Podcasts about Vandu

Po odmlke je tu pre Vás ďalšia epizóda nášho podcastu Štartovacia čiara. Tentokrát sme vyspovedali manželskú dvojicu, výborných bežcov Vandu a Mariána Koniarovcov, ktorí za nami pricestovali cez víkend do Bratislavy z Horehronia, kde aktuálne žijú a derú bežecké tenisky. Našim cieľom bolo pozrieť sa na to, ako spolu doma nažívajú dvaja bežci, ktorí možno nie sú super profíci, ale na druhej strane ich výkonnosť ani náhodou už nepatrí do kategórie hobíkov. Chceli sme sa dozvedieť, ako doma varia, kto je líder v tréningu, ako plánujú tréningy a fungovanie doma, či a ako chodia na preteky spolu a aké majú plány do budúcnosti. Ako zvyčajne, v Štartovacej čiare nehráme o senzácie, prinášame vám ďalší príjemný rozhovor s bežnými obyvateľmi planéty Zem, ktorých vzájomné spolužitie prepája aj - avšak nie len - ich obľúbený beh. Prajeme príjemné počúvanie! 

Join us for this super long Round Up. We chat about Bot / AI discernment with some personal stories - they are everywhere, even trying to sell a car, Natives up in arms about a Christmas day event in Winnipeg, Carbon tax calculations for a family of 4, Saskatchewan Rural Councils using SDG consultants, VANDU, addictions in Canada, Overdoses redefined, the massive failure of Harm Reduction in Canada, the 2020 election steal and the reams of evidence. This is the 2 year anniversary of us going out in the freezing cold to watch the Freedom Convoy with people of all walks of life.   We play some clips of our fearless leader Justin Trudeau about the Emergencies act and talk about the latest court decision. The study about what the Elites think vs the Voters is also discussed and Tucker and Danielle Smith doubling down on oil and gas talk.   In the second half we play clips and chat about "The Taking", the everything bubble, and read about Social Contagions from the past and the DHS study into MPI -  Mass Psychogenic Illness and was this done to extend the plandemic. How much does mass fear effect us psychically and what about the meta-physical aspect of all this.   To gain access to the second half of show and our Plus feed for audio and podcast please clink the link http://www.grimericaoutlawed.ca/support.   For second half of video (when applicable and audio) go to our Substack and Subscribe. +   https://grimericaoutlawed.substack.com/ or to our Locals  https://grimericaoutlawed.locals.com/ or Rokfin www.Rokfin.com/Grimerica   See links to the stuff we chatted about:   https://winnipeg.citynews.ca/2024/01/21/rally-marlborough-hotel-indigenous/ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/winnipeg-marlborough-hotel-video-folo-1.7091598 https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1742670648433090764.html 2020 steal https://twitter.com/_CryMiaRiver/status/1491065833204088833 https://nakedemperor.substack.com/p/did-the-declaration-of-a-pandemic?utm_source=profile&utm_medium=reader2 https://twitter.com/MarkFriesen08/status/1749496544011649132 https://twitter.com/IamSue67/status/1748720008509669643 https://twitter.com/wabbitwarrior/status/1748347361699508554 https://twitter.com/Jeremy_MacKenzi/status/1749538551010566324 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mCEDdIEBDY https://vandu.org/ https://bc.ctvnews.ca/b-c-saw-record-number-of-toxic-drug-deaths-in-2023-coroner-says-1.6740134 https://globalnews.ca/video/8542159/trudeau-says-fringe-minority-in-trucker-convoy-with-unacceptable-views-dont-represent-canadians https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DjI4iNKa8M https://www.ctvnews.ca/video/c2853250-ctv-national-news--emergencies-act-fallout?playlistId=1.6278633 https://www.ctvnews.ca/video/c2852829-freeland--f https://twitter.com/KatKanada_TM/status/1750271296716620250?s=20 https://alexberenson.substack.com/p/yet-again-the-better-we-get-at-harm?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=363080&post_id=140777792&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=2at6hc&utm_medium=email https://committeetounleashprosperity.