Toronto comes in at 10th in FP's Global Cities Index
Rankings are a funny thing. I think they are often flawed enterprises that are given far more credit than they deserve and yet, I continue to find them fascinating. Let's take the Foreign Policy 2008 Global Cities Index, for example.
According to the 2008 Global Cities Index, Toronto is ranked as the 10th best city in the world overall. It comes in 26th in business activity, 10th in human capital, 18th in information exchange, 4th in cultural experience and 24th in political engagement.
I'm not surprised that New York, Lond, Paris and Tokyo all took the top four spots. The ranking has only 60 cities and Toronto is the only Canadian city to make the cut.
As discouraging as this ranking was, it isn't as crushing as the Times World Universities Rankings. McGill University comes in at 20th, while the University of Toronto is way down at 41st. Maybe that explains why that august Canadian institution spent $4,000,000 on "advertising and promotion" (2007)
According to the 2008 Global Cities Index, Toronto is ranked as the 10th best city in the world overall. It comes in 26th in business activity, 10th in human capital, 18th in information exchange, 4th in cultural experience and 24th in political engagement.
I'm not surprised that New York, Lond, Paris and Tokyo all took the top four spots. The ranking has only 60 cities and Toronto is the only Canadian city to make the cut.
As discouraging as this ranking was, it isn't as crushing as the Times World Universities Rankings. McGill University comes in at 20th, while the University of Toronto is way down at 41st. Maybe that explains why that august Canadian institution spent $4,000,000 on "advertising and promotion" (2007)