In this episode, Lucas Akai and Esther Cheung interview Lenae Silva for the final time. Lenae discusses the challenges of creating and maintaining boundaries as a peer worker, she also describes feeling like cannon fodder, because of the expectation that peers be on the frontlines of harm reduction work.
 
Glossary:

• BCCDC: The BC Centre for Disease Control
• CAI: Community Action Initiative
• CAT: Community Action Team
• CMHA: Canadian Mental Health Association
• CRA: Canada Revenue Agency
• HSABC:  Homelessness Services Association of BC
• OAT: Opioid Agonist Therapy
• OPS: Overdose Prevention Site
• PCO: Primary Care Outreach
• PWD: Person with Disabilities 
• VIHA: Vancouver Island Health Authority

This episode was recorded on December 22, 2022.