Tara Sidhoo Fraser shares her experience recovering from a stroke and the loss of her memories, as recounted in her memoir “When My Ghost Sings”. Health historian Matt Smith of The University of Strathclyde provides some insight on community mental health interventions from decades past.

In conversation with Victoria Maxwell who shares her experiences with bipolar and psychosis. Marla Zucht of the Whistler Housing Authority shares details about the municipally owned corporation’s efforts to affordably house Whistler’s workforce.  

In conversation with Paul Chapman of the Nanaimo and Area Land Trust (NALT) and Stephanie Merrill, CEO of the Nature Trust of New Brunswick.    

In conversation with Daniel Snyder, chair of the Langley Community Action Team. Snyder shares his personal journey recovering from heroin addiction.

UBC law professor Ben Perrin puts the criminal justice system on trial in his book Indictment. Journalist Carlyn Zwarenstein shares some of her work looking  into a backlash against harm reduction.

In conversation with Re-Threading Madness host Bernadine Fox, who shares her experiences surviving trauma, including therapy abuse, as well as how she’s hoping to change the conversation around mental health.

Aron Lee Rosenberg talks his year offline, as chronicled in Jacking Out. Tate Ryan-Mosley shares how her father’s throat cancer took her down an online rabbit hole of grief.

Spenser Smith talks turning prejudice into poetry in A Brief Relief From Hunger. John Oliffe of The University of British Columbia shares insights into research exploring the different types of masculinity in relationships.

In conversation with outgoing Nanaimo Community Action Team coordinator Sarah Lovegrove. And exploring a UBC study that offered people experiencing homelessness $7500 with no strings attached.  

Coverage of the event held in Nanaimo’s Maffeo Sutton Park to mark International Overdose Awareness Day.