Touching on a trio of local stories heading to the screen this fall. Seventeen filmmaker Justin Ducharme talks about his debut feature that offers a window into a day in the life of queer Indigenous sex work in a Vancouver. Snuneymuxw First Nation Chief Mike Wyse speaks at an event celebrating the premiere of Racing […]

Corey Bialek explores how strolling a Winnipeg Labyrinth was therapeutic for his mental health. Bialek talks public space, biophilia, and dealing with persistent depressive disorder and major depressive disorder. The conversation was inspired by Bialek’s essay Minding The City, appearing in the book Living Disability. Revisiting part of a conversation on Disability, History, and Power […]

Jillian Halladay of McMaster University speaks about a study that explored the prevalence of mood, anxiety, and substance use disorders in Canada. Stories shared at International Overdose Awareness Day events in Nanaimo and Courtenay.

Featuring stories shared at events held in Parksville and Courtenay to mark International Overdose Awareness Day. Support resources referenced in the program: Moms Stop The Harm Resources Page: https://www.momsstoptheharm.com/support-resources Healing Hearts info: https://www.momsstoptheharm.com/healing-hearts-groups Holding Hope info: https://www.momsstoptheharm.com/holding-hope-support-groups  

Saint John based journalist Rob Csernyik speaks about his work exploring gambling related harms and the history of the gambling industry in Canada, a subject covered in his recent book A Losing Hand. Drug user group organizer Ann Livingston speaks about International Overdose Awareness Day and an event taking place in Nanaimo to mark the […]

Members of PEERS Victoria Resource Society speak about the orgnaization’s pilot supporting sex workers in the capital region who are not proficient in English. Chandni Sondagar, a senior knowledge broker with the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction speaks about the organization’s Playbook For Action meant to help small cities implement measures to prevent […]

Revisiting conversations around mental health and working in the Canadian music industry, as well as a conversation on retired judge Philip Seagram’s cross-Canada busking tour.

The program revisits a conversation with Dr. Jill Wiwcharuk, AKA Street Dr. Jill, who talks social media influencing on topics related to health and homelessness. Also featuring a portion of a segment on the history of the Weyburn Mental Hospital, featuring author and University of Saskatchewan history professor Erika Dyck, which first aired in May.

Tim Richter, President and CEO of the Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness, speaks about his organization’s call for a Canada Housing Benefit designed using the Homelessness Income Cut-Off(HICO) measure developed at the University of Calgary. Martha Paynter of the University of New Brunswick speaks about the issue of children with incarcerated parents. Paynter was one […]

Craig Jones, associate director of UBC’s Housing Assessment Resource Tools (HART) project, speaks about a new, interactive B.C. Public Land Map that identifies publicly owned land parcels across the province and scores them based on potential suitability for housing. Shea Wood, senior knowledge broker with the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction speaks about […]