A bash to celebrate the launch of Toronto Life’s annual Most Influential list
By Toronto Life
| December 17, 2021
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On November 23, Toronto Life hosted an intimate—and double-vaxxed—event at Yorkville’s Harry Rosen to celebrate the magazine’s annual list of the city’s most influential people. Occupying top spot this year was Vaccine Hunters Canada, the kind-hearted army of volunteers who helped more than a million Canadians get the jab.
Those Good Samaritans, other honourees on the list and a small group of other attendees mingled, shopped, sipped on World Class Canada cocktails, beer from Guinness and wines from Robert Mondavi, and enjoyed bite-size delicacies from Elle Cuisine, all presented by lead sponsor Harry Rosen. Here’s a closer look at who was there.
Ken Hunt, publisher of Toronto Life, with Andrew Young and Sabrina Craig, co-directors of Vaccine Hunters Canada Olympian Penny Oleksiak with Dayton Westerman, Kato Alexander Kiggundu and Audrey Goodman Mayor John Tory Mark Shapiro, Toronto Blue Jays president and CEO, with daughter Sierra Hank Idsinga, Toronto Police’s head of homicide, with daughter Laura Angel investor Arati Sharma with Shopify’s Satish Kanwar Joyia Carolynne Hew and Toronto international Film Festival CEO Cameron Bailey Lawrence Loh, Peel’s medical officer of health, with Eileen de Villa, Toronto’s medical officer of health Sarah Fulford, Toronto Life’s editor-in-chief Rishi Nayyar and TikTok star Samantha Yammine with Tara Kiran and Irfan Dhalla, co-chair of the Covid-19 Testing and Screening Advisory Panel Tony Gagliano, CEO of St. Joseph Communications, with Larry Rosen, chairman and CEO of Harry Rosen Lawyer Brian Greenspan Ian Rosen, executive vice-president of digital and strategy at Harry Rosen Michael Warner, medical director of critical care at Michael Garron Hospital, with Julie Guarasci Shiran Isaacksz, co-leader of the Toronto Vaccine Mobile Strategy Table, and Julie Isaacksz Wealthsimple CEO Michael Katchen Denise Andrea Campbell, the City of Toronto’s executive director of social development, with Mohamed Shuriye Jordan Jacobs, Radical Ventures co-founder, Sharyn Costin, Nicola Fisher, and Brendan Frey, CEO of Deep Genomics Michael Serbinis, CEO of League, with Laura Adams Isaac Bogoch, infectious diseases doctor
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