Middle Eastern Eats with
Shahir Massoud & Pay Chen

To celebrate International Picnic Day, on June 23 chef and former host of CBC’s The Goods, Man of the Kitchen, and Around the World in 8 Meals, Shahir Massoud is joining us live to prepare three Middle-Eastern-inspired picnic dishes. Taken from his new book, Eat Habibi Eat, Shahir will use the recipes to teach us about different spices and demystify Middle Eastern cuisine. Presenting the live event will be TV host and Toronto-based food writer Pay Chen, who’s appeared on CBC, CTV, and the Food Network.

Live from LEVEL with
Matthew Bonas

LEVEL by Oxford Properties is an exclusive wellness club located at Oxford Properties HQ in central Toronto. LEVEL’s mission is to enrich members’ physical and mental wellbeing through classes in yoga, Muay Thai and HIIT. To bring this to the wider community, manager and instructor Matthew Bonas will be running these classes. Click below to watch the virtual yoga session from June 9 or sign up for the HIIT session on June 30!

Frankie Flowers,
The Power of Plants

During May we were joined by Frankie Flowers, Canada’s most popular gardening expert! A best-selling author, three-time recipient of Landscape Ontario’s Garden Communicator of the Year Award, and celebrated landscape designer, Frankie is known for combining practical gardening advice with humour and passion.

During the live event, Frankie talked to us about how plants benefit our health and which ones can help boost happiness and well-being. From the pages of his best-selling book, Power Plants, Frankie gave us his pro tips on how to grow and harvest your plants.

Discover the World of Bees
with Angela Glanzmann and Andie Langemeyer

As many of you know, Oxford offices across Canada have their own beehives along with beekeepers that help them thrive. The hives are managed by our partners Alvéole who install and care for beehives in many urban locations in order to educate, reconnect city-dwellers with nature, raise ecological awareness, and help build more sustainable cities.

To mark Earth Day on April 22, we organized a live event led by two of our beekeepers, Angela and Andie. The event included a 30-minute workshop and a live Q&A.

Bob Blumer,

Gastronaut, artist and eight time Guinness World Record holder, Bob Blumer is the creator and host of the television series’ Surreal Gourmet and Glutton for Punishment, and a producer and host of World’s Weirdest Restaurants. His shows air in over twenty countries worldwide.

During the live, Bob showed us how to make his creamy carbonara with double pancetta – if you want to follow along at home, you can find the recipe below.

• 1 Tbsp olive oil
• 8 ounces thick-sliced pancetta or thick-sliced bacon, cut into ¼ inch pieces
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 tsp pepper
• ¼ tsp chilli flakes
• 1 cup freshly grated Parmigiano-Reggiano (about 4 ounces) + extra for finishing
• ½ cup freshly grated pecorino (about 2 ounces)
• 1 best available egg + 3 egg yolks
• Salt
• 1 pound spaghetti
• 1 cup chopped parsley

Charles Clark,

The creator of the Thrive Planner and the Thrive Tribe Podcast, is an expert in habit improvement, discovering purpose, vision creating, and goal setting. After he became the 6th fastest man in the world, a devastating injury left him searching for his identity. Charles developed techniques that brought clarity and purpose to his life while massively boosting his confidence.

Charles’ modern transformation strategies, empowering presentations, and high-performance mindset hacks have made him a sought-after speaker and coach for leading organizations, such as Nike, Raymond James Financial, Frontier Communications, iHeart Radio, the US Army, and Florida State University.