The Agenda with Steve Paikin
The Agenda with Steve Paikin is TVO's flagship current affairs program - devoted to exploring the social, political, cultural and economic issues that are changing our world, at home and abroad. The Agenda airs weeknights at 8:00 PM EST on TVO - Ontario's Public Media ...
The Agenda with Steve Paikin is TVO's flagship current affairs program - devoted to exploring the social, political, cultural and economic issues that are changing our world, at home and abroad. The Agenda airs weeknights at 8:00 PM EST on TVO - Ontario's Public Media Broadcaster.
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Seeking Asylum
Photos of Alan Kurdi, the drowned Syrian toddler, have shocked ...
Photos of Alan Kurdi, the drowned Syrian toddler, have shocked Canadians. Now many are wondering if it is time for Canada to do more to help the world's displaced people.
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Wynne's Foray into Federal Politics
Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne is campaigning for Liberal Party of ...
Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne is campaigning for Liberal Party of Canada Leader Justin Trudeau during the federal election, while Conservative Party of Canada Leader Stephen Harper campaigns against her. Could Wynne's support affect the election results? And, what how will it affect Ontario's place in federation after the ballots are counted?
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Who Speaks for Education?
In Ontario's recent labour unrest, each side has claimed they're ...
In Ontario's recent labour unrest, each side has claimed they're the guardians of the education system, fighting for the best interests of students. The Agenda asks who really speaks for education: teachers and their unions; the province; school boards; parents; or students. Where does power and accountability lie with all stakeholders?
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The Right to Strike
It's been forty years since the Bill Davis' Conservative government ...
It's been forty years since the Bill Davis' Conservative government granted Ontario's teachers the right to strike. How has Bill 100 benefitted teachers, students and the education system as a whole? Should education be considered an essential service, and teachers prohibited from walking out?
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Education, Teachers and Bargaining
The Agenda discusses how the province fared in bargaining with ...
The Agenda discusses how the province fared in bargaining with teacher unions over the summer with The National Post's Ashley Csanady. What effect will the various deals and negotiations have on the province's two million students as they return to class?
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Robin Rinaldi: The Wild Oats Project
Author and journalist Robin Rinaldi sits down with Piya Chattopadhyay ...
Author and journalist Robin Rinaldi sits down with Piya Chattopadhyay to discuss her memoir, "The Wild Oats Project: One Woman's Midlife Quest for Passion at Any Cost." Rinaldi explains how her husband's vasectomy persuaded her to try a year-long experiment in an open marriage. She discusses the desire for passion at middle age, and to what extent sex defines our self-worth.
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Camilla Gibb: This is Happy
Author Camilla Gibb is both a novelist and social anthropologist, ...
Author Camilla Gibb is both a novelist and social anthropologist, and her novels explore the intimate lives of people in places as far as Ethiopia and Vietnam. She applies that same lens on herself in her new book, "This is Happy: A Memoir," which chronicles her life and the unusual assortment of people that came to live with her following an unexpected family breakup. She also explores what it means to apply empathy in the writing process.
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Rosemary Sullivan: The Dictator's Shadow
The Agenda in the Summer continues its conversation with Rosemary ...
The Agenda in the Summer continues its conversation with Rosemary Sullivan, author of "Stalin's Daughter." She discusses Svetlana Alliluyeva's defection to the U.S., and her struggles to make it in America as the daughter of the Soviet dictator. She also discusses the rehabilitation of Stalin's image in Russia by Vladimir Putin.
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Rosemary Sullivan: Stalin's Daughter
Biographer Rosemary Sullivan joins The Agenda in the Summer for ...
Biographer Rosemary Sullivan joins The Agenda in the Summer for a feature interview to discuss her book "Stalin's Daughter," about the tumultuous life of Svetlana Alliluyeva. Sullivan explains what it was like to grow up under one of the world's worst tyrants, and her efforts to break free of his legacy.
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Matthew Woolhouse: Mining Music Downloads
Are jazz listeners really more open-minded than fans of classic ...
Are jazz listeners really more open-minded than fans of classic rock? Researchers at McMaster University seem to think so, and they have the data to prove it. Matthew Woolhouse, Assistant Professor, Music Cognition and Music Theory at McMaster University, sits down with The Agenda in the Summer to discuss what millions of music downloads reveal about our personalities, and how music can shape not only people, but entire nations.
