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Award-winning documentaries from Ontario and around the world. Stream for free within Canada. 🇨🇦 www.youtube.com/tvo my.linkpod.site/tvodocs

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The Rundown @therundowntvo.bsky.social · 2h
Are Toronto's bike lanes really empty? Charlie Buckley hit the streets to count cyclists, dug into city data, and compared the numbers with major cycling cities around the world.
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TVO Docs @tvodocs.bsky.social · 1h
A heartwarming and spine-tingling documentary that follows a group of spirited senior citizens as they embark on an extraordinary adventure far outside their comfort zones: creating a horror film. Watch "Silver Screamers" now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyCY...
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(MIS)Treated @mistreatedtvo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Women make up 80% of autoimmune disease patients. Why? In the Season 2 premiere of (MIS)Treated, @namshine.bsky.social speaks with epidemiologist @nataliescime.bsky.social (@utsc.utoronto.ca). Could pregnancy complications be linked to autoimmune disease later in life? youtu.be/wCPOzMr12Mk?...
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The Rundown @therundowntvo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"This Is Indian Land." When those words appeared on a railway bridge in Garden River First Nation in 1973, no one knew who painted them. For decades, the men behind the message kept their secret as it became a rallying cry for Indigenous pride. Diego Garcia tells the story, tonight at 830pm.
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TVO Docs @tvodocs.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Aki (Anishinaabemowin for "earth" or "land") is a meditative, visually immersive documentary set in Atikameksheng Anishnawbek in Northern Ontario – located 20 kilometres from Sudbury. Stream now in stunning 4K: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8dz...
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TVO @wearetvo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
September 30 marks National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, a day to remember the children who never returned home and to honour Survivors and generations affected by residential schools. Watch Remembering the Children, a national commemorative broadcast on TVO at 7 p.m. Every Child Matters.
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TVO Docs @tvodocs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Kímmapiiyipitssini is a Blackfoot word meaning "giving kindness to each other." Ahead of National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, watch Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers' film about the Kainai First Nation's community response to the drug-poisoning epidemic: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wy2E...
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TVO Docs @tvodocs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
54 years ago, millions in Canada and the Soviet Union were captivated by the Summit Series. Amid Cold War tensions the nations chose best-on-best hockey showdown instead of conflict. WATCH "Icebreaker: The 72 Summit Series": www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3U_...
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Icebreaker: The 72 Summit Series | TVO Docs
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Paul DeCampo @pauldecampo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Dave Marsden of CFNY had a huge impact on my musical taste in the late 70’s and early 80’s. Rest in power, Marsbar! A good time to watch: www.tvo.org/video/docume...
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CFNY: The Spirit of Radio | TVO Today
In 1976, CFNY launched in a small suburban house just north of Toronto and went on to become one of the most influential punk, new wave and alternative radio stations in the world.
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The Rundown @therundowntvo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A stronger democracy starts with showing up. On Oct. 2, @spaikin.bsky.social and guests come to Sudbury for TVO Today Live to explore whether volunteering can rebuild trust, strengthen communities, and deepen democracy. Free tickets: www.eventbrite.ca/e/tvo-today-...
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TVO Docs @tvodocs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Remembering David Marsden 🤍 As program director of CFNY, he trusted his broadcasters, backed the artists no one else would play, and built a station that belonged to its audience. Stream "CFNY: The Spirit of Radio" now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmm5...
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The Rundown @therundowntvo.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Unaffordable rents, renovictions, and rising homelessness. How did we get here? Former UN housing expert @leilanifarha.bsky.social joins @jeyantvo.bsky.social to discuss the policies that transformed housing from a human right into an investment asset. | Producer: Preeti Bhuyan
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TVO Docs @tvodocs.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Gun violence doesn’t end with a single incident. #TVOOriginal "Nekai Walks" brings us into the lives affected beyond that moment, where the safety and future of young people remain at the heart of what’s at stake. Stream now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTip...
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TVO Docs @tvodocs.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
#TVOOriginal "Nekai Walks" is streaming on the TVO Docs YouTube channel. The documentary follows Nekai Foster’s recovery after he was caught in a retaliatory shooting while walking home from a basketball game in Toronto’s Jane and Finch community:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTip6CRTPFk
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Ysh Cabana @yshc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Congrats @tvodocs.bsky.social for the premier of Stressed Test docu-series
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TVO Docs @tvodocs.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Director of #TVOOriginal "Nekai Walks" Rico King and YAAACE founder Devon Jones sit down with SEE Change Magazine to talk about the experiences that shaped the award-winning documentary: www.seechangemagazine.com/confronting-...
