TVO is Ontario's public educational media organization and a trusted source of interactive educational content that informs, inspires, and stimulates curiosity.
Nerene Virgin leaves a remarkable legacy as a groundbreaking actor, journalist, social justice advocate, politician and beloved TVO host of ‘Today’s Special’ and ‘Polka Dot Door.’
Her kindness and warmth serve as an inspiration and we are eternally grateful. Our deepest
Our very own Polkaroo joined Toronto Mayor
@JohnTory
, Councillor
@joe_cressy
, and Medical Officer of Health
@EPDevilla
on a tour of a Team Toronto Kids vaccine clinic to celebrate that those ages 5-11 are now eligible to participate in Ontario's vaccination program!
Subscribe to the brand new
#onpoli
newsletter to go behind the scenes of the TVO
#onpoli
podcast with our award-winning current affairs team. Get the latest inside scoop on the people and the stories behind Ontario politics.
Fifty years ago, TVO began with a simple vision of public television as a place for education. Today, we are so much more—making lifelong learning accessible to all Ontarians in so many ways through multiple platforms.
#TVO50
Discover Earth's largest freshwater ecosystem in TVO Original Great Lakes Untamed.
This landmark series showcases the visual splendor and natural history of the five Great Lakes of North America.
Great Lakes Untamed premieres Sept 26 at 9pm on TVO and TVO streaming channels.
As part of
@ONeducation
's ‘Learn at Home’ program, TVO is offering enhanced, free, and on-demand access to TVO Digital Learning tools for students K-12.
Learn more at
The highly anticipated TVO Original 'Magic Shadows, Elwy Yost: A Life in Movies' premieres tonight at 8pm!
Have a fond memory of Elwy? Reply and share it with us!
TVO joins all those who today pay their respects on the passing of Premier William Davis. Long after he left public life, Premier Davis continued to give of his time and energy to support TVO, most recently helping us mark the 50th anniversary of the agency he created in 1970.
It can be difficult to talk about residential schools with your children. Laura, Monica and Matt from TVOkids have put together this video to help you open these important conversations about Indigenous history, colonization and allyship.
We’re thrilled that
@TheAgenda
's segment ‘Our Changing Libraries’ won the 2017
@ONLibraryAssoc
's Media and Communications Award for a segment on the evolving role of libraries. Watch it here:
For those in need of some 'alternative viewing' on Tuesday, November 3, we offer the World Broadcast Premiere of the TVO Original documentary 'Picture My Face: The Story of TEENAGE HEAD"
Watch it at 9pm on TVO, , and YouTube.
Look what came in the mail! We're loving the TVO x
#Retrokid
merch collaboration.
Rediscover your nostalgic childhood favourites like Polkaroo and Today's Special.
Shop the TVO collection here:
TVOkids has teamed up with the health and phys ed teachers of
@opheacanada
to get kids across Ontario up and moving!
Encourage physical activity with these Power Up videos (and more to come) now on YouTube:
Join us for a
#TVO50
Archive Dive! This week, we’re reconnecting with a TVO favourite: Today’s Special
Follow this link to watch two full episodes from 1988!
Did you know Elwy Yost hosted Saturday Night at the Movies on TVO for 25 years? The last film Elwy presented was 'Speed' for which he interviewed Graham Yost who was the film's screenwriter and Elwy's son!
#TVO50
The great Elwy Yost was a one-man
@TCM
for those of us who watched Ontario's
@tvo
in the '70s thru '90s. Yesterday, I was asked to tell my Yost yarn for a documentary on the man coming to TVO in the new year. Read more about Graham's dad here:
Join us starting Monday, March 23, for a free online TVO ILC Open House. Ontario high school students, grades 9-12 can keep up with their studies or deepen subject understanding by accessing the content of 144 courses that support all educational pathways.
Congratulations to the team at The Agenda with Steve Paikin who won the Trina McQueen Award in the TV News Information Program category at the 2020 Central Region RTDNA Awards of Excellence!
