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The Post-Pandemic Future of Everything

As Toronto emerges from its Covid-induced fugue state, we’ll need to rebuild the city. It’s challenging, yes, but also exciting. We asked Toronto’s smartest thinkers to predict how the city could change—for the better

By Toronto Life| Photograph by Bryson Gibbons
| August 19, 2020
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How Covid got big thinkers thinking

The big picture, by Jason McBride

|1| The big picture By Jason McBride

 

Affordable Internet will become a universal human right, by Alejandra Ruiz Vargas

|2| Affordable Internet will become a universal human right By Alejandra Ruiz Vargas

 

The film and TV industry will go virtual—actors and sets included, by Paul Bronfman

|3| The film and TV industry will go virtual—actors and sets included By Paul Bronfman

 

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Modular housing can end homelessness, by Abigail Bond

|4| Modular housing can end homelessness By Abigail Bond

 

Micro-restaurants are the future of fine dining, by David Hopkins

|5| Micro-restaurants are the future of fine dining By David Hopkins

 

Toronto’s main streets will become European-style pedestrian hubs, by Kristyn Wong-Tam

|6| Toronto’s main streets will become European-style pedestrian hubs By Kristyn Wong-Tam

 

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Universal pharmacare will save Canadians billions of dollars per year, by Eric Hoskins

|7| Universal pharmacare will save Canadians billions of dollars per year By Eric Hoskins

 

Home care will ease the burden on hospitals, by Kevin Smith

|8| Home care will ease the burden on hospitals By Kevin Smith

 

Brick-and-mortar stores will reinvent themselves with AI, by Diane J. Brisebois

|9| Brick-and-mortar stores will reinvent themselves with AI By Diane J. Brisebois

 

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We will drastically reduce the number of people in Ontario jails—and prevent more crimes in the process, by Paula Osmok

|10| We will drastically reduce the number of people in Ontario jails—and prevent more crimes in the process By Paula Osmok

 

Affordable child care will save the economy, by Jagmeet Singh

|11| Affordable child care will save the economy By Jagmeet Singh

 

We will regulate long-term care to protect residents, by Patty Coates

|12| We will regulate long-term care to protect residents By Patty Coates

 

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Virtual visits will revolutionize family health care, by Jennifer Young

|13| Virtual visits will revolutionize family health care By Jennifer Young

 

We’ll turn city lands and golf courses into massive urban farms, by Paul Taylor

|14| We’ll turn city lands and golf courses into massive urban farms By Paul Taylor

 

Facial recognition, voice activation and VR will transform offices, by Claudette McGowan

|15| Facial recognition, voice activation and VR will transform offices By Claudette McGowan

 

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All mental health services will be covered under OHIP, by Thomas Ungar

|16| All mental health services will be covered under OHIP By Thomas Ungar

 

We will stop warehousing older people in care homes, by Samir Sinha

|17| We will stop warehousing older people in care homes By Samir Sinha

 

Grocery delivery will save the planet, by Ran Goel

|18| Grocery delivery will save the planet By Ran Goel

 

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E-cycles will become the new public transit, by Darnel Harris and Sam Starr

|19| E-cycles will become the new public transit By Darnel Harris and Sam Starr

 

Race-based data collection can make our city more equitable, by Arjumand Siddiqi

|20| Race-based data collection can make our city more equitable By Arjumand Siddiqi

 

E-commerce will save small businesses, by Satish Kanwar

|21| E-commerce will save small businesses By Satish Kanwar

 

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Restaurants will become multi-platform one-stop shops, by Andrew Oliver

|22| Restaurants will become multi-platform one-stop shops By Andrew Oliver

 

Inclusionary zoning can help fix the housing crisis, by Mitchell Cohen

|23| Inclusionary zoning can help fix the housing crisis By Mitchell Cohen

 

A basic income will bring millions of people out of poverty, by Michael Coteau

|24| A basic income will bring millions of people out of poverty By Michael Coteau

 

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Every homeless person will get a room of their own, by Cathy Crowe

|25| Every homeless person will get a room of their own By Cathy Crowe

 

As business travel declines, leisure travel will thrive, by Ambarish Chandra

|26| As business travel declines, leisure travel will thrive By Ambarish Chandra

 

Employees will work wherever they want, by Zabeen Hirji

|27| Employees will work wherever they want By Zabeen Hirji

 

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Food couriers will run their own delivery apps, by Iván Ostos

|28| Food couriers will run their own delivery apps By Iván Ostos

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