University of Toronto

Meric Gertler
Project Director. Co-Director, Program on Globalization and Regional Innovation Systems (PROGRIS) at the Munk Centre for International Studies

Lori Tesolin
Project Management and Research

Sarah Weinstock
Project Management and Research

Leadership Team

Helen Burstyn
Chair, Board of Directors, Ontario Trillium Foundation*

John Campbell
President and CEO, Toronto Waterfront Revitalization Corporation 

Geoff Cape
Executive Director, Evergreen

Karen Carter
Founder and President, Education Connections

Pier Giorgio di Cicco
Poet Laureate, City of Toronto

 Luigi Ferrara
Director, School of Design, George Brown College

Glen Grunwald
President and CEO, Toronto Board of Trade 

John Honderich
Special Advisor to the Premier on the Future of the GTA and Creative Cities*

Tim Jones
CEO, Artscape

Roberto Martella
Owner and Manager, Grano

Eric Meerkamper
Partner, D-Code Inc.

Mark Robert
Managing Partner, Carlu

Ron Shuebrook
Former President, Ontario College of Art and Design (OCAD)

Anne Swarbrick
President, Toronto Community Foundation

Ilse Treurnicht
CEO, MaRS

Aisha Wickham
Executive Director, Urban Music Association of Canada

Margaret Zeidler
President, 401 Richmond

 

 

Province of Ontario – Ministry of Research and Innovation

Ian Bromley
Director, Economic Development and Innovation. Co-chair, Toronto-London Creative Cities Project

Dr. Damian Dupuy
Senior Advisor, Innovation Policy

Province of Ontario –
Ministry of Culture

Donna Ratchford
Manager, Arts and Culture Unit

John Parsons
Policy Advisor, Arts and Culture Unit

City of Toronto

Rita Davies
Executive Director, Culture; Economic Development, Culture and Tourism

Karen Thorne-Stone
Film Commissioner/Former Executive Director, Economic Development

Christine Raissis
Director, Economic Research and Business Information; Economic Development, Culture and Tourism

Terry Nicholson
Manager, Cultural Affairs; Economic Development, Culture and Tourism

* The University of Toronto team would like to extend special thanks to Helen Burstyn and John Honderich for their help in developing this report.