Previously, this podcast featured interviews with bereaved people in smaller communities in B.C. and Alberta who have lost loved ones to fatal opioid overdose. The project was facilitated by Aaron Goodman, Ph.D., faculty member at Kwantlen Polytechnic University in Surrey, B.C., and student researchers, Jenna Keeble and Ashley Pocrnich. In this phase, we’re sharing interviews with seven harm reduction workers, also known as peers, in different parts of B.C. The B.C. Centre for Disease Contro ...
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In this episode, you'll hear Lenae Silva talk to Lucas Akai and Esther Cheung about exposure to trauma. Lenae talks about a recent experience where she saw a child receiving Methadone treatment and how it made her reflect on her past. Lucas, Esther and Lenae begin to review the stressors and Lenae discusses how her financial situation has gotten wo…
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In this episode, you’ll hear Lenae Silva talk to Lucas Akai and Esther Cheung about the impact of death and trauma on peer workers. Lenae discusses the amount of loss and trauma faced by her community and how this stress has resulted in PTSD and impacted her substance use. Glossary: BCCDC: The BC Centre for Disease Control CAI: Community Action Ini…
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In this episode, you’ll hear Lucas Akai and Esther Cheung interview Lenae about her precarious housing situation and its impact on her career as a peer worker. She explains how housing instability, combined with insufficient pay, creates fear and anxiety for her on a daily basis. Glossary: BCCDC: The BC Centre for Disease Control CAI: Community Act…
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In this episode, you’ll hear Lenae Silva talk to Lucas Akai and Esther Cheung about her new trajectory in peer work, as she is feeling burned out and unfulfilled. Lenae discusses the stigma she experiences as someone who uses substances, and how she feels this leads to lack of respect in the workplace. Glossary: BCCDC: The BC Centre for Disease Con…
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In this episode, you’ll hear Lenae Silva talk to Lucas Akai and Esther Cheung about the lack of standardized financial compensation for paying peer workers. Lenae discusses the importance of fair payment and the need for flexible scheduling and work environments for people who use substances. Lenae also explores the lack of clear job descriptions f…
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In this episode, you'll hear Lenae Silva talk to Lucas Akai and Esther Cheung about her personal substance use and how it affects her daily life. Lenae discusses how personal stressors can create burnout as a peer worker, and how she manages that burnout to continue her work. Glossary: BCCDC: The BC Centre for Disease Control CAI: Community Action …
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In this episode, you'll hear Lenae Silva talk to Lucas Akai and Esther Cheung about tokenism and representation as a peer worker. Lenae talks about the continued focus on peer workers trauma, which does not provide a wider view of their lives and careers. They discuss how this leads to burnout and a lack of upward trajectory for peer workers in the…
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In this episode, you'll hear Lucas Akai and Esther Cheung interview Lenae Silva for the first time. They discuss the impact of Covid-19 on peer workers’ careers and personal lives, as well as the increased need for harm reduction workers. Lenae also discusses the lack of career development offered to peer workers and how this is a major barrier to …
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In this episode, you will hear Peter Eugene speaking with Joseph Unterschute in Cranbrook, B.C. about Joseph’s cousin Travis Paxton who experienced a fatal overdose.Di Unsilencing Stories
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In this episode, you will hear Joseph Unterschute and Peter Eugene speaking in Cranbrook, B.C. about Peter’s experience with his own non-fatal opioid overdose.Di Unsilencing Stories
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In this episode, you will hear Cameron Westcott interviewing Cameron Gauthier in Cranbrook B.C. about Gauthier's uncle who experienced a fatal opioid overdose.Di Unsilencing Stories
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In this episode, you’ll hear Colin Goddard interviewing Shane Mathis in Cranbrook, B.C. about Matthis' friend Scotty from Windermere, B.C., who died of liver disease related to alcoholism.Di Unsilencing Stories
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In this episode, you will hear Roland Soobotin speaking with Santana Jones in Cranbrook B.C. about her ex-partner, Craig, who died of an opioid overdose at age 28.Di Unsilencing Stories
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In this episode, you will hear Jerome Desmarchais-Vogt speaking with Marianne Ryan in Cranbrook B.C. about her friend Jarred who both died from an opioid overdose.Di Unsilencing Stories
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In this episode, you will hear Ben Vanloon speaking with Amy Goodon in Cranbrook, B.C. about her friend Brendan who experienced a fatal opioid overdose.Di Unsilencing Stories
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In this episode you will hear Rihanna Lopez speaking with Stacey Andrew in Cranbrook B.C. about Stacey's ex-boyfriend who experienced a fatal overdose.Di Unsilencing Stories
