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People First Radio is a weekly one-hour radio broadcast to educate and raise awareness about issues related to health and wellness. The show airs on CHLY, CFUV, CFMH, and DIG FM, and is produced in Nanaimo, BC.
Queen's University prof Elaine Power spoke with the program about food security in Canada
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Queen's University prof Elaine Power spoke with the program about food insecurity on a recent episode
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The program paid a visit to a regional Ethics Bowl competition at Vancouver Island University.
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This week the program featured a conversation with Elaine Power of Queen's University on food insecurity in Canada
Listen:
vancouverislandmentalhealthsociety.org/podcast/look...
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The program paid a visit to a regional Ethics Bowl competition at Vancouver Island University.
Listen:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8zX...
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" I've never seen a family like my own depicted in movies before. That was kind of the big inspiration and the starting point."
Victoria's Cory Thibert talks narrative feature debut Mildlife:
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The broadcast version of this week's program is available online and can be found here:
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Catch last week's program featuring a conversation with an online addiction treatment provider and a visit to the ethics bowl
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" I've never seen a family like my own depicted in movies before. That was kind of the big inspiration and the starting point."
-Victoria filmmaker Cory Thibert
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vancouverislandmentalhealthsociety.org/podcast/vict...
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A Nanaimo show running through the beginning of March explores themes of mental health amidst trying to forge a career in the arts.
Listen:
vancouverislandmentalhealthsociety.org/podcast/nana...
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The broadcast version of this week's episode is now online and can be found here:
vancouverislandmentalhealthsociety.org/podcast/peop...
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Co-founder of an initiative to arrange free pet care for people entering treatment, Priya Sharma spoke about some of the other barriers people can face when seeking help with addiction
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A Vancouver Island duo founded a group to support people needing pet care while entering addictions treatment.
People First Radio spoke with the pair behind Recovery Tails Society
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vancouverislandmentalhealthsociety.org/podcast/frie...
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Co-founder of an initiative to arrange free pet care for people entering treatment, Priya Sharma spoke about some of the other barriers people can face when seeking help with addiction
Listen to the full interview
vancouverislandmentalhealthsociety.org/podcast/frie...
@vimhs.bsky.social
The broadcast version of this week's program is online and can be found here:
vancouverislandmentalhealthsociety.org/podcast/peop...
@vimhs.bsky.social
A Vancouver Island duo founded a group to support people needing pet care while entering addictions treatment.
People First Radio spoke with the pair behind Recovery Tails Society
Listen:
vancouverislandmentalhealthsociety.org/podcast/frie...
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The program paid a visit to a supportive housing site in Nanaimo, opened via the province's HEART & HEARTH Program
Listen:
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Medical Psychiatrist Dr. Alexandre Hudon spoke about psychosis as part of a larger conversation around its potential interaction with generative AI
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The program paid a visit to a supportive housing site in Nanaimo and spoke with staff and residents.
43 people have moved in to 1030 Old Victoria Road so far, with 15 more still to come.
Listen:
vancouverislandmentalhealthsociety.org/podcast/a-vi...
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@melaniemdoucet.bsky.social was among those who spoke with the program about the issue of youth aging out of care in Canada
Listen:
vancouverislandmentalhealthsociety.org/podcast/aging-out-of-care-focus-of-senate-human-rights-committee-report/
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Medical Psychiatrist Dr. Alexandre Hudon spoke about psychosis as part of a larger conversation around its potential interaction with generative AI
Listen to the full interview:
vancouverislandmentalhealthsociety.org/podcast/medi...
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Alexandre Hudon of L'Université de Montréal spoke with the program about the potential interplay between AI and psychosis
Listen:
vancouverislandmentalhealthsociety.org/podcast/medi...
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The broadcast version of the most recent episode is online and can be found here:
vancouverislandmentalhealthsociety.org/podcast/peop...
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"It’s okay to back up. It’s okay to focus on different things. It’s okay to switch gears.”
On a changing relationship with the gym:
vancouverislandmentalhealthsociety.org/podcast/refl...
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The broadcast version of this week's episode is online here:
vancouverislandmentalhealthsociety.org/podcast/peop...
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"This is the beautiful part about life...when one thing goes away, something else will fill your time."
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vancouverislandmentalhealthsociety.org/podcast/refl...
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PFR spoke with the co-author of I Don't Belong Here: Stories and Songs at The Edge of Forgetting, a play set in a dementia care facility
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vancouverislandmentalhealthsociety.org/podcast/play...
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“It’s funny, when you’re 70, you look back on your life and you go, ‘oh my gosh, I just thought I was being brilliant, and no, I wasn’t. I was just kind of falling off a wall.'
On a VI exhibit exploring art & mental health:
vancouverislandmentalhealthsociety.org/podcast/cowi...
The broadcast version of this week's program is online and can be found here:
vancouverislandmentalhealthsociety.org/podcast/peop...
@vimhs.bsky.social
“It’s funny, when you’re 70, you look back on your life and you go, ‘oh my gosh, I just thought I was being brilliant, and no, I wasn’t. I was just kind of falling off a wall.'
On a VI exhibit exploring art & mental health:
vancouverislandmentalhealthsociety.org/podcast/cowi...
@vimhs.bsky.social
