple earns a combined $287,000 a year. How do they spend it?

This globetrotting couple earns a combined $287,000 a year. How do they spend it?

“Groceries are our biggest monthly expense after rent”

This Doctors Without Borders marketer earns $100,000 a year. How does she spend it?

This Doctors Without Borders marketer earns $100,000 a year. How does she spend it?

Manpreet Badyal moved from Delhi to Vancouver to Toronto in search of success

How a Gen Z finance enthusiast in Forest Hill spends her money

How a Gen Z finance enthusiast in Forest Hill spends her money

Business analyst and budding TikTok investment guru Chaeeun Lee hopes to visit 50 countries before she turns 30

This policy analyst and stand-up comedian makes $83,000 a year. How does she spend it?

This policy analyst and stand-up comedian makes $83,000 a year. How does she spend it?

“Investing in mental health is important. I have an unlimited membership at Othership in Yorkville”

This entrepreneur is on track to make $23,000 this year. How does she spend it?

This entrepreneur is on track to make $23,000 this year. How does she spend it?

“It was hard to accept financial aid from my parents, but it actually brought us closer together”

Urban Diplomat

Dear Urban Diplomat: My family takes Mother’s Day more seriously than Father’s Day

Dear Urban Diplomat: My family takes Mother’s Day more seriously than Father’s Day

She gets flowers, gifts and breakfast in bed; I get a lousy grill brush. Am I wrong to feel slighted?

Dear Urban Diplomat: What’s the etiquette for EV charging?

Dear Urban Diplomat: What’s the etiquette for EV charging?

Dear Urban Diplomat , What’s the etiquette for EV charging? A few weeks ago, I finally found a spot in my neighbourhood to juice...

Dear Urban Diplomat: My husband thinks I'm a hoarder, but I'm a collector

Dear Urban Diplomat: My husband thinks I’m a hoarder, but I’m a collector

He’s started quoting Marie Kondo and insisting that I get rid of my “emotional support tchotchkes.” How can I get him to back off?

Dear Urban Diplomat: My condo building has zero tolerance for the slightest noise

Dear Urban Diplomat: My condo building has zero tolerance for the slightest noise

They’ve asked us not to shower after 11 p.m. because of “pipe whistling.” Is this normal?

Dear Urban Diplomat: My husband bought us a pass to skip the line at the ski hill. Why do I feel guilty for using it?

Dear Urban Diplomat: My husband bought us a pass to skip the line at the ski hill. Why do I feel guilty for using it?

I can’t help being embarrassed every time I sheepishly walk past the eye rollers in the regular queue

Dear Urban Diplomat: My brother is lying online about Dry January

Dear Urban Diplomat: My brother is lying online about Dry January

He’s preaching the virtues of sobriety on TikTok but still crushing six-packs every weekend, and the hypocrisy is getting on my nerves. Should I call him out?

Dear Urban Diplomat: My co-workers have forgotten how to behave in an office

Dear Urban Diplomat: My co-workers have forgotten how to behave in an office

I actually don’t mind the return-to-office mandate, but it seems like so much working from home has caused my fellow employees’ self-awareness to atrophy