Featured Stories

Bamiyan Kabob's Afghan cusine empire grows in and around Toronto

Sarah Elton Wednesday, September 01, 2010

From one small restaurant in Thorncliffe Park, Bamiyan Kabob's family operation has grown into a city-wide chain with its own food processing centre and, soon, even a farm. Along the way, they've managed to hire 220 people.read on…

Diversity

Don Mills

Steam Whistle's commitment to hiring new immigrants

Piali Roy Wednesday, September 01, 2010

Toronto's Steam Whistle Brewing has an unusual hiring policy: choose the best person for the job, with or without Canadian experience. In doing so, they say they've made their company and brand stronger.read on…

Diversity

Roots of Empathy, the worldwide program that teaches compassion, has its own roots in Toronto

Carla Lucchetta Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Roots of Empathy, a little school program that began in Toronto with a mission to "change the world one child at a time," has grown into an internationally successful program backed by no less than the Dalai Lama.read on…

Health and Wellness

Don Mills

What's the Deal? Toronto companies are part of the group buying phenomenon

Jaclyn Law Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Group buying sites are popping up in Toronto faster than you can say "half-price sushi rolls." Here's how deal-hunting became a team sport. read on…

Research and Innovation

Overthrowing the performance review: Toronto's Rypple makes waves in the HR department

Paul Gallant Wednesday, August 18, 2010

If Facebook can make you feel good about your relationships, why can't Rypple make you feel good about your workplace? This Toronto company is applying social media to the office.read on…

Research and Innovation

Yonge & Eglinton

Hadi Mahabadi of Xerox Canada explains how skilled immigrants help push innovation

Edward Keenan Wednesday, August 18, 2010

With researchers from 37 countries, the Xerox Research Centre of Canada's "diversity of thought" strategy, adopted in 2004, has resulted in a 17 per cent year-over-year increase in the number of its patent ideas.read on…

Diversity, Research and Innovation

Mississauga

Toronto's film industry: Mongrel Media and Hussain Amarshi Score Again at TIFF

Marc Glassman Wednesday, August 11, 2010

The founder of multicultural Toronto-based and internationally successful film distribution company Mongrel Media is a practical idealist whose newest feature, Score, will open the Toronto International Film Festival next month.read on…

City Building, Diversity

Queen/King West

Farming in the city: how urban agriculture is slowly growing in Toronto

Anna Olejarczyk Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Interest in cultivating organic vegetables is growing around the GTA and is both a choice for entrepreneurs looking for a new career and a way to teach youth new skills. Yonge Street talks to one of those new farmers as well as Justin Di Ciano, who runs the "Farm-in-the-Village" program.read on…

Sustainability

The Kingsway - Islington, Brampton

There's a village in that stripmall: a slideshow and essay wandering Wexford's main strip

Bert Archer Wednesday, August 04, 2010

Wexford used to be a village and though now found in the middle of Scarborough, it still is, but it might not look like you expect it to. Part of our series on neighbourhood strips, take a tour of a Wexford stripmall with Yonge Street's Bert Archer and Tanja Tiziana in words and pictures.read on…

City Building, Diversity

Wexford - Bendale

Anatomy of a Chinese restaurant: how Sun's Kitchen in Markham's Pacific Mall started and evolved

Alexandra Shimo Wednesday, August 04, 2010

After years of serving western style food to please their customers, a Markham chef wows the city with his traditional "la main" noodles, and passes on the thousand-year tradition. Pacific Mall, an informal incubator for new immigrant businesses, is a perfect location.read on…

Diversity

"No ma, this game is helping me learn" - Toronto's serious gaming companies have kids thinking

Joseph Wilson Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Imagine Guitar Hero for your brain: Toronto companies Wero Creative and Spongelab Interactive are creating computer games that are both fun and get kids learning too.read on…

Higher Education, Research and Innovation

Not all resumes are treated equally: how Toronto's skilled immigrants are getting hired

Paul Gallant Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Toronto is tapping into its skilled immigrant talent by, in part, training human resources professionals to recognize and hire from this neglected pool of smart and ready-to-work people.read on…

Diversity

Toronto's Artez Interactive brings Web 2.0 to fundraisers around the world

Piali Roy Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Artez Interactive is the behind-the-scenes company that helps fundraising campaigns take part in the social media revolution.read on…

Research and Innovation

Manuel Cappel's Freedom Machines: making cycling in Toronto practical

Sarah Elton Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Cycling isn't just for recreation as more and more Torontonians are pedaling around the city. Manual Cappel makes bikes and cargo trailers that help make that easy.read on…

Sustainability, Transportation