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TVO Telethon to celebrate the fun of learning with a two-day fundraising showcase

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Wednesday, March 20, 2024
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An exciting celebrity lineup will join throughout the weekend lending their support to TVO’s fundraising efforts and promote the importance of curiosity and learning.

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  • An exciting celebrity lineup will join throughout the weekend lending their support to TVO’s fundraising efforts and promote the importance of curiosity and learning.
  • With a theme of “curiosity,” the Telethon aims to show how the crucial element of learning, at all ages and stages of life, fuels Ontarians.
  • “Curiosity is the driving force for learning and fundamental to why we do what we do at TVO,” says Jeffrey Orridge, CEO of TVO.
  • By supporting the TVO Telethon, you’ll help us grow our incredible programming and learning experiences.

UPDATED - CMG employees vote to accept TVO offer

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Sunday, November 5, 2023
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Toronto, ON, Nov. 05, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TVO Media Education Group (TVO) today announced that its employees represented by the Canadian Media Guild (CMG) will be returning to work on Monday, November 6 after voting this weekend to accept TVO’s offer in the negotiation for a new collective agreement.

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  • Toronto, ON, Nov. 05, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TVO Media Education Group (TVO) today announced that its employees represented by the Canadian Media Guild (CMG) will be returning to work on Monday, November 6 after voting this weekend to accept TVO’s offer in the negotiation for a new collective agreement.
  • As such, CMG employees will see an immediate increase of 5.8% in their pay (the 3.0% retroactive increase for year one and the 2.75% increase for year two, compounded).
  • A commitment that TVO will provide a range of training options to help CMG employees acquire skills that will open up new job opportunities in their field.
  • “Today’s vote comes as welcome news,” said Jeffrey L. Orridge, CEO of TVO.

CMG employees vote to accept TVO offer

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Sunday, November 5, 2023
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Toronto, ON, Nov. 05, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TVO Media Education Group (TVO) today announced that its employees represented by the Canadian Media Guild (CMG) will be returning to work on Monday, November 6 after voting this weekend to accept TVO’s offer in the negotiation for a new collective agreement.

Key Points: 
  • Toronto, ON, Nov. 05, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TVO Media Education Group (TVO) today announced that its employees represented by the Canadian Media Guild (CMG) will be returning to work on Monday, November 6 after voting this weekend to accept TVO’s offer in the negotiation for a new collective agreement.
  • A commitment that TVO will provide a range of training options to help CMG employees acquire skills that will open up new job opportunities in their field.
  • Of course, TVO content and services such as TVOkids programming, the TVO ILC online secondary school, TVO Mathify online tutoring service, and TVO Original Documentaries – all of which were unaffected by the strike – will continue uninterrupted.
  • CMG, which represents 74 TVO employees with roles including digital learning content producers for TVO Learn, current affair journalists writing for TVO.org, and producers on The Agenda with Steve Paikin, began legal strike action on August 21, 2023.

Statement regarding Canadian Media Guild rejecting TVO offer

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Sunday, October 1, 2023
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Toronto, ON, Oct. 01, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, TVO Media Education Group (TVO) issues the following statement from CEO Jeffrey L. Orridge regarding Canadian Media Guild’s (CMG) rejection of its final offer in the negotiation for a new collective agreement:

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  • Toronto, ON, Oct. 01, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, TVO Media Education Group (TVO) issues the following statement from CEO Jeffrey L. Orridge regarding Canadian Media Guild’s (CMG) rejection of its final offer in the negotiation for a new collective agreement:
    “I am disappointed that our CMG employees voted not to accept TVO’s final offer.
  • Unfortunately, this will serve to prolong the strike, which now enters a new and uncharted phase.
  • Throughout the negotiations, TVO has made numerous proposals and tabled progressively more generous offers in an effort to resolve the issues before us.
  • TVO has an FAQ available to provide answers to common questions and provide additional information around these negotiations.

Statement regarding TVO’s final offer to Canadian Media Guild

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Friday, September 29, 2023
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Toronto, ON, Sept. 28, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- After months of negotiations, TVO Media Education Group (TVO) has presented Canadian Media Guild (CMG) with a final offer in the negotiations for a new collective agreement.

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  • Toronto, ON, Sept. 28, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- After months of negotiations, TVO Media Education Group (TVO) has presented Canadian Media Guild (CMG) with a final offer in the negotiations for a new collective agreement.
  • The final offer, delivered to CMG yesterday, consists of three key elements:
    1.
  • An agreement to retain the language currently in the collective agreement regarding contract employees, with no waivers allowing for contract extensions.
  • TVO has an FAQ available to provide answers to common questions and provide additional information around these negotiations.

