For more than two decades, Ted Oakes has been producing natural history wildlife films for the BBC, including David Attenborough’s Life series. The Ottawa born, Oxford-educated zoologist and filmmaker strongly believes that, “protecting nature starts now”....
The facts are clear: North Atlantic right whales are facing extinction. With less than 400 remaining (only 90 of whom breeding females), these beautiful, gentle giants are dying at a rate of 24 per year, largely due to human behaviour. Whether struck by fast-moving...
Subscribe: RSSHousing affordability is at an all-time low. A growing percentage of working and middle class people are being pushed out of their homes and rental units and into poverty and homelessness. A recent documentary, Push, explores the housing crisis and...
“Who are cities for?” That’s the fundamental question – posed by Leilani Farha, UN Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing – that drives Push, an eye-opening documentary from award-winning director Fredrik Gertten that had its North American premiere at Toronto’s...
Subscribe: RSSWhat happens when the private sector invests in social services? That’s the question behind a new documentary The Invisible Heart – making its world premiere January 22 on TVOntario. The film takes a deep dive into social impact bonds (SIB) – a...
