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Howard Tam is a Strategic Designer and Creative Urbanist. He is the founder of ThinkFresh Group, a City Building consultancy based in Toronto responsible for such projects as the Dragon Centre Stories Commemoration Project and the upcoming Honest Ed’s Alley Micro-Retail Market. He has worked with clients around the world to design city building strategies that foster trust, enable civic potential and build sustainable legacies. Tam has lectured about cities and design at University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management and the Chinese University of Hong Kong and lately, you’ll find him helping to think about Street Art for the City of Toronto and designing experiences for Toronto’s Year of Public Art.

Tam is also the founder of EatMoreScarborough.com that offers food tours in and around Scarborough, Ontario, Canada’s amazingly diverse food scene – described by some as the “best ethnic food suburb” in the world. Howard has led interactive tour experiences featuring stories of food entrepreneurs and discussion of food.

Prior to founding the ThinkFresh Group, Tam worked as a Policy Advisor and Business Analyst with the Government of Ontario, Canada. He holds a Master’s degree in urban planning from the University of Hong Kong and a Bachelor’s degree in computer engineering from the University of Toronto.