We Met U When explores the power a news story can have on the people in the story. Journalism students at Toronto Metropolitan University dig up headlines from Toronto’s past and track down the people behind the headlines to ask what happened next?
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School of Journalism | Toronto Metropolitan University
We Met U When – Season 3 – Bonus Episode 2: Inside Season 3
In this We Met U When…bonus episode, we reflect on some of the hardest moments during production of Season 3, some fears we faced, and how we stepped out of our comfort zones and discovered new passions. We also bring you into our visit from Pulitzer Prize and Peabody award-winning investigative journalist, Connie Walker.
21 Jan 2025
We Met U When – Season 3 – Bonus Episode 1: RESONATE
Four students from Professor Shari Okeke’s Advanced Podcasting and Radio Documentary course attended the first Student Podcast Day at RESONATE 2024, a podcast festival in Richmond, Virginia. They had no idea it would be such a pivotal moment – meeting so many pros and gaining new perspectives on the journalism industry and their place in it.
13 Dec 2024
We Met U When – Season 3 – Episode 5: The Call
When a We Met U When…producer was wrapping up a phone interview for this season, she didn’t expect to suddenly be on the receiving end of a microaggression – and get it all on tape. This episode explores that long awkward exchange and why it makes sense to report on it.
13 Dec 2024
We Met U When – Season 3 – Episode 4: Carmine’s Second Act
Carmine Posteraro tested positive for COVID in 2020. He wound up on a ventilator and was in a coma for 12 days. But that wasn’t the first time he had to fight for his life. There were at least five close calls before that. It was no joke. But now, his story actually gets a lot of laughs.
13 Dec 2024
We Met U When – Season 3 – Episode 3: Sex in the Archives
Jelena Vermilion (she/her) is a trans woman who is also a sex worker. She fights stigma and demands respect for her community in news interviews, at protests, at church. In 2020 she talked about the financial hit when in-person work wasn’t possible. Now Jelena’s not just explaining the realities of sex work, she’s preserving them - at the library!
13 Dec 2024
We Met U When – Season 3 – Episode 2: Let’s Meet At The Powwow
When gathering for powwows wasn’t possible in 2020, many people felt lonely and isolated. To raise their spirits, an Algonquin woman wrote a feature about dancing at powwows. That story resonated with producer Gabrielle McMann, who is Anishinaabe. And when the two women connected for this episode, they discovered just how much their paths are intertwined.
13 Dec 2024
We Met U When – Season 3 – Episode 1: Power of Chantelle
Chantelle Krupka wanted to see her son on Mother’s Day 2020. Instead she was tased and shot by police outside her home. It was two weeks before George Floyd was murdered. Chantelle’s still here, still healing, and wants her voice to be heard.
25 Jan 2024
We Met U When – Season 2 – Episode 5: Inside Season Two
Season 2 of We Met U When… is the result of a lot of hard work and creative collaboration. In this episode, we take you behind the scenes to see what challenged us and surprised us. Our production teams share struggles, bonding moments, even some interviews that didn’t make it into the first four episodes.
25 Jan 2024
We Met U When – Season 2 – Episode 4: Memories of Mamie
A 2013 article about art therapy helping people living with Alzheimer’s disease caught the eye of We Met U When…host Matisse Chik, an exchange student on our team. Matisse had no idea that tracking down art therapist Kirsten Camartin would lead him closer to his own family back in Europe.
25 Jan 2024
We Met U When – Season 2 – Episode 3: The Sound that Stays
As a teenager raising money for concussion research in 2013, Allison Haggart gave a lot of interviews. Often while still feeling the side effects of her own concussion. Allison will never forget the impact of those news stories – and one interview in particular.
25 Jan 2024
We Met U When – Season 2 – Episode 2: You Saw my Name Where?
This episode of We Met U When…came as a surprise. When we contacted a researcher about her 2013 quote in Maclean’s, a national Canadian news magazine, it was news to the researcher! She had no idea she’d been quoted in that publication. Now a seasoned interviewee, Jessica Maxwell shares her experiences as a source and we explore informed consent and best practices in journalism.
25 Jan 2024
We Met U When – Season 2 – Episode 1: Coco’s Key Change
Coco Ma’s outstanding talent made news headlines in 2013 when she was a young teen. Already an accomplished classical pianist, she was on her way to international performances, alongside legendary musicians. We Met U When… tracks down Coco ten years later and discovers this artist’s passion remains but so much of her life has changed.
21 Dec 2022
We Met U When – Season 1 – Episode 5: Bonus – Behind the Scenes
I’m so proud of the students who produced the very first season of We Met U When…
It was fascinating to see how much they grew and learned in just 12 weeks so I asked if they would be willing to tell you a bit about that experience. Have a listen to students from Toronto Metropolitan University’s Advanced Podcasting/Radio Documentary class share behind the scenes moments, lessons learned and what will stay with them as they advance their journalism careers. - Shari Okeke
21 Dec 2022
We Met U When – Season 1 – Episode 4: Don’t Mess it Up
Michael Hinds is extremely wary of journalists. For years he agreed to do interviews with reporters covering stories in his neighbourhood. Too many of those experiences had a negative impact on him - and his community work. So he’s been refusing most interview requests for nearly a decade. Now he’s talking to We Met U When…about the stories that get lost when interviews cause harm.
21 Dec 2022
We Met U When – Season 1 – Episode 3: Jackie’s Gambit
At 14 years old she was making headlines as one of Canada’s best chess players — on track to become Canada’s first female grandmaster. Then, something changed. No more headlines, no more competitions. In this episode, We Met U When host Abby Hughes explores the chess career of a child prodigy and finds out what happened along that path to grandmaster status.
21 Dec 2022
We Met U When – Season 1 – Episode 2: Just Roll With It
Gwen McDonald opened a roller skate shop in 2012, with money from her late father. The business was described as “the only one of its kind” in Toronto. So when We Met U When host Jasmine Al-Kholani discovered the shop no longer exists, she wondered how Gwen coped with so much loss. Jasmine didn’t expect Gwen’s story to become part of her own journey, but it did.
21 Dec 2022
We Met U When – Season 1 – Episode 1: Giftedness: A Sticky Label
A 12-year-old is interviewed about her school’s new focus on wellness. She’s surrounded by three trusted adults: her mother, her teacher and her principal. What could go wrong? Ten years later that child, now an adult, shares exactly why that news story bothers her so much today. We Met U When host Kendra Seguin sets out to learn what happened in a 2012 story …that’s still unfolding.
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