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TTC Gets A Wake Up Call
I want to personally thank George Robitaille, the now infamous TTC employee who napped his way onto the front page of local newspapers and became an unlikely Twittersphere sensation.
Until very recently, any time I criticized the TTC, I was sternly rebuffed: accused of being an anti-environmentalist or a self-loathing Torontonian. Or even both. We had a “world class system” I was told. My criticism upset people. However, ever since photos of our guy sleeping in a ticket booth gained viral status, TTC bashing is coming from all corners imaginable and fixing the TTC has become the biggest talking point in Toronto’s mayoral race.
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Icebreakers Exhibit - Creating Common Ground by Design
In partnership with the Ontario College of Art & Design (OCAD) and Luminato, Toronto Festival of Arts and Creativity, OpenCity Projects' 2009 creative lab explores communication in urban spaces and ways to help people connect. Results of the creative lab will be showcased at the Icebreakers exhibit.