About the Show

The Current is a meeting place of perspectives, ideas and voices, with a fresh take on issues that affect Canadians today. Our team of journalists--based in every major region of the country--think locally and globally. We bring new insight to stories that Canadians are talking about now, and we uncover stories they'll be talking about next week and next year.

We don't just talk about the issues. We poke and prod them and look at them from new angles, shedding light on what needs to be exposed and taking delight in the surprising twists and turns our stories take. Nothing's off limits--politics, business, culture, justice, science, religion--if it's pertinent to Canadians, it's on the Current agenda.

Host Anna Maria Tremonti is our focal point. Her wealth of experience and journalistic savvy bring depth and sharpness to The Current as it unfolds from coast to coast to coast.

About Us

Lisa Ayuso - Associate Producer

Lisa Ayuso formerly known as the Clockwatcher to Workology fans has been keeping busy at The Current since 2003. She started at the CBC in 1999 at This Morning and since then has worked on Workology, Richler on Radio, Sounds Like Canada as well as other CBC radio projects. As a Toronto performer, she was a member of Pretty, Porky and Pissed Off and the co-founder of The Corporate Wetnurse Association. Lisa is a loving fan of Dolly Parton.

Willy Barth - Senior Producer/Studio Director

Since 1997 Willy Barth has worked as the morning senior editor for This Morning, in charge of final script edit, line-up, production value and studio direction. He has worked closely with hosts Michael Enright and Shelagh Rogers in the early morning hours to add radio value to the program. Willy co-ordinated and produced all This Morning remotes over the past five years. Before that, Willy was Peter Gzowski's remote producer whenever Peter took Morningside on the road. Willy directed Peter's last program in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. Willy has been with CBC Radio since 1980 and has worked in both network and regional locations.

Pam Bertrand - Executive Producer

Originally from Calgary, Pam Bertrand started out in journalism over three decades ago at CJRT Radio in Toronto. She's worked as a Researcher, Producer and Senior Producer and now Executive Producer for both CBC and CTV with many different programs such as The Journal, W5, and Undercurrents. She joined The Current as Executive Producer in January 2004.

Howard has been an investigative journalist with the CBC's the fifth estate since 1991. He has won numerous awards for journalism including the Justicia award and sharing the Michener award as part of a team that investigated the wrongful laying of sex abuse charges against members of a foster family in Saskatoon. Some of his other investigations included the Airbus Affair, the infiltration of neo-Nazis into the Canadian Airborne before it was disbanded, and the presence of Somali war criminals in Canada. He was a finalist this year for an International Emmy for a documentary examining the plight of animals in movies. 

Kathleen Goldhar - Producer

Kathleen is one of the original producers at The Current. Her CBC Radio career began in 1999 in Winnipeg where she worked as a reporter and associate producer in Winnipeg. She returned home to Toronto as a producer with National Radio News and As It Happens. Before moving to radio, she worked as a print reporter at the Whitehorse Daily Star and The Vancouver Sun, and as a student intern at the Toronto Star. 

Liz Hoath - Producer (Vancouver)

Liz has worked with CBC Radio for close to 20 years.  She's been a producer, host and reporter in Inuvik, Whitehorse, Prince George and now Vancouver.  These days, her favourite assignments involve heading out into the field with a recording device to produce documentaries that range from the experience of living in the heart of the oil sands to what it's like to get branded.    

Carole Ito - Radio Technician

Carole has worked in live current affairs radio forever ... working on Morningside, As It Happens and This Morning before coming to The Current.

Nicola Luksic - Documentary Producer (on maternity leave)

Nicola Luksic started her CBC career in 2003 as an associate producer with the fifth estate and The Current. She's been producing with The Current ever since. Her passion for radio documentary has lured her to Kosovo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Zambia, and the jungles of Chiapas, among other places off the beaten track. Nicola also loves creating new radio shows. She also produced three seasons of And Sometimes Y - the award winning CBC radio show on language as well as Between You and Me, a summer show about sex and relationships.

David MacQuarrie - Writer

Pacinthe Mattar - Producer

Jennifer Moroz - Senior Producer

Jen is an award-winning reporter, writer and producer who has worked in print, television and radio.  A native of Montreal, she headed south of the border for journalism school and ended up staying for nine years.  For most of that time, she was a staff writer for The Philadelphia Inquirer, covering everything from municipal affairs to regional transportation, state politics to national immigration issues.  She made the leap back home to Canada - and into TV - as a producer, specializing in political interviews, for The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos on CBC Television. She later served as a senior writer on the show - as well as providing the voice for The Bio. Jen decided to check out radio next, and came to The Current on temporary assignment in May 2010.  She liked it so much, she stayed.

Before coming to the CBC in 2007, Kristin earned degrees in international development, political science and journalism. She also worked with a non-profit organization in Johannesburg, South Africa, and freelanced for The Toronto Star and This Magazine.

Lara O'Brien - Producer

After studying both in Canada and Europe - Lara began her journalism career at the CBC working for Newsworld in 2004. Soon after she delved into the land of radio - with an internship at The Current. Lara likes to cover international news for The Current.

Ellen Saenger - Part-Time Producer (Vancouver)

Ellen began her career at the University of Victoria's student newspaper while pursing an English literature degree. She worked as a newspaper and magazine reporter in Mexico and Vancouver before moving to radio in 1994, to work with CBC's morning show in Vancouver. For three years she worked for the German national public broadcaster, reporting from various European countries including post-conflict Bosnia. She joined The Current as a part-time producer in Vancouver in 2004.

Pedro Sanchez - Producer

Pedro's broadcasting life began in late 1989 when he was "bushed" into action during the U.S. invasion of Panama. Then, after years of dwelling deep in the under-belly of independent radio both in Canada and abroad, Pedro began at CBC working in the National Radio Newsroom from 1997 to 2000. That was followed by four years with the independently produced television debate program counterSpin. Then, after a year of producing special projects for Newsworld, Pedro found his way back to CBC Radio. He has been a Producer with The Current since July 2005.

Cathy Simon - Senior Producer (Vancouver)

Idella Sturino - Part-Time Producer

Idella Sturino has been a producer with The Current since its inception. Before joining CBC Radio, she worked as a producer for CBC Newsworld's counterSpin and counterSpin Sunday with Avi Lewis. Prior to that, she worked as a reporter and editor for The Canadian Press in Toronto and Montreal. She has also worked at This Magazine and the now-defunct Shift magazine.

Joan Webber - Documentary Producer (Vancouver)

Joan Webber has been with CBC since 1996, working in Regina, Saskatoon and Vancouver. During that time she has worked as a reporter for both radio and television and as a radio producer for local and national programs. In the time Joan has been with The Current she has produced programs and documentaries from places such as Iqaluit, Miami, Cuba, and Mexico. She has won a variety of awards for her journalism including a Jack Webster, and a Gabriel award. Prior to Joan's career with CBC, she worked for The National Film Board where she created and operated a NFB documentary rep theatre in Saskatoon.

Gord Westmacott - Producer

Chris Wodskou - Producer

Chris spent much of the 1990s in the trenches of academia, before drifting into journalism and eventually, the CBC. Following stints as a current affairs producer with CBC Television and as a senior editor with CBC Sports Online, Chris has been a producer with The Current since its inception and has spearheaded much of the show's coverage of energy and environment issues, including the acclaimed Climate Currents and Watershed series.