TTT has a strong academic and consulting research component. Here’s a few things we’re working on at the moment and a list of projects conducted in the recent past.

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Partnership with emerge partners Ltd., Summer 2011

Entitled "Legislation Affecting Labour in the Horticulture Workplace" the project is being led by emerge partners with support provided by Dr. Rafael Gomez (Co-founder ThinkTankToronto), Juan Gomez (Research Director ThinkTankToronto) and Salim Rachid (Reasearch Consultaant, ThinkTankToronto). The project is being funded by Agriculture Canada and its Horticulture Value Chain Roundtable Labour Working Group - Government Policies and Regulations.

The project's scope is to compare labour legislation in Canada to: I. Identify gaps and significant differences in regulations, standards and policies that affect competitiveness in the horticulture sector; and II. Recommend areas that need follow up and further analysis.

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Past Projects - 2004-2010 

Partnership with Infrastructure Canada’s Knowledge-Building, Outreach and Awareness (KOA) Program


Entitled “The Local Economic Infrastructure of Business Improvement Areas (BIAs) in the City of Toronto” this research project will kick off in spring 2007 and will end in 2008/09. The project will study the effect of BIAs on local communities as well as aim to disseminate best practices across other BIAs in the country and around the world. Toronto was the birthplace of the BIA concept – a union of local businesses, shopkeepers and retail property owners designed to beautify and promote a local area – and although this idea has spread across the globe, we are one of the first teams to ever study these areas in any great depth. We are proud to be working with Infrastructure Canada on this project.



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Here's a few more things to read about:

Check out TheStoreFront on Bloor Street in partnership with OCAD:

www.thestorefrontcommunity.com

Check out our new 54east Magazine web site:
www.54eastmagazine.com

Check out our new Neighbourhood Photo Album project test web site:
www.neighbourhoodphotoalbum.com

Check out the Work Worth Doing team’s Now House™ project – One Small House. One Million Possibilities.
www.workworthdoing.com