Sports
Coronavirus tips: 7 lessons we can learn from hockey
Canadians often see hockey as a metaphor for life. Hockey’s cliché-littered locker room may offer some wisdom as we collectively…
These trailblazing Black athletes transformed Canadian sports
The history and achievements of Black Canadians are scarcely taught in schools, resulting in what the father of Black History…
Has basketball replaced hockey as Canada’s favourite sport?
The Toronto Raptors are the champions of the National Basketball Association — and by winning the title, Canada’s only NBA…
Toronto in the NBA Finals and Other Milestones in the History of Canadian Sports
(6/03/2019) The first appearance of the Toronto Raptors in the NBA Finals has garnered enormous enthusiasm in one of the…
The Toronto Raptors playoff Success Represents a Shift in Canadian Identity
(05/31/2019) If you’re not a basketball fan right now, you’re missing out. For the first time since they were founded…
Re-thinking Canada through Indigenous hockey
“Damn, we got it. We won one in their barn!” To Cree hockey player Eugene Arcand, these words made little…
‘Serious problems with the policy’: U of T’s Bruce Kidd on the ruling against Caster Semenya
Caster Semenya, the South African 800-metre Olympic and world champion, recently lost her landmark legal case against the International Association of…
Eight Canadians Who Can Achieve Gold at Pyeongchang’s Olympic Games
These will be the fourth Olympic Games for the four-time Canadian gold medalist, Charles Hamelin.
Top 5 Hispanic – Caribbean Athletes in Canada’s Sports History
Puerto Rican Roberto Alomar has undeniably written his name with gold letters on the Toronto Blue Jays’ history.
Canada: A Surprising Destination for Cuban Baseball
This team is headed by Roger Machado, three-time winner of the National Series, and the lineup includes several of the main players that have stayed in the country, as well as other highly-experienced figures.
Business
Toronto startup Cyclica offers free “stimulus” to researchers combatting COVID-19
Necessity is the mother of invention — unless the world closes your lab and diverts your funding. That’s the conundrum…
How Canadian startups are tackling the COVID-19 crisis
With the World Health Organization (WHO) officially declaring COVID-19 an international pandemic, nations have doubled down on “flattening the curve” of…
Shoplogix: the startup that connects data to dollars with Ontario talent
Oakville, Ontario, based Shoplogix was founded in 2002 on the premise that better information could lead to improved outcomes in the manufacturing…
Toronto’s fintech sector is exploding with jobs
Toronto is an indisputable financial services giant: roughly eight percent of Torontonians work in finance, while jobs in the sector have grown by…
These Tech Jobs didn’t Exist Yesterday in Toronto
Toronto’s tech sector is growing at a furious pace: there’s 65,000 workers and counting with more new jobs added than New York, San…
Canada can better prepare to retrain workers displaced by disruptive technologies
Canada must prepare for the growing need to retrain workers displaced by disruptive technologies. To do so, governments must have…
You Have to Follow These Canadian Entrepreneurs in 2020
These Canadian Entrepreneurs could be inspirational for many young students. The most interesting entrepreneurs all have one thing in common:…
Toronto startup Hypercare aims to bring hospitals into the 21st century
The first thing you see when you go to the website of Hypercare, the startup co-founded by University of Toronto alumnus Albert Tai, is…
Ryerson University: Pushing fashion forward
The word “Fashion” might evoke images of clothing, shoes and accessories for some, but Andrea Romero, manager at Ryerson Unviersity’s…
Canada is the best country in the world for social entrepreneurship
According to a recent survey released by the Thomson Reuters Foundation which ranked 45 countries’ ability to grow and support social entrepreneurs,…
Travel and Culture
Top 5 Must-Visit Destinations in Ontario for Latin American Tourists
Toronto is the most multicultural city of the face of the Earth.
Best Canadian Universities for Latin American Students
The University of Toronto is described as the best of its kind in Canada and it occupies the 31st position in the world ranking.
These are the Best Ontario Colleges for Latin American Students
Many schools in Canada and Ontario have created specific services to attract students from Latin America.
Eight Successful Latin American-Caribbean Artists in Canada
Alex Cuba is a great figure of Latin American and Caribbean music in Canada, its most acclaimed star.
Distillery District: Toronto’s Most European Side
The streets of Distillery District are walked by thousands of visitors on a daily basis, interested in touring one of the areas with more history and charm in Toronto.
Mexican Culture Shows its Best in Toronto
Since her arrival at the capital of Ontario in 2005, renowned Mexican violinist Paulina Derbez has developed an intense cultural activism and she has stood out as a cultural ambassador of her country in Canada.
20 Things You Should Know Before Moving to Montreal
According to an RBC report on housing trends and affordability, buying property in Quebec is more affordable now than it has been in almost a decade.
Sonia Rodríguez, Spanish influence in the National Ballet of Canada
Sonia Rodriguez is the main dancer of the National Ballet of Canada. She was born in Toronto in 1972 but lived in Spain since she was 5 years old till she was 17.
