Another Word on the Street festival has come and gone, and its predictably delightful array of book and magazine publishers, compelling presentations, and roasted corn trucks are once again behind us. In case, for some reason, you opted to stay indoors on a perfectly summery Sunday afternoon or, gasp!, spent your day elsewhere, Torontoist was there [...]

Left to right: Polkaroo, TVOntario chair Peter O’Brian, TVOntario CEO Lisa de Wilde, honoree William Davis, Premier Dalton McGuinty, Minister of Education Kathleen Wynne, emcee Steve Paikin During a decade-long stint as Ontario’s Minister of Education (1962–71), William Davis led an extensive revamp of the province’s learning institutions that included extensive funding, the establishment of [...]