Fall-Winter 2023
Capacity – Impact & Influence By Quintin Johnstone, Founder & CEO of Samsonshield Inc. / Riskboss Inc. As described by Wikipedia, “Elephant in the Room” is an American English metaphorical idiom for an obvious problem Read more
Signal for Help What is it? What does it mean? By: Dawit Kiflu, Director of Operations, Samsonshield Inc. www.samsonshield.com If you see someone use the Hand Signal for Help, what does it mean? What should Read more
The Notorious Nuisances – The Condominium Authority Tribunal Expands Jurisdiction By Tony Bui and An Nguyen, Gardiner, Miller, Arnold, LLP, www.gmalaw.ca Effective January 1, 2022, the Condominium Authority Tribunal (the “CAT”) recently started hearing disputes Read more
Early Black History in Toronto and the Arrival of Paul Robeson By Bruce Bell, Toronto Historian In late 1945 a nine-year-old Toronto boy named Harry Gairey went to the Icelandia roller-rink in the Spadina and Read more
Why Toronto has the Highest Number of Condominiums in the World by Volume By: Quintin Johnstone, Founder & CEO Samsonshield Inc. / Riskboss Inc. 2020 marked a very important milestone for the City of Toronto. Read more
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) By: Ken Shibasaki, Senior Analyst, Riskboss Inc. So, your Board comes to you as the property manager and asks, “Should we get a CPTED analysis of our community?” What Read more
Q & A: Straight Answers to Hard Asked Questions Question from Rose L., Property Manager in Toronto, Ontario Q: Our condominium Board has asked me to make sure that all the pets in our community Read more
By Samantha Wharton Riskboss Magazine Senior Editor Wow! What a response from the last edition, especially the Defunding the Police article. Most of the reader commentary came from people who told us that they had little knowledge Read more
Cooperative Unit Owner Pays the Price for Tenant’s Outrageous Conduct By Tony Bui and An Nguyen, Gardiner, Miller, Arnold, LLP The idea of tenants seems attractive on paper – who wouldn’t want someone else to Read more
Tenants Behaving Badly in Condominiums By Quintin Johnstone, Founder & CEO of Samsonshield Inc. / Riskboss Inc. As described by Wikipedia, “Elephant in the Room” is an American English metaphorical idiom for an obvious problem Read more