Impact Report October/November

REPORT TO DONORS

EDITION 8 • NOVEMBER 2012TVO.org

REPORT TO DONORS

TVO.org

November Programming Highlights Inside

TVO Asks:

Why Poverty?

Steve Paikin Celebrates 20 Years at TVO

Sponsor Spotlight:VINCI Partners

with TVOKids

� is fall, TVO is adding its voice to those who are asking why, in the 21st century, do more than 1 billion people live in absolute poverty?

TVO has joined more than 70 broadcasters to promote the international Why Poverty? cross-media event, designed to spark a global dialogue and debate on the issues surrounding poverty.

As part of this ground-breaking campaign, TVO will feature eight international documentary � lms, 10 international short � lms and 10 TVO-commissioned Ontario shorts, each of which take an unconventional look at issues relating to poverty in Ontario or around the world.

TVO’s campaign kicked o� on October 17th, the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, with the launch of the tvo.org/whypoverty website. We’ve created a collection of info-graphics, quizzes and interactive resources to explore complex themes, from the changing face of poverty in Ontario, to the economic cost of poverty, to hunger and the links between poverty and education.

� e Why Poverty? campaign moves into high gear with the launch of TVO’s Doc Studio Screening Series at the Bloor Hot Docs Cinema in Toronto on November 21st and the advance screening of Give Us the Money which makes its North American Premiere on TVO November 25th. � is � lm examines the politics of poverty and documents the movement in the early 1990s led by rock stars Bono and Bob Geldof, who decided that something

Rullingnet, the makers of the innovative VINCI tablet, and TVOKids have teamed up to provide kids access to a wealth of educational resources. Rulingnet’s sponsorship will

allow TVO to provide more digital learning content for kids, while the content agreement makes TVO’s educational content available for VINCI Early Learning Systems through the VINCI Kids Library.

radical had to be done. (See Programming Highlights for details.)

On Sundays, Mondays and Wednesdays from November 25th until December 5th, TVO will air the eight international Why Poverty? documentaries to round o� the campaign.

We hope that you will get involved in the discussion around Why Poverty? and take away a deeper understanding of the issues; that you will � nd the inspiration to make a di� erence in your community to help eradicate poverty; and that you will continue to ask Why Poverty? long a� er the end of this campaign.

� e VINCI Kids Library includes interactive stories, learning games and videos and has received enthusiastic support from developers and leading children’s content providers. Like TVOKids, it’s a safe, commercial-free environment. It includes popular TVOKids games such as Alphabet Goop, Tumbletown Mathletics and Amazing Spelling Fleas - all based on the Ontario school curriculum and designed to help improve children’s math, science, and literacy skills.

TVO Asks: Why Poverty?

Sponsor Spotlight: VINCI Partners with TVOKids

Toronto Residents Join us for the launch of TVO’s Doc Studio Screening Series and be a part of the international Why Poverty? cross-media event.

Date: November 21

Time: 6:15pm

Venue: Bloor Hot Docs Cinema, 506 Bloor St. W

Tickets: $10 at tvo.org/docstudioscreeningseries. Proceeds from the TVO Doc Studio Screening Series help TVO continue to bring you quality Canadian and international documentary fi lms.

Print Media Sponsor:

In RemembranceThe Last Day of World War One Sunday, November 11th at 8pm� e First World War ended at 11am on 11th November 1918 and took the lives of 9 million soldiers. But what happened on the last day of this con� ict? Travelling to the Battle� elds in France and Belgium, Michael Palin visits the places where American British, French, Canadian and German troops were � ghting as the war came to an end. Using newly discovered photographs and original research, contemporary � lm archive and state of the art graphics, this � lm tells the explosive story of one of the most important days in history.

Paris 1919 Sunday, November 11th at 10pm Inspired by Margaret MacMillan’s acclaimed book, Paris 1919 captures the atmosphere, characters and the dramatic cut-and-thrust of diplomacy and territorial ambition as political leaders redraw the map of the world, attempting to broker a lasting peace a� er WWI. Few events in history have had such a far-reaching e� ect on humanity – fallout of which continues to ripple through world a� airs today.

