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VoxTalk was TVOntario's "Youth Issues Talk Show." Created and Produced by Maria Farano until her departure, and subsequently produced by Alison Bruce, VoxTalk aimed to tackle a different youth-relevant issue every week. The show took place in a typical panel show format: each week, host Max Valiquette would interview a small group of teens or young adults about the topic in question.
The show appeared in TVOntario on Sunday nights in 2005 and 2006.
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TVO, formerly known as TVOntario, is a publicly funded English-language educational television network and media organization serving the Canadian province of Ontario. It operates flagship station CICA-DT in Toronto, which also relays programming across portions of Ontario through eight rebroadcast stations. All pay television providers throughout Ontario are required to carry TVO on their basic tier, and programming can be streamed for free online within Canada.
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