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Speech to Empire Club of Canada
President Sheldon Levy urges Toronto to become next digital powerhouse
In Speech to Empire Club Levy Asserts Education and Digital Media Will Propel Toronto to the Big Leagues
March 5, 2009
In an address given to a sold-out crowd at the Empire Club, Ryerson University President Sheldon Levy dared Toronto to dream big and dream digital. In the face of the economic downturn, Levy’s speech, entitled A New Reality: Building Universities and Cities for the Digital Age, maintains that Toronto can become a global financial power and that universities and digital media both will play crucial roles in getting there.
