“Vega Edge is a new form of wearable technology, more fashion than industrial design. Our product is designed to work with your wardrobe, not against it,” says Hillary Predko, textile designer for the Social Body Lab at Ontario College of Art & Design (OCAD) University.

“The collection is unique because it is contemporary artists who are emerging,” says Salloum. “Humber may have a piece from someone who was 8 years into their career, and then later another piece, years later, so students see them develop and are inspired.”

Laura Willison has to deal with her anxiety every day. She says she gets worried about everything constantly, and thinks anything bad that can happen will happen. She goes to Ontario Shores, a center for mental heath sciences, and sees a personal service worker every two weeks. For a while, she depended on counseling to help her cope with her anxiety, but a couple of months back she saw a psychiatrist who wrote her a prescription for Lorazepam.

Just in time to track the recent Measles outbreak, a free app called ImmunizeCA was released for iOS and Android phones.

The app tracks cases of outbreak and will notify you if there are cases nearby. It also has the ability to keep track of vaccination records and will tell you if you need to get vaccinated soon, or are overdue.

This Is Not a Toy exhibit at Toronto’s Design Exchange (DX) has something to offer everyone at any age, but don’t expect the kids to “get it”.