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Down and Out in Utopia explores experience of unemployment in Norway
Qualicum Beach marks National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
Prison caregiving program for inmates with dementia inspires film
Vancouver film set for hometown premiere explores themes of urban Indigenous queer sex work
‘Minding the City’ offers a first hand look at nature, depression, and public space
Personal connections to toxic drug crisis shared at island overdose awareness day events
Journalist Rob Csernyik talks gambling health harms in Canada
National organization offers playbook for small cities to address substance use harms
Victoria organization Peers talks supporting sex workers
The road to a standard unit of THC in Canadian cannabis
Interactive map scores public land across B.C. for housing potential
Vancouver Island group looking to understand and address stigma in the hospital
Psychiatrists provide evidence-backed insights on coping
“We can’t solve our housing crisis until we solve our crisis of home,” argues author
Researchers call for more inclusive focus aids
The Bylaw State explores public space, encampments, municipalities, and the courts
Talking boredom, substance use, and homelessness
New building addition — and new name for Salvation Army Centre of Hope in Nanaimo
Former gang member shares story with Nanaimo youth
Vancouver Island radio play warns of elder financial abuse
Exploring the history of a Saskatchewan mental hospital
Retired judge turned busker shares stories from cross Canada tour
“Street Dr. Jill” talks influencing on homelessness and healthcare
Nanaimo supportive housing site celebrates 10 years
Crafting a high school curriculum on homelessness
Unpacking 10 years of a public health emergency
VIU researcher looking at intersection between local government and overlapping crises
“Finding a passion…really can save your life” – autobiographical Boy Player hits the stage in Nanaimo
Nurse, UVic PhD student looking at chronic pain and sexuality
Drug user group co-hosting its first author talk in Nanaimo
Mountain Muskox providing support for people who’ve experienced trauma in the backcountry
“We’re all working hard, I’d like people to know” – Rethinking Drinking panelist shares story
Checking the levels on music industry mental health
Victoria company aims to translate in patient treatment experience to online format
Hungry stories project looking to spark solutions on food insecurity
A visit to the Ethics Bowl
Victoria filmmaker’s Mildlife aiming to avoid tropes in depicting disability
Nanaimo stage show explores emotional journey of an artist
After lifetime in resource industries, island resident reflects on sustainability
Friends found group offering free pet care for those in addiction treatment
A visit to 1030 Old Victoria Road
Medical psychiatrist explores interaction between generative AI and psychosis
Reflections on a changing relationship with the gym
Play set in dementia care home seeks to make space to talk about memory loss
Cowichan Valley exhibit brings local artists together to explore mental health
Breaking down conditional approval of drug to treat Alzheimer’s
Aging out of care focus of Senate Human Rights Committee report
Western prof talks relationship anarchy
Talking the model for a planned sober supportive housing site in Victoria
Nanaimo supportive housing planned for those aiming to minimize substance use
Ukrainian family’s story of moving to Nanaimo inspires children’s book
Victoria volunteers offer listening ear to strangers
Colwood Mayor talks model bringing family doctors to the community
Pediatrician calls for improved response to youth opioid use
Nurse practitioner shares how experience of addiction informs his practice
U.K. researcher calls for improved support around weight gain after mental illness diagnosis
Patty Douglas talks ‘Unmothering Autism’
Researcher looks at culture around autism and Applied Behaviour Analysis
Documentary shares lived experience of self injury
Exploring opioid agonist treatment with a pair of addictions medicine doctors
Concordia prof calls for more intentional relationships with our phones
White Cart Memorial puts focus on grief and homelessness
The interplay between pet and human mental health
Historians explore the links between disability, history, and power
First United calls for end to pet bans, other reforms for renters in law reform platform
Comox Valley resident shares healing journey following cancer diagnosis
Vancouver Island author explores inter-generational trauma in debut novel
‘Most Canadians are annoyed by this’ – doctor raises concerns around sports gambling ads
Research insights into women’s experiences of intimate partner stalking
Firsthand experience of opioid addiction, recovery shared at Parksville IOAD event
Report examines youth gambling and gaming in B.C.
Sleep Country Canada co-founder shares experience of cocaine addiction, recovery
Lawyer Nicole Letourneau shares experience recovering from alcohol addiction
Francis Baptiste using music to share ‘Lived Experience in East Vancouver’
Trevor Botkin drawing on experiences in recovery to bring peer support to construction
Lawyer and former psychiatric nurse shares experiences with severe clinical depression
Observations from more than a decade working in the women’s shelter system
Release from jail into homelessness highlighted in new report
How crochet helped Michael Sellick through tough times
Authors raise concern about corporate capture in the ‘psychedelic renaissance’
New research from Victoria aims to improve healthcare for people with brain injuries
Sharing a first hand account of a mental health related hospital stay
Victoria CRCL team aims to provide community led crisis response
Youth led Oceanside group bringing kids together to create change
Carleton prof offers summer reading picks on wellness
Study provides insights on life without friendship
A critical perspective on involuntary care
A mom’s journey with video game addiction in the family
Nanaimo highschooler who volunteers with seniors wins $100,000 scholarship, hopes to become family doctor
‘The Stigmacrusher’ talks lived experience of bipolar, and ‘unmasking mental health’
Opal Dar overcoming physical, emotional, and financial barriers as a critically ill artist living below the poverty line
Victoria addictions doctor speaks at pop-up OPS
Retired CFL star Andrew Harris returns to Nanaimo for fireside chat on mental health
Ethnobotanist Leigh Joseph says there’s benefit for everyone in deepening our relationships with plants
Evelyn Thompson-George on sharing her father’s story surviving residential school
Exploring the intersections of poverty and the justice system in Quebec
A perspective on labeling and mental illness
U.K. barrister argues against landlords
Nanaimo doctors hoping Social prescribing can help provide ‘the connection cure’
PBO says basic income framework would reduce poverty rate by 40%