Abby Hughes - July 8, 2022

Housing bubble! Sold-over-asking! High borrowing rates! If those words make you cringe, you’re probably one of the many Torontonians feeling squeezed by the housing market. And according to the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation, if we want affordable housing, Canada will need to build an extra 3.5 million homes on top of what we’re on track to build by 2030.

A housing advocate and a senior research fellow at Toronto Met’s Centre for Urban Research and Land Development weigh in on the CMHC’s target, and how to meet the housing demand.

Plus, Abhay tells us about Lavender Literature - a sapphic youth group in the city that started as a book club.

Abby Hughes - July 1, 2022

Last week, the United States Supreme Court overruled two really important decisions. They were Roe v. Wade, and Planned Parenthood v. Casey. The decision removed the constitutional right to abortion for women in America.

Today, we’ll hear from a reproductive rights advocate and a Canadian lawyer. They’ll tell us about the ripple effects some worry the decision could have here, and the current state of Canadian abortion access. Plus, TMU students share what the ruling means to them.

Abby Hughes - June 24, 2022

Arvin Jagayat, a PhD. student at Toronto Metropolitan University, created a software that simulates a social media timeline. And while his mock social media tool is new, the software shows promise for turning out more ecologically-valid social media research.
After that, Zoha Naghar speaks with Toronto R&B and funk artist, Kalisway, about her latest album, getting confident with her own voice and some upcoming projects.

Abby Hughes - June 17, 2022

Andrii Zarytskyi, a queer Ukrainian and LGBTQ activist who recently came to Canada, talks about the realities for queer people in wartime Ukraine. Then, hear from a Ukrainian-Canadian who’s set up a fund that’s diverted tens of thousands of dollars to LGBTQ+ charities on the ground in Ukraine. Plus, a 2021 graduate speaks about getting the chance to cross a real stage after graduating virtually last year.

Abby Hughes-June 10, 2022

First, CJRU’s very own Daniel Centeno brings us the details on Toronto Centre’s new city councillor, Robin Buxton Potts. Then he’ll break down a long term care pilot project by the City of Toronto, called CareTO. And TMU journalism students end today’s episode with the stories of three family-run Italian restaurants in Toronto, plus the art of sports photography.

Naama Weingarten-May 27, 2022

With the annual Hot Docs Festival going down earlier this month, we chatted with Nicolas van Hemelryck, the director of the award-winning documentary Alis. The film, which was made over a period of 5 years, captures the stories of young girls living in a Columbian shelter in the rough streets of Bogotá - all told through a fictional classmate named Alis, serving as a blank canvas to portray their reality

Naama Weingarten-May 20, 2022

Today, we chat with Karen Steele, the winner of the 2022 Rosalie Award meant for women who paved the way in the world of radio. We’ll learn all about what it’s like to be program director at iconic stations like 99.9 Virgin Radio and Kiss 92.5, how she built her way there, and most importantly - having fun while doing it

Naama Weingarten-May 13, 2022

​Toronto's vintage clothing show recently went down after a 2-year hiatus. And today - we get to hear from the vendors there! We'll learn about their style, what inspires them, and what it's like to be part of Toronto's iconic vintage clothing scene.

Naama Weingarten-May 6, 2022

Today, Sharon Savunthararajah builds off her previous segment on why our grocery bills are so much higher nowadays. But first - we talk about "Toronto Metropolitan" - because Ryerson is officially a thing of the past and people have a lot of opinions about the new name.

Naama Weingarten-April 29, 2022

Today, TMU’s journalism students, Carolina Puccalli and Kayla Higgins talk all about a show with a mission to add cultural diversity to Toronto’s radio stations. Then, we've got a segment all about Calgary. Because coming out here from Ontario, which had some of the worst lockdowns and restrictions in the world, I wanted to learn about what it was like spending this time in history somewhere else.