Innholdsfortegnelse for Spring 2025 i 3 Magazine

Takara Small Writer, “Future Perfect,” pg. 28 What key takeaway are you hoping readers will gain from reading your interview with futurist Sinead Bovell? I’ve been writing about and covering this space for a while. I hope readers understand that artificial intelligence isn’t a distant technology. It’s being used in and integrated into daily life, even if people don’t know it. Understanding how AI works and its potential should be seen as required knowledge for everyone. Ara Coutts Photographer, “All Eyes on Dorian Who,” pg. 12 You photograph such a diverse range of subjects; how do you work to ensure you best capture and represent who they are? Photography, to me, is a little like falling in love. You have to listen, to linger, to notice the flicker in someone’s…

Big news out of the art world: Swiss-Cameroonian curator Koyo Kouoh has been named the new artistic director of the 2026 Venice Biennale. The announcement is historic, as Kouoh will be the first African woman to head the event, and only the second African-born person to do so, after Okwui Enwezor, who curated the 2015 iteration. As the executive director and chief curator of the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (MOCAA) in Cape Town since 2019, Kouoh’s work is focused on in-depth solo shows by African artists. She has also written a number of books about African art, most recently When We See Us: A Century of Black Figuration in Painting, published in 2023 to accompany a MOCAA exhibit about Black figuration and portraiture. In addition to this, Kouoh…

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Dr. Adeel Khan’s journey into regenerative medicine started with a question: What other options exist when it comes to health care? Watching his mother navigate chronic illness, he saw first-hand the limits of conventional approaches. “The medical system could only offer so much,” he says from Dubai, where he’s expanding his groundbreaking practice. “I was always curious about what else was out there.” That curiosity evolved into a career spent pioneering non-invasive therapies that aim to heal the body at its core. As a specialist in regenerative medicine and a graduate of the University of Ottawa’s faculty of medicine, Dr. Khan is revolutionizing how we think about personal health—transforming perceptions of longevity, well-being and vitality along the way. His clients range from elite athletes and ultra-high-net-worth individuals to veterans struggling…

To those who are well-versed in the world of online dating, finding the ideal match requires a fine-grained understanding of how technology, intimacy and intention commingle. It’s a complex world full of contradictions. The mental taxation of scrolling through an endless stream of dating apps comes with the territory, something that can feel especially difficult for singles from particular ethnic backgrounds. Despite these tensions, digital platforms enable people to develop profound connections, fall in love and build families all the time. It can, and does, work. But is it time for the process to evolve? According to a 2023 Pew Research Centre study in the United States, 1 in 10 adults in a relationship met their current partner on a dating app or site. For adults under 30, that number…

The world is an interesting place. As I write this, I find myself reflecting on a moment that challenged me in ways I never expected: attending the Trump inauguration. I met incredible people—some hopeful, passionate, energized by the promise of change; others fearful, uncertain, questioning what the future would hold. But in all cases, they were people who cared deeply. People who loved their country. Beautiful people. I have always believed in perspective. I have always believed that true understanding comes not from retreating into comfort, but from stepping forward—especially into the unfamiliar. I have spent my life doing exactly that. My family is Hindu. I was educated in Catholic and Jesuit schools. I have lived and built businesses in a Muslim country. I have prayed in mosques, temples, churches…

Desi music is surging around the world, and especially in North America. (Canada is #3 of the top five countries streaming this genre outside of South Asia.) Some of this can be explained by demographic changes, but it also speaks to the great art Indo-Canadian musicians are producing—which is why we’re glad to see the industry is finally taking note. This year, the Juno Awards will recognize Desi artists with a new South Asian Music Recording of the Year category. Just getting caught up? Here are the major players you need to know. Karan Aujla With over 9.2 million followers on Instagram, Karan Aujla is best known for music that blends hip-hop and bhangra (a type of traditional folk dance that hails from the Punjab area of India), cemented by…

