This episode tells the story of John Lamont, peer support worker with Mental Health Recovery Partners South Island (MHRP SI) and his experience with the 2021 heat dome, and other extreme heat events that have happened since. John shares his tools and ideas for coping with extreme heat, and the vulnerabilities inherent to those living in mental health subsidized housing.  

References mentioned in this episode 

Orsini, M. (2020). Stop asking us to be resilient. Policy Options. Retrieved June 24, 2025, from https://policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/october-2020/stop-asking-us-to-beresilient/.  

Policy Options website link: https://policyoptions.irpp.org/  

Soundscape credits 

Background music: Insirish by Kjartan Abel. Visit https://kjartan-abel.com/library to find free music for your next project. This work is licensed under the following: CC BY-SA 4.0.  

Introduction fire sound: Fire_Forest_Inferno.aif by Dynamicell -- https://freesound.org/s/17548/ -- License: Attribution 3.0 

Bio 

John Lamont is a peer support worker with Mental Health Recovery Partners - South Island (MHRP SI).  He is currently living in a subsidized apartment building that gets very hot in the summer. He likes spending time in the summer outdoors playing tennis and cycles everywhere for transportation.