Posts Tagged ‘science’

Seeking a Strategy for Creativity

Last week was Toronto’s Creative Places + Spaces conference – a very dynamic gathering of speakers from not-for-profit and educational sectors, with some CBC talent and Toronto City Hall employees thrown in for good measure.

The theme of the day was collaboration. Presenters explored the unconventional ways that individuals, communities, and institutions can work together to [...]

Why Storytelling Matters

Recently, I’ve been doing some research around research itself. I’m taking a great methodologies class at U of T and, despite the Holy-Intensity-Batman feeling I have through the bulk of each session,  it’s probably my favourite afternoon of the week. The other day, we were in the throes of discussion when the question came up: [...]

The Unseen Opportunity

In its third year of turning the city of Toronto into a free all-night contemporary art thing, Nuit Blanche left me wondering one thing: How could advertisers benefit from this in a way that didn’t invade the consumers’ space?
This issue is two-fold, and we’ll begin with the obvious first. The event draws over a million [...]