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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Kevin Ashton: Creative Evolution
How does something new come to be? The age-old story ...
How does something new come to be? The age-old story goes that the genius inventor awakes from slumber with a Eureka moment and quickly puts pen to paper. Kevin Ashton, author of "How to Fly a Horse," says this is a "creativity myth" that needs to be debunked. The man who gave us the term the "internet of things" talks with Steve Paikin to discuss the myth's harmful effects and the actual grueling and failure-ridden process invention is.
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The Algonquin Land Claim
After reaching an Agreement in Principle between the Algonquins of ...
After reaching an Agreement in Principle between the Algonquins of Ontario, the province and the Canadian government things began to come apart for the Algonquin Land Claim. The Agenda checks in on the current state of the claim in the wake of a government report on reforming the land claim process, and a Supreme Court decision on aboriginal title.
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The Road to Reconciliation
There are 94 recommendations contained in the Truth and Reconciliation ...
There are 94 recommendations contained in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission report. They cover everything from education reforms and training for public servants to changes in national sports policies. We examine some of the recommendations affecting the churches that ran Canada's residential schools, the importance of the term "cultural genocide" and the costs of reconciliation.
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The Residential School Experience
Arthur Manuel is the co-author of "Unsettling Canada: A National ...
Arthur Manuel is the co-author of "Unsettling Canada: A National Wake-Up Call." During the 1960s he was a student at a series of residential schools in British Columbia. He discusses the impact the school experience had on his life, his culture and his family.
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The Agenda's Week in Review
From short attention spans to science vs. religion. From city ...
From short attention spans to science vs. religion. From city building to arts in crisis, The Agenda brings you its Week in Review.
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Greece on the Brink
After a four-month loan agreement extension, negotiations between Greece and ...
After a four-month loan agreement extension, negotiations between Greece and the Eurozone are coming to a head once again. In your Story of the Week, The Agenda discusses the latest on the negotiations and the potential fallout from each possible scenario.
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Arts in Crisis
The Agenda convenes a panel of arts administrators and artistic ...
The Agenda convenes a panel of arts administrators and artistic directors to discuss how Ontario's arts institutions are faring and whether their costs are equal to the public and private support they receive.
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Kyle Shelton: Death of the Urban Expressway?
During the post-WWII period, urban expressways were a vital link ...
During the post-WWII period, urban expressways were a vital link from the suburbs to a city's downtown core. Now they are crumbling, and in need of major repair. As Toronto decides the fate of the Gardiner Expressway, similar debates are happening in other cities, including across the United States. The Agenda asks, what lessons can Toronto learn from other cities?
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Jeff Casello: Deconstructing the Gardiner Debate
University of Waterloo professor Jeff Casello about why the tear-down ...
University of Waterloo professor Jeff Casello about why the tear-down side of the great Gardiner debate lost, and how they could have won. Hint: it involves a 15-year plan and tolls.
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Don Iveson: Growing Edmonton
As Canada creeps closer to a federal election, mayors of ...
As Canada creeps closer to a federal election, mayors of some of Canada's biggest cities are pushing to make municipal issues like infrastructure and housing front and centre. Edmonton's Mayor Don Iveson has been a part of this push, and joins The Agenda to talk about what it takes to grow smarter and stronger cities.
