The Signal

In a year of three elections in Newfoundland and Labrador we are asking what does a healthy democracy looks like? How health are our democratic systems in the province and country? 

Guets: David Brazil, former PC party leader; Kelly Blidook, political science professor, Kyle Rees lawyer and former president of N.L.'s NDP; Whymarrh Whitby, concerned citizen.

It's Tuesday in late June, which means it's gardening day. Expert Michael Murray stops in to take calls and give tips on how to get the most out of the season.  

It’s Pride month and we have different folks talking about what’s on the go… from Pride parades, events in the community, and how people are coming together, celebrating, being proud despite the tense political times.

Tomorrow (June 21) is National Indigenous People’s Day and we are looking into how are communities celebrating, what events are on the go, how do you make people feel welcomed, celebrated and proud of who they are.

Four vaccine experts breakdown vaccines history, their importance, the work that goes behind creating vaccines, reflections from COVID, vaccine hesitancy and the future of vaccines… worries, challenges, etc.

Family court is often acrimonious, costly, and emotionally traumatizing. Is there a better way to handle divorce and separation? Lawyers advocating for family mediation say it can offer a healthier and less costly result. But it's still rarely practiced in this province.  

They had an overnight frost warning in parts of Labrador last week. But hopefully that's the last of it, and we can finally settles in to summer and leave the plants out over night. Tim Walsh and Josh Elyk from the MUN Botanical Garden join us to take calls and offer advice.

Shelters are full and overburdened, and that puts women and gender diverse people at risk — especially when many are escaping bad situations at home. The conversation is around the importance and challenges of women and gender diverse shelters...the need for shelters, and transitional housing, gender violence, how poverty impacts the need.

Today on the show we speak with scientists and practitioners of psychology from across the country. They are all in St. John's for Canadian Psychological Association’s 86th annual national convention. 

Today on the show three psychology experts talk about the importance of the connection to nature - the real impacts of wellbeing, what does 'connecting to nature' even mean, how to make nature more accessible to people and what systematic barriers we need to change. This is happening on the heels of a national psychology convention in St. John’s, which the three are taking part of. 

GUESTS

Natalia Cooper, chair of the Canadian Psychological Association’s Environmental Section; Loraine Lavallee, assistant professor, University of Northern British Columbia; Holli-Anne Passmore, associate professor, 

Concordia University of Edmonton.