Citizen Minutes

Citizen Minutes Sisterhood Softball

Depicting a league that empowers women through sports in a community where women traditionally don't participate and are seen as disempowered outside their communities; on the first all-female Muslim softball league in North America.

7:49 PM on TVO (TV Ontario)

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Citizen Minutes Jean Swanson: We Need a New Map

A profile of veteran activist and first-term Vancouver city councillor Jean Swanson as she works alongside the next generation of anti-poverty activists fighting systemic inequality.

10:49 PM on TVO (TV Ontario)

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Citizen Minutes Excluded by Design

Writer and community organizer Dave Meslin thinks that bad public notices are hurting democracy, and he's calling on graphic designers to show what's missing.

12:54 AM on TVO (TV Ontario)

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Citizen Minutes Mind Check 1-2, 1-2

In his music, 23-year-old Nigerian Canadian rapper, Akintoye, is vulnerable and introspective about his mental health struggles; as Akintoye climbs the music industry ladder, he makes space to encourage young people to express themselves through art.

1:48 AM on TVO (TV Ontario)

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Citizen Minutes Ride Fair

Three fearless community organizers with a history of standing up against big tech corporations, embark on an uphill political fight to regulate Uber and Lyft in Toronto so that these companies operate in the public interest.

11:53 PM on TVO (TV Ontario)

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Citizen Minutes Hommes-Relais

Amid migration grief and integration challenges, Juan Manuel, a doctor turned community leader, guides immigrant men through a life-changing program, forging resilience, belonging, solidarity and hope.

1:48 AM on TVO (TV Ontario)

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Citizen Minutes Excluded by Design

Writer and community organizer Dave Meslin thinks that bad public notices are hurting democracy, and he's calling on graphic designers to show what's missing.

4:52 PM on TVO (TV Ontario)

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Citizen Minutes The Gift

A lesson in compassion and generosity results in a lifelong gift; set in a small Northwestern Ontario town, a father takes the opportunity to pass on important teachings to his daughter.

12:53 AM on TVO (TV Ontario)

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Citizen Minutes Rising From the Ashes

The Dépanneur Sylvestre in Gatineau, Quebec, founded in the 2000s, addresses the growing number of people experiencing social isolation; destroyed by a fire in 2019, it has reopened using new models of sustainability.

1:48 AM on TVO (TV Ontario)

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Citizen Minutes Red Girl Rising

Joyce Jonathan Crone-Mohawk matriarch, retired teacher, activist and humanitarian, reaches forward into her community of Huntsville, Ontario, opening hearts and bridging gaps for Indigenous education.

6:45 PM on TVO (TV Ontario)

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