I have been working in Vancouver for few years now. And want to give a shot at working in Toronto. Places that I am currently working is very developer centric with 30:1 developer to designer ratio. 1on1 meetings are useless because managers don't know about design careers. For designers it's very soul sucking working here at times. Canada is right next to US, but so far behind in tech. Canadian tech companies can't even read books or listen to design podcasts out of SV and NYC to understand tech/products. There are few outliers but in general people aren't much skilled. Design schools and even Lynda courses are far better than tech schools here.
Sorry, yea changed the question after I wrote the long description and rant about design industry here.. Just wanted some spot mentorship advice on career, or talk about what tech scene is like in Toronto(Meetups, Design conference, design talent, if companies value design)?
So, what's your question?