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Met Radio's The Final Word... gives a weekly look at the top news stories taking place in and around Toronto and around Toronto Metropolitan University.
16 SEP 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.
10 SEP 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.
28 AUG 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.
28 AUG 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.
28 AUG 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.
Met Radio's The Final Word... gives a weekly look at the top news stories taking place in and around Toronto and around Toronto Metropolitan University.
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| Author | Met Radio |
| Organization | CJRU 1280AM |
| Categories | Society & Culture , News |
| Website | www.metradio.ca |
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