Leadership during a pandemic requires a set of skills that fosters collaboration, connectedness and out-of-the-box thinking. What is the real definition of effective leadership? Is it merely about leading a group of people? Is it connected to seniority or one’s position within the hierarchy of a company? Or is it much more definitive and intricate …
Once a secret ‘pasta speakeasy,’ Famiglia Baldassarre on Toronto’s Geary Avenue is now widely recognized as making the best homemade pasta in the city. In a metropolitan region of close to 6.5 million people, there are always a few good secrets, especially in the restaurant business. Foodies and urban tastemakers all seem to be members …
Frank Owen Gehry is a Pritzker Architecture Prize winner, an award which embodies significant contributions to humanity and the built environment through the art of architecture. What makes someone a genius? Is there a creative or intelligence gene that is passed down through the hierarchy of generations, one that inspires and gifts the virtuoso with …
The original intent of e-cigarettes — which was to help smokers reduce and ultimately quit smoking — has, instead, taken on a whole new life with youth vaping. How many times have you walked by a group of young people hanging out on a street corner or maybe outside a store, puffing away on what …
With a back catalogue of hits and a host of multimillion selling albums to his name already, it’s easy to forget that Canada’s latest hot-shot musical export — and all-round affable celeb — Shawn Mendes is only just out of his teens and has the world at his feet. Shawn Mendes may well be a …
Four coaches, spanning four different sports, share their thoughts on what it takes to be a coach in today’s society. When watching or playing sports, the focus is mainly on the players. And, for all intents and purposes, it should be because there is always one position that is underappreciated, and that’s the coach. Many …
Youth hockey in Vaughan has been flourishing under coach Adam Colagiacomo for 17 years now. Coach Colagiacomo runs the Pro Star Hockey School at Vaughan Sports Village. His school teaches kids aged four to 18 how to improve their skating, puck handling and many more fundamental aspects of the game. But more importantly, this coach …
Having been in the Canadian basketball community practically his entire life, coach Gus Gymnopoulos is the next version of Dave Smart. And for those of you who do not know who coach Smart is, well, he is just one of Canada’s winningest coaches at the university level, as he is the current head coach of …
There is light at the end of the tunnel when it comes to Canadian football (soccer) with coaches such as Jim Brennan at the helm of York 9 FC. For those who do not know, Canada finally has a professional football league, which started this year. This league is called the Canadian Premier League, and …
Another sport on the rise in Vaughan is baseball. And Major Peewee 1 coach Alfonso Casciato, of the Vaughan Vikings, is doing a spectacular job in coaching kids on how to play the sport with class and skill. Coach Casciato has been coaching youth baseball for almost a decade and is loving every minute of …