Podcast
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Film explores the complex dynamics of cancer and mental illness
David Peck | Anastasia Phillips talks about her new film "Tammy's Always Dying," focusing on mental health issues, families, and why she never judges a character she plays on film.
Podcast
Feminist art in a digital age
Feminist art in a digital age
Scott Neigh | Hana Shafi, aka Frizz Kid, talks about her art, her poetry, and her feminist politics.
Podcast
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Film 'Let Me Fall' delves into addiction, responsibility and choice
Face2Face | "Let Me Fall" is a beautiful and challenging new film about drug addiction, responsibility, life-changing moments, choice and why everything we do has a consequence that can affect others.
Blog
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Confronting the neoliberal addiction to colonialism, consumption, and greed
Vanessa Brcic | The enculturation of fear and hatred helps people avoid confronting suffering with a veil of illusory self-protection.
Podcast
Health Canada considers allowing use of prescription heroin
Redeye Collective | There are encouraging signs that the Liberal government will take a radically different approach to harm reduction. Pivot Legal says prescription heroin is a crucial tool in addiction treatment.
Blog
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Publicly owned liquor stores work for Manitoba
Cheryl Lysy | Keeping the Manitoba Liquor Control Commission public benefits not only employees and customers, but those accessing different health-care and addiction programs in Manitoba.
Podcast
Maureen Palmer on Addiction, Empathy and Compassionate Based Evidence Care
Maureen Palmer on addiction, empathy and compassionate evidence-based care
Face2Face | Maureen talks about her film Wasted, alcoholism, compassionate evidence-based care, why she might have too much empathy and how the world of medicine is changing when it comes to treating addiction.
Blog
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This election, let's have a real debate about legalizing marijuana
Marc Lee | On the campaign trail, Stephen Harper is repeating assertions that relaxing pot laws will lead to terrible things. But the real debate is whether we should decriminalize or legalize it.
Blog
Patriarchy, male entitlement and capitalist greed killed Amy Winehouse, not boozing
Meghan Murphy | What the newly released documentary about Amy Winehouse shows is not a helpless addict but an individualistic and uncompassionate culture.
Book Review
Sex, drugs and pyromania: 'The Green Hotel' exposes Toronto's underbelly
Lauren Scott | Jesse Gilmour explores the father-son relationship in the most extreme of terms. What will a father do for a son, and what will a son ask of a father?
Blog
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OK, Let's Talk -- about addictions in the workplace
Jonathan Chapnick | Yesterday was Bell Let's Talk Day 2015 for mental health. But despite all the "talking" yesterday, there was something missing, particularly in relation to the discussion around workplace health.
News
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Bill C-2 spreads Harper's misinformation about harm reduction
Denise Denning | Let's get one thing straight: If Bill C-2 is passed it will only present new barriers to health care for people with addictions.