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Them-vs-Us_CTUP-Rasmussen-Study-FINAL.pdf https://twitter.com/TheChiefNerd/status/1748065129135030397?s=20 https://live.childrenshealthdefense.org/chd-tv/videos/the-great-taking/   If you would rather watch: https://grimericaoutlawed.locals.com/post/5174714/outlawed-roundup-1-24-24-mass-psychogenic-illness-b-c-drug-addicts-unionize-the-great-taking https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNxaMfmzQxc https://www.facebook.com/events/712201127701011 https://rumble.com/v493k3f-outlawed-roundup-1.24.24-mass-psychogenic-illness-b.c.-drug-addicts-unioniz.html https://rokfin.com/stream/44373   Help support the show, because we can't do it without ya. 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On this episode of See How We Run! we're joined by Gallery Gachet's executive Director Demi London and artistic director Moroti George to talk about the evolution of Gachet's approach to supporting artistic creation and exhibition, in ways that are accessible to and supportive of people facing systemic barriers and social marginalization. We speak about the ways the gallery's programming and operations changed over time in response to shifts in funding, space and the needs of the community, and we discuss their personal entry points into their work at the gallery. This episode is hosted by SFU VOCE program manager Julia Aoki. Full episode details: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/series/see-how-we-run/229-art-as-agency-autonomy-and-community.html Read the transcript: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/transcripts/229-art-as-agency-autonomy-and-community.html Resources: Gallery Gachet: https://gachet.org/ Dion Smith-Dokkie, This Will Be The First Of A Thousand Worlds: https://gachet.org/current-events-and-exhibitions/dion-smith-dokkie Black Art Centre: https://theblackartscentre.ca/ VANDU: https://vandu.org/ Open Space: https://openspacearts.ca/ Bios: Demi London Traversing through the fields of art, culture, education, and parenting, Demi March London has become attached to experimental emergent spaces and the dialogical aesthetics of administration. Figuring out what ideas look like, and how to talk about them, is an integral part of progressing critical discourse; Demi finds encouragement and hope by advocating for different ways of knowing and being. Galleries and museums have a tendency to be ceremonial spaces for the performance of authority, and Demi has always admired artist-run centres for challenging this and interrogating notions of power and place. As Executive Director at Gachet, Demi aims to foster a reflective and inclusive culture of ideas, discourse, critique, and community – a safe space for creative experimentation and articulating vulnerability. Moroti George Olumoroti (MorotiI) Soji-George (he/they) is a curator, writer and educator based in Vancouver, BC. He is the curator at the Black Arts Centre in Surrey, BC and the artistic director of Gallery Gachet in downtown Vancouver. Olumoroti's curatorial practice primarily involves unravelling and demystifying the ways Blackness is embodied and codified in our shared milieu and conceptualizing the works of Black Contemporary artists and their contributions to the Black cultural lexicon and our understanding of the state of Blackness. His research and curatorial practice also involve envisioning accessible and community-centred art spaces and highlighting the stories of individuals and communities who construct new ways of being that challenge the Western status quo. At the core of his practice is the belief that space could be used to reflect the agency and lived experiences of individuals whose bodies and identities are not typically valued, respected and represented in traditional art and academic settings. Cite this episode: Chicago Style Aoki, Julia. “See How We Run! Art as Agency, Autonomy and Community — with Demi London and Moroti George .” Below the Radar, SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement. Podcast audio, December 5, 2023. https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/series/see-how-we-run/229-art-as-agency-autonomy-and-community.html.

Despite record high drug-poisoning deaths in Yaletown, the city of Vancouver is closing an overdose prevention site on Seymour Street. So far, there is no guarantee that another site will be opened to replace it. Vince Tao is a community organizer with VANDU, the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users. He joins us to talk about what led to the decision to close the site.

