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Chronicler of the Creative Class

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Chronogram Magazine
“The urban studies theorist Richard Florida isn’t from the city. Born to a working-class family in New Jersey, he earned his PhD from Columbia University, taught for years at Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Mellon University, and is currently a professor at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management, said an article posted to the website of Chronogram Magazine on August 27.”

Buses The Answer?

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000

CBC Metro Morning

City’s diversity should be more than a slogan

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Toronto Star

Attracting Smart People to Your Community Accelerates Entrepreneurship

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Fast Company

Durham lauded for creative job potential

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000

The Herald Sun

Strength in Diversity: The Different Facets of Toronto's Key Strength

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0000

While most cities struggle to establish a unique identity, in recent decades Toronto has developed a singular distinction: the city of diversity. But what do we mean when we say “diversity”? A new Insight and accompanying paper explore the different kinds of diversity that are beneficial to Toronto.

Strength in Diversity: The Different Facets of Toronto's Key Strength

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0000

While most cities struggle to establish a unique identity, in recent decades Toronto has developed a singular distinction: the city of diversity. But what do we mean when we say “diversity”? Our default understanding of the word refers to ethnic (or population) diversity. But Toronto has strengths in economic diversity and neighbourhood diversity as well.

Researchers Propose Buses to Ease Toronto's Class Divide

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Torontoist
A map of Toronto, created by research associates at Richard Florida’s Martin Prosperity Institute, and released last week as part of a series of mayoral election–themed research briefs—depicts a city divided not by political affiliation (as the electoral colour scheme indicates), but by occupation and access to public transit.

All Over the Map: The Geography of Service Work in Toronto

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0000

As part of the Cities Centre’s Toronto 2010 Election series, we’ve prepared The Geography of Toronto’s Service Class, a research brief that analyzes the location of Toronto’s service class jobs and their connections to transit. Our analysis found that service class jobs are widely distributed across the city, from parts of central Toronto to Etobicoke to North York to Scarborough. While the service class makes up the largest share of jobs in Toronto, creative class workplaces have significantly better access to the city’s fastest transit infrastructure.

The Geography of Service Work in Toronto

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0000

As part of the Cities Centre’s Toronto 2010 Election series, we prepared a research brief that analyzes the location of Toronto’s service class jobs and their connections to transit. Our analysis found that while the service class makes up the largest share of jobs in Toronto, creative class workplaces have significantly better access to the city’s fastest transit infrastructure.

U.S. rethinks subsidies for home ownership

Thu, 12 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0000

20 Best Cities to Find Jobs

Thu, 12 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0000

The Great Reset and the future of Tor-Mon-tawa, Canada

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0000

National Post
“The Great Reset is a recent book by author and ‘thought leader’ Richard Florida that came about after he was commissioned to write a cover story for Atlantic magazine on ‘How the Crash is Reshaping America’ The article appeared in March 2009, the very month the rally started to gain steam.”

Why Canada needs a Great Reset