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RICHARD FLORIDA
Last published May 2025 · On our record since 2009
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Recent work
- Opinion: Canada still faces a massive brain-drain problemOpinion · The Globe and Mail · May 18, 2025
- Richard Florida: City Hall’s dithering has put Billy Bishop’s future in jeopardy. EnoughOpinion · Toronto Star · Oct 4, 2024
- Opinion: Toronto’s future is on the waterfrontOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jun 18, 2024
- Opinion: Bringing workers back downtown won’t make Toronto great again. But making it fun mightOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Apr 11, 2024
- Opinion: Canada’s new normal begins in our citiesOpinion · The Globe and Mail · May 22, 2020
- What Toronto can learn from Sweden’s coronavirus strategyOpinion · Toronto Star · May 4, 2020
- Opinion: Workers have been left to save capitalism from COVID-19Opinion · The Globe and Mail · May 3, 2020
- Opinion: COVID-19 has shut down our cities. Here’s how we bring them back to lifeOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Apr 1, 2020
- The border problem at Pearson airport | The StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Jul 10, 2019
- The border problem at Pearson airport | The StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Jul 10, 2019
- Is Sidewalk Labs’ Quayside project right for Toronto? | The StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Jul 1, 2019
- A blueprint to help Mayor Tory get Toronto unstuck | The StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Nov 4, 2018
- Opinion | Solutions for solving Toronto’s affordable housing crisisOpinion · Toronto Star · Aug 7, 2018
- How Toronto can curb gun violenceOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jul 24, 2018
- The economic price of electing Doug FordOpinion · The Globe and Mail · May 27, 2018
- Opinion | How airports drive economic growthOpinion · Toronto Star · Apr 19, 2018
- Opinion | Canada should be winning even more Olympic goldOpinion · Toronto Star · Feb 21, 2018
- The Trump effect: It’s Canada’s moment to win the global race for talentOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 8, 2017
- Toronto’s car-first policies create a war on the people | Toronto StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Sep 24, 2017
- Toronto’s car-first policies create a war on the peopleOpinion · Toronto Star · Sep 24, 2017
- Building six million good jobs in CanadaOpinion · Toronto Star · Sep 19, 2017
- Building six million good jobs in Canada | Toronto StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Sep 18, 2017
- Lost in housing hysteria, middle-class neighbourhoods have gone extinctOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Apr 23, 2017
- Lost in housing hysteria, middle-class neighbourhoods have gone extinctOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Apr 23, 2017
- Lost in housing hysteria, middle-class neighbourhoods have gone extinctOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Apr 23, 2017
- Combating the winner-takes-all ‘New Urban Crisis’Opinion · Toronto Star · Apr 11, 2017
- Combating the winner-takes-all ‘New Urban Crisis’ | Toronto StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Apr 10, 2017
- The future of the knowledge economy is localOpinion · Toronto Star · Sep 13, 2016
- The future of the knowledge economy is local | Toronto StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Sep 12, 2016
- What kind of city produces Olympians?Opinion · Toronto Star · Aug 21, 2016
- What kind of city produces Olympians? | Toronto StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Aug 20, 2016
- How well is Canada really doing in the Rio Games? | Toronto StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Aug 15, 2016
- How well is Canada really doing in the Rio Games?Opinion · Toronto Star · Aug 15, 2016
- Canada’s cities need a venture capital revolutionOpinion · Toronto Star · Nov 16, 2015
- It’s time for a ‘ministry of cities’Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Nov 5, 2015
- We are neglecting our cities at our perilOpinion · Toronto Star · Sep 20, 2015
- Why Toronto should say No to the OlympicsOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 8, 2015
- Gardiner stands between Toronto and a better future: Richard FloridaOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 4, 2015
- Toronto is a divided city. Here’s how to repair itOpinion · Toronto Star · Nov 28, 2014
- Richard Florida’s 10 rules for a city’s ‘quality of place’Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Mar 14, 2014
- Richard Florida’s 10 rules for a city’s ‘quality of place’Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Mar 14, 2014
- Richard Florida’s 10 rules for a city’s ‘quality of place’Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Mar 13, 2014
- Urban workers need more payOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Feb 6, 2014
- Bring on the jets at the island airport: Richard FloridaOpinion · Toronto Star · Dec 16, 2013
- Toronto’s problem has grown beyond its mayorOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Nov 7, 2013
- Is there a Rob Ford in New York’s future?Opinion · Toronto Star · Aug 21, 2013
- Beyond the Rob Ford embarrassment is a broken TorontoOpinion · The Globe and Mail · May 22, 2013
- Beyond the Rob Ford embarrassment is a broken TorontoOpinion · The Globe and Mail · May 18, 2013
- The deadly mixture of guns and class in TorontoOpinion · Toronto Star · Mar 3, 2013
- Richard Florida: Toronto needs a muscular mayorOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Nov 29, 2012
- Richard Florida: Toronto needs a muscular mayorOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Nov 29, 2012
- Richard Florida: Toronto needs a muscular mayorOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Nov 29, 2012
- Richard Florida: Toronto needs a muscular mayorOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Nov 29, 2012
- Richard Florida: Toronto needs a muscular mayorOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Nov 29, 2012
- Richard Florida: Toronto needs a muscular mayorOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Nov 29, 2012
- Richard Florida: Toronto needs a muscular mayorOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Nov 29, 2012
- Richard Florida: Toronto needs a muscular mayorOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Nov 29, 2012
- Richard Florida: Toronto needs a muscular mayorOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Nov 29, 2012
- Richard Florida: Toronto needs a muscular mayorOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Nov 29, 2012
- Richard Florida: Toronto needs a muscular mayorOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Nov 29, 2012