The Greater Toronto Area is celebrating a big broadband sized-win in New York. On Friday, Toronto was picked as ‘Intelligent Community of the Year’ and Sheridan played a key role in the award.
The competition is conducted by the Intelligent Community Forum (ICF), a New York-based think-tank. It encourages cities around the world to build a broadband economy that benefits communities. Earlier this spring, ICF officials visited several sites around the city, including Sheridan’s Screen Industries Research and Training (SIRT) Centre based at Pinewood Toronto Studios. When they stopped at SIRT, they were impressed with what they saw.
During the April visit, Ralph Benmergui, Sheridan’s Executive Advisor to the President and John Helliker, Sheridan’s Director of Strategic Partnerships and SIRT both explained how SIRT adds to Sheridan’s creative brand and Toronto’s knowledge economy by engaging public and private industry in innovative digital media research and training. Both Benmergui and Helliker represented Sheridan during last week’s announcement as part of the official Toronto delegation.
Toronto’s successful bid efforts were spearheaded by Waterfront Toronto and its Intelligent Community initiatives, which leverage broadband technology to create economic opportunity and increase the city’s competitiveness with major urban centres around the world for investment, jobs and talent.