Workers at Ontario public broadcaster TVO vote at 100% in favour of a strike mandate

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Tuesday, February 28, 2023
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The turnout for the vote was 96% with 100% supporting a strike mandate.

Key Points: 
  • The turnout for the vote was 96% with 100% supporting a strike mandate.
  • The collective agreement that governs the relationship between the provincial broadcaster and its journalists, producers, and education workers expired in October 2022.
  • TVO has received no inflationary increase in base funding from the provincial government for many years.
  • In fact, TVO received a 5% decrease in base funding in 2019 and has been asked to produce more with less ever since.

TVO TODAY LIVE PANEL EXPLORING ‘TOXICITY IN POLITICS’ BEING HOSTED IN WINDSOR

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Friday, October 28, 2022
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Windsor, ON, Oct. 28, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Media are invited to a special townhall-style event called TVO Today Live, a new series hosted by Steve Paikin, host of The Agenda with Steve Paikin, and made possible by a grant from the Wilson Foundation.

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  • Windsor, ON, Oct. 28, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Media are invited to a special townhall-style event called TVO Today Live, a new series hosted by Steve Paikin, host of The Agenda with Steve Paikin, and made possible by a grant from the Wilson Foundation.
  • This is the second TVO Today Live event this season and will be taking place in Windsor on Sunday, October 30th, in the afternoon at the Art Gallery of Windsor.
  • The topic will be: Is our politics getting toxic?
  • The discussion will include how politics are naturally divisive and whether the public conversation has become toxic, and if this is so, what has contributed to this new reality.

TVO Today changes the face of current affairs and documentaries in an immersive, modern online experience created for you

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Thursday, April 21, 2022
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New design enhancements ensure visitors take away fresh insights with every experience.

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  • New design enhancements ensure visitors take away fresh insights with every experience.
  • Built completely in-house, TVO Today will directly impact the many ways TVO inspires learning that changes lives and enriches communities.
  • TVO Today is available where you want, when you want with information, insight and perspectives for you and your life.
  • Funded primarily by the Province of Ontario, TVO is a registered charity supported by thousands of sponsors and donors.

CJF names finalists for Landsberg Award

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Thursday, April 14, 2022
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TORONTO, April 14, 2022 /CNW/ - The Canadian Journalism Foundation (CJF) is proud to announce its shortlist for the Landsberg Award ,whichcelebrates a journalist, or journalists, providing a greater profile to women's equality issues.

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  • TORONTO, April 14, 2022 /CNW/ - The Canadian Journalism Foundation (CJF) is proud to announce its shortlist for the Landsberg Award ,whichcelebrates a journalist, or journalists, providing a greater profile to women's equality issues.
  • The annual award recognizes exceptional research, analysis and presentation through a gender lens in print, broadcast or online news.
  • The award is named after Michele Landsberg, a prize-winning Canadian journalist, author, social activist and feminist, in acknowledgement of the tremendous impact that she has had as an advocate and role model for Canadian women.
  • Doolittle (2018) and Grant (2017) are past Landsberg Award winners.

TVO’s 'The Agenda with Steve Paikin' and TVO Original 'The Forbidden Reel' nominated in prestigious categories at the 2021 Canadian Screen Awards

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Tuesday, March 30, 2021
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Toronto, ON, March 30, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TVO and its production partners received 31 nominations for the 2021 Canadian Screen Awards, including nods in two of the most prestigious categories: Best News or Information Series for The Agenda with Steve Paikin , and Ted Rogers Best Feature Length Documentary for TVO Original The Forbidden Reel .

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  • Toronto, ON, March 30, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TVO and its production partners received 31 nominations for the 2021 Canadian Screen Awards, including nods in two of the most prestigious categories: Best News or Information Series for The Agenda with Steve Paikin , and Ted Rogers Best Feature Length Documentary for TVO Original The Forbidden Reel .
  • TVO Original There Are No Fakes also received an extraordinary six nominations, including Best Direction, Best Writing, and Best Photography.
  • The Forbidden Reel, There Are No Fakes, and The Agenda with Steve Paikin exemplify the very best of TVO and our co-production partners, said John Ferri, Vice President of Current Affairs and Documentaries at TVO.
  • The TVOkids team is so proud of our nominated producing partners, said Marney Malabar, Director of TVOkids.