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Canadian flags flying high over the CNE midway. - Tanja Tiziana

Healthcare and Wellness

Family Physician
Family Physician - Stephanie Tung
The healthcare and wellness industry in and around Toronto includes a vast network of hospitals, doctors and health care professionals that are taking care of our residents and keeping them healthy. On top of this an abundance of research and innovation takes place here. These range from the labs and firms located in downtown Toronto's Discovery District to the many companies around the GTA who are doing global business.

Healthcare and Wellness Features

Net Change Week: Toronto's social innovators are making Don Tapscott's predictions come true

It's Net Change Week at MaRS and tech-biz thinker Don Tapscott is asking us to rethink how, well, just about everything operates. It's a new way of doing things, and Toronto's social innovators like Michelle Hamilton-Page at Toronto Public Health are helping lead the way.read on…

Eduardo Castro takes care of Toronto's mental and civic health, one person at a time

Eduardo Castro's work with youth, mental health and addiction is all about building long-term relationships and his recent appointment to the Toronto Board of Health is his latest achievement in his civic-minded career.read on…

Like Sex in the City, but with meat: Toronto's gourmet healthy butcher scene

Toronto is quickly becoming known as a city with a soft spot for meat. The local butcher shop is becoming more popular by the day, offering organic and local options to savvy clientele who are mindful of where their next meal comes from.read on…

Monkey Business

After years of dodging security guards and watching their sport go into hibernation each winter, Toronto's parkour community has found a place to crash - literally - at The Monkey Vault, athlete-entrepreneur Dan Iaboni's new gym-playground hybrid.read on…

Good for the body, good for the soul, and good for the wallet.

Muslim businesses spread out over the 416 and 905 are generating millions of dollars in a parallel "halal" economy that's seeing increasing cross-over into the mainstream.read on…

Real Food for Real Kids: encouraging children to crave health

When a young couple sent their child to daycare with his own nutritious and tasty lunches, they didn't know that a few years later they'd be feeding thousands and changing the attitudes of kids, parents and teachers toward the food they eat daily.read on…
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