The Final Word

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 fo...

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.

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.

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.

In the March 15 episode, we’re covering the Mississauga mayor race and its candidates, the newly developed #MigrantSpring campaign to a touching story about a Canadian detainee’s mother.

In the March 8 Final Word episode, we spoke to two wonderful entrepreneurs, discussed Nikki Hailey dropping out of the presidential race and some other top news.

In the March 1 episode of The Final Word, we covered the presidential primary in Michigan, imagineNATIVE’s newly announced dates and long walk-in clinic wait times.

In this episode, we covered a Yorkdale Mall robbery, to Minister Miller’s restrictions to a safety app for students.

In the Feb. 23 episode of The Final Word, in this episode we covered the new Pharmacare deal, to the cut to funding in the Wellness Together Canada program to IKEA’s new Plan and Order points.

In the Feb. 9 episode of The Final Word, we covered the Bell Media layoffs, to Eating Disorders Awareness Week to a spoken word concert. Trigger warning: This episode contains mentions of eating disorders. 

In this episode, we covered stories from a dog from Saskatchewan that was found in Toronto, to the Women from Space music festival to Minister Miller’s new restrictions for international students. A trigger warning on this episode: It contains mentions of sexual assault.