Sidewalk Toronto

05/07/2020

With great sadness and disappointment we announce that Sidewalk Labs will no longer pursue the Quayside project in Toronto. We’re grateful to Waterfront Toronto and all Torontonians who contributed to this effort these past 2.5 years. Sidewalk Labs CEO Dan Doctoroff has more: https://bit.ly/2L4Ntcz

03/11/2020

As home prices have risen, condo sizes in Toronto have gotten smaller. But little innovation has been focused on making the most of those smaller spaces.

At Quayside, we are looking at housing options to meet all types of households and to make living downtown more appealing and affordable to more people like seniors, singles, and families.

We also believe that we can make all kinds of apartment and condo sizes more livable through a series of innovations. One innovation we are exploring is robotic furniture from a company called Ori that allows residents to effortlessly transform rooms and space from one purpose to another.

By: Maya Borgenicht, Associate Director, Policy and Program Delivery

03/10/2020

Underground trash systems can eliminate curbside bins and improve recycling rates. Cities are catching on and we’ve proposed this innovation for the Quayside project in Toronto. Read more about vacuum waste in
Sidewalk Labs' latest blogpost.

Underground trash systems can eliminate curbside bins and improve recycling rates. Cities are catching on.

01/28/2020

01/16/2020

In our latest blog, Pam Ryan, Toronto Public Library's Director of Service Development & Innovation explains how Toronto libraries are innovating and responding to the needs of the communities they serve, from creating “innovation hubs” in branches to spearheading new models of learning.

Learn more:

If you still think of libraries as musty, quiet places filled with books and little else, then you likely haven’t been to one in quite…

11/28/2019

Over the next few months, we'll be working with
George Brown College to explore projects that relate to innovative community programming and opportunities to continue to strengthen the Toronto innovation ecosystem. In our latest blog, we spoke with Rick Huijbregts, George Brown’s Vice President of Strategy and Innovation to get his thoughts on working with Sidewalk Labs.

By Alexis Wise, Director, Sidewalk Labs

11/26/2019

Today, we are excited to announce that we are partnering with Plaza Ventures to take the next steps in establishing a venture fund for Canadian urban technology companies called Quayside Venture Partners.

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Sidewalk Labs and Plaza Ventures have partnered to establish a venture capital fund focused on Canadian urban technology companies.

11/20/2019

To learn how our proposal supports the Canadian tech community, read our latest blog post -->

By Nicole LeBlanc

11/15/2019

Today, we submitted a Digital Innovation Appendix to
Waterfront Toronto. The Appendix is meant to provide the latest information on the digital innovation components of our proposal and to address some of the questions raised by the public conversation.

By Jacqueline Lu and Jesse Shapins

11/13/2019

"Ambitious projects of grand scope that create profound change are inherently challenging. But that is not a reason to shy away from innovative joint partnerships between public institutions and global companies." - University of Toronto's Vivek Goel

Disruptive ideas are bound to be controversial, but they also come with many benefits. And to compete globally, the city, province and country need to take part

10/31/2019

Today, the Waterfront Toronto board voted unanimously to move the plan to a formal, comprehensive evaluation as well as through further public consultations. We look forward to working together to move this important project forward.

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Last June, we submitted our proposal for Toronto’s eastern waterfront to Waterfront Toronto. The 1,524-page document reflected 18 months of work and feedback from tens of thousands of Torontonians and hundreds of public officials. The proposal represents our best thinking to date on the path to cr...

10/16/2019

"I'm here for the people. I want to make sure people have a voice in this project. I want to make sure they learn as much as they need to in order to give feedback." - Chrystal Dean from our public programs & engagement team shares the most important part of her work.