May 31, 2021

Ontario law gives people facing domestic violence, abuse and trafficking priority access to social housing. Those applications spiked by more than 50 per cent last year — a disturbing reflection of the violence that erupted during the pandemic. The Star’s affordable housing reporter Victoria Gibson is on “This...

May 28, 2021

Guest: Shawn Micallef, contributing columnist on Toronto and urbanism, Toronto Star

Public parks and city streets have been a lifeline for Torontonians, cooped up in their homes and apartments, throughout the pandemic. But there’s a hitch to being outside: when nature calls, where do you “go?” The access to public...

May 27, 2021

Ontario’s first Poet Laureate, spoken word artist Randell Adjei is on “This Matters” to talk about his life, his work and his plans to bring beauty and poetry into our lives during these exceptionally dark times of the pandemic—and shares some of his tremendous talent and poetry with us.

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May 26, 2021

Guests: Anoosha Keshav, Grade 12 student and Kim Moran, CEO, Children’s Mental Health Ontario

Ontario is slowly reopening and the school year is coming to its close. For the high school graduating class of 2021, it looks like some form of video conferencing solution for a virtual graduation ceremony is on the table as...

May 25, 2021

Guest: Sara Mojtehedzadeh, Toronto Star’s Work and Wealth Reporter

In COVID’s third wave, workplaces are the single largest outbreak settings, according to Ontario’s provincial data. More than 23,500 Ontarians have contracted COVID from work, many of them in industries like warehousing, manufacturing and food...