Hitler’s Children - North American Premiere Wednesday, November 14th at 9pm � eir family name alone evokes horror: Himmler, Frank, Georing, Hoess. Hitler’s Children is a � lm about the descendants of the most powerful � gures in the Nazi regime: men and women who were le� a legacy that indelibly associates them with one of the greatest abominations in history. What is it like for these children to have grown up with a name that immediately raises images of genocide? And fundamentally, how does one live with the weight of ones ancestors’ crimes?

Why Poverty? Documentaries

Give Us the Money - North American PremiereSunday, November 25th at 9pmFrom Live Aid to Make Poverty History, celebrities have become activists against poverty. Bob Geldof and Bono have been the most prominent voices advocating on behalf of the poor. But have their concerts and campaigns really li� ed millions out of poverty? Geldof, Bono and Bill Gates speak candidly about the ‘games’ involved in their years of lobbying, and how they played to politicians’ weaknesses for starry glitz and popularity.

Solar Mamas Wednesday, November 28th at 9pm� e Barefoot College takes uneducated middle-aged women from poor communities and trains them to become solar engineers in order to create power and jobs in their communities. � e college’s 6-month program brings together women from all over the world. Learning about electrical components and soldering without being able to read, write or understand English is the easy part.

Programming Highlights

TVO

1201

5-5

Why Poverty? DocumentariesWelcome to the World Monday, December 3rd at 10pm130 million babies are born each year, and not one of them decides where they’ll be born or how they’ll live. In Cambodia, you’re likely to be born to a family living on less than one dollar a day. In Sierra Leone, chances of surviving the � rst year are half those of the worldwide average. In the US, Star’s new baby could well be one of the 1.6 million homeless children now living on the streets. � is � lm takes a worldwide trip to meet the newest generation.

Nature

Martin Clunes: The Lemurs of Madagascar – North American PremiereWednesday, November 14th at 7pm� ey live only on Madagascar, and one by one, they are dying there. Impish, precocious and endearing, the planet’s last surviving lemurs have been cornered by man on a paradise island which has turned into their hell. Species by species they are disappearing. Only a miracle will save them all now. In this beautiful and moving � lm, Martin Clunes travels

down to the Indian Ocean to witness what many fear is the lemur’s last stand -standing shoulder to shoulder with those who would save them from forces which are slipping rapidly out of control.

DramaMidsomer Murders – New SeasonStarts Monday, November 5th at 9pmActor Neil Dudgeon takes over as Midsomer’s Detective Chief Inspector in Series 14. He plays DCI John Barnaby – the former incumbent DCI Tom Barnaby’s cousin. John Barnaby has a degree in psychology and � nds the residents of Midsomer very curious. With Sykes, his faithful hound, and his rather beautiful wife, Sarah, John Barnaby is, arguably, not the

ruler of his household. Assisted by DS Jones, who knows the ins and outs of local life, and the witty pathologist, Dr. Kate Wilding, the new DCI wastes no time in solving a slew of mysterious murders.

Allan Gregg in Conversation

John Irving Friday, November 23rd at 10pm� e renowned American novelist talks about In One Person, his novel about changing attitudes toward sexual identity, as told through the life of bi-sexual Billy Abbott, from the time of his coming of age in the 1950s up to the present.

Download the full November TV guide at tvo.org.

Steve Paikin is fl awlessly prepared and asks the tough questions in a tone that is fair-minded and that elevates the conversation for citizens across Ontario. LISA DE WILDE, CEO

Welcome to your new look Impact Report. We hope you like the new design which includes more programming highlights on a page that can be easily detached for easy reference.

Fall is a busy time at TVO with more returning favourites as well as exciting new programming. This year we also have the pleasure of recognizing one of our own team.

