It seems like yesterday I was commenting on the blur of 2009. This year we hosted over 20 editorial roundtable discussions with topics and special guests ranging from International politicians (Italy’s Maria Rosaria Bindi), and Toronto politicos (Adam Giambrone, Rocco Rossi, then-Mayor David Miller, George Smitherman, Sarah Thomson, Rob Ford and Joe Pantalone), to federal [...]

In previous years, my end-of-year lists have mostly kept to one-stop websites.  This year, I’ve also included some specific articles and mobile apps that are worthy of special mention.  So, what follows are my top 10 online “wows of discovery” for 2010 … in no particular ranking:  1.  “Challenging Change” John Paton has been the CEO of [...]

First a caveat: for close followers of our corporate activities and online destinations, you will note that some of what follows has been posted and re-purposed elsewhere on one of our other websites. Sometimes, that’s the challenge of being a contributor for two separate websites, the luxury of a day off, and ultimately, the ease [...]

Last year, I made an earnest effort to create a series of posts, categorized as “Catching Up”, that would spotlight some links of interest.  So, I’m resurrecting that and, without planning to, I seem to have hit on the theme of language: An online database of names, HearNames.com lets you type in a name and [...]

An historic civic literacy initiative will soon be upon us. Beginning the week of May 2, over 50 (so far) of our partner publisher newspaper/online publications will begin publishing The Canadian Experience, a 52-week editorial series about the history of Canada’s democracy — how our country works, the politics, the leaders, the peoples, and more [...]