Notable Reads

Two years ago Anne Sorrenti left her job of 10 years working for a Toronto MP to become the Executive Chef of Morgans, a new restaurant on a stretch of the Danforth populated by methadone clinics and dive bars, along with one of the most supportive neighbourhoods in Toronto. These are the pages that have inspired her career path

Paul Scherzer is the CEO and founder of Six Island Productions. As a producer, he has worked on a host of award-winning features including Khaled (TIFF Canada Top Ten), A Wake (Best Director & Best Editing Award noms Directors Guild of Canada) and documentary LAND (nominated for a Social Justice Award, Santa Barbara International Film Festival). These are some of the pages that have inspired his career

Alan Black is a Gemini-nominated filmmaker and the Associate Director, Operations at Hot Docs, one of the world’s largest documentary film festivals. As a filmmaker, he has taken viewers inside the strange yet wonderful worlds of weightlifters (Strongman), Northern folk musicians (Beautiful and Deranged: The Song of the Yukon), and hardcore Bingo players (Jackpot). These are the books that inspire him

Ed Barreveld is CEO of Storyline Entertainment, a Toronto-based, award-winning producer of factual programming. Ed co-founded the company in 2000 and has been the sole principal since 2004, focusing on auteur-driven, socially relevant documentaries on a variety of topics. The following three books have directly or indirectly inspired his work and life

If there's one thing people in executive positions use to reference their success on a consistent basis, it's books. Whether they build an enterprise or personal character, there's wisdom in pages that make reading an essential part of the YP lifestyle. Let these three reads serve as an inspiration

As the Consul General of the Turkish Republic, Ali Rıza Güney has an extensive resume that covers a wealth of experience in diplomatic relations. Part of his incredible worldly knowledge can be attributed the pages of the following notable reads

Many young professionals feel guilty reading, feeling they really should be doing work, errands or devising the next best plan to advance their careers. Summer, however, seems to alter that mentality and most YPs have at least one good book on the go to read poolside, on the beach or on the dock. Here are our top summer reads

Greg Rubidge is the President of Syndicado, a film library for all digital platforms, and the Founder of online streaming site ilovedocs.com. As heavily immersed as he is in the film industry, he's also an avid reader and attributes some of his best life advice to the following pages

Over the past 25 years, Bruce Miyashita has combined "left brain" scientific methods, analytical tools, and statistics with "right brain" approaches from the arts and humanities to improve operations and to stimulate change. You can bet reading played a major role in his professional development, like these three must-reads to help generate insights in and for your business career