Steve Paikin’s fi rst 20 years at TVO have in no small way been remarkable. The feature story in this edition gives us some insight into the man we see every weeknight on TVO and follow on Twitter. I have had the pleasure of getting to know Steve and I can say in all honesty that seldom have I met an individual who is more passionate and dedicated to journalism and to TVO.

I am sure you will join me in congratulating Steve on this wonderful milestone and wish him many more years of engaging interviews and debate about the big issues of the day on TVO. Throughout the month of November, we’re inviting Ontarians to send Steve a personal message of congratulations. To do so, please visit tvo.org/paikin20.

Over the next few months we’re also looking at a disturbing issue - poverty. I am proud that TVO is participating in the international consortium of broadcasters to deliver the Why Poverty? campaign. It gives us the opportunity to cast a spotlight on this big issue with thought-provoking documentary fi lms from fi lmmakers around the world as well as from here in Ontario. Read more about Why Poverty? in this edition and fi nd out how you can be part of this important discussion.

Lisa de Wilde, CEO

It was 1992 and the Fall Open House at TVO. Elwy Yost introduced a man who, despite his youth, was already a well-known � gure in Canadian broadcasting. A fresh-faced Steve Paikin spoke to his TVO audience for the � rst time with the con� dence and eloquence we’ve all come to know and love over the last 20 years.

“I wish you many, many happy decades ahead, Steve,” said Elwy Yost.

It certainly looks like Elwy’s wish is well on its way to being realized. Two decades on and Steve Paikin has rooted himself in the hearts and minds of Ontarians. � e Agenda with Steve Paikin is TVO’s � agship current a� airs program. It airs � ve nights a week on TVO, is available any time online and features a lineup that is a veritable who’s who of the political, economic and academic landscape of Ontario, Canada and the world.

When Steve � rst joined TVO in 1992 he was tasked with hosting the political series Between the Lines and co-hosting Studio 2 with Mary Hynes and later with Paula Todd. In 1998 he began hosting the foreign a� airs program Diplomatic Immunity. � en in 2006, TVO brought all its current a� airs o� erings together into the bold new in-depth program � e Agenda with Steve Paikin.

A� er 20 years at TVO, a� er moderating thousands of debates and interviewing hundreds of experts from all corners of the world, Steve is recognized as one of Canada’s foremost journalists.

We decided to turn the tables on Steve and ask him to answer a few of our questions.

Welcome! Steve Paikin Celebrates 20 Years at TVO

Q & A with Steve Paikin

Q: Does being a journalist make you more or less optimistic about the future?

A: I don’t think you go into journalism unless you’re optimistic about the future. While we tend to put the spotlight on what’s wrong with society – things that we observe that we might like to improve – I think we want to make society better. And so the answer is yes, absolutely, I’m optimistic.

Q: What are some of the biggest changes you’ve seen in our province over the years?

A: � is is a really hard question to answer because it changes every day. When I was young our province was in the midst of a 42-year-long Conservative dynasty. And we now know that another party came in and another and another. Also, when I was growing up in Ontario you couldn’t buy a newspaper on a Sunday, the swings in the public

parks were all tied up, you couldn’t play in the parks, and now the place looks like the world. I think it’s all for the good.

Q: Has there ever been a guest who has turned out to be entirely di� erent to what you expected?

A: Well, having never interviewed Jane Goodall before, when she did come in and I interviewed her – she was so good. She was just so wonderful and delightful to meet and to listen to. � at one turned out to be immeasurably better than I had any hopes for.

Q: Is there one consistent thing you want to achieve when interviewing people on camera?

� e one thing you want to achieve is authenticity. When you put the camera on them, you sit them down in the studio, you put a microphone on them – those are such arti� cial circumstances – that nearly everybody is performing. � e best interviews happen when the guest ignores

the lights, the cameras, the arti� ciality of the environment and it just becomes a private conversation between me and them that just happens to be going out to thousands of people. So � rst and foremost that’s what I want.