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On this episode of Below the Radar, our host Am Johal speaks with Michael Clague, a community developer who has spent decades connecting underserved people to much-needed supports and programming. They begin by discussing Michael's early service work as a UBC student, and move into conversation about the BC labour movement, community arts programming, and Michael's new book, titled So, How Have I Been Doing At Being Who I Am?: At 82, A Life In Progress. Full episode details: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/episodes/212-michael-clague.html Read the transcript: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/transcripts/212-michael-clague.html Resources: Michael's book, So, How Have I Been Doing at Being Who I Am?: https://bcbooklook.com/a-life-in-progress/ Carnegie Community Centre: https://vancouver.ca/parks-recreation-culture/carnegie-community-centre.aspx Britannia Community Centre: https://vancouver.ca/parks-recreation-culture/britannia-community-services-centre.aspx Social Planning and Research Council (SPARC): ​​https://www.sparc.bc.ca/ The Solidarity Movement in BC: https://www.communitystories.ca/v2/solidarity-bc-protest_solidarite-protestation-cb/ VANDU: https://vandureplace.wordpress.com/ Bio: Michael Clague is a former director of the Carnegie Community Centre and Britannia Community Centre, and a former board member of the Fraser Basin Council. He has participated in multiple community and social planning committees, including the Social Planning and Research Council (SPARC) and the Downtown Eastside Local Area Planning Process Committee. He was awarded the Order of Canada for community service in 2008, and he is the author of So, How Have I Been Doing At Being Who I Am?: At 82, A Life In Progress. Cite this episode: Chicago Style Johal, Am. “Reflecting on a Life in Community Development.” Below the Radar, SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement. Podcast audio, May 2, 2023. https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/episodes/212-michael-clague.html.

Starting January 31, the province of BC decriminalized the personal possession of certain types and amounts of drugs. But the policy does not cover some commonly used controlled substances and the amounts permitted are too small to have an impact, according to advocates and drug users. Pivot Legal and VANDU have collaborated on a Know Your Rights card to help people figure out if they are protected by the policy. I speak with Caitlin Shane, staff lawyer at Pivot Legal Society.

Victoria and Vancouver look at missing middle upzoning. ABC is in on Chinatown but out on UBC SkyTrain, the renters office, VANDU and eco fees. And Kennedy Stewart wrote a book. The post E3-1357 Happy News Years appeared first on Cambie Report.

Ian Mass joins us with City Beat to talk about Indigenous-led supportive housing, a business-friendly mayor, fires in Downtown Eastside hotels, the demise of Vancouver's Renter Office and increasing the supply of renewable energy.

