Adam Stirling: The Podcast

In the first hour of today’s show, Adam was joined by Mike Kozakowski from Citified.ca for their weekly roundtable discussion. They discussed safety in Victoria after a number of callers shared their stories this week of being harassed and threatened in Victoria parks.

In this hour, Dr. Zachary Kaminsky, chair in suicide prevention research at The Royal’s Institute of Mental Health Research in Ottawa, joined Adam to discuss using artificial intelligence to monitor social media, which tracks suicide risk in a given area. This allows public health to set up prevention tools in said area. Later, new research by experts at Simon Fraser University has shown that prioritizing the vaccination of essential workers in the province would result in the least amount of spread of the virus. Adam spoke with Caroline Colijn, Canada 150 Research Chair in Mathematics for Evolution, Infection and Public Health, about what the research has shown.

In this hour, Adam was joined by Ron Cheffins, UVic Professor Emeritus of Law and Political Science, for their weekly political discussion. This week they discussed Ellis Ross declaring he will be a candidate for the leadership of the BC Liberal Party and if it would be a good idea for the federal Liberals to call for a spring election. Adam closes out the program by taking calls from listeners.

Adam was joined by Ron Cheffins, UVic Professor Emeritus of Law and Political Science, for their weekly political discussion. This week they discussed Ellis Ross declaring he will be a candidate for the leadership of the BC Liberal Party and if it would be a good idea for the federal Liberals to call for a spring election.

New research by experts at Simon Fraser University has shown that prioritizing the vaccination of essential workers in the province would result in the least amount of spread of the virus. Adam spoke with Caroline Colijn, Canada 150 Research Chair in Mathematics for Evolution, Infection and Public Health, about what the research has shown.

Dr. Zachary Kaminsky, chair in suicide prevention research at The Royal’s Institute of Mental Health Research in Ottawa, joined Adam to discuss using artificial intelligence to monitor social media, which tracks suicide risk in a given area. This allows public health to set up prevention tools in said area.

"He was screaming profanities and swinging the bat-thing around and he was heading straight toward my son..." Victoria mom Kristal calls Adam Stirling to share a traumatic experience suffered by her and her 4yr old son on Dallas Road near Beacon Hill Park.

In the first hour of today’s show, Adam discusses the ongoing saga of 24/7 camping in Victoria parks and how it may be a form a protest.

Michael Mulligan, Barrister & Solicitor, Mulligan Defence Lawyers, joined Adam for their weekly segment on legal stories that are of interest to the CFAX audience.

In this hour, exercises that astronauts use in space to avoid injuries and muscle loss could be used by seniors to lower the chances of falls and help improve long-term hospital recovery. Adam spoke with Andrew Blaber, PhD - Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology Professor at Simon Fraser University, about his research on how these exercises would be beneficial to elderly people. Adam closes out the program by taking calls from listeners.