In conversation with Marla Zucht, general manager of the Whistler Housing Authority, a municipally owned corporation that aims to house at least 75 per cent of the community’s workforce.  

Victoria Maxwell shares insights on her recovery process managing bipolar, psychosis, and anxiety. Maxwell says acceptance of her diagnosis was “the greatest liberator,” but it only happened after she met a healthcare team that was willing to work with her. “Once I did meet a psychiatrist and a nurse who really inquired about the reasons […]

Paul Chapman of the Nanaimo and Area Land Trust joins People First Radio’s Joe Pugh for a walk around Cottle Lake in Nanaimo’s Linley Valley. Stephanie Merrill of the Nature Trust of New Brunswick shares the work going on related to conservation in that province.

Daniel Snyder, chair of the Langley Community Action Team, shares his story recovering from heroin addiction while working in the trades, and his reflections on the toxic drug poisoning crisis.

Journalist and writer Carlyn Zwarenstein shares some of her insights looking into a backlash against harm reduction, and some of her personal story as a user of prescribed opioids for chronic pain.

Ben Perrin spoke with dozens of people who had experienced Canada’s criminal justice system. Some had been incarcerated, others were victims of crime, many were both. The result is Indictment: The Criminal Justice System On Trial. Perrin spoke with People First Radio about the issues present in the justice system, and shared a vision for […]

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.

When her father was sick with throat cancer, Tate Ryan-Mosley headed online. At first, the self described ‘super-googler’ was looking to learn as much as she could about the medical aspects of her dad’s diagnosis. Then when it seemed like grief was on the horizon, she tried to use the web to prepare herself. It […]

Aron Lee Rosenberg spent all of 2020 offline. The McGill University lecturer shares what that experience was like, as well as what he says most people don’t think about when it comes to internet use. He’s also chronicled the experience in the book Jacking Out, from Rock’s Mills press.  

Research from the University of British Columbia found three main categories of men in heterosexual relationships. John Oliffe, a professor at UBC and the Canada Research Chair in men’s health promotion, spoke with People First Radio about the research, masculinity, and relationships.