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  • Canadian Swifties Unite Against Climate Crisis, NFB Highlights Canadian Filmmakers for Canada Day

    4 JUL 2024 · Friday June 28, 2024. For this week's episode, The Final Word host Mariana Schuetze spoke to NFB Collection Curator Camilo Martin Florez on the NFB's Canada Day film collection, highlighting movies from all over Canada. Mariana also interviewed climate activist Vanessa Gray, to learn a bit more about the Unite the Swifties for Climate Justice campaign that gives climate-conscious Canadians a chance to win Eras Tour tickets. The Final Word reporter Daniyah Yaqoob has this week's top news.
    Played 28m
  • Toronto's Annual Mermaid Ball Took Over the Drake Hotel this Month

    26 JUN 2024 · This week, The Final Word’s reporter Rogene Teodoro talks about summer events in the city, and also interviews Toronto's annual Mermaid Ball organizer, James Zirco Fisher. Shaden Aly has the top news of the day.
    Played 25m 50s
  • TMU graduate Akash Jones creates short-film "Amma" for NFB's Hothouse

    26 JUN 2024 · This week, The Final Word’s reporter Paula Zeballos interviews filmmaker Akash Jones, a recent TMU graduate and writer, director and animator of the NFB short, "Amma." Shaden Aly has the top news of the day.
    Played 24m 17s
  • Women make up 25% of the heads of the top 200 universities around the world

    26 JUN 2024 · This week, The Final Word’s reporter Gabriela Silva Ponte spoke to Ellie Bothwell, the ranking editor at Times Higher Education, about their recent findings and the increase in the number of women as the heads of the top 200 universities in the world. Shaden Aly has the top news of the day.
    Played 20m 59s
  • Sports festival The GOOD Games coming to Guelph this July

    26 JUN 2024 · Friday, May 31, 2024. In this episode, Mariana Schuetze speaks to Helen Stoumbos,  the President and CEO of The GOOD Games and Kristina May, Canadian Olympic beach volleyball player, about this year's The GOOD Games, a sports festival taking place in Guelph from July 6-7th.
    Played 23m 26s
  • Climate Finance Scholarship awards youth in Canada for their visions of a climate-safe economy

    26 JUN 2024 · Friday, May 24, 2024. In this episode, Gabriela Silva Ponte interviews Batul Gulamhusain and Mimi O’Handley about the Climate Finance Scholarship, which offered two CA$2500 prizes for submissions for visions of a climate-safe economy from young people ages 18-30 across Canada. In addition, The Final Word reporter Lamar McIntosh gives the top news from this week.
    Played 23m
  • Federal government announces increased budget to the Canada Music Fund

    26 JUN 2024 · Friday, May 17, 2024. In this episode, Gabriela Silva Ponte interviews Andrew Cash, president and CEO of the Canadian Independent Music Association, on the increased music budget announced by the federal government. In addition, The Final Word reporter Paula Zeballos gives the top news from this week and reporter Rogene Teodoro interviews Warda Youssouf, the curator and social media coordinator for ResilienTOgether, an art event that supports establishing young black and Afro-Caribbean artists.
    Played 26m 52s
  • Owen and Gabriela discuss their favourite stories from the year so far

    26 JUN 2024 · Friday, May 10, 2024. In this episode, The Final Word host Gabriela Silva Ponte and Local Journalist Owen Thompson discuss their most memorable stories from the past few months.
    Played 29m
  • TMTC hosts annual musical, high turnout rates

    15 APR 2024 · In the April 5th episode, we covered the Toronto Met Theatre Company’s “Catch Me If You Can” musical, which had several showings at the end of March.
    Played 29m
  • More Neighbours Toronto disappointed in Doug Ford's government

    15 APR 2024 · In the March 22 episode, we covered Halifax’s clearing out of encampments, to the Doug Ford government’s changes to proposed plans to fix the housing crisis in the province to a story on a Black Oak Savannah.
    Played 29m 2s
Met Radio's The Final Word... gives a weekly look at the top news stories taking place in and around Toronto and around Toronto Metropolitan University.
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