Episodes

  • Jarvis Collegiate Institute Among MusiCounts Award Recipients

    Jarvis Collegiate Institute Among MusiCounts Award Recipients
    Sep 16 2024
    Friday, September 6, 2024 – In this episode, former The Final Word host Gabriela Ponte returns. She speaks with MusiCounts president Kristy Fletcher and music educator at one of the recipient schools, Michael Jameer. Fletcher were excited about the one million dollars awarded to 74 different schools across Canada, while Jameer explained what equipment he hopes to get for his students with the monetary award. Then, Dev Desai and Nicole Soroka join Ponte with two pieces of Toronto International Film Festival coverage.
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    29 mins
  • Fan Expo and the art of cosplaying, TMU Freshmen Orientation in full swing

    Fan Expo and the art of cosplaying, TMU Freshmen Orientation in full swing
    Sep 10 2024
    Friday, August 30, 2024. In today's episode we are talking Fan Expo and TMU Freshman Orientation! Met Radio's Advertising & Sponsorship Coordinator and reporter Daniel Centeno covered Fan Expo this past week here in Toronto. Fan Expo is Canada's largest comic, sci-fi and gaming convention, a perfect place for … cosplaying! Daniel spoke to some attendees about the art of cosplaying and what makes it so special for them. We also learned a bit more about this year's Toronto Metropolitan University's Freshman Orientation from Fernanda O'Neill, who's working with the Equity and Outreach team at TMU's Recreation department.
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    22 mins
  • un/SHELTERED Toronto Design Challenge encourages creative ideas to address city's housing crisis

    un/SHELTERED Toronto Design Challenge encourages creative ideas to address city's housing crisis
    Aug 28 2024
    Friday August 23, 2024. In today's episode host Mariana Schuetze spoke to Elizabeth McIsaac, President of Maytree, about the un/SHELTERED: Toronto Design Challenge, encouraging participants to come up with creative solutions to address the city's housing crisis. Mariana also spoke to Darren Greer, an author and multidisciplinary artist and clinical case manager at Alpha House Toronto, a mental health and addiction recovery community addressing the needs of men and non-binary people. Alpha House is putting together a fundraising event in September with a showcase of Darren's art.
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    29 mins
  • Local jazz & funk band Caliber Funk performs at Beaches Jazz Fest StreetFest

    Local jazz & funk band Caliber Funk performs at Beaches Jazz Fest StreetFest
    Aug 28 2024
    Friday, August 16, 2024. Met Radio's Radio Producer, and this week's guest-reporter for The Final Word, Sarra Gillani, talked to Caliber Funk, a local jazz/funk band. In this interview, they talk about their work, their experience playing the Beaches Jazz Fest StreetFest and their recent rebrand when they went from being called Accolades to Caliber Funk.
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    22 mins
  • Katherine Festeryga wins Toronto's Women4Climate pitch competition

    Katherine Festeryga wins Toronto's Women4Climate pitch competition
    Aug 28 2024
    Friday, August 2, 2024. Today's episode is all about climate initiatives. The City of Toronto announced this June the winners of the fourth annual Women4ClimateTO pitch competition. Ten local entrepreneurs pitched their climate-related initiatives to a panel of judges for a chance to claim the first prize of twenty thousand dollars and two secondary prizes of five thousand dollars each. Katherine Festeryga is the winner of this year's competition, with her project Edie Farming, which will happen right here in Toronto. The Final Word reporter Paula Zeballos spoke to Katherine about her win, Edie Farming and what got her started in climate activism.
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    29 mins
  • HOUSECanada works with student groups and developers to build affordable, equitable student housing

    HOUSECanada works with student groups and developers to build affordable, equitable student housing
    Aug 28 2024
    Friday, July 26. For today's episode The Final Word's reporter Lamar McIntosh speaks to Arinola Olowoporoku, an arts and cultural producer for the Harbourfront Centre, about the 26th edition of Island Soul, a lively summer weekend celebrating the rich legacy of Caribbean music, art, performance and food starting on Aug. 1. Host Mariana Schuetze interviews Nathi Zamisa, co-executive director of HOUSECanada, a group of student advocates, researchers, and housing developers. The Final Word's reporter Lois Yoo has the top news of the week.
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    26 mins
  • Women in the Studio National Accelerator now in its sixth year

    Women in the Studio National Accelerator now in its sixth year
    Aug 28 2024
    Friday, July 19, 2024. On this week's The Final Word show, we heard from Margaret McGuffin, CEO of Music Publishers Canada on this year's edition of the Women in the Studio National Accelerator. This is an initiative, now in its sixth year, created to foster the professional growth and advancement of talented producer-songwriters from across Canada. The Final Word also spoke to one of this year's participants, Toronto-based artist, producer and audio technician Samantha Selci. The Final Word reporter Daniyah Yaqoob has this week's top stories.
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    29 mins
  • This year's Toronto Fringe Festival has over 70 shows, coverage

    This year's Toronto Fringe Festival has over 70 shows, coverage
    Aug 28 2024
    Friday, July 12, 2024. For this week's The Final Word, host Mariana Schuetze and reporter Karen Young review four Toronto Fringe Festival shows (Painting By Numbers, The Bluffs, Bus Stop and Sheila: The Musical). The Final Word reporter Rogene Teodoro interviews Spencer West on this year's Toronto Disability Pride March and The Final Word reporter Lamar McIntosh has this week's top news.
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    19 mins