This week, our host Am Johal is joined by Dr. Kora DeBeck, Erica McAdam, Kali Sedgemore, and Dean Wilson; four guests who all do important work in research and advocacy for drug users in Vancouver. They discuss the recent research that they've been involved in as well as the past and present models of drug policy in the city, looking at various decriminalisation policies and the current pressing issues of toxic drug supplies and community relationships with the law. Together they consider the future of provincial and federal drug policies, looking towards regulated supply, safety, and support. Full episode details: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/episodes/191-drug-policy.html Read the transcript: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/transcripts/191-drug-policy.html Resources: Harm reduction calls to action from youth: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35505320/ Increased toxicity of Vancouver's illicit drug supply during COVID: https://1sfu-my.sharepoint.com/personal/kdebeck_sfu_ca/Documents/2022_COVID%20quality%20of%20drugs%20and%20overdose_McAdam.pdf Low awareness of safe supply options in Vancouver: https://www.bccsu.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Updated-Infographic.pdf BCCSU cohort studies: At-Risk Youth Study (ARYS): https://www.bccsu.ca/arys/ VIDUS https://www.bccsu.ca/vidus/ Bios: Dr. Kora DeBeck is an Associate Professor in the School of Public Policy and a Research Scientist with the BC Centre on Substance Use at Providence Health Care. She holds a Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research/St. Paul's Hospital Foundation-PHCRI Career Scholar Award. Kora is the Principal Investigator for the At-Risk Youth Study (ARYS) which is a longitudinal cohort study of >1,000 street-involved youth who use drugs in Vancouver. The cohort began in 2005 and is funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the US National Institutes for Health Research. Erica McAdam, MPP is a research assistant at the BC Centre on Substance Use in Vancouver, Canada, and a recent graduate from the Master of Public Policy Program at Simon Fraser University. Erica's thesis research conducted an evidence-based multi-criteria policy analysis of different decriminalization threshold models for British Columbia. Erica's thesis research has won several awards, including the Philip Owen Award for Excellence in Policy Research. Kali Sedgemore (they/them) is a Youth Researcher & Consultant at ARYS (At Risk Youth Study), PHS Peer supervisor at MOPS (Molson OPS) & MOPU (Mobile OP unit), Youth Peer Support, VCH Peer harm reduction leader & outreach worker. They have been a Harm Reductionist with a focus on youth harm reduction & Stimulants. Through lived/ing experience with substance use, homelessness and government care they advocate, educate, consult & bring awareness to these issues. Currently, they are sitting president of the Coalition of Peers dismantling the drug war (CPDDW). Dean Wilson is the past president of VANDU. He started the non-profit BCAPOM (British Columbia Association of People on Maintenance) that has become a major proponent of life saving opiate substitution programs. Was awarded the Queens Jubilee Medal for work in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver and is known internationally as a harm reduction activist. He works at PHS Community Services (Portland Hotel Society) as a community liaison and at the BCCSU (British Columbia Centre for Substance Use) as Peer Coordinating Lead. Cite this episode: Chicago Style Johal, Am. “Drug Policy — with Dr. Kora DeBeck, Erica McAdam, Kali Sedgemore, and Dean Wilson.” Below the Radar, SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement. Podcast audio, October 25, 2022. https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/episodes/191-drug-policy.html.

Drug decriminalization is coming to British Columbia. And that's a big step forward. Our movement has been fighting for decriminalization for decades. To us, decriminalization means getting cops, courts and jails out of our lives. It means police stop harassing, arresting and seizing dope off of us. For the past year, VANDU sent Garth and … Continue reading Episode 34: The Iron Law →

Last month, Crackdown Editorial Board member Greg Fresz passed away. As usual, we held a memorial for our comrade at VANDU. Sadly, we do this a lot. There's nothing really that makes this constant death feel better, but at least we can feel “not better” together. That camaraderie? It's the only thing that helps. When … Continue reading Episode 32: Goodbye Greg →

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Ch.1: Why are they still sick? To try and answer that question and find out who is more likely to suffer from long COVID. Guest: Krysia Collyer, Global News Producer for The New Reality. Ch.2: Robot engineers at Cornwall-based Engineered Arts have unveiled a remarkably human-like android, named “Ameca.” Guest: Dr. Matthew Pan, Faculty member of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at Queen's University Ch.3: B.C. officials are now working with travel industry partners to ensure families can reunite with their loved ones this holiday. Guest:  Henry Braun, Mayor of Abbotsford. Ch.4: B.C.'s chief coroner says she's frustrated and heartbroken after October became the worst month ever recorded in the ongoing overdose crisis Guest: Garth Mullins, a representative of VANDU and the host of CRACKDOWN podcast Ch.5: Fleurs de Villes NOËL Returns to Downtown Vancouver with Festive Floral Art Displays Guest: Tina Barkley, Co-Founder, fleur de Ville. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For five days in October, members of community groups, advocates and residents of the Downtown Eastside documented street sweeps and their impact on people's lives. Vince Tao of VANDU was one of the people observing the actions of the police and city workers and conducting interviews with the people affected. He tells us what he observed.

