Adam Stirling: The Podcast

Alina Fisher, wildlife biologist and student in environmental studies at University of Victoria, joined Adam to talk about black-tailed deer in Oak Bay and why they’re attracted to the area.

As of June 1, all concrete supplied for public and private construction projects in the city that require more than 50 cubic metres of concrete will have to be produced using carbon dioxide mineralization technologies, or an equivalent that offers concrete with lower embodied carbon dioxide. Stew Young, Langford Mayor, joined Adam to talk about this carbon reducing move.

Dr. Kelley Lee, Professor of Health Sciences at SFU, and lead of the Pandemics and Borders Project, joined Adam to explain why variants can only be stopped by providing vaccines for everyone globally and why travel bans are ineffective at stopping the spread of variants.

Adam discussed the forecasted atmospheric river expected to hit B.C. and took calls from listeners.

Dr. Kelley Lee, Professor of Health Sciences at SFU, and lead of the Pandemics and Borders Project, joined Adam to explain why variants can only be stopped by providing vaccines for everyone globally and why travel bans are ineffective at stopping the spread of variants.

Adam took the final hour of the program to open up the phone lines and hear what listeners had to say.

Adam discussed protests at the BC Legislature on Friday evening, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Premier John Horgan’s meeting about the floods in B.C.

A new COVID-19 variant designated as “omicron” has been making international headlines over the past week, and now there have been cases identified in Ontario and Quebec. Horacio Bach, Clinical assistant professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, UBC Faculty of Medicine, joined Adam to talk about what is known so far about the Omicron variant.

Later, the term “affordable housing” is often thrown around in political speeches and campaign promises, but what does it exactly mean? Carolyn Whitzman, a social housing policy consultant and one of the researchers behind the Housing Assessment Resource Tools, joined Adam to define what affordable is based on a person’s income and what it would look like in Greater Victoria.

A new COVID-19 variant designated as “omicron” has been making international headlines over the past week, and now there have been cases identified in Ontario and Quebec. Horacio Bach, Clinical assistant professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, UBC Faculty of Medicine, joined Adam to talk about what is known so far about the Omicron variant.

The term “affordable housing” is often thrown around in political speeches and campaign promises, but what does it exactly mean? Carolyn Whitzman, a social housing policy consultant and one of the researchers behind the Housing Assessment Resource Tools, joined Adam to define what affordable is based on a person’s income and what it would look like in Greater Victoria.