• Toronto Mayor John Tory welcomes attendees to the "Sharing Economy" forum held at the Ismaili Centre. Moez Visram
    28 October 2015 | Ismaili Centre Toronto

    City of Toronto’s Sharing Economy forum held at the Ismaili Centre

    Toronto Mayor John Tory welcomes attendees to the "Sharing Economy" forum held at the Ismaili Centre. Moez Visram
7:00 PM
30 October 2015
6:45 PM
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The Ismaili Centre Toronto
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Toronto, 29 October 2015 — The Ismaili Centre, Toronto played host to a City of Toronto forum titled The Sharing Economy: What is the role of government? Toronto Mayor John Tory gave the welcome address.The forum was an opportunity to introduce the sharing economy to 140 municipal, provincial and federal leaders and decision makers, and discuss related challenges and considerations through the lens of government and policy makers.

 
 
 
The sharing economy is a socio-economic ecosystem built around the sharing of human and physical resources. It can take a variety of forms, including using information technology to provide individuals, corporations, non-profits, and governments with information that enables the optimisation of resources through the redistribution, sharing and reuse of excess capacity in goods and services.
 
“The central purpose of the [Ismaili] Centre is to encourage mutual exchanges and understanding,” said Tracey Cook, Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards Division, City of Toronto at the event. “It is meant to be an inclusive space for broadening intellectual horizons and fostering an appreciation of pluralism. As we were developing this forum and considering venues, it became quickly obvious that this would be a perfect place for this dialogue.”