We are thrilled to announce that TVO has received an additional $2M gift from Barry & Laurie Green & Goldie Feldman to extend
#OntarioHubs
, in-depth regional journalism that connects communities across the province
Join us TONIGHT from the comfort of your home for a mesmerizing bird’s-eye view through southern Ontario’s beautiful Niagara region in TRIPPING The Niagara. The journey begins at 7pm on TVO.
Good news: the
#onpoli
podcast will now air Friday nights at 8/11pm on The Agenda, and is also on YouTube
This week
@spaikin
and
@jm_mcgrath
discuss what's behind the Ontario Energy Board snub, the "Get It Done" act, and more.
Did you know that in 1971 – after only one year of TVO being in operation -
@NBC
forged a partnership with TVO to supply programming and educational films? NBC referred to TVO’s programming as "the mother lode" of educational programming, "the best in the world."
#TVO50
On September 27th, 1970 TVO signed onto the airwaves for the first time and went on to produce programming that helped shape entire generations and change education.
Join us today as we celebrate 50 years of TVO!
#TVO50
And stay tuned for a special announcement at 12pm!
Congratulations to our TVOkids team and all our partners who won
#CdnScreenAwards
tonight. Paw Patrol earned 4 wins and Dino Dana brought home 2 awards!
We have some exciting news! Polkaroo will be at
@FANEXPOCANADA
at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre on August 26-28.
Come meet Polkaroo at Booth 1037!
Our servers are intermittently overwhelmed with everyone’s enthusiasm to learn! Please bear with us while we quickly scale up to best serve you. If experiencing connectivity issues, please check back through the day as any outages you experience should be short-term in nature.
Do you remember which
#ClassicTVO
show these puppets are from? Created by legendary puppeteer, Noreen Young, these characters now reside at the Canadian Museum of History!
#InternationalMuseumDay
We’re sharing a fun memory of our TVO Telethon from just 2 weeks ago! Thanks to all of our fans, donors and sponsors who dropped by to celebrate 50 years of TVO, and who helped us to surpass our fundraising goal. Added thank you to our Telethon sponsor, TD.
Who will be the next leader of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party? Watch as the three candidates square off in a leadership debate moderated by
@spaikin
. Live Thursday at 4pm on Twitter via
@TheAgenda
, or at 8pm on Facebook Live or TV.
Join TVOkids in celebrating Black History Month with special episodes, interviews and more all February long on TVOkids, and the TVOkids YouTube channel.
It’s a
#TVO50
Throwback! Check out the awesome collection of Readalong puppets from
@CanMusHistory
. These puppets were created by legendary puppeteer, Noreen Young for the show. Can you name the Readalong characters pictured?
This weekend, in honour of the Summer Solstice, TVOkids is airing a special episode of a program that gives Indigenous children a chance to see themselves reflected on screen.
We have exciting news! 🎉 It's the first episode of The Thread with Nam Kiwanuka.
Our topic is housing affordability, with insights from artificial intelligence data and real people. Join
@namshine
as we explore the issue and potential solutions.
Tune in tonight at 9pm on TVO.
From 2011-2016, Piya Chattopadhyay was a guest host of
@TheAgenda
and host of TVO's Big Ideas.
We're proud to have had
@Piya
and many other notable journalists be part of TVO's first 50 years, and in turn to have been part of their amazing careers.
#TVO50
A stunning cinematic meditation on humanity's massive reengineering of the planet,
@anthropocene
is the final film in an award-winning trilogy that includes Manufactured Landscapes and Watermark.
Watch on TVO
April 22 & 25 at 9pm
April 26 at 8pm
#EarthDayAtHome
"Honestly, the timing couldn’t be more perfect. With Canadians ... being encouraged to stay inside as much as possible, Tripping the Rideau Canal comes along to fill a goodly chunk of time for those abiding by the rules and hunkering down." via
@tv_eh
"It was something we'd never dreamed of...you know, we were down in the basement in Hamilton..."