Q: What do you predict for Ontario’s future?A: I never make predictions. Once you make a

prediction you tend to want to see events unfold in a way that � ts with your prediction. Some of the biggest stories we’re watching are a: How does this province bounce back economically, and b: how do we continue to be a multicultural model for the world – people from 200 countries all living together in close quarters and getting along reasonably well. If you know how those stories are going to turn out, then you’re a much better prognosticator than I am. � at’s why we’re in this business. We want to watch and analyze it and tell people about it.

Lisa de Wilde, CEO

Corporate Sponsorships For more information about how your company can become a sponsor, contact:Amit Kumaria T: 416-484-2765 E: [email protected]

Contact Us

Donor RelationsThanks for being a TVO donor. We would love to hear from you. If you have any questions or comments please contact us at: T: 1-800-463-6886 (within Canada & the U.S.) Email: [email protected]

TVO Donor Relations AddressBox 2444, Station QToronto, Ontario, Canada M4T 2Z4

In Canada, our charitable registration no. is 85985 0232 RR001For our friends in the U.S, TVO is a tax exempt charity under section 501(c)3: Tax ID 75-1850754 and donors will receive a tax receipt.

Programming Highlights continued...

REPORT TO DONORS

EDITION 8 • NOVEMBER 2012TVO.org

REPORT TO DONORS

TVO.org

November Programming Highlights Inside

TVO Asks:

Why Poverty?

Steve Paikin Celebrates 20 Years at TVO

Sponsor Spotlight:VINCI Partners

with TVOKids

� is fall, TVO is adding its voice to those who are asking why, in the 21st century, do more than 1 billion people live in absolute poverty?

TVO has joined more than 70 broadcasters to promote the international Why Poverty? cross-media event, designed to spark a global dialogue and debate on the issues surrounding poverty.

As part of this ground-breaking campaign, TVO will feature eight international documentary � lms, 10 international short � lms and 10 TVO-commissioned Ontario shorts, each of which take an unconventional look at issues relating to poverty in Ontario or around the world.

TVO’s campaign kicked o� on October 17th, the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, with the launch of the tvo.org/whypoverty website. We’ve created a collection of info-graphics, quizzes and interactive resources to explore complex themes, from the changing face of poverty in Ontario, to the economic cost of poverty, to hunger and the links between poverty and education.

� e Why Poverty? campaign moves into high gear with the launch of TVO’s Doc Studio Screening Series at the Bloor Hot Docs Cinema in Toronto on November 21st and the advance screening of Give Us the Money which makes its North American Premiere on TVO November 25th. � is � lm examines the politics of poverty and documents the movement in the early 1990s led by rock stars Bono and Bob Geldof, who decided that something

Rullingnet, the makers of the innovative VINCI tablet, and TVOKids have teamed up to provide kids access to a wealth of educational resources. Rulingnet’s sponsorship will

allow TVO to provide more digital learning content for kids, while the content agreement makes TVO’s educational content available for VINCI Early Learning Systems through the VINCI Kids Library.

radical had to be done. (See Programming Highlights for details.)

On Sundays, Mondays and Wednesdays from November 25th until December 5th, TVO will air the eight international Why Poverty? documentaries to round o� the campaign.

We hope that you will get involved in the discussion around Why Poverty? and take away a deeper understanding of the issues; that you will � nd the inspiration to make a di� erence in your community to help eradicate poverty; and that you will continue to ask Why Poverty? long a� er the end of this campaign.

� e VINCI Kids Library includes interactive stories, learning games and videos and has received enthusiastic support from developers and leading children’s content providers. Like TVOKids, it’s a safe, commercial-free environment. It includes popular TVOKids games such as Alphabet Goop, Tumbletown Mathletics and Amazing Spelling Fleas - all based on the Ontario school curriculum and designed to help improve children’s math, science, and literacy skills.

