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Extra Extra: Posters, Power, and Pulse-taking
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The winning entries in Toronto Elections’ poster designing contest. Left: Shaikh Faraz Safdar (winner); top right: Chantal Stepa (second place); bottom right: Pallavi Thampi (third place).
- As you may have heard, Toronto is holding an election this fall. In order to mobilize voters in general, and young voters in particular, the City held a poster designing contest. The winning entries were announced this afternoon, and they are pretty full of the warm-and-fuzzy. Congrats to Shaikh Faraz Safdar, a seventeen-year-old from Lester B. Pearson Collegiate, on securing the top spot. (And everyone: go vote!)
- Ryerson is establishing a Centre for Urban Energy, which will be “devoted to the discovery and commercialization of innovative, practical solutions to urban energy issues.” As fast as possible guys, k? With all the electioneering going on, we need someone to come up with some actual ideas.
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