Garth Mullins is a journalist and radio documentary producer who focuses on the decriminalization of drugs, issues of race, class, environment, capitalism, colonialism, and oppression. Garth has written for the Vancouver Sun, Georgia Straight, and Vice. His documentaries have appeared on CBC Radio One, he has spoken publicly at countless schools, protests, conferences, and media outlets, and holds multiple awards for his work. Garth is a drug use activist who has worked with organizers to campaign for a safe and legal drug supply, which in turn could completely eliminate the overdose crisis as we know it."You know, I scored and used drugs on the downtown east side, when there was really strong, dope, and there was lots of overdoses and people were dying. And they, even the health board here declared it an emergency in the city, like, so I've lived through an overdose emergency before, and I saw these posts and I heard these two guys that I kind of knew of who used to hang around there and both died off the same batch."And there was a siren somewhere and I got this feeling like in my stomach and in my feet, like this really deep sense of déjà vu, you know, it's like in the matrix where the black cat walks past you and you know the program's glitching and I'm like, “This is going to happen again. This is happening again.There's an overdose crisis. There's a, this whole thing is going to happen again.” And I, and then I thought I can't sit out.You know, I want to be with the people who are pushing back, the people at the Vancouver area network of drug users. This is a union for drug users that people organized in the late 90s or starting then anyway.And there's the people there that I've learned so much from and work with, like Laura Shaver, she's a, you know, a methadone activist, but also a really, for decriminalization and a safe supply of drugs and all that. And me and her have worked on a bunch of campaigns now, and lost friends together.But then, back then I went to VANDU and just met her and, Laura is the person who taught me really how to talk about being a drug user. How to say this stuff and not be ashamed, you know, to look people in the eye and just say, this is who I am and just deal with it. I really learned a lot of that from her and, yeah, I felt like I couldn't sit out of this one, you know, because it's not right. It's not right to sit out."Produced, directed, reported, edited, and sound designed by Luz Fleming. Production Assistant: Davis Lloyd. Executive Producer: Jacob Bronstein. Music by Luz Fleming, Garth Mullins, and James Ash. Theme Music: Andy Cotton & Luz Fleming. Art & Design: Andy Outis.Find more information on this episode including related images visit: yardtales.live/home/garthmullins© 2021 Icy Grape. Questions, comments, yard tales? Email: info@yardtales.live

Interview in January with Vince Tao of VANDU

Roughly 35 years ago, harm reduction saved Maia Szalavitz's life. It was 1986 in the East Village, and though Maia was an Ivy League kid who read two newspapers a day, she had no idea that her regular intravenous heroin use put her at risk for HIV. Thanks to a chance encounter, though, Maia learned about some simple harm reduction practices that helped her stay alive through that deadly epidemic.In the years since, Maia has become an award-winning author and journalist well-known for covering addiction, neuroscience, and harm reduction. Her most recent book, Undoing Drugs, is a sweeping, ambitious, yet tightly plotted and fast-paced history of harm reduction, ranging across the globe to tell a vivid history of harm reduction as a revolutionary movement. I was lucky to have her on the podcast to talk about the story of harm reduction, the elements that she argues makes it a truly revolutionary paradigm, and how her own lived experience with addiction and a drive for justice has motivated her work.Maia Szalavitz is the author of the New York Times bestseller, Unbroken Brain: A Revolutionary New Way of Understanding Addiction, which received the 2018 media award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Her earlier book, Help at Any Cost: How the Troubled Teen Industry Cons Parents and Hurts Kids, was the first to expose the damage caused by the “tough love” business that dominates youth treatment and helped spur Congressional hearings on the matter. She has also authored or co-authored six other books, including the classic on child trauma, The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog (with Bruce. D. Perry). Her numerous essays and features have appeared from High Times to the New York Times. Her latest book, Undoing Drugs: The Untold Story of Harm Reduction and the Future of Addiction, is available now. Her website is https://maiasz.com/ and you can find her on TwitterIn this episode: - A simple yet powerful indictment of our current situation: “You can't criminalize and destigmatize something at the same time"- Her definition of harm reduction, and how harm reduction goes beyond concrete practices to notions of justice.- How to think about coercion in addiction treatment, and how her own experience showcases the excesses and harms of the criminal legal system today. (See also her piece on the history of “tough-love” and its roots in a bizarre cult from decades ago)  - How harm reduction is not in conflict with traditional 12-step recovery, and her stories of early harm reduction pioneers who were also active in 12-step recovery. (see also this oral history with Richard Elovich, as well as “25 years of AIDS”, a great panel discussion from 2006 featuring Allan Clear and several others—including Larry Kramer sparring with Tony Fauci)- The need for an ACT UP for people with addiction- The ways activism is part of flourishing in recovery: “"you have less space in your head to be obsessing about the drugs all the time when you're working on the activism" (about VANDU, the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users)- What the Biden administration is getting right about harm reduction, and what it's missing. Sign up for my newsletter for regular updates on new material and other writings.

