Although you may not know it by name, Carl Orff’s O Fortuna has been used countless times in television, film, and radio and television advertising. And now, Tourism Calgary/The Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra Chorus can be added to the list. In a move that would make any social media convert swoon, the Chorus crowdsourced their Twitter [...]

Like many, witnessing the events in Tunisia via Twitter (and, not knowing at the time Egypt would follow) and the speed with which it was happening was breathtaking.  Even at the time many, including myself, didn’t believe it was a Twitter or a “Facebook Revolution”, but nor were we blind to the importance of their [...]

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 early October, the CBC cancelled the regular season Punjabi broadcasts of its iconic Hockey Night in Canada, citing a lack of funding but, yet, an increased viewership to its English broadcast.  At the time, CBC spokesman Jeff Keay deemed it as a “successful experiment.”  With over 1 million Indo-Canadian viewers, “many of those new [...]

Today at 2 pm, Ontario’s Revenue Minister the Hon. John Wilkinson will be participating in an Editorial Roundtable discussion in our main boardroom. Minister Wilkinson has been a member of the Ontario legislature since 2003, when he was first elected in Perth-Middlesex.  Prior to the Revenue portfolio, he was Minister of Research and Innovation. In [...]