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In this episode, you will hear Shane Mathis interviewing Colin Goddard in Cranbrook, B.C. about his friend who died from an opioid overdose or drug-related accident.Di Unsilencing Stories
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In this episode you will hear Santana Jones speaking with Roland Soobotin in Cranbrook B.C. about his childhood friend, Frank, who died of alcoholism at age 49.Di Unsilencing Stories
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In this episode, you will hear Cory Hirt interviewing Jaime Berg in Cranbrook, B.C. about her ex-partner Timothy Atkinson who died from an opioid overdose in Edmonton, Alberta.Di Unsilencing Stories
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In this episode, you will hear Sydnee Trasca interviewing Clinton Gravelle in Cranbrook, B.C. about his cousin who died from an opioid overdose.Di Unsilencing Stories
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In this episode, you will hear Clinton Gravelle interviewing Sydnee Traska in Cranbrook, B.C. about her uncle who experienced a fatal overdose.Di Unsilencing Stories
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In this episode, you will hear Myles Toddington and Bowe McDonald speaking in Cranbrook, B.C. about Bowe’s friend John who experienced a fatal opioid overdose at age 22.Di Unsilencing Stories
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In this episode, you will hear Bowe McDonald speaking with Myles Toddington in Cranbrook, B.C. about Myle’s friend Steve who experienced a fatal opioid overdose.Di Unsilencing Stories
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In this episode, you'll hear Rachael McKerracher in Fort St. James, B.C., speaking with Juls Budau, a harm reduction worker based in Prince George, B.C.. Budau speaks about their mutual friend, Blair Lauren, who died at age 34 in Montreal, QC in November 2021.
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In this episode, you’ll hear Loriana Cahoose speaking with Ramsey Whitfield in Prince George, B.C. about his friend Riley who experienced a fatal overdose at age 38.Di Unsilencing Stories
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In this episode, you’ll hear Shauna Russell speaking with Stephanie Norton in Prince George, B.C. about Stephanie’s former partner who experienced a fatal overdose.Di Unsilencing Stories
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In this episode, you’ll hear Stephanie Norton speaking with Shauna Russell in Prince George, B.C. about her friend who experienced a fatal overdose in 2016.Di Unsilencing Stories
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In this episode, you’’ll hear Terrance West speaking with Monique Gognou in Prince George, B.C. about her brother who died from an opioid overdose at age 42.Di Unsilencing Stories
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In this episode, you’’ll hear Curtis Rajacich speaking with Lisa Gundlach about her friend Edmond who died from a fatal overdose.Di Unsilencing Stories
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In this episode, you’’ll hear Lisa Gundlach speaking with Curtis Rajacich about his friend Michael who experienced a fatal overdose at age 41.Di Unsilencing Stories
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In this episode, you'll hear Juls Budau, a harm reduction worker based in Prince George, B.C., speaking with her friend Rachael McKerracher in Fort St. James, B.C. McKerracher remembers their mutual friend Blair Lauren who died at age 34 in Montreal, QC in November 2021.Di Unsilencing Stories
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In this episode, you’ll hear Tiffany Vaughan interviewing Taija McLuckie who lives in Courtenay, B.C. about her cousin Brandon who experienced a fatal overdose at age 26.
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In this episode, you’ll hear Taija McLuckie interviewing Tiffany Vaughan who lives in Turney Valley, Alberta about her brother Cory who experienced a fatal overdose in October 2021 in Medicine Hat, Alberta at age 48. Tiffany's podcast, Hard Beautiful JourneyDi Unsilencing Stories
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Episode 5: Charlene Vermeer and Elizabeth Sawatzky in Chilliwack, B.C. Remember Their Son and Partner, Kevin Sawatzky.
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In this episode of Unsilencing Stories, you will hear Charlene Vermeer and Elizabeth Sawatzky in Chilliwack, B.C, remember their son and partner, Kevin Sawatzky, who experienced a fatal opioid overdose in June 2020, two weeks before he would have turned 46.Di Unsilencing Stories
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In this episode of Unsilencing Stories, you’ll hear Kari Ursulescu interviewing Kym Porter in Medicine Hat, Alberta about her son Neil Balmer, who died from fentanyl poisoning at age 31 in 2016.
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In this episode of Unsilencing Stories, you’ll hear Kym Porter interviewing Kari Ursulescu in Medicine Hat, Alberta about her partner Riley Dawson who experienced a fatal opioid overdose in 2016.
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Episode 3: Rhonda Watt speaks with Tamerel Richard in Lloydminster, Alta about her brother Tyrone Hickey
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In this episode, you’ll hear Rhonda Watt speaking with Tamerel Richard in Lloydminster, Alta. about her brother Tyrone Hickey.
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In this episode of Unsilencing Stories, you’ll hear Tamerel Richard speaking with Rhonda Watt Rhonda Watt in Lloydminster, Alta. about her son Eric
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