TVO Asks: Why Poverty?

Sponsor Spotlight: VINCI Partners with TVOKids

Toronto Residents Join us for the launch of TVO’s Doc Studio Screening Series and be a part of the international Why Poverty? cross-media event.

Date: November 21

Time: 6:15pm

Venue: Bloor Hot Docs Cinema, 506 Bloor St. W

Tickets: $10 at tvo.org/docstudioscreeningseries. Proceeds from the TVO Doc Studio Screening Series help TVO continue to bring you quality Canadian and international documentary fi lms.

Print Media Sponsor:

In RemembranceThe Last Day of World War One Sunday, November 11th at 8pm� e First World War ended at 11am on 11th November 1918 and took the lives of 9 million soldiers. But what happened on the last day of this con� ict? Travelling to the Battle� elds in France and Belgium, Michael Palin visits the places where American British, French, Canadian and German troops were � ghting as the war came to an end. Using newly discovered photographs and original research, contemporary � lm archive and state of the art graphics, this � lm tells the explosive story of one of the most important days in history.

Paris 1919 Sunday, November 11th at 10pm Inspired by Margaret MacMillan’s acclaimed book, Paris 1919 captures the atmosphere, characters and the dramatic cut-and-thrust of diplomacy and territorial ambition as political leaders redraw the map of the world, attempting to broker a lasting peace a� er WWI. Few events in history have had such a far-reaching e� ect on humanity – fallout of which continues to ripple through world a� airs today.

Hitler’s Children - North American Premiere Wednesday, November 14th at 9pm � eir family name alone evokes horror: Himmler, Frank, Georing, Hoess. Hitler’s Children is a � lm about the descendants of the most powerful � gures in the Nazi regime: men and women who were le� a legacy that indelibly associates them with one of the greatest abominations in history. What is it like for these children to have grown up with a name that immediately raises images of genocide? And fundamentally, how does one live with the weight of ones ancestors’ crimes?

Why Poverty? Documentaries

Give Us the Money - North American PremiereSunday, November 25th at 9pmFrom Live Aid to Make Poverty History, celebrities have become activists against poverty. Bob Geldof and Bono have been the most prominent voices advocating on behalf of the poor. But have their concerts and campaigns really li� ed millions out of poverty? Geldof, Bono and Bill Gates speak candidly about the ‘games’ involved in their years of lobbying, and how they played to politicians’ weaknesses for starry glitz and popularity.

Solar Mamas Wednesday, November 28th at 9pm� e Barefoot College takes uneducated middle-aged women from poor communities and trains them to become solar engineers in order to create power and jobs in their communities. � e college’s 6-month program brings together women from all over the world. Learning about electrical components and soldering without being able to read, write or understand English is the easy part.

Programming Highlights

TVO

1201

5-5

Why Poverty? DocumentariesWelcome to the World Monday, December 3rd at 10pm130 million babies are born each year, and not one of them decides where they’ll be born or how they’ll live. In Cambodia, you’re likely to be born to a family living on less than one dollar a day. In Sierra Leone, chances of surviving the � rst year are half those of the worldwide average. In the US, Star’s new baby could well be one of the 1.6 million homeless children now living on the streets. � is � lm takes a worldwide trip to meet the newest generation.

Nature

Martin Clunes: The Lemurs of Madagascar – North American PremiereWednesday, November 14th at 7pm� ey live only on Madagascar, and one by one, they are dying there. Impish, precocious and endearing, the planet’s last surviving lemurs have been cornered by man on a paradise island which has turned into their hell. Species by species they are disappearing. Only a miracle will save them all now. In this beautiful and moving � lm, Martin Clunes travels

down to the Indian Ocean to witness what many fear is the lemur’s last stand -standing shoulder to shoulder with those who would save them from forces which are slipping rapidly out of control.