SINEAD BOVELL IS THE FIRST TO ADMIT HER PATH TO SUCCESS IN THE TECH INDUSTRY HAS BEEN UNCONVENTIONAL In fact, the term she uses to describe it is “zigzag.” The New York–based futurist got her start in the fashion industry, modelling in campaigns for brands like DKNY and Salvatore Ferragamo in her home city of Toronto, Ontario. While on set, Bovell often found herself having in-depth conversations with her fellow creatives about the impact of artificial intelligence on their line of work. The conversations weren’t anything new for Bovell. Since graduating from the University of Toronto’s MBA program in 2015, she had been tracking emerging technologies, and was still an avid reader of white papers on the future of work. But, it wasn’t until she was talking with colleagues years…

IN 2018, Vartika Manasvi packed two bags and her entrepreneurial spirit, ready to start a new life in Canada. She would go on to launch StackRaft, a start-up designed for hiring software engineers; secure permanent residency (PR) through the start-up visa (SUV) program to grow the company and contribute to the country’s economy; and eventually sell StackRaft due to difficulty scaling it. From there, she got involved with multiple business accelerators and incubators (BAIs) and became an angel investor to help other entrepreneurs get their ideas off the ground. Through these experiences, Manasvi says she ran into the same issues time after time—bureaucratic hurdles and a lack of tactical support for entrepreneurs in Canada. So, when the serial entrepreneur from India was among those laid off from the MaRS Discovery…

When the SkyDome opened in downtown Toronto in 1989, it was the first sports stadium with a fully retractable roof—a technological marvel, making the space an immediate tourist attraction. Fans both locally and travelling into the city wanted to watch a live event at the SkyDome, whether it was a sold-out Rolling Stones concert or WrestleMania or the 1993 World Series when Joe Carter hit a series-clinching walk-off home run for the Toronto Blue Jays. Needless to say, the appeal of seeing—and, with the advent of social media, being seen at—a sporting event has long existed. But several decades on, apart from the event itself, there are many different reasons to spend a few hours at the SkyDome, which was heartbreakingly renamed the Rogers Centre in 2005 (though the dome…

After I graduated high school in 2006, I went to Tokyo to study and learn about sushi. Every student needs to buy a good knife. This was the first knife that I purchased after graduating the first level, and I’ve continued using it as my primary knife for over 15 years. It was made by a Japanese samurai sword maker and forged with the highest-grade steel, so it cuts the fish on a beautiful angle. When I use it, it doesn’t make me feel nostalgic or sentimental; I use it because it’s a good knife.…

Often when we talk about innovation, we’re laser-focused on particular industries—medicine, technology, science—and we conceptualize it in a very practical way. We ask questions like: How do we develop software that can improve productivity or efficiency? Is there a new product we can use to save energy or clean up the ocean? But I find myself particularly interested and invested in a holistic view of innovation. At its core, the term refers to finding new methods, ideas and processes that solve problems and meet people’s needs—which is something we can apply to every aspect of our lives, not just the devices we use or the ways we work. Crucially, really considering what innovation looks like and why it matters requires us to make people the focus. Whose needs are going…

IN EARLY JANUARY OF THIS YEAR, NASA scientists confirmed a sombre but unsurprising fact: 2024 marked the hottest year on global record, shattering the benchmark set only a year earlier. The announcement was easy to miss. After all, the news was overshadowed by a climate catastrophe unfolding in real time—California’s deadly wildfires. In 2025, even this type of devastation is becoming excruciatingly common. Amid deadly hurricanes, unprecedented droughts and raging forest fires, the stark realities of a changing climate are impossible to avoid. Yet, beyond the ravages of extreme weather, our warming planet is taking a quieter—equally ruinous—toll. According to a report published by Sustainable Energy for All, a non-profit that was launched by then–UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in 2011 and that works with governments and private sector partners around…

While you might be more moved by, say, a historic landmark or a natural wonder, for those under 30 looking to book their next trip, there’s a pretty good chance a grocery store is at the top of their must-visit list. Seriously. Take, for example, the hordes of people who flock to outposts of the Los Angeles chain Erewhon. Its name sounds like some kind of mystical land—it’s actually an anagram of the word “nowhere,” chosen by its health guru founders Michio and Aveline Kushi and based on an obscure satirical Victorian novel—and the magnetic pull it has for TikTokers keen to show off their hauls is very real. Users of the social media app are spoiled for choice when it comes to videos of people who are enthusing over…