At Vancouver’s Elisa Steakhouse the Pop Art is on the Walls and the Plate
With Andy Warhols and Jeff Koons to admire while waiting for your steak, Elisa will forever alter your expectations of a steakhouse. Vancouver’s Elisa Steakhouse militates against your preconceptions about steak—in a nice way, though. The seating isn’t booths made of panels of wood — they’re a cherry red or a creamy grey around tablecloths […]
Financeit’s CEO Michael Garrity on Building a Company That Changes Lives
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Photo by Mauricio Calero This Toronto-based fintech company is changing the game, one project at a time. For about ten years now, Canadian startup Financeit has been quietly revolutionizing how big-budget projects are funded and facilitated. Serving financial institutions, merchants, and the everyday consumer through a straightforward interface, Financeit is demystifying funding big purchases. […]
Brian Jungen Reminds Canadians of their Power
It is good to be a Canadian right now. At least, that’s how many feel after Bianca Andreescu’s recent historic win against Serena Williams in the U.S. Open, and with a federal election coming up next month, not to mention this summer’s defining Raptors win. Mississauga’s 19-year-old Andreescu’s win makes Canadian women feel doubly proud, […]
Arlene Dickinson on the Human Path to Success
Arlene Dickinson is a powerhouse. Her biography is something to marvel at. One can’t help but be awed by her trials and tribulations, her triumphant successes.
Diversity on Screen: TIFF 2019 Will Represent the Myriad Communities and People Who Love Film
Diversity is the name of the game this year at the Toronto International Film Festival. Cultural, social, thematic, artistic, and all sections in between. With various and textured representations of happiness and sadness and struggle and strength, the films to be screened at this year’s festival seem to reflect back to Torontonians a diversity and […]