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People First Radio is an education and awareness program broadcast on traditional radio and in online podcasts.

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People First Radio - September 03, 2026
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  • People First Radio - September 03, 2026

    Sep 3, 2026 • 57:00

    Featuring stories shared at events held in Parksville and Courtenay to mark International Overdose Awareness Day. Support resources referenced in the program: Moms Stop The Harm Resources Page: https://www.momsstoptheharm.com/support-resources Healing Hearts info: https://www.momsstoptheharm.com/healing-hearts-groups Holding Hope info: https://www.momsstoptheharm.com/holding-hope-support-groups  

  • Journalist Rob Csernyik talks gambling health harms in Canada

    Aug 31, 2026 • 00:46:06

    Rob Csernyik is an investigative journalist who lives in Atlantic Canada and covers the gambling beat. He’s the author of A Losing Hand, a new book that takes a look at the issue of gambling related suicides in Canada. “ We have a very robust industry of legalized gambling, and yet…

  • People First Radio - August 27, 2026

    Aug 27, 2026 • 00:57:00

    Saint John based journalist Rob Csernyik speaks about his work exploring gambling related harms and the history of the gambling industry in Canada, a subject covered in his recent book A Losing Hand. Drug user group organizer Ann Livingston speaks about International Overdose Awareness Day and an event taking place…

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

    Aug 27, 2026 • 00:24:04

    The Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction(CCSA) has shared a resource meant to help smaller Canadian cities address substance use harms. “The Playbook for Action has over 50 evidence-based interventions that a community could draw from,” said Chandni Sondagar, a senior knowledge broker with the organization. The playbook is…

  • Victoria organization Peers talks supporting sex workers

    Aug 21, 2026 • 00:33:08

    Peers Victoria Resources Society recently marked its 30th anniversary. The organization helps sex workers in the capital region. “Sex workers in our area often can encounter stigma when accessing health and social support,” said Executive Director Leigh Elliot. “So folks may not feel comfortable disclosing the work that they do,…

  • People First Radio - August 20, 2026

    Aug 20, 2026 • 00:57:00

    Members of PEERS Victoria Resource Society speak about the orgnaization’s pilot supporting sex workers in the capital region who are not proficient in English. Chandni Sondagar, a senior knowledge broker with the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction speaks about the organization’s Playbook For Action meant to help small…

  • People First Radio - August 13, 2026

    Aug 10, 2026 • 00:57:00

    Revisiting conversations around mental health and working in the Canadian music industry, as well as a conversation on retired judge Philip Seagram’s cross-Canada busking tour.

  • People First Radio - August 06, 2026

    Aug 5, 2026 • 00:57:00

    The program revisits a conversation with Dr. Jill Wiwcharuk, AKA Street Dr. Jill, who talks social media influencing on topics related to health and homelessness. Also featuring a portion of a segment on the history of the Weyburn Mental Hospital, featuring author and University of Saskatchewan history professor Erika Dyck,…

  • The road to a standard unit of THC in Canadian cannabis

    Jul 31, 2026 • 00:33:22

    A team at the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction is working on a framework for a standardized unit of THC in Canada. “The concentration of THC found in cannabis has really increased over time,” said Shea Wood,  a senior knowledge broker at the Canadian Centre on Substance Use…

  • People First Radio - July 30, 2026

    Jul 30, 2026 • 00:57:00

    Tim Richter, President and CEO of the Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness, speaks about his organization’s call for a Canada Housing Benefit designed using the Homelessness Income Cut-Off(HICO) measure developed at the University of Calgary. Martha Paynter of the University of New Brunswick speaks about the issue of children with…

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.

It’s currently broadcast weekly from Nanaimo, B.C. on CHLY 101.7 FM, Victoria, B.C. on CFUV 101.9FM, and Saint John, New Brunswick on CFMH 107.3 FM. People First Radio is produced and presented by Joe Pugh.

 

The program is also available as a podcast, click below to listen and subscribe to People First Radio on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Spotify.

 

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