Jeff Churchill never planned to become a shoemaker. Nearly 30 years later, his Toronto workshop makes extraordinary footwear for Marvel, DC and some of Hollywood’s biggest productions.

Margaret Coons started Nuts For Cheese in a rented restaurant kitchen in London, Ontario. A decade later, the company has grown from farmers’ markets to major retailers across Canada and the United States.

In a Scarborough workshop, bookbinder and conservator Andrew Huot restores family Bibles, cookbooks and other books that carry generations of history — preserving the objects people want to use, share and pass on.