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
How Covid got big thinkers thinking
|1| The big picture By Jason McBride
|2| Affordable Internet will become a universal human right By Alejandra Ruiz Vargas
|3| The film and TV industry will go virtual—actors and sets included By Paul Bronfman
|4| Modular housing can end homelessness By Abigail Bond
|5| Micro-restaurants are the future of fine dining By David Hopkins
|6| Toronto’s main streets will become European-style pedestrian hubs By Kristyn Wong-Tam
|7| Universal pharmacare will save Canadians billions of dollars per year By Eric Hoskins
|8| Home care will ease the burden on hospitals By Kevin Smith
|9| Brick-and-mortar stores will reinvent themselves with AI By Diane J. Brisebois
|10| We will drastically reduce the number of people in Ontario jails—and prevent more crimes in the process By Paula Osmok
|11| Affordable child care will save the economy By Jagmeet Singh
|12| We will regulate long-term care to protect residents By Patty Coates
|13| Virtual visits will revolutionize family health care By Jennifer Young
|14| We’ll turn city lands and golf courses into massive urban farms By Paul Taylor
|15| Facial recognition, voice activation and VR will transform offices By Claudette McGowan
|16| All mental health services will be covered under OHIP By Thomas Ungar
|17| We will stop warehousing older people in care homes By Samir Sinha
|18| Grocery delivery will save the planet By Ran Goel
|19| E-cycles will become the new public transit By Darnel Harris and Sam Starr
|20| Race-based data collection can make our city more equitable By Arjumand Siddiqi
|21| E-commerce will save small businesses By Satish Kanwar
|22| Restaurants will become multi-platform one-stop shops By Andrew Oliver
|23| Inclusionary zoning can help fix the housing crisis By Mitchell Cohen
|24| A basic income will bring millions of people out of poverty By Michael Coteau
|25| Every homeless person will get a room of their own By Cathy Crowe
|26| As business travel declines, leisure travel will thrive By Ambarish Chandra
|27| Employees will work wherever they want By Zabeen Hirji
|28| Food couriers will run their own delivery apps By Iván Ostos
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