Fiona Smyth is the illustrator behind AGO's current exhibition and a critically acclaimed children's sex-ed book. However, her journey as a female cartoonist looked different a few decades ago. Tonight, Smyth discusses how she has navigated the cartoon industry since the 1980s, why she embraces the monicker of ,feminist artist,, and her latest works.

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Identity and History Through Cartoons

After winning the largest majority in 35 years, an emboldened and more experienced Premier Doug Ford is now laying out his plans for Ontario for the next four years. "We have a big agenda to fulfill and keep our promises," he has said. But he is staring down a 40-year- high inflation rate, a buckling health-care system, and tense labour negotiations with teachers. On the day the Progressive Conservative government delivers its Throne Speech, we discuss what lies ahead for Ontarians.

Can the PC Government Really 'Get It Done'?

During the Spanish Civil War in 1936, some 1,700 Canadians volunteered to secretly travel to Spain to fight and possibly die for the Republicans. Ardent Canadian communist Edward Cecil-Smith was one of them. In his book, "Not for King or Country: Edward Cecil-Smith, the Communist Party of Canada, and the Spanish Civil War," author Tyler Wentzell tells the story of this ?violent pacifist."

Why Canadians Fought in the Spanish Civil War

Author and activist Habiba Cooper Diallo discusses her memoir, "Black in School," documenting the stereotypes, microaggressions, and system racism she experienced at a Halifax high school known for its diversity. Then, how did two Norval Morrisseau paintings that went missing in Thunder Bay in the 1980s get recovered?

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