The Agenda with Steve Paikin
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 - Ontario's Public Media ...
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 - Ontario's Public Media Broadcaster.
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Travis Bradberry: Measuring Emotional Intelligence
While IQ testing is something most people have heard about, ...
While IQ testing is something most people have heard about, EQ, the term used for measuring emotional intelligence is relatively unknown. Steve Paikin talks with Travis Bradberry the author of "Emotional Intelligence 2.0" about its importance and why having agency over your emotions leads to success.
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Lisa Kramer: Behavioural Finance 101
Ever since the market crash of 2008, people have become ...
Ever since the market crash of 2008, people have become more familiar with the term behavioural economics, but what is behavioural finance? Steve Paikin speaks with the University of Toronto's Lisa Kramer about this new field of study and the implications of Seasonal Affective Disorder on the market crashes of the past.
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Harassment, Shame and Punishment
The Dalhousie male dentistry students Facebook page; the Canadian military; ...
The Dalhousie male dentistry students Facebook page; the Canadian military; the Royal Military College; #FHRITP - all public incidents of sexual harassment in Canada which have led to spirited debates over root behaviours. Can sexual harassment be stopped by public shaming and/or zero tolerance? How effective are restorative justice practices, education or outright firing for such offences? Is it possible to end sexual harassment or has recent outrage made it worse? The Agenda debates these issues.
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Monitoring Domestic Violence Courts
WomenatthecentrE, an organization of gender-based violence survivors, launched a court-watch ...
WomenatthecentrE, an organization of gender-based violence survivors, launched a court-watch project to monitor Toronto's Specialized Domestic Violence Courts. The Agenda learns what the project uncovered, how effective court-watching is as an agent of change and what the group hopes will improve in Ontario's domestic violence court system.
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To Believe or Not To Believe
Beliefs play a fundamental role in our lives. They shape ...
Beliefs play a fundamental role in our lives. They shape our choices, and our morals. But why do we accept certain beliefs, despite strong scientific evidence to the contrary? This has had an impact on a number of issues: vaccines, GMOs and climate change. The Agenda will explore why people aren't persuaded by evidence, but rather influenced by their personal beliefs.
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Virtuous Food
The past few years have seen an explosion of 'clean ...
The past few years have seen an explosion of 'clean eating,' whether it's juicing and raw food, the Paleo diet or eating gluten-free. What we eat is now firmly in the public consciousness. What is motivating this food movement? The Agenda will be joined by Gillian McCann of Nipissing University. She argues that people are transferring to food the values you would typically find in religion - purity, ethics and goodness.
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Behind the GMO Hype
Many people are divided on GMOs and whether they're safe ...
Many people are divided on GMOs and whether they're safe for people to consume. Some farmers are also concerned about how GM seeds have the potential to contaminate traditionally-bred seeds. But is the negative hype around GMOs deserved? The Agenda discusses how GMOs are used, and the disconnection between what the science says and what consumers believe about the safety of GM foods.
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The Agenda's Week in Review
From political leadership styles to social conservatism in Canada and ...
From political leadership styles to social conservatism in Canada and Southern Ontario Gothic Literature and what to do with Ontario's garbage, The Agenda brings you its Week in Review.
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Hard Truths and Reconciliations
The legacy of residential schools is systemic racism and poverty ...
The legacy of residential schools is systemic racism and poverty in Aboriginal communities, according to a report from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. The report recommends 94 ways to lessen lingering effects of policies that Justice Murray Sinclair said amounted to cultural genocide. The Agenda unpacks the report and discusses the steps towards reconciliation.
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Ontario's Waste Woes
Blue bins, green bins, orange drops, black bags. Ontario cranks ...
Blue bins, green bins, orange drops, black bags. Ontario cranks out over 12 million tonnes of solid waste every year, with a rainbow of options to deal with it. But while the province once led the way diverting and reducing our trash footprint, Ontario's progress has stalled and most of our waste still ends up as garbage. The Agenda convenes a panel of experts to look what the problems are and what's to be done.
