BeCause & Effect The Winnipeg Foundation

Matthew Hodgins is a certified Addictions Counsellor at St. Raphael's Wellness Center who has dedicated his life to addictions recovery. He specializes in men's issues, including how and why men are vulnerable to addiction and the barriers to treatment. Matthew runs a men's recovery group through the SRWC, if you'd like more information, visit srwc-mb.ca/

Patty Wiens, Winnipeg's Bicycle Mayor and Board Member of Bike Winnipeg sits down to talk about  the importance of cycling infrastructure, how riding a bike can improve mental and physical health, and the economic benefits of switching to riding a bike on your morning commute.
Producer: Juan D. Lavao

This week's episode features All Wiebe, Peer and Community Engagement Trainer and Advocate for people experiencing homelessness who has lived experience himself. 
 
Al talks about how his experience living out of his car shapes his work today, his tireless advocacy and training, and some ideas and solutions from around the world to help with Winnipeg's homelessness crisis. 

Malaihka Siemens, Student studying Education at the University of Winnipeg and Build From Within program participant talks about her Indigeneity as it pertains to education, her cultural bonds and connections to Winnipeg, and her experience with the Build From Within program, that helps indigenous students become teachers.

Amber Clark-Wesley, Board Chair of The Pitikwé Skatepark, talks about how she got involved with Pitikwé and her work creating a safe, inclusive, and welcoming space for youth to feel a sense of belonging in downtown Winnipeg.
We talked about downtown revitalization, systemic barriers, intergenerational trauma, and working with partners and colleagues to reform systems and structures of oppression, and improve the outcomes for indigenous youth experiencing those systems.