Economy

Rod Phillips, Minister of Finance and Parliamentary Assistant Stan Cho visited COVID-19 Research Labs at the University of Toronto on July 30th. U of T is part of the critical provincial and federal bio-medical research network. During the pandemic UofT has rapidly repositioned and mobilized resourc... Read More

On March 5th, Minister Romano attended a summit at U of T with the Business and Higher-Education Roundtable (BHER). Leaders in business and post secondary education are collaborating on direct contributions to innovation and the knowledge economy, and driving economic development. Read More

Jeff Yurek, Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks visited UofT’s St. George Campus and BioZone on February 4th. Minister Yurek toured the University's bioscience and bioengineering labs at the BioZone, and met with President Meric Gertler, Scott Mabury and Ron Saporta to talk about ... Read More

Is there a fundamental difference between the old and the new economy? Tomi Poutanen, Chief AI Officer at TD, and co-founder of the Vector Institute argued the new economy is dramatically different because of the ability of technology to drive exponential economic growth. Read More