DramaMidsomer Murders – New SeasonStarts Monday, November 5th at 9pmActor Neil Dudgeon takes over as Midsomer’s Detective Chief Inspector in Series 14. He plays DCI John Barnaby – the former incumbent DCI Tom Barnaby’s cousin. John Barnaby has a degree in psychology and � nds the residents of Midsomer very curious. With Sykes, his faithful hound, and his rather beautiful wife, Sarah, John Barnaby is, arguably, not the

ruler of his household. Assisted by DS Jones, who knows the ins and outs of local life, and the witty pathologist, Dr. Kate Wilding, the new DCI wastes no time in solving a slew of mysterious murders.

Allan Gregg in Conversation

John Irving Friday, November 23rd at 10pm� e renowned American novelist talks about In One Person, his novel about changing attitudes toward sexual identity, as told through the life of bi-sexual Billy Abbott, from the time of his coming of age in the 1950s up to the present.

Download the full November TV guide at tvo.org.

Steve Paikin is fl awlessly prepared and asks the tough questions in a tone that is fair-minded and that elevates the conversation for citizens across Ontario. LISA DE WILDE, CEO

Welcome to your new look Impact Report. We hope you like the new design which includes more programming highlights on a page that can be easily detached for easy reference.

Fall is a busy time at TVO with more returning favourites as well as exciting new programming. This year we also have the pleasure of recognizing one of our own team.

Steve Paikin’s fi rst 20 years at TVO have in no small way been remarkable. The feature story in this edition gives us some insight into the man we see every weeknight on TVO and follow on Twitter. I have had the pleasure of getting to know Steve and I can say in all honesty that seldom have I met an individual who is more passionate and dedicated to journalism and to TVO.

I am sure you will join me in congratulating Steve on this wonderful milestone and wish him many more years of engaging interviews and debate about the big issues of the day on TVO. Throughout the month of November, we’re inviting Ontarians to send Steve a personal message of congratulations. To do so, please visit tvo.org/paikin20.

Over the next few months we’re also looking at a disturbing issue - poverty. I am proud that TVO is participating in the international consortium of broadcasters to deliver the Why Poverty? campaign. It gives us the opportunity to cast a spotlight on this big issue with thought-provoking documentary fi lms from fi lmmakers around the world as well as from here in Ontario. Read more about Why Poverty? in this edition and fi nd out how you can be part of this important discussion.

Lisa de Wilde, CEO

It was 1992 and the Fall Open House at TVO. Elwy Yost introduced a man who, despite his youth, was already a well-known � gure in Canadian broadcasting. A fresh-faced Steve Paikin spoke to his TVO audience for the � rst time with the con� dence and eloquence we’ve all come to know and love over the last 20 years.

“I wish you many, many happy decades ahead, Steve,” said Elwy Yost.

It certainly looks like Elwy’s wish is well on its way to being realized. Two decades on and Steve Paikin has rooted himself in the hearts and minds of Ontarians. � e Agenda with Steve Paikin is TVO’s � agship current a� airs program. It airs � ve nights a week on TVO, is available any time online and features a lineup that is a veritable who’s who of the political, economic and academic landscape of Ontario, Canada and the world.

When Steve � rst joined TVO in 1992 he was tasked with hosting the political series Between the Lines and co-hosting Studio 2 with Mary Hynes and later with Paula Todd. In 1998 he began hosting the foreign a� airs program Diplomatic Immunity. � en in 2006, TVO brought all its current a� airs o� erings together into the bold new in-depth program � e Agenda with Steve Paikin.

A� er 20 years at TVO, a� er moderating thousands of debates and interviewing hundreds of experts from all corners of the world, Steve is recognized as one of Canada’s foremost journalists.

We decided to turn the tables on Steve and ask him to answer a few of our questions.

Welcome! Steve Paikin Celebrates 20 Years at TVO

Q & A with Steve Paikin

Q: Does being a journalist make you more or less optimistic about the future?

