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.

Spenser Smith wanted to respond to online comments denigrating people who use drugs, so the VIU creative writing grad turned to poetry. In A Brief Relief From Hunger, published by Gordon Hill Press, Smith reflects on his childhood, and his own recovery from addiction. Along the way, he weaves in poems inspired by posts from […]

UBC’s Jiaying Zhao and Foundations For Social Change’s Amber Dyce explore the results and process of a study that offered unconditional transfers of $7500 to people experiencing homelessness.

Sarah Lovegrove, outgoing chair of Nanaimo’s Community Action Team, speaks with People First Radio’s Joe Pugh at the Vault Cafe about the state of the toxic drug poisoning crisis in Nanaimo.  

In conversation with Rachel Herron, Canada Research Chair in Rural and Remote Mental Health, and a professor at Brandon University.