The future of Toronto

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

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

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