A: I don’t think you go into journalism unless you’re optimistic about the future. While we tend to put the spotlight on what’s wrong with society – things that we observe that we might like to improve – I think we want to make society better. And so the answer is yes, absolutely, I’m optimistic.

Q: What are some of the biggest changes you’ve seen in our province over the years?

A: � is is a really hard question to answer because it changes every day. When I was young our province was in the midst of a 42-year-long Conservative dynasty. And we now know that another party came in and another and another. Also, when I was growing up in Ontario you couldn’t buy a newspaper on a Sunday, the swings in the public

parks were all tied up, you couldn’t play in the parks, and now the place looks like the world. I think it’s all for the good.

Q: Has there ever been a guest who has turned out to be entirely di� erent to what you expected?

A: Well, having never interviewed Jane Goodall before, when she did come in and I interviewed her – she was so good. She was just so wonderful and delightful to meet and to listen to. � at one turned out to be immeasurably better than I had any hopes for.

Q: Is there one consistent thing you want to achieve when interviewing people on camera?

� e one thing you want to achieve is authenticity. When you put the camera on them, you sit them down in the studio, you put a microphone on them – those are such arti� cial circumstances – that nearly everybody is performing. � e best interviews happen when the guest ignores

the lights, the cameras, the arti� ciality of the environment and it just becomes a private conversation between me and them that just happens to be going out to thousands of people. So � rst and foremost that’s what I want.

Q: What do you predict for Ontario’s future?A: I never make predictions. Once you make a

prediction you tend to want to see events unfold in a way that � ts with your prediction. Some of the biggest stories we’re watching are a: How does this province bounce back economically, and b: how do we continue to be a multicultural model for the world – people from 200 countries all living together in close quarters and getting along reasonably well. If you know how those stories are going to turn out, then you’re a much better prognosticator than I am. � at’s why we’re in this business. We want to watch and analyze it and tell people about it.

Lisa de Wilde, CEO

Corporate Sponsorships For more information about how your company can become a sponsor, contact:Amit Kumaria T: 416-484-2765 E: [email protected]

Contact Us

Donor RelationsThanks for being a TVO donor. We would love to hear from you. If you have any questions or comments please contact us at: T: 1-800-463-6886 (within Canada & the U.S.) Email: [email protected]

TVO Donor Relations AddressBox 2444, Station QToronto, Ontario, Canada M4T 2Z4

In Canada, our charitable registration no. is 85985 0232 RR001For our friends in the U.S, TVO is a tax exempt charity under section 501(c)3: Tax ID 75-1850754 and donors will receive a tax receipt.

Programming Highlights continued...

REPORT TO DONORS

EDITION 8 • NOVEMBER 2012TVO.org

REPORT TO DONORS

TVO.org

November Programming Highlights Inside

TVO Asks:

Why Poverty?

Steve Paikin Celebrates 20 Years at TVO

Sponsor Spotlight:VINCI Partners

with TVOKids

� is fall, TVO is adding its voice to those who are asking why, in the 21st century, do more than 1 billion people live in absolute poverty?

TVO has joined more than 70 broadcasters to promote the international Why Poverty? cross-media event, designed to spark a global dialogue and debate on the issues surrounding poverty.

As part of this ground-breaking campaign, TVO will feature eight international documentary � lms, 10 international short � lms and 10 TVO-commissioned Ontario shorts, each of which take an unconventional look at issues relating to poverty in Ontario or around the world.

TVO’s campaign kicked o� on October 17th, the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, with the launch of the tvo.org/whypoverty website. We’ve created a collection of info-graphics, quizzes and interactive resources to explore complex themes, from the changing face of poverty in Ontario, to the economic cost of poverty, to hunger and the links between poverty and education.

