About this Event
About the book:
A new generation of Americans believes another world is possible, yet inequality, climate change and declining health feel as stubborn as ever. So where might different answers lie?
Award-winning journalist Natasha Hakimi Zapata travelled from Costa Rica to Uganda and Estonia to Singapore to find out, interviewing ministers, activists and the people living with the results. From Singapore’s affordable public housing to Costa Rica’s biodiversity law and Finland’s public schools, she takes a clear-eyed look at what each policy costs, what it delivers and what it took to get there. A hopeful, frame-shifting read on how we might live differently.
Why we chose it: “Gul is undoubtedly right that we need to measure innovation against a lot of different metrics, not just market capitalisation” - Bloomberg
Interested? Want to join us at our November event?
Try out the club with Eventbrite - new customers only. Ticket price includes access to the Toronto Rebel Book Club event.
Your hosts for the evening:
Claire Jones
Claire is a media, ad tech, and event marketing exec, and a recent master's graduate in the psychology and neuroscience of mental health, with a focus on AI and human behaviour.
Born and raised in England, she's a proud neurodivergent who has spent the last 8 years following her curiosity across continents, and now she's bringing that energy to Toronto. With a bookshelf overflowing with non-fiction and a deep belief in the power of community, she can't wait to find her people at RBC!
Claire's Top Non-Fiction Recommendations:
1. The Body Keeps The Score, by Bessel van der Kolk
2. Invisible Women, by Caroline Criado-Perez
3. Just Mercy, by Bryan Stevenson
Simren Deogun
Simren is a strategic advisor, marketer, systems thinker, people leader, and writer. Her nose has been firmly stuck in a book since kindergarten and hopes one day to be a published fiction author.
She is a native Torontonian who enjoys taking in concerts, plays, musicals, and, more recently, WNBA games with the Toronto Tempo. Most importantly, she is a women’s health advocate and survivor of Stage 4 Endometriosis.
“Rebel Book Club has found its new home here in Toronto – I know the people and the culture will welcome a third space like this where we can read and connect. I’m beyond excited to help bring this to life in my home city!”
Simren’s Non-Fiction Recommendations:
1. Rest is Resistance, byTricia Hersey
2. When the Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress, by Gabor Maté MD
3. Mindset, by Carol S. Dweck
About Rebel Book Club
Every month since 2015, we've helped 1000's of curious minds explore a topic, meet, discuss and share learnings & actions. We're meeting monthly in London and four other locations within the UK (Oxford, Manchester, Bristol and Edinburgh), in Denver and New York (USA), in Sydney & Perth (Australia) and Toronto & Vancouver (Canada) + we have a digital membership for members round the world.
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Event venue & nearby stays
Bevy, 738 Dundas Street East, Toronto, Canada
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