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  • Andrew Coyne: Is Canadian Democracy Broken?
    May 23 2025
    Canadians think we live in a democracy, but are our institutions becoming increasingly undemocratic? Andrew Coyne joins us to discuss his new book, "The Crisis of Canadian Democracy."

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    36 min
  • Ontario's Award-Winning Teen Poet
    May 23 2025
    Kyo Lee was the youngest ever winner of the CBC Poetry Prize at just 16, and now at 18 she has released a collection of poems, called "i cut my tongue on a broken country." The poems deal with culture, girlhood, immigration and queerness, and she joins us to discuss.

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    20 min
  • Is Ontario's College System in Trouble?
    May 22 2025
    The Ontario college system was created 60 years ago. How has it changed since its inception, and how will it face its current challenges? We discuss with Ann Marie Vaughan, Lyn Whitham, Maureen Adamson, and Martin Regg Cohn.

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    36 min
  • What Happened to the NHL's Hamilton Tigers?
    May 22 2025
    For millions of Toronto Maple Leaf fans, this season came to yet another ignominious end. However, 100 years ago, there was another NHL team in Ontario which had a worse fate. Myer Siemiatycki, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Politics and Public Administration at Toronto Metropolitan University joins The Agenda to share the tragic story of the Hamilton Tigers.

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    18 min
  • How Ontario Youth Groups Are Changing the Narrative
    May 21 2025
    Canada has long celebrated its diversity and multiculturalism. But despite this being a well-admired aspect of Canadian society, racism still exists today. In response, organizations have been established across the country to support diaspora communities, and young people from those communities are also getting involved. Youth leader Ellie Leung and executive director Eleanor Yang of the Chinese Canadian National Council Toronto Chapter; and youth leader Aathini Parthiban and executive director Neethan Shan of Tamil Civic Action join Jeyan Jeganathan to discuss the anti-racism work they are doing.

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    31 min
  • Is Data Collection Undermining Human Rights?
    May 21 2025
    In "We, the Data: Human Rights in the Digital Age," author Wendy H. Wong makes the case that the collection and tracking of our data by Big Tech comes at a cost to our humanity. She's a professor of political science and principal's research chair at the University of British Columbia and her book won the 2024 Balsillie Prize for Public Policy. She joins Steve Paikin to discuss the link between data and human rights.

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    25 min
  • Can Canada Re-engage India and China?
    May 17 2025
    Steve Paikin asks guests: Which is harder for Canada to re-set relations with: China or India? Then, Nam Kiwanuka explores why some parents don't vaccinate their kids.

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    9 min
  • What is Hurting Women's Health?
    May 17 2025
    Women make up half the population in Canada yet there are still major gaps in women's health research. Experts say investments addressing this gap could add years to life and boost the global economy. The Agenda invites Carmen Wyton, Chair and Founder of Women's Health Coalition of Canada; Dr. Amanda Black, Professor of, Obstetrics and Gynecology at The University of Ottawa; and Christine Faubert, Vice President of Health Equity & Mission Impact, at the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada to discuss.

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    29 min