For July 9, 2021:

Sophia De Guzman speaks with David Jardine about the recent Board of Directors meeting at the Ryerson Student's Union and the approval of the Union's 2021-2022 budget.

After that, Sharon Savunthararajah chats with a representative from ACORN Toronto about their latest campaign to make the internet more accessible and affordable in Toronto.

Sharon Savunthararajah covers a floating art installation from an Indigenous artist which can be found on Toronto's waterfront, and Equity Reporter Olivea Loo Folkes speaks with artists working on an upcoming interactive event in downtown Toronto as part of the 'Planet Fabulon' event series.

CJRU speaks with organizers from Circles for Reconciliation, who have launched an awareness campaign to help centre the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s 94 Calls to Action and to urge settlers to engage with each of the TRC's Calls to Action.

For the week of June 11, 2021:

The statue of Egerton Ryerson, an architect of the residential school system, was toppled and defaced by activists this past week. We speak with Ryerson University professor and Mi'kmaq artist Dr. Lila Pine about how the university can hold itself accountable to the demands of Indigenous students.

After that we revisit Sophia De Guzman's interview with 'X University' organizer Sam Howden about the impromptu memorial taking place at the former site of the Ryerson statue on campus.

This episode produced by Alex Ramsay and Sophia De Guzman. Our digital team is Rachelle De Forest and Brooklyn Harker.

For the week of June 4, 2021:

Sophia De Guzman speaks with Sam Howden, an organizer with the activist group X University who are mounting pressure for the university to remove the statue of namesake Egerton Ryerson from campus and to change the school's name.

After that, we revisit out story from last year about the Land Defenders holding space at 1492 Landback Lane.

This episode of The Final Word produced by Sophia De Guzman and Alex Ramsay. The Final Word's digital team is Brooklyn Harker and Rachelle Deforest.

For the week of May 28, 2021:

A year after the deaths of George Floyd in Minneapolis and Regis Korchinski-Paquet in Toronto during interactions with police, we revisit a story put together by Xolisa Jerome, Adriel Smiley and Gabbie Clarke in 2020 that focuses on the origins of the Black Lives Matter movement, and what it's like facing racism as a young Black person in Canada.

This episode produced by Alex Ramsay, Sophia De Guzman, Kayla Higgins, Joel Kiggundu and Sarah Hung. Our digital team is Brooklyn Harker and Rachelle De Forest.