Interview in January with Vince Tao of VANDU

Gunargie O'Sullivan talks to Vince at VANDU (Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users). They talk about defunding the police and VANDU's Overdose Day of Action, coming up on August 31.

In this episode Phil, Django from Karuppar Podcast, Vandu murugan from Asaadharana Kumuralgal Podcast discussed about the film Atta kathi. Send your feedback about this to undoredopodcast@gmail.com or Instagram: undo_redo_ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/undo-redo---tamil-podcast/message

Later this month the city of Vancouver will submit its application to Health Canada for permission to decriminalize simple possession of illicit drugs. The application defined a threshold limit for possession without consulting with drug users. They say this limit is far too low. Caitlin Shane is a staff lawyer with the Pivot Legal Society, working on drug policy. She spoke with James Mainguy last week.

Chapter 1: On the one hand you have a country like the UK which is coming out of lockdown, planning for the future, moving ahead - thanks to their liberal use of the AstraZeneca vaccine.  Guest: Andre Picard, Globe and Mail health columnist. Chapter 2: Could Canada help curb vaccine hesitancy by offering incentives to those who get vaccinated?  Get a vaccine and receive a free donut perhaps? Chapter 3: The BBB is warning of COVID-19 vaccine passport scams as the Canadian government recently announced they are “actively exploring” the concept of vaccine passports for international travel. There have already been reports of fraudulent vaccine passports being used upon entry to Canada. Guest:  Denis Gagnon, BCSI Investigations President. Chapter 4: Metro Vancouver is the only large urban area in the country without a unified police force as the region is divided up between municipal forces and the RCMP. There have been calls for an amalgamation on and off for decades. Guest: Mike Morris, BC Liberal  critic for public safety. Chapter 5: One of the things we’ve heard about during the opioid overdose epidemic is that too many people are using drugs alone and it’s leading to dangerous situations. People dying while using by themselves in private residences is a big part of the problem. Guest: Giuseppe Ganci, Director of Community Development with Last Door Recovery Society & BETTER app Project Manager. Chapter 6: The federal government and the City of Vancouver are moving towards a new era here, an effort to decriminalize drugs as a way to get a handle on the overdose epidemic. Guest: Garth Mullins, a representative of VANDU and the host of CRACKDOWN podcast Chapter 7: When it comes to being a ‘friendly Canadian’, the attitude might stop as soon as you enter your motor vehicle. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With three provinces having paused rollout of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine due in part to safety concerns, Dr. Brian Conway and Dr. Madhu Jawanda answer your questions about COVID vaccines. As the City of Vancouver works to secure a federal exemption to decriminalize drug possession, VANDU member Garth Mullins and Dr. Thomas Kerr of the BC Centre on Substance Use discuss what that system should look like.

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Aly Laube talks to Laura Shaver, of the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU), about the challenges faced by the community's drug users during the past year as they live not only through the COVID-19 pandemic but a huge spike in opioid deaths too.

