Peel Matters

On Peel Matters, Ryan Gurcharn talks to Spoken Word Artist and activist Gurjoat Gill and comedian and musical improviser Velvet Duke on how their art is being affected by the pandemic.

Pranav Bakaraju is joined by Tori Arnett and Jason Baryluk, President and Interim General Manager of the College Student Alliance to talk about the issues college students are facing during the COVID-19 pandemic.

#PeelMatters Ryan Gurcharn talks to Singer-Songwriter and recording artists Ameerah and Arlene about how to survive a pandemic as an artist.

Rav chats with Moon and Noah from That Gay Garden about their food experiences and farming and community dreams. To support and connect with That Gay Garden, go to https://anchor.fm/tlrp

On Peel Matters, Taman Atwal guest hosts and chats with Yara Shoufani of the Palestinian Youth Movement to talk about what is going on in Palestine and how that impacts the Palestinian Communities in Peel.

On Peel Matters, Ryan Gurcharn talks to the Executive Director of Moyo Health & Community Services (formerly Peel HIV/AIDS Network) Hope Ramsay, and Health Promotion and Prevention Programs Manager Yoshi Perera talk about their upcoming International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia & Biphobia (IDAHOT) Virtual Event on May 17, 2021. After that an Emergency Psychiatric Nurse and Board Member of Nursing Now, Sarah Walji talks about the inequities nurses are facing from the Ford government. After that, the host of the Radical Reverend Podcast and former NDP MPP Rev. Dr. Cheri DiNovo talks about why we need to criminalize gay conversion therapy in Canada.

#PeelMatters Host Ryan Gurcharn talks to Nancy Polsinelli, the Region of Peel's Commissioner of Health Services, Donna Kern the Director for Seniors Services, and Ann-Marie Case-Volkert the Director of Long Term Care about the state of Long Term Care, Home Care, and Senior services in Peel. How has the pandemic affected LTC in Peel? What hope do our seniors have? How can you help fix our broken system? Tune in to find out.

Peel Matters host, Rav, is joined by Rahul Mehta, an environmental activist, to talk about how our winters are changing and what impact this will have on our gardens.

#PeelMatters Host Ryan Gurcharn talks to #SavePeel Campaign organizers: Nahar Aujla an activist with the Workers’ Action Centre and Romana Siddiqui from Peel Families for Public Education. They talk about their demands and solutions to help Peel from being a COVID hot spot. After that an Emergency Psychiatric Nurse and Board Member of Nursing Now, Sarah Walji talks about the inequities nurses are facing from the Ford government.

Jaya Mootoo speaks to her returning guests, Authors Glenn Carley and Mark Creedon about their newest literary works.

Glenn Carley has written a new Urban Opera book, a follow up to his novel "Polenta at Midnight'', called "Il Vagabondo: An Urban Opera Book''. This outstanding literary premise allows readers to immerse themselves in the story and words by not only reading the book, but by singing it too! "Il Vagabondo: An Urban Opera Book" and "Polenta at Midnight" can be purchased online or at Forester's Book Garden in Bolton.

Mark Creedon's new work is a tale he heard years ago that he now turned into a short story. Originally written before his novel "Caught Between Two Devils", Mark's short story "Testosterone in Iroquois Falls" is the adventures of a young man in Northern Ontario. "Testosterone in Iroquois Falls" is available on May 24 2021 on www.fictionontheweb.co.uk