It’s a wrap—almost!

Our final Midweek of the season walked before it could run. Reporter Zoe Pierce spoke to one of the leaders of a movement movement—”designed walking,” which combines route planning with storytelling, and social interaction.

Then, the fallout of a racist act of vandalism at a grocery store in Ottawa’s Chinatown. Midweek’s Colson Swinarchin sat down with the head of the neighbourhood’s BIA to discuss how hateful acts hurt us all.

In happier happenings, Pierce joined hosts Marilyn Madlion and Matthew Garwolinski to break down Carleton University’s historic women’s basketball win in Brazil this past weekend. The Ravens were undefeated through their entire International University Sports Federation three-on-three Basketball University World Cup run, becoming the first Canadian team to take home the gold.

In other student news, Swinarchin returned with the head of a environmental activist group, which is getting young people involved with climate action through its annual summit at Carleton this weekend.

Reporter Allison Young gave us the latest on Ottawa’s plans to bid on a private landfill in the east end from Capital Ward councillor Shawn Menard. Following a more than two-hour closed session council meeting, councillors voted to approve the bid just after the show ended.

In an arts update, Midweek’s Clarisa Gonzalez joined our hosts in studio to break down how a local arts organization is challenging artistic ideals with more representative depictions of the human form.

Going back to city hall, reporter Julie Chadwick had more on a simple ask from Ottawa’s finest. Firefighters are asking for just over $50,000 to put a washer and dryer in every fire station—something advocates say would greatly reduce their high risk of cancers and other occupational illnesses.

In our last reporter deep-dive of the fall term, Madlion shone a light on a recent rash of kidnappings in Nigeria. Hundreds of schoolchildren and staff have been taken in recent weeks by a to-be-named extremist group.

Taking things back to Ottawa, Midweek’s Hannah Daramola dove into the pile of clothes forming at the Carleton University Women’s Centre ahead of a winter gear swap.

And in what might be a genuine first for the program, Garwolinski rounded out the season with an honest-to-goodness nature documentary about Ottawa’s raven-haired (and feathered, and beaked, and taloned) residents.

Midweek will return with an all-new production crew in January.

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We’ve reached the final third!

Veterans were top of mind and top of show this week.

On Remembrance Day, reporter Matthew Garwolinski visited the Canadian War Museum and host Holly Joth-Smith attended Carleton University’s Remembrance Day ceremony. Both heard stories of family connections, wartime valour, and why we honour the occasion.

Zoe Pierce then sat down with the head of Carleton University’s College of Humanities, Shane Hawkins, to discuss the University of Ottawa’s recently-suspended honours program in Greek and Roman studies, and whether the same could happen at Carleton.

Midweek’s Allie Cruzado joined Joth-Smith and co-host Alex Scott in studio to talk about how two recent typhoons are hitting close to home for Filipinos, in Ottawa and Manila alike.

Reporter Marilyn Madlion spoke to a local Black entrepreneur about how the closure of one business during the COVID-19 pandemic spawned a hub for Ottawa’s Black community and its artisans.

Pierce returned with the success of a recent musical fundraiser for youth mental health, and its planned second iteration next year. Also in fundraising, Cruzado dropped into the United Way’s garage sale at Carleton, with money set for various causes across Eastern Ontario.

Joth-Smith wasn’t the only host to attend an event this week––Scott attended Ottawa’s climate change preparation panel and took listeners through what they need to know about the city’s mitigation plans and how they can prepare for extreme weather events.

With the Minoshkite Indigenous Music and Arts Festival back for a third year this week, reporter Clarisa Gonzalez had more on what makes it an important part of Ottawa’s cultural landscape.

Scott then presented his interview with one of the leaders of a cycling advocacy group protesting provincial Bill 60. The legislation is aimed at building new homes and infrastructure more quickly, but has drawn heavy criticism for measures making it easier to evict tenants and harder to build bike lanes, among other issues.

Closing out the show and completed just in time, Joth-Smith and Pierce joined forces for an interview with Sky News Africa journalist, Yousra Elbagir, ahead of her talk at Carleton. Elbagir will give Carleton’s annual Peter Stursburg Foreign Correspondent Lecture on Nov. 13, addressing selective empathy for Sudan.

As we wrapped our show, one Midweek reporter made a startling discovery: four people wearing the same outfit!

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