TVO Original documentary 'Picture my Face: The Story of TEENAGE HEAD' premieres November 3 on TVO.
With today’s launch of TVO Learn, we are proud to introduce a straight-forward, curriculum-linked resource to support at-home learning for Ontario students in Grade 1 through 12.
For more information visit:
We’re excited to announce the launch of two new web portals to help students learn at home!
@TVO
Learn and TFO IDÉLLO, apprendre à la maison will give elementary students access to a variety of interactive learning experiences across many subjects!
Did you know that earlier this year TVO broadcast lessons specifically designed for Ontario primary & junior learners and taught by Ontario Certified Teachers? These lessons are all available to stream at
Check them out and learn something new today!
Former Canadian war correspondent
@smithkabul
takes viewers on a quest to uncover what went wrong with the war in Afghanistan and the behind-the-scenes struggle for peace in the world’s deadliest conflict.
TVO Original 'Ghosts of Afghanistan' premieres TONIGHT at 9pm on TVO.
We're excited to have the
@TourCNTower
, 3D TORONTO sign, Niagara Falls, and Kingston City Hall and Springer Market Square help TVO commemorate 50 years of learning in Ontario. Tonight, each of these monuments will shine in TVO's colours to help celebrate our 50th birthday!
#TVO50
TRIPPING The Niagara Viewing Tip:
Turn a fan on your face to really feel the wind in your f̴e̴a̴t̴h̴e̴r̴s̴ hair as you soar high above the Niagara region.
Thanks to every Ontario student, teacher and parent who worked so hard this year to continue school learning at home. From Ottawa to Kingston to Windsor to Thunder Bay, and everywhere between, YOU made it happen. Today we celebrate you. Happy Summer!
Peter Herrndorf leaves a remarkable legacy of service in Canadian journalism and culture. As chairman and CEO of TVO from 1992-1999, his leadership pushed us to new heights and we are eternally grateful. Our deepest condolences go out to his family and many friends across Canada.
Our TVOkids viewers have sent in lots of questions about the COVID-19 virus, so we called on Dr. Ronni from
@sickkidsnews
and Dr. Cheddar to help answer!
Do you have a favourite Polkaroo memory?
Like this tweet and share your memory in the comments for your chance to win an exclusive Polkaroo x
#Retrokid
t-shirt.
Stay tuned for the full TVO merch collection, launching this fall!
We're thrilled to share TVO productions and co-productions nabbed 31 nominations, including 20 for TVOkids, from
@TheCdnAcademy
for this year's Canadian Screen Awards! Congratulations to all!
There's no doubt it's been a difficult year, but your support of TVO has made it possible to ensure Ontarians 'Never Stop Learning' at a time when we all need it most. Wishing all of our viewers, readers, supporters, and learners all the best for a healthy and happy 2021.
Congratulations to TVO's Sarah Trick and Alanna King, recipients of the 2023
@Michener_Journo
Michener-L. Richard O’Hagan Fellowship! 🎉
Trick
@saraynet
and King
@banana29
will create a new media style guide on disabilities.
Airing on May 6 at 4:30pm, the TVOkids "How Do You Feel" special invites kids to share their feelings. Kids will have a chance to talk with a counselor from Kids Help Phone and discuss what they’re grateful for.
#MentalHealthWeek
A recent poll found that 1 in 4 Canadians believe in online conspiracy theories. How did we get here?
TVO Original podcast Screen Time: The Battle for Reality, with
@taylor_owen
and
@supriyadwivedi
dives into this question. Episode one launches tomorrow:
We're bringing back the TVO Telethon for October 17 & 18! Join us for exciting premieres, marathons, surprise guests, and treasures from our vault. It’s a weekend celebration of what makes TVO so special—including supporters like you!
More details to come!
A big thank you to everyone who joined us for TVO Today Live in Kitchener at
@KitchLibrary
!
@spaikin
hosted a lively debate about the impact of social media on democracy.
Watch the the debate on and
@TheAgenda
YouTube on Mar 29 and on TVO on Mar 30 at 9pm