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 - Canada's largest educational broadcaster.
379 episodes transcribedWater infrastructure – that is, water mains, sewer systems and treatment plants – are usually out of sight and out of mind. That is, until something g...
The Ontario city that's not letting what you flush go to waste. How the world's largest wastewater energy transfer project will lead the way to heatin...
It was more than four years ago when the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic and the world shut down. Now, things have largely retu...
Ontario's municipalities are experiencing a lot of growth and have ambitious housing targets to match. Are the old ways of funding infrastructure stil...
Nine years after the Truth and Reconciliation Commission handed down their 94 calls to action, commissioner Marie Wilson reflects on the Commission an...
Residential school survivor, Phyllis Webstad is the founder of Orange Shirt Day and author of a new children's book: "Today is Orange Shirt Day." She...
History and art have major influences on fashion, but when does it go too far? Indigenous multidisciplinary artist Brit Ellis and Indigenous Fashion A...
The Agenda this week looked at the fast fading fortunes of the Liberal Party of Canada, the Meta news ban one year later, the state of the child welfa...
Author Karen Cumming was poised to be an astronaut. Turns out, she didn't go to Mars, but the potential of leaving Earth forced her to take a better l...
A lot of former students claim that they can't speak a minimum of French even after years of French immersion. The Agenda discusses what are the gaps...
Jeyan Jeganathan visits wetland ecologist Janice Gilbert on the frontline lines of the battle against invasive phragmites. Considered one of Ontario's...
Although much more awareness is given to postpartum depression, Dawn Kingston's research shows that just as many, if not more women struggle with thei...
Why are some Ontario agencies placing foster kids in hotels? This is one of many stories of concern in the child welfare space right now. We invite ag...
Just over a year ago, news disappeared from Facebook and Instagram in Canada. The Agenda looks at the impact Meta's ban on news has had on Canadians.S...
Canadian soccer star Atiba Hutchinson never gave up on the dream of taking this country to the ultimate competition: the World Cup. He joins us to dis...
Artificial intelligence is fast becoming a part of our daily lives, showing up in places we would never have expected, including at border crossings a...
After two by-election losses, the NDP terminating its supply-and-confidence agreement, and the Conservatives preparing to table a motion of non-confid...
Daniel Levitin is fascinated by the effect of music on the brain, and he has written another book exploring that connection. It's called "I Heard Ther...
Two-and-a-half years ago, the Ontario government identified that we would need 1.5 million new homes over the next decade to meet demand. What will it...
Nearly six years after cannabis was legalized by the federal government, issues remain with how pot is regulated in Canada. The Agenda explores severa...
