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We’re moving towards a healthier, more equitable society. Don’t let progress stop
03 Jun, 2020 | 0:21:17 |
EN | Kevin Midbo |

We’re still in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada and elsewhere around the world. Whether or not it’s the first wave of infections, a potential second wave of infections, or concerns about a possible overlapping of flu season with COVID-19 this coming fall and winter – this isn’t over yet. But at the same time we’re beginning to...
COVID-19 human challenge trials could speed up vaccine development
03 Jun, 2020 | 0:15:51 |
EN | Kevin Midbo |

It’s currently uncertain how many people COVID-19 will affect worldwide and at what speed its impacts will be felt. Possible outcomes are shaped by interventions like social distancing, the capacity of health systems, potential drug treatments, and many other factors. A vaccine may come after the infection has peaked or once effective pharmaceutical treatments have blunted COVID-19’s impact. But it’s...
Making music in a time of crisis reminds us we belong
04 May, 2020 | 0:11:52 |
EN | Kevin Midbo | People First Radio: Life During COVID-19

With constraints on our movements and general way of life becoming more and more restricted, we are feeling a loss of control not experienced since the second world war. In being confined to our homes, we are missing our normal social support from friends and family, and our freedom to control our day-to-day lives. But making music provides a means...
Singer-songwriter James Kasper and his new single, released during COVID-19
04 May, 2020 | 0:19:00 |
EN | Kevin Midbo | People First Radio: Life During COVID-19

Vancouver Island singer-songwriter James Kasper has just released his brand new single “How Blue is Your Hell”, and it’s a song that speaks of these times of isolation, patience, and the hope of moving forward amidst adversity. James is also the founder of Vancouver Island’s community record label, Mighty Speck Records. Lately, the label has been partnering with the Facebook...
“The Stigma-Free COVID-19 Youth Wellness Tool Kit” is now available online
04 May, 2020 | 0:15:51 |
EN | Kevin Midbo | People First Radio: Life During COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to create massive challenges — and potentially long-lasting changes — in our individual and collective experience of family, community, and nationhood. We’re learning more about the need for mental, as well as physical, wellness. We’re also talking a lot more about the way society should — and could — function for the benefit of all. The...
Public health scholar Trevor Hancock on life before, during, and after COVID-19
04 May, 2020 | 0:30:04 |
EN | Kevin Midbo | People First Radio: Life During COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to create massive challenges — and potentially long-lasting changes — in our individual and collective experience of family, community, and nationhood. We’re learning more about the need for mental, as well as physical, wellness. We’re also talking a lot more about the way society should — and could — function for the benefit of all.
Local food and farmers’ markets advocate Marjorie Stewart on life during COVID-19
04 May, 2020 | 0:16:59 |
EN | Kevin Midbo |

As the weeks pass and we collectively experience the COVID-19 pandemic, stories are popping up about what life might look like once the pandemic ends — if the pandemic ends. At the same time, deaths from the virus continue to climb, or level off, or haven’t yet begun to make an impact — depending upon where you live.
Community FM radio station manager Julia Eleanor Rogers on life during COVID-19
04 May, 2020 | 0:14:45 |
EN | Kevin Midbo |

As the weeks pass and we collectively experience the COVID-19 pandemic, stories are popping up about what life might look like once the pandemic ends — if the pandemic ends. At the same time, deaths from the virus continue to climb, or level off, or haven’t yet begun to make an impact — depending upon where you live. Vancouver Island...
Parent, barber, helper, and artist Jason Gauthier on life during COVID-19
21 Apr, 2020 | 0:21:41 |
EN | Kevin Midbo | People First Radio: Life During COVID-19

We’re all experiencing disruptions and big changes in our everyday lives. Some of us are on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic battle. Others may not have left home for some time, while others have been suffering from COVID-19 infection. Any scan of the news will turn up hundreds of stories about our collective, human, experiences. Vancouver Island Mental...
Artist and comics creator Von Allan on life during COVID-19
11 Apr, 2020 | 0:15:50 |
EN | Kevin Midbo | People First Radio: Life During COVID-19

We’re all experiencing disruptions and big changes in our everyday lives. Some of us are on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic battle. Others may not have left home for some time, while others have been suffering from COVID-19 infection. Any scan of the news will turn up hundreds of stories about our collective, human, experiences. Vancouver Island Mental...
Author and poet Kim Goldberg on life during COVID-19
11 Apr, 2020 | 0:15:38 |
EN | Kevin Midbo | People First Radio: Life During COVID-19

