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Sarah Laframboise is in Halifax to talk about that. She's executive director of Evidence For Democracy, and she's speaking during this year's Ransom Myers Lecture. She talks with guest host Preston Mulligan. Find details about the Oct 17 lecture on this page -- dal.ca/faculty/sustainability/ess-lecture-series.html

Professor Teresa Morgan studies Christianity to the year 500CE. She speaks with guest host Preston Mulligan ahead of her lecture at Saint Mary's University on Thursday, October 17, at 7pm. More details about the event here -- https://eventscalendar.smu.ca/smuhalifax/detail/4230/1729202400000

Guest host Preston Mulligan talks with Stanley King from Atlantic Elver Fishery, and David Scholten who works for the company, about letters from DFO that indicate current license holders will see some of their quota reallocated to Dave and others who work as employees in the fishery. We also hear Austin Townsend speaking with the CBC's Richard Cuthbertson.

Earlier this month, Futurpreneur Foundation and RBC Future Launch held their annual Rock My Business Start-Up Awards. It presents eight young entrepreneurs across Canada with $10,000 each to support their up and coming businesses. One of this years' winners is East Preston's Jayrell Diggs. He is the founder and CEO of SudDrop Laundry Services. He spoke with guest host Preston Mulligan.

Bernie drops into Studio A to talk with Jeff Douglas about the implications of this, and also about 'inalienably possessed nouns' and whether those nouns make for a different relationship between people and the natural world.

Saint Mary's University's Black Inclusion Strategy Working group details systemic racism within the university through a new report. Titled “Understanding the Challenges of the Black Community at Saint Mary’s University”, its been released after two years of research. The working group found a large failure and abandonment of institutional commitments to Black students, faculty and staff. You can find the report on the SMU Black Student Society's instagram page. Rachel Zellars took the lead on this report. She is a Senior Research Fellow at SMU.

A month ago, Harvey Amani Whitfield was appointed the first Centennial Carnegie Chair in the History of Slavery in Canada -- this is a position he holds at Dalhousie University, and the University of King’s College in Halifax. According to the announcement on the King's website, the position was created to: "...redress historical exclusions and chart a course for a more inclusive and diverse future."

This morning, I dropped in on Professor Whitfield in his office.

The days are cooler, the nights are getting longer, and that means winter sports are back including wheelchair curling. Nicholas Taylor curls out of the Lakeshore Curling Club in Lower Sackville. He tells host, Jeff Douglas, all about the sport.

Linguist and elder Bernie Francis tells Jeff Douglas that dreamcatchers and the Medicine Wheel are not part of the traditional culture of his people.

Last month we heard from Denise Burgess, who's eldest son has struggled with mental health and substance use disorders for years, and her ongoing efforts to get him simultaneous help for both. And we heard from Pam Cooley. Her son, Eli, died of fentanyl poisoning in January of 2020 in British Columbia. The two mothers were connected by an addictions doctor Denise's son had been treated by.

Something both Denise and Pam spoke about was stigma around mental health, substance use and homelessness. And about the impact that has had on their efforts to help their sons.

Today, we will dig into that stigma a bit, and what solutions their might be to changing it. Davy Rose is the outreach coordinator with the Truro Housing Outreach Society. Here is part of their conversation with Alex Guye.