Constantina Varlokostas
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Producer/Journalist @TheAgenda Previously @FrontBurnerCBC @OttawaCitizen @CityNewsTO MJ Grad @JSchool_CU @CreativeTMU
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https://www.constantinavarlokostas.com/ 22-06-2011 02:46:53
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An interesting conversation today with Steve Paikin, Kristyn Wong-Tam 🇨🇦 and Cait Alexander - we all agree on one thing: the court system is in crisis and resources are desperately needed. Check out TVO Today | The Agenda tonight at 8 pm for more.
Ontario court delays are sparking calls for change. Tonight Steve Paikin speaks with Cait Alexander, whose ex-boyfriend's attempted murder charge was dropped because it didn’t reach trial fast enough. At 8/11pm with Stephanie DiGiuseppe (@heneinhutchison) & Kristyn Wong-Tam 🇨🇦 | Producer Constantina Varlokostas
Hamilton's anti-renoviction bylaw is a first-of-its-kind-in-Ontario regulation. Constantina Varlokostas and Carla Lucchetta spoke to Nrinder Nann, Daniel P. Chin, and HamiltonACORN about why it was needed. #hamont #onpoli tvo.org/video/why-hami…
Ontario has the second highest rate of human trafficking in Canada. What’s behind this alarming statistic? Tonight Steve Paikin asks Casandra Diamond (@BridgeNorthOrg), Kelly Beale (@ONAttorneyGen), Jasminder Sekhon (@VSToronto) & Gary Bezaire (@lpsmediaoffice) | Producer Constantina Varlokostas
'We really do need to make a distinction between sex work and sex trafficking,' says Jasminder Sekhon (Victim Services), tonight at 8/11pm with Kelly Beale (@ONAttorneyGen), Casandra Diamond (@BridgeNorthOrg), Gary Bezaire (@lpsmediaoffice), and Steve Paikin | Producer: Constantina Varlokostas
Thanks to Sharlene Henry and YSW Tenant Union for helping us shine a light on landlord-tenant issues in Ontario. Constantina Varlokostas
Doug Ford said if Olivia Chow was elected she'd be an 'unmitigated disaster' for Toronto. Now the two have found common ground. How? 'We kind of cut through all that noise... I don't take it personally,' Mayor Olivia Chow tells Steve Paikin. At 8/11pm | Producer: Constantina Varlokostas #topoli
Millions of Canadians use dating apps. What effect does digital dating have on socialization? Jeyan Jeganathan asks Anna Lembke (@stanfordmed), author of 'Dopamine Nation,' and Dr Pani Farvid, director of The SexTech Lab at @thenewschool, tonight at 8/11pm | Producer: Constantina Varlokostas
Dating apps Tinder and Hinge have been accused of having 'predatory' business models that keep users swiping and paying. Tonight Jeyan Jeganathan asks Dr Pani Farvid (@thenewschool) and Anna Lembke (@stanfordmed) about the ethics of dating apps. At 8/11pm | Producer: Constantina Varlokostas
1/ I’m an Israeli academic. My community is too silent about the ongoing war in Gaza. Here is how I see things based on reading hundreds of articles and watching thousands of videos and images about the war. This tweet chain contains my conclusions as a sort of executive summary.
'[The Northern Ontario School of Medicine] has made a big difference to putting physicians in the North. But more needs to be done.' — Dannica Switzer on the dire shortage of family doctors in rural and northern Ontario. At 8/11pm with Steve Paikin | Producer: Constantina Varlokostas #onhealth
According to Ontario Medical Association, some 2.3 million people don’t have a family physician in this province —and the shortage gets worse the further north you go. Steve Paikin asks Dannica Switzer what people in the south can do to help. Tonight at 8/11pm | Producer: Constantina Varlokostas #onhealth
'There is a housing crisis right across this country... We need that money and we need it now.' — North Bay Mayor Peter Chirico on the $4 billion federal Housing Accelerator Fund. Tonight at 8/11pm with Dorothy McCabe (she/her), Marianne Meed Ward & Steve Paikin | Producer: Constantina Varlokostas #onpoli