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Confronting Gun Violence: Rico King & Devon Jones of Documentary Nekai Walks - SEE Change Magazine
Nekai’s personal story is one of resilience and hope amidst growing frustration, anger and a call to action
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TVO Docs @tvodocs.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
In 2005, Toronto recorded 52 gun-related homicides during the “Summer of the Gun.” Two years later, 15-year-old Jordan Manners was killed at his high school. #TVOOriginal "Nekai Walks" revisits that reality through a new generation: youtu.be/kTip6CRTPFk?...
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TVO Docs @tvodocs.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
In summer 2023, Toronto teenager Nekai Foster is shot in the head during a retaliatory shooting on his walk home. #TVOOriginal "Nekai Walks" follows his extraordinary recovery and the human cost of gun violence: youtu.be/kTip6CRTPFk?...
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The Rundown @therundowntvo.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"If we're not proactive, it becomes volatile and tragic." — Devon Jones (YAAACE) talks to @jeyantvo.bsky.social about breaking cycles of retaliatory violence. He joins director Rico King and protagonist Nekai Foster to discuss the @tvodocs.bsky.social film Nekai Walks | Producer: Abigail Alves Murta
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(MIS)Treated @mistreatedtvo.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
"Being sick is expensive. Like one of my medications without the help of co-pay or Trillium [Ontario Trillium Benefit] is $39,000 for one treatment..." — Rebeckah Price On season 2 of (MIS)Treated, she shares her story with @namshine.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/m...
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TVO Docs @tvodocs.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
#TVOOriginal "Nekai Walks" follows the extraordinary recovery of Nekai Foster, a young Black Canadian whose fight to live becomes a lens into the human cost of urban gun violence. Premieres September 20 on TVO: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDuf...
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TVO Docs @tvodocs.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
In 2023, 16-year-old Nekai Foster was walking home in Toronto’s Jane and Finch neighbourhood when a car opened fire. A bullet struck him in the head, and he nearly didn’t survive. #TVOOriginal "Nekai Walks" premieres Sept. 20 on TVO: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDuf...
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TVO Docs @tvodocs.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Bob Mackie was a true original. The Sultan of Sequins knew that more is more, creating a world of glamour, colour and style. In 1981, he sat down with Elwy Yost for TVO’s Saturday Night at the Movies to talk about his career: youtu.be/0mhCshl6XzA?...
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TVO Docs @tvodocs.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
After 9/11, Vancouver firefighters travelled to New York to support the FDNY and honour the 343 firefighters who lost their lives. More than two decades later, they reflect on what they witnessed and carried home with them. Stream "The Day No Birds Sang" now: youtu.be/wS6onvtFwk0?...
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TVO Docs @tvodocs.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
September 11, 2001. As New York searched through the wreckage of the World Trade Center, a group of Vancouver firefighters boarded a plane. Their mission: to stand alongside the FDNY, attend funerals and honour the 343 firefighters lost. Stream now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wS6o...
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TVO Docs @tvodocs.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
FREE SCREENING: Join us on Tuesday, September 22nd at the Ted Rogers Hot Docs Cinema for a free, first-look screening of #TVOOriginal "Stress Test" followed by a live Q&A. RSVP for free tickets: www.eventbrite.ca/e/tvo-presents-st…
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TVO @wearetvo.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Star Trek has been bringing people together for 60 years. 🖖 This weekend, TVO brought fans together at FAN EXPO Canada for a special screening of #TVOOriginal “For the Love of Star Trek,” featuring decades of TVO archival footage. Premieres Sept. 7 at 8 PM ET on TVO. Live long and prosper. 🖖
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TVO Docs @tvodocs.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
“Bird-brained” is an odd insult for an animal that can solve a navigation problem most of us outsource to our phones. Migrating birds can travel thousands of kilometres using navigation systems that draw on everything from the night sky to Earth itself: youtu.be/hu3aakmpWtU?...
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TVO Docs @tvodocs.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Calling all Star Trek fans! 🖖 This Sunday, August 30 at noon, join us in Room 713AB at FAN EXPO Canada for a special screening of "For the Love of Star Trek". Created for Star Trek’s 60th anniversary, the TVO Original looks back at the TV series that became a global hit.
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TVO Docs @tvodocs.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Legendary actor, William Shatner, shares his personal insight on the success of Star Trek and how its syndication changed TV forever. As Star Trek turns 60, we explore how one bold TV series became a global phenomenon. Watch "For the Love of Star Trek" Sept 7th on the TVO Docs Youtube channel.
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The Rundown @therundowntvo.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
"Sovereignty is the ability to say 'no.' If we’ve gotten to the point where we're afraid of the risks that come from saying no then our sovereignty is already gone, we’re just settling the bill." — @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social
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ANALYSIS: The one thing Canada needs in any trade deal with Donald Trump | TVO Today
Should the feds have restricted energy exports to get what we want?
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TVO Docs @tvodocs.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Lake Ontario is in the headlines, so consider this your chance to get reacquainted. #TVOOriginal "Great Lakes Untamed" explores the extraordinary natural history of the Great Lakes: youtu.be/OE6E_nroANo?...
