Construction of the Leslie Dan School of Pharmacy at the University of Toronto, designed by Foster+Partners. The choice to use steel for the roof of the atrium allowed for the 6 storey space to be completed without shorting. This video shows the lift of one of the beams.
Long before Uber and Taskrabbit, musicians, theatrical artists, stagehands, and others performed their work in a gig-based work model. What does the Future@Work hold for today’s platform-based gig workers given this historical model? The NLMC panel discusses how labor and management can collectively bargain over traditional terms and conditions of employment.