The Rundown

One year ago, following a rapid assault across the country and the departure of U.S. forces, the Taliban seized Afghanistan's capital. As a result, women and girls were thrust back into the shadows; barred from school and work. Noncompliance meant threats, arrests, and torture. As Afghan women endure what Amnesty International calls, "death in slow motion," we explore the new book "We Are Still Here: Afghan Women on Courage, Freedom, and the Fight to Be Heard."

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What affect is climate change having on municipalities and what are the costs of action, or inaction? We also discuss what is being done to prepare communities and infrastructure against increasing weather-related disasters.

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Globally, far fewer women lead companies, run countries, or head up institutions. Would the world be a different place with more women in positions of power? Jeyan Jeganathan gets insight from three women leaders on the creating meaningful inclusivity, and if gender plays a defining role in their leadership style.r plays a defining role in their leadership style.

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What affect is climate change having on municipalities and what are the costs of action, or inaction? We also discuss what is being done to prepare communities and infrastructure against increasing weather-related disasters.

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Ontario is facing challenges with rising food and energy costs, record-high inflation, housing affordability, and disrupted supply chains and shortages. Ontario's Minister of Finance, Peter Bethlenfalvy; Mike Moffatt, senior director of policy and innovation at the Smart Prosperity Institute; and Armine Yalnizyan, the Atkinson Fellow on the Future of Workers discuss what a sustainable economic recovery could look like for the province.

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Last month, Pope Francis travelled to Canada to deliver a formal apology on behalf of the Catholic Church for attrocities in residential schools. How was the apology received? Northwestern Ontario Hub journalist Charnel Anderson talked to three Indigenous leaders about their reaction, and what comes next.

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Journalist and author Leah McLaren discusses her book, "Where You End and I Begin:A Memoir," on the topic of her unusual and sometimes fraught relationship with her mother.

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The 58th recommendation of the 2015 Truth and Reconciliation Commission called for the Pope to issue an apology to survivors, their families, and communities for the atrocities of residential schools. Seven years later, that apology was given. How has it been received, and what does it mean for the efforts towards reconciliation? We ask activist and artist, Sarain Fox; playwright, author and filmmaker, Drew Hayden Taylor; and Father Peter Bisson, who has worked with Indigenous Catholics since 2009 and throughout the TRC process.

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Naben Ruthnum, author of the recently published novel "A Hero of Our Time," talks about the politics of diversity, pseudonyms, and whether the writing gift can be acquired.

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How well did municipalities and the provincial government work together through the pandemic? Karen Redman, regional chair of the Waterloo Region; Colin Best, a Milton regional councillor; and Innisfil Mayor Lynn Dollin discuss the way local governments collaborate with the province and how much say they will have in the future.

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