20 Facts About Steve Paikin

Marnie Steve Paikin was invested a Member of the Order of Canada in 1999 for her work in education and health policy.

Steve Paikin was chair of Atomic Energy of Canada Limited and of the Ontario Council on University Affairs.

Steve Paikin graduated from Hillfield Strathallan College in 1978 and continued to university where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Toronto.

Later, Steve Paikin received his master's degree in broadcast journalism from Boston University.

Steve Paikin served as sports editor for the University of Toronto's independent weekly, The Newspaper, while pursuing his BA, and was the play-by-play voice of the Varsity Blues hockey and football teams on U of T Radio.

Steve Paikin was an anchor and Queen's Park correspondent for CBC Television's Toronto station CBLT-TV, and host of a daily news and current affairs program on CBC Newsworld.

In 1992, Steve Paikin began work at TVO, hosting the political series Between the Lines until 1994.

Steve Paikin co-created the Queen's Park magazine Fourth Reading, which he hosted for 14 years.

In 1994, Steve Paikin began co-hosting duties on Studio 2 until 2006.

Steve Paikin frequently is selected to be the moderator of election debates.

Steve Paikin acted as a moderator for federal leaders debates in 2006,2008,2011, and 2025; and for Ontario provincial leaders debates in 2007,2011,2014,2018 and 2022.

For 1993's Return to the Warsaw Ghetto, Steve Paikin won the "Silver Screen Award" at the US International Film and Video Festival, and received awards at the Yorkton Film Festival in Saskatchewan and at China's Shanghai Film Festival.

In February 2012, Steve Paikin was named the Queen's Park journalist with the most Twitter influence in a study conducted by PR agency Hill+Knowlton Strategies.

Steve Paikin is to retire as a full-time TVO host on June 27,2025, which will be the final episode of The Agenda.

Steve Paikin holds honorary doctorates from McMaster University, Victoria University, Laurentian University, York University, and honorary diplomas from Humber College, Centennial College, Mohawk College and Fanshawe College.

Steve Paikin was later appointed chancellor of Laurentian University in Sudbury in October 2013, a position which was terminated following the university's restructuring amidst financial difficulties in 2021.

Steve Paikin is married to Canadian health care lobbyist Francesca Grosso, author of Navigating Canada's Health Care System and a former director of policy for then-Ontario health minister Tony Clement.

One of his sons, Zach Steve Paikin, is a former Liberal Party activist.

Steve Paikin is a cousin to the late Dr Harry Paikin, a Hamilton school trustee for 30 years who was a Labor-Progressive Party candidate for the Ontario legislature in the 1945 Ontario election.

Steve Paikin is a supporter of the Toronto Maple Leafs, Boston Red Sox, and Hamilton Tiger-Cats.