Us Now

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59m | Documentary

Volunteer Toronto, through generous partnerships with nGenera Insight and Bloor Cinema, is pleased to offer a free screening of Us Now, a UK film project directed by Ivo Gormley about how the internet inspires participation and collaboration in communities.

Us Now follows the fate of Ebbsfleet United, a football club owned and run by its fans; Zopa, a bank in which everyone is the manager; and Couch Surfing, a vast online network whose members share their homes with strangers. The founding principles of these projects — transparency, self-selection, open participation — are coming closer and closer to the mainstream of our social and political lives.

After the screening, Don Tapscott will host an audience Q&A. Don Tapscott is one of the world's leading authorities on business strategy, with emphasis on how information technology changes business, government and society.

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