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People First Radio @peoplefirstradio.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Filmmaker Justin Ducharme spoke with the program about his debut feature Seventeen, which is playing in the city is was shot and set in, at next month's Vancouver International Film Festival. Listen: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJCr...

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Vancouver film set for hometown premiere explores themes of urban Indigenous queer sex work

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People First Radio @peoplefirstradio.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

ICYMI International Overdose Awareness Day events in the mid island region featured stories of personal connections to the toxic drug crisis. Listen: vancouverislandmentalhealthsociety.org/podcast/pers...

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Personal connections to toxic drug crisis shared at island IOAD events

Stories from events in Courtenay and Parksville highlight grief, hope, amidst toxic drug crisis

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People First Radio @peoplefirstradio.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

In 2013, walking a Winnipeg labyrinth helped Corey Bialek consider a contemplative question: what would it mean to not be depressed? The labyrinth was not curative, but it was therapeutic. Listen: www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0ak...

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‘Minding the City’ offers a first hand look at nature, depression, and public space

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People First Radio @peoplefirstradio.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Personal connections to the toxic drug crisis were shared at International Overdose Awareness Day events held in Courtenay and Parksville Listen: vancouverislandmentalhealthsociety.org/podcast/pers...

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Personal connections to toxic drug crisis shared at island IOAD events

Stories from events in Courtenay and Parksville highlight grief, hope, amidst toxic drug crisis

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People First Radio @peoplefirstradio.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

ICYMI Journalist Rob Csernyik spoke with the program about his work looking into gambling and health harms in Canada. Listen: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQ4s...

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Journalist Rob Csernyik talks gambling health harms in Canada

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People First Radio @peoplefirstradio.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Journalist Rob Csernyik spoke with the program about his work covering the gambling beat Listen to the full interview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQ4s...

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People First Radio @peoplefirstradio.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

ICYMI The program spoke with Peers Victoria Resources Society about their work supporting sex workers. Listen: www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3Pt...

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Victoria organization Peers talks supporting sex workers

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People First Radio @peoplefirstradio.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Journalist Rob Csernyik spoke with the program about his work looking into gambling and health harms in Canada. Listen: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQ4s...

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Journalist Rob Csernyik talks gambling health harms in Canada

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People First Radio @peoplefirstradio.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

The Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction has a Playbook for Action designed to help smaller cities chart a path to address substance use harms Listen: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEJE...

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National organization offers playbook for small cities to address substance use harms

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People First Radio @peoplefirstradio.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Shea Wood of the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction spoke with the program about the idea of implementing a standard unit of THC in Canadian cannabis Listen: vancouverislandmentalhealthsociety.org/podcast/the-...

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The road to a standard unit of THC in Canadian cannabis

In conversation with Shea Wood, Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction

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People First Radio @peoplefirstradio.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

The program spoke with Peers Victoria Resources Society about their work supporting sex workers. Listen: vancouverislandmentalhealthsociety.org/podcast/vict...

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Victoria organization Peers talks supporting sex workers

Organization offers variety of programming in the capital region

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People First Radio @peoplefirstradio.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

In June UBC prof Alexandra Flynn spoke with the program about The Bylaw State, an exploration of how municipal bylaws have become the de facto way that homelessness is governed in Canada Listen: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIob...

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The Bylaw State explores public space, encampments, municipalities, and the courts

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People First Radio @peoplefirstradio.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

In June, journalist and author Jessica Barrett told the program we can’t solve our housing crisis until we solve our crisis of home. Listen: open.spotify.com/episode/5y2j...

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“We can’t solve our housing crisis until we solve our crisis of home,” argues author

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People First Radio @peoplefirstradio.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

In June, Cory Herzog-Fequet spoke with the program about the interplay between boredom, homelessness, and substance use Listen: www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3Ii...

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Talking boredom, substance use, and homelessness

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People First Radio @peoplefirstradio.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Earlier this year the program spoke with a trio of indie musicians from coastal B.C. about the interplay between mental health and life in the music industry Listen: www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4vt...

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Checking the levels on music industry mental health

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People First Radio @peoplefirstradio.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

This week the program revisits a conversation with Victoria based Dr. Jill Wiwcharuk, who spoke about her work on social media under the handle StreetdrJill. Listen: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhT4...

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“Street Dr. Jill” talks influencing on homelessness and healthcare

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People First Radio @peoplefirstradio.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

ICYMI Cory Cliffe has been helping out with Walk With Me, a community engaged research project in the Comox Valley. One of their aims is to understand and address stigma that people who use substances can face when they enter the hospital. Listen: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/v...

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People First Radio @peoplefirstradio.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

ICYMI An interactive map from the Housing Assessment Resource Tools (HART) project scores public land across B.C. for affordable housing potential Listen: www.youtube.com/watch?v=65jc... Look at the map: storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/806e...

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Interactive map scores public land across B.C. for housing potential

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People First Radio @peoplefirstradio.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

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The road to a standard unit of THC in Canadian cannabis

In conversation with Shea Wood, Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction

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People First Radio @peoplefirstradio.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

ICYMI The program spoke with a trio of folks involved with Walk With Me, a community engaged research project in the Comox Valley that's working on a project to understand and address stigma that people who use substances can face in hospital settings Listen: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwMO...

