Is it time for a break already?

In our last show before Fall Reading Week, Midweek’s Holly Joth-Smith opened with a look at Pride Week celebrations at Carleton University. Then, Zoe Pierce sat down with a computer science expert to discuss how and how much artificial intelligence is changing the workforce.

Coming out of Thanksgiving weekend, Matthew Garwolinski got the latest from Ottawa’s biggest food bank on how food insecurity doesn’t break for the holidays. Then, how students are using baked goods to raise money and awareness for Palestinians—plus a candlelight vigil in remembrance.

We heard from a local Indigenous advocate on how Bill C-5 is bringing provinces together but cutting out First Nations. Rounding out the top half, Clarisa Gonzalez talked to a finalist in this year’s prestigious Sobey Art Award to learn how she translates traditional practices for an international audience.

In the bottom of the hour, Zoe Pierce rooted out Ottawa’s most insidious invader—a family of non-native shrubs —and what a set of community organizations is doing to stop it.

Next, back-to-back stories from reporter Allie Cruzado. A Korean film festival returns to Ottawa for another year, focused on bringing webcomics to the big screen—then, how Carleton’s student association is buying bottles to help students be more green.

Midweek’s Marilyn Madlion spoke with an engineering student about his app connecting other student entrepreneurs to customers. And finally, a preview into our healthcare system’s future as it becomes more private and for-profit.

It was down to the wire this week as waited for our final items to come in ahead of our noon airtime. But panic was not on anyone’s mind—not visibly, anyways. Thanks to some behind-the-scenes shuffling, our hour came and went without too many hurdles.

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