Salon camden
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Salon (gathering)
A salon is a gathering of people under the roof of an inspiring host, held partly to amuse one another and partly to refine taste and increase their knowledge of the participants through conversation. These gatherings often consciously followed Horace's definition of the aims of poetry, "either to...
where residents of Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
meet. Salon Camden is one of the few salons held in Canada. It was founded by Azmi Haq
Azmi Haq
Azmi Haq is a Canadian screenwriter, producer, and strategy consultant.-Career:Azmi Haq served as an Additional Federal Secretary and consultant to the former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto...
.
Salon Camden’s discussions take place at Dr. Richard Florida
Richard Florida
Richard Florida is an American urban studies theorist.Richard Florida's focus is on social and economic theory. He is currently a professor and head of the Martin Prosperity Institute at the Rotman School of Management, at the University of Toronto. He also heads a private consulting firm, the...
and Dr. Kevin Stolarick’s ‘think lab’ at the Martin Prosperity Institute at the MaRS Centre in Toronto.
Salon Camden also has a module named Camden File which brings youth and academics together to discuss pressing issues. The first Camden File session featured the topic of "Streets of TO: Who's Space is it Anyway? The session included Christopher Hume, a Toronto Star
Toronto Star
The Toronto Star is Canada's highest-circulation newspaper, based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Its print edition is distributed almost entirely within the province of Ontario...
columnist as well as Matt Blackett, the founder of Spacing Magazine Salon Camden has also launched Salon Camden International, hosting events in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, St. Petersburg, Russia, and Lahore, Pakistan. Plans are currently underway to host future Salon Camden International events in various cities, including Tokyo, Japan.
Salon Camden has also launched the Centre for Urban Dialogue, an initiative that attempts to better engage youth in the civic process. Volunteers from the Centre partnered with film students from Sheridan College
Sheridan College
Sheridan College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning is a diploma and degree granting Canadian polytechnic institute with approximately 15,000 full time students and 35,000 continuing education students...
to create a series of films that look at the perspectives of Toronto youth on the Toronto municipal election, 2010
Toronto municipal election, 2010
The 2010 Toronto municipal election was held on October 25, 2010 to elect a mayor and 44 city councillors in Toronto, Canada. In addition, school trustees were elected to the Toronto District School Board, Toronto Catholic District School Board, Conseil scolaire de district du Centre-Sud-Ouest and...
and politics in general.
Recent dinner talks
- Former Deputy Premier of Ontario, Hon. George SmithermanGeorge SmithermanGeorge Smitherman is a Canadian politician and broadcaster. He represented the provincial riding of Toronto Centre in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1999 to 2010, when he resigned to contest the mayoralty of Toronto in the 2010 municipal election...
- Green Energy: A Driver of Ontario's Economy - Former Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hon. Pierre PettigrewPierre PettigrewPierre Stewart Pettigrew, PC is a Canadian politician.Born in Quebec City, Pettigrew has a BA in Philosophy from the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières and an M.Phil in International Relations from Oxford University...
, PC - Canada's Emerging Role in the International World Order - Former Canadian High Commissioner to India, Peter Sutherland - The Promise of India: An Opportunity for Ontario
- Canadian Minister of Citizenship, Immigration, and Multiculturalism, Hon. Jason KenneyJason KenneyJason T. Kenney, PC, MP is Canada's current Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism. He has represented the riding of Calgary Southeast in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997....
, PC - Canadian multiculturalism: opportunities in the new decade - Former leader of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party, John ToryJohn ToryJohn Howard Tory is a Canadian businessman, political activist, former leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario, former Member of Provincial Parliament and broadcaster...
- Toronto: time for us to engage - Chief Executive Officer of the Royal Ontario MuseumRoyal Ontario MuseumThe Royal Ontario Museum is a museum of world culture and natural history in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. With its main entrance facing Bloor Street in Downtown Toronto, the museum is situated north of Queen's Park and east of Philosopher's Walk in the University of Toronto...
, William ThorsellWilliam ThorsellWilliam Thorsell, O.Ont is a Canadian journalist, past Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Royal Ontario Museum...
- The plight of the physical city - Canadian Government House Leader, Hon. John BairdJohn Baird (Canadian politician)John Russell Baird, PC, MP is a Canadian politician currently serving as the Minister of Foreign Affairs in the cabinet of Prime Minister Stephen Harper....
, PC- Federal Conservatives in Ontario: where's the winning strategy? - Ontario's Minister of Research and Innovation, Hon. Glen Murray - Canadian Liberalism In the 21st Century