People First Radio

Vancouver Island Mental Health Society

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 emphasis on topics related to mental illness and mental health, homelessness and housing, and addiction, harm reduction and recovery.

  1. 1D AGO

    Exploring the history of a Saskatchewan mental hospital

    When it opened in 1921, the Weyburn Mental Hospital was hailed as the last and largest asylum in the British Commonwealth. Managing Madness co-author Erika Dyck writes that in the beginning, it was a symbol of both progress and a bygone era, embodying a set of contradictions from the outset. Dyck is a Canada Research […]

    41 min

  2. MAY 16

    Retired judge turned busker shares stories from cross Canada tour

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    53 min

  3. MAY 7

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

    Dr. Jill Wiwcharuk has been practicing medicine for 15 years, largely working with people living on the streets. Since December, she’s added a new dimension to her work, social media influencer. Wiwcharuk posts under the handle streetdrjill. On Instagram, she has more than 75,000 followers at the time of writing. Her videos cover topics related […]

    48 min

  4. MAY 1

    Nanaimo supportive housing site celebrates 10 years

    A Nanaimo supportive housing site celebrated a decade of giving people a home in the community. On a sunny April day, staff and residents at Boundary came together for a 10th anniversary BBQ. Boundary is in central Nanaimo near the hospital, it’s run by Vancouver Island Mental Health Society(VIMHS), the organization behind People First Radio. […]

    17 min

  5. APR 24

    Crafting a high school curriculum on homelessness

    Erin Dej, associate professor in the department of criminology at Wilfrid Laurier University, has been helping craft a curriculum to teach high school students about homelessness. “We recognize that young people are seeing homelessness, that they are aware of it, and they have questions,” Dej said. “We wanted to create curriculum to help them work […]

    46 min

  6. APR 17

    Unpacking 10 years of a public health emergency

    Bernie Pauly of the Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research and the University of Victoria speaks about how the toxic drug crisis has unfolded over 10 years as a declared public health emergency. Also featuring the voices of Amanda Farrell-Low, Stephanie Harrington, and Sarah Lee.

    57 min

  7. APR 17

    VIU researcher looking at intersection between local government and overlapping crises

    Trevor Wideman, a postdoctoral researcher at Vancouver Island University, is looking at municipal governance and health policy, and how it interacts with the toxic drug and housing crises. Christopher Hauchildt is operations coordinator for a community engaged research project called Walk With Me. The two of them spoke with People First Radio about Walk With […]

    31 min

  8. APR 6

    “Finding a passion…really can save your life” – autobiographical Boy Player hits the stage in Nanaimo

    Gabriola Island playwright Frank Moher is putting his own story on this stage. Boy Player chronicles the author’s experience of being orphaned and moving across a continent in his youth. It’s the third in a series of shows from Western Edge Theatre exploring themes of men’s mental health. Moher visited CHLY to speak about the […]

    27 min
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About

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 emphasis on topics related to mental illness and mental health, homelessness and housing, and addiction, harm reduction and recovery.

Information

  • Creator
    Vancouver Island Mental Health Society
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2026
  • Episodes
    362
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2023 Vancouver Island Mental Health Society
  • Show Website
    People First Radio

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