In the run-up to the provincial election on October 6, we’ll be comparing the major parties’ platforms on issues that matter to urban voters. The economy is a meta-issue, or a super-plank, the issue under which all other issues are subsumed. If the economy doesn’t work, then there’s no money to pay for any of [...]

Infographics have become a hot trend, with everything from preventable death figures to Star Wars translated into accessible, well-designed illustrations. It’s no surprise, given how infographics organize and contextualize data into an easily digestible format. A new Toronto startup hopes to apply the simplicity of infographics to our working lives. Inspired by an infographic resumé [...]

The Toronto Community Housing Corporation, which lost its board in somewhat dramatic fashion earlier this month, is looking to fill those empty spots soon.

Storyslam winner Paula Rayson regaled the crowd with memories of working the graveyard shift at a meatpacking factory. “That job stole my dignity, that job stole my sense of safety, that job stole my sense of purpose,” reminisced employment consultant Rachel Cantelon. She was describing the slew of paid gigs she’d had over the years, [...]

This is not the building in which the elevator resides, but check out that symbolism. Photo by Wai, from the Torontoist Flickr Pool. So you spent tens of thousands of dollars on a journalism degree from a good school and now you’re pulling espresso shots for suits like some kind of industry cliché. Well, pull [...]