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Salon Camden is an interactive socio-cultu … Salon Camden is an interactive socio-cultural salon where residents of Toronto, Ontario, Canada meet. Salon Camden is one of the few salons held in Canada. It was founded by Azmi Haq. Salon Camden promotes urban discourse, in cozy salon settings, on subjects spanning art, culture, socio-economic issues, geopolitics and philosophy.Salon Camden was founded in 2008 by Azmi Haq along with Kevin Stolarik, Mahreen Haq, James Meers and Noor Haq. Its an interactive modern day forum evoking the Parisian Salons of the 18th Century. In 2018, Noor Haq took over as Director of programming. Salon Camden is recognized as the Premier Canadian Salon inspiring a salon fervor in Toronto that has extended to TEDx Toronto, Brama & Bluma Appel Salon, the Martin Prosperity Institute, Toronto Literary Salon, 1837, Salon Voltaire and beyond. Since its inception, Salon Camden has held over 80 Salon dinners involving thousands of participants in interactive conversations covering major topics of our time. In 2010, Salon Camden International was launched with events held in Bangalore, St. Petersburg, Montreal, Dubai, Tokyo, Abu Dhabi and Lahore. Salon events are by invitation only. The first Camden File session featured the topic of "Streets of TO: Who's Space is it Anyway? The session included Christopher Hume, a Toronto Star columnist as well as Matt Blackett, the founder of Spacing magazine. Salon Camden has also launched Salon Camden International, hosting events in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, St. Petersburg, Russia, and Lahore, Pakistan. Plans are currently underway to host future Salon Camden International events in various cities, including Tokyo, Japan. Salon Camden had also launched the Centre for Urban Dialogue, an initiative that attempts to better engage youth in the civic process. Volunteers from the Centre partnered with film students from Sheridan College to create a series of films that look at the perspectives of Toronto youth on the 2010 Toronto municipal election and politics in general.unicipal election and politics in general.
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Salon Camden is an interactive socio-cultu … Salon Camden is an interactive socio-cultural salon where residents of Toronto, Ontario, Canada meet. Salon Camden is one of the few salons held in Canada. It was founded by Azmi Haq. Salon Camden promotes urban discourse, in cozy salon settings, on subjects spanning art, culture, socio-economic issues, geopolitics and philosophy.Salon Camden was founded in 2008 by Azmi Haq along with Kevin Stolarik, Mahreen Haq, James Meers and Noor Haq. Its an interactive modern day forum evoking the Parisian Salons of the 18th Century. In 2018, Noor Haq took over as Director of programming. Salon Camden is recognized as the Premier Canadian Salon inspiring a salon fervor in Toronto that has extended to TEDx Toronto, Brama & Bluma Appel Salon, the Martin Prosperity Institute, Toronto Literary Salon, 1837ty Institute, Toronto Literary Salon, 1837
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