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Vancouver Island group looking to understand and address stigma in the hospital

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People First Radio @peoplefirstradio.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

An interactive map from the Housing Assessment Resource Tools (HART) project scores public land across B.C. for affordable housing potential Listen: vancouverislandmentalhealthsociety.org/podcast/inte... Look at the map: storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/806e...

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People First Radio @peoplefirstradio.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Cory Cliffe has been helping out with Walk With Me, a community engaged research project in the Comox Valley. One of their aims is to understand and address stigma that people who use substances can face when they enter the hospital. Listen: vancouverislandmentalhealthsociety.org/podcast/vanc...

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People First Radio @peoplefirstradio.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

A community engaged research project in the Comox Valley has been looking to understand and address the stigma that people who use substances can face when they go to the hospital. Listen: vancouverislandmentalhealthsociety.org/podcast/vanc...

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Vancouver Island group looking to understand and address stigma in the hospital

Walk With Me team members talk working towards systems change

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People First Radio @peoplefirstradio.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

ICYMI U of T Psychiatry profs Bob Maunder and Jon Hunter spoke with the program about coping - which has been a big focus in their work ever since they were visiting patients in the SARS ward during the 2003 outbreak. Listen: open.spotify.com/episode/0aUC...

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Psychiatrists provide evidence-backed insights on coping

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People First Radio @peoplefirstradio.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Journalist and author Jessica Barrett spoke with the program about the interplay between housing and a sense of home, and other ideas addressed in her book No Place Like Home. Listen: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/w...

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People First Radio @peoplefirstradio.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

U of T Psychiatry profs Bob Maunder and Jon Hunter spoke with the program about coping - which has been a big focus in their work ever since they were visiting patients in the SARS ward during the 2003 outbreak. Listen: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Amp3...

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Psychiatrists provide evidence-backed insights on coping

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People First Radio @peoplefirstradio.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

The broadcast version of this week's program is available online here: vancouverislandmentalhealthsociety.org/podcast/peop...

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People First Radio - July 09, 2026

U of T profs share evidence-backed coping techniques

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People First Radio @peoplefirstradio.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

You can now catch People First Radio on the Lower Mainland. The show is airing on Vancouver Co-op Radio, CFRO 100.5 FM, every Friday at noon. You can also hear PFR on CHLY, DIG FM, CFUV, and CFMH(local 107.3). Thank you to all partner stations for airing PFR. coopradio.org/shows/people...

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People First Radio - Vancouver Co-operative Radio

People First Radio is a weekly one-hour radio broadcast to educate and raise awareness about issues related to health and wellness — with a particular

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People First Radio @peoplefirstradio.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

ICYMI Author Jessica Barrett spoke with the program about putting a sense of home front and centre in conversations about the housing crisis. Listen: vancouverislandmentalhealthsociety.org/podcast/we-c...

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"We can't solve our housing crisis until we solve our crisis of home," argues author

Journalist Jessica Barrett talks Canadian housing system, solutions from abroad

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People First Radio @peoplefirstradio.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

ICYMI A UBC study looked into how neurodivergent people use distraction blockers. A pair of the authors spoke with the program about what they found Listen: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Qwz...

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Researchers call for more inclusive focus aids

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People First Radio @peoplefirstradio.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Author Jessica Barrett spoke with the program about putting a sense of home front and centre in conversations about the housing crisis. Listen: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HS0X...

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“We can’t solve our housing crisis until we solve our crisis of home,” argues author

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People First Radio @peoplefirstradio.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

A UBC study looked into how neurodivergent people use distraction blockers. A pair of the authors spoke with the program about what they found Listen: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Qwz...

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Researchers call for more inclusive focus aids

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People First Radio @peoplefirstradio.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

ICYMI You can find the broadcast version of the most recent episode of the program here: vancouverislandmentalhealthsociety.org/podcast/peop... @vimhs.bsky.social

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People First Radio - June 18, 2026

In conversation with The Bylaw State co-author Alexandra Flynn

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People First Radio @peoplefirstradio.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

This week the program featured a conversation with The Bylaw State co-author Alexandra Flynn Listen: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIob...

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The Bylaw State explores public space, encampments, municipalities, and the courts

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People First Radio @peoplefirstradio.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

ICYMI Cory Herzog-Fequet spoke about the interplay between boredom, substance use, and homelessness. He co-authored a review on the topic appearing in the International Journal on Homelessness. Full Interview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3Ii...

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People First Radio @peoplefirstradio.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

ICYMI The program spoke with Cory Herzog-Fequet about some of his research into the relationship between boredom and substance use for people experiencing homelessness Listen: www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3Ii...

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Talking boredom, substance use, and homelessness

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People First Radio @peoplefirstradio.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

On this past week's program Cory Herzog-Fequet spoke about the interplay between boredom, substance use, and homelessness. He co-authored a review on the topic appearing in the International Journal on Homelessness. Full interview: vancouverislandmentalhealthsociety.org/podcast/talk...

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