� e Why Poverty? campaign moves into high gear with the launch of TVO’s Doc Studio Screening Series at the Bloor Hot Docs Cinema in Toronto on November 21st and the advance screening of Give Us the Money which makes its North American Premiere on TVO November 25th. � is � lm examines the politics of poverty and documents the movement in the early 1990s led by rock stars Bono and Bob Geldof, who decided that something

Rullingnet, the makers of the innovative VINCI tablet, and TVOKids have teamed up to provide kids access to a wealth of educational resources. Rulingnet’s sponsorship will

allow TVO to provide more digital learning content for kids, while the content agreement makes TVO’s educational content available for VINCI Early Learning Systems through the VINCI Kids Library.

radical had to be done. (See Programming Highlights for details.)

On Sundays, Mondays and Wednesdays from November 25th until December 5th, TVO will air the eight international Why Poverty? documentaries to round o� the campaign.

We hope that you will get involved in the discussion around Why Poverty? and take away a deeper understanding of the issues; that you will � nd the inspiration to make a di� erence in your community to help eradicate poverty; and that you will continue to ask Why Poverty? long a� er the end of this campaign.

� e VINCI Kids Library includes interactive stories, learning games and videos and has received enthusiastic support from developers and leading children’s content providers. Like TVOKids, it’s a safe, commercial-free environment. It includes popular TVOKids games such as Alphabet Goop, Tumbletown Mathletics and Amazing Spelling Fleas - all based on the Ontario school curriculum and designed to help improve children’s math, science, and literacy skills.

TVO Asks: Why Poverty?

Sponsor Spotlight: VINCI Partners with TVOKids

Toronto Residents Join us for the launch of TVO’s Doc Studio Screening Series and be a part of the international Why Poverty? cross-media event.

Date: November 21

Time: 6:15pm

Venue: Bloor Hot Docs Cinema, 506 Bloor St. W

Tickets: $10 at tvo.org/docstudioscreeningseries. Proceeds from the TVO Doc Studio Screening Series help TVO continue to bring you quality Canadian and international documentary fi lms.

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In RemembranceThe Last Day of World War One Sunday, November 11th at 8pm� e First World War ended at 11am on 11th November 1918 and took the lives of 9 million soldiers. But what happened on the last day of this con� ict? Travelling to the Battle� elds in France and Belgium, Michael Palin visits the places where American British, French, Canadian and German troops were � ghting as the war came to an end. Using newly discovered photographs and original research, contemporary � lm archive and state of the art graphics, this � lm tells the explosive story of one of the most important days in history.

Paris 1919 Sunday, November 11th at 10pm Inspired by Margaret MacMillan’s acclaimed book, Paris 1919 captures the atmosphere, characters and the dramatic cut-and-thrust of diplomacy and territorial ambition as political leaders redraw the map of the world, attempting to broker a lasting peace a� er WWI. Few events in history have had such a far-reaching e� ect on humanity – fallout of which continues to ripple through world a� airs today.

Hitler’s Children - North American Premiere Wednesday, November 14th at 9pm � eir family name alone evokes horror: Himmler, Frank, Georing, Hoess. Hitler’s Children is a � lm about the descendants of the most powerful � gures in the Nazi regime: men and women who were le� a legacy that indelibly associates them with one of the greatest abominations in history. What is it like for these children to have grown up with a name that immediately raises images of genocide? And fundamentally, how does one live with the weight of ones ancestors’ crimes?

Why Poverty? Documentaries

Give Us the Money - North American PremiereSunday, November 25th at 9pmFrom Live Aid to Make Poverty History, celebrities have become activists against poverty. Bob Geldof and Bono have been the most prominent voices advocating on behalf of the poor. But have their concerts and campaigns really li� ed millions out of poverty? Geldof, Bono and Bill Gates speak candidly about the ‘games’ involved in their years of lobbying, and how they played to politicians’ weaknesses for starry glitz and popularity.

Solar Mamas Wednesday, November 28th at 9pm� e Barefoot College takes uneducated middle-aged women from poor communities and trains them to become solar engineers in order to create power and jobs in their communities. � e college’s 6-month program brings together women from all over the world. Learning about electrical components and soldering without being able to read, write or understand English is the easy part.

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