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Jamie Bradburn @jbcurio.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
From the vaults: several years ago I wrote a series for TVO @therundowntvo.bsky.social on each of the Great Lakes. Here's my sketch of Lake Ontario. #lakeontario www.tvo.org/article/the-...
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The Great Lakes in focus: Ontario | TVO Today
This “deep, cold, remote, ancient” lake evolved out of glacial-era Lake Iroquois — and into a major site of trade, tourism, and, for a time, chemical soup.
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TVO Docs @tvodocs.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
If you give a duck a map, there’s a good chance it knows the Prairie Pothole Region. 🦆🗺️ More than half of North America’s ducks hail from this vast wetland landscape. Looking for your next nature doc? Give this one a quack: youtu.be/hu3aakmpWtU?...
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TVO Docs @tvodocs.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Narrated by Michael Keaton, "Wings Over Water" follows the Sandhill Crane, Yellow Warbler and Mallard Duck through the prairie wetlands they depend on for survival. Stream now: youtu.be/hu3aakmpWtU?...
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TVO Docs @tvodocs.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Need to get away for a few hours? Take the train from Sudbury to White River without leaving your couch. Stream #TVOOriginal TRIPPING Train 185 now: youtu.be/tztis9fKMiI?... #Train185 #OntarioTrain
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TVO Docs @tvodocs.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
“Folktales” follows three teenagers as their path to adulthood winds through the Arctic wilderness, with a team of sled dogs leading the way: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJIL...
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Christopher @heychristofur.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
These are always FANTASTIC slow watches. Will be viewing later.
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TVO Docs @tvodocs.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Your commute to Muskoka just got a lot shorter. 🏖️ Cruise some of Ontario’s most famous shorelines from your living room with "TRIPPING The Muskoka Lakes". Stream now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qqxe...
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Discovering Muskoka's Cottage Paradise | TRIPPING The Muskoka Lakes | 4K | TVO Original
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TVO Docs @tvodocs.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Unlock your Stone Age brain. For three teenagers in Arctic Norway, growing up means leaving modern life behind and learning to trust their instincts, each other and a pack of sled dogs. Stream “Folktales” for free now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJIL...
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TVO Docs @tvodocs.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Putting food security to the test in the far North of Canada - filmmaker Suzanne Crocker, living just 300 km from the Arctic Circle, removes absolutely all grocery store food from her house. Stream "First We Eat" now: youtu.be/eOeOTdxbzEY?...
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TVO Docs @tvodocs.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Exhausted by loneliness, three teenagers enrol at a folk high school in northern Norway. For one year, they rely on themselves and a pack of sled dogs as they step into adulthood. "Folktales" airs Saturday, August 15 at 9pm on TVO. Watch the trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mniy...
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TVO Docs @tvodocs.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
"How Deep is Your Love" journeys into the deep sea, where creatures thrive in darkness and mining threatens an untouched world. The film asks what we risk losing in the pursuit of resources—and how deep our love runs: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TECA...
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TVO Docs @tvodocs.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
59 years ago, Toronto’s Caribbean community gave Canada a gift for its 100th birthday: Caribana. Among the musicians who took part was a young Jay Douglas, his story opens a window onto a little-known chapter of Canadian music history: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_uq...
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TVO Docs @tvodocs.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Through Agatha Bock's memories, the history of one Manitoba family comes into view. Stream "Agatha's Almanac" now: youtu.be/iI787-SJ2X0?...
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TVO Docs @tvodocs.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Living alone at 90, Agatha spends her days tending the land and planting heirloom seeds passed down through generations. "Agatha's Almanac" offers an intimate portrait of her fiercely independent life and the traditions she continue to preserve: youtu.be/iI787-SJ2X0?...
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TVO Docs @tvodocs.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
At age 90, Agatha Bock still tends her ancestral farm by hand, growing heirloom seeds passed down through generations. Without a car, cell phone or running water, her daily rituals offer a gentle counterpoint to modern life. Stream "Agatha's Almanac": www.youtube.com/watch?v=iI78...
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The Rundown @therundowntvo.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
"Nobody's noticing that you are struggling with anything, because it's all happening within you." Why were so many girls with ADHD overlooked? On (MIS)Treated, @namshine.bsky.social speaks with @cciccone.bsky.social about the women who grew up without answers. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/w...
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TVO Docs @tvodocs.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Tish Murtha photographed working-class Newcastle as someone who knew the community she documented. Guided by her daughter Ella, "Tish" restores Murtha’s place in British photography while confronting the class barriers that kept her work at its margins: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdXi...
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TVO Docs @tvodocs.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Mother, fighter and photographer Tish Murtha emerged from northeast England in Thatcher’s Britain, documenting her own community. Her daughter tells the story of a woman who used her camera to honour working-class lives and push for change. Now streaming: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTxE...
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