We’re all experiencing disruptions and big changes in our everyday lives. Some of us are on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic battle. Others may not have left home for some time, while others have been suffering from COVID-19 infection. Any scan of the news will turn up hundreds of stories about our collective, human, experiences. Vancouver Island Mental...
Freelance writer and photographer Marcie Callewaert on life during COVID-19
11 Apr, 2020 | 0:14:38 |
EN | Kevin Midbo | People First Radio: Life During COVID-19

We’re all experiencing disruptions and big changes in our everyday lives. Some of us are on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic battle. Others may not have left home for some time, while others have been suffering from COVID-19 infection. Any scan of the news will turn up hundreds of stories about our collective, human, experiences. Vancouver Island Mental...
Indigenous youth, the suicide crisis, and hope in the face of oppression
22 Apr, 2016 | 0:18:40 |
EN | Kevin Midbo | People First Radio

Michael Redhead Champagne has spent the last 19 years speaking out and leading by example. Recently recognized in 2015 in TIME Magazine as a Next Generation Leader for his hopeful approach to community organizing, MC is “committed to meeting groups where they are at, and taking a solution oriented approach to youth engagement, facilitation and community mobilization.” Read more here:...
Judgment strikes down certain drug-related mandatory minimum sentences from Harper years
22 Apr, 2016 | 0:15:03 |
EN | Kevin Midbo | People First Radio

This case challenged a section of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, which creates a mandatory minimum one year jail term for drug possession in certain situations. West Coast LEAF (Women’s Legal Education and Action Fund), a non-profit organization “working to make Canada an equal place for all women,” intervened in this case to argue that Charter challenges to mandatory...
Tokens for homeless people & others in downtown Nanaimo bring healthy meals from restaurants
22 Apr, 2016 | 0:10:55 |
EN | Kevin Midbo | People First Radio

Cheryl Prince and Liz Kawahara are the organizers of an initiative that brings hungry homeless people in downtown Nanaimo together with healthy meals from restaurants in the area. Their token program is fashioned after a similar initiative used by Save On Meats in Vancouver. Read more here: http://www.vancouverislandmentalhealthsociety.org/?p=14569
Stephen Jenkinson’s book a manifesto for sanity and soul
05 Feb, 2016 | 0:48:47 |
EN | Kevin Midbo | People First Radio

Die Wise: A Manifesto for Sanity and Soul does not offer seven steps for coping with death. It does not suggest ways to make dying easier. It pours no honey to make the medicine go down. Instead, with lyrical prose, deep wisdom, and stories from his two decades of working with dying people and their families, Stephen Jenkinson places death...
Derek Book left 20 years of "substantial crisis" to get educated, work with others
05 Feb, 2016 | 0:12:17 |
EN | Kevin Midbo | People First Radio

Derek Book is a consultant living in Victoria, British Columbia. While Derek spent the first twenty years of his life “in substantial crisis,” he went on to become university-educated, and has been working in the field of social work for over twelve years as a case planner, needle exchange worker, homeless count coordinator, and shelter coordinator. He is the author...
BCHL players, supporters to learn about mental health to help provide support
05 Feb, 2016 | 0:12:48 |
EN | Kevin Midbo | People First Radio

Talk Today is a mental health education program designed for BCHL players and their supporters to learn about mental health and increase their skills in order to help support players who may be struggling or at risk of suicide. Find more information here: http://www.vancouverislandmentalhealthsociety.org/?p=12752
A Richmond, B.C. collaborative approach to support has helped 120 families
03 Nov, 2015 | 0:19:00 |
EN | Kevin Midbo | People First Radio

In 2008, families in Richmond, B.C. with either parents with a mental illness or with loved ones with mental illness, were asked what they felt would make a difference to parenting and family wellness. Over 50 parents provided feedback which was used to develop a three-year plan for supporting families living with mental illness and/or addictions. Read more here: http://www.vancouverislandmentalhealthsociety.org/?p=12722
Zander Sherman's search for his homeless, mentally ill brother
16 Oct, 2015 | 0:16:44 |
EN | Kevin Midbo | People First Radio

“Five years ago, my brother had a drug-induced psychotic break. He went from being a happy and healthy 27-year-old…to someone who couldn’t tell what was real and what wasn’t.” More information here: http://www.vancouverislandmentalhealthsociety.org/?p=12635
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