Kā sniegt vērtīgu atgriezenisko saiti? Ko darīt, lai Zoom sanāksme būtu interesanta un nenogurdinoša? Raidījumā ar publiskās runas pasniedzēju Vandu Daukstu runājam par latviešu valodas apguvi un veicināšanu ārzemēs, Vandas dzeju latviešu un angļu valodā, publiskās runas pilnveidi, artikulācijas vingrinājumiem, Zoom pasākumu vadīšanu, ieteikumiem, kā iedarbīgi prezentēt idejas pāris minūšu laikā, kā arī daudz ko citu. Vanda Dauksta ir komunikācijas eksperte un publiskās runas pasniedzēja. Raidījuma vadītāja Aiga Veckalne ir valodas eksperte, aizrautīga tulkotāja un filoloģe, kā arī uzņēmējdarbības profesionāle un lektore. Raidījuma piezīmes: [00:44] Ko Vandai nozīmē latviešu valoda? [01:28] Pirms cik gadiem Vanda atgriezās Latvijā: pirmie iespaidi. [06:38] Vandas dzejoļi angļu un latviešu valodā. [11:10] Kā vislabāk veicināt latviešu valodas attīstību, dzīvojot ārzemēs? [14:53] Organizācija “Riga Toastmasters”. [16:37] Runas prasmju attīstīšana un vērtīgas atgriezeniskās saites sniegšana. [20:58] Kā Vanda kļuva par publiskās runas pasniedzēju? [23:30] Galvenie ieteikumi “TEDxRiga” runātājiem. [25:05] Vai sieviešu un vīriešu prezentācijas atšķiras? [27:28] Vai sievietes var iemācīties runāt zemā balss tembrā? [28:10] Kas pandēmijas laikā ir mainījies publiskajā runā? [32:50] Jauniešu semināra “2x2” ciešsaistes pasākumi un ieteikumi, kā padarīt Zoom satikšanās interesantākas. [36:30] Ieteikumi, kā gatavoties Zoom pasākumu vadīšanai. [39:00] Elpošanas un auditorijas redzēšanas svarīgums. [43:55] Vandas dalība “Riga TechGirls” hakatonā. [46:34] Kā iedarbīgi prezentēt idejas dažu minūšu laikā? [47:40] Dziesmas izmantošana publiskās runas sākumā. [50:00] Vandas grāmatu un publiskās runas ieteikumi. Grāmatas: Pauls Bankovskis. Pasaules vēsture. Rīga: Dienas Grāmata, 2020. 600 lpp. Noderīgas saites: https://2x2pasaule.lv/ – jauniešu semināra “2x2” tīmekļa vietne https://www.toastmasters.lv/ – “Riga Toastmasters” tīmekļa vietne http://rigatechgirls.com/ – organizācijas “Riga TechGirls” tīmekļa vietne http://tedxriga.com/ – “TEDxRiga” tīmekļa vietne https://bit.ly/3iSF3DW – “Pieturzīmju” Facebook lapa https://bit.ly/2FvAMI9 – “Pieturzīmju” Instagram profils https://bit.ly/2FaEWWl – “Pieturzīmju” tvitera profils https://bit.ly/2BYS672 – atbalsti “Pieturzīmes” vietnē “Patreon” https://bit.ly/2DFLTxa – atbalsti “Pieturzīmes” vietnē “Buy me coffee” https://discord.gg/aAkqp7pmu3 – pievienojies mūsu “Discord” kopienai Seko līdzi jaunumiem “Pieturzīmju” Instagram profilā, uzdod jautājumu nākamajam raidieraksta viesim un saņem atbildi raidījumā! “Pieturzīmes” piedāvā ne tikai aizraujošu raidierakstu par valodu, bet arī praktiskas un noderīgas lekcijas un konsultācijas par valodas lietojumu semināros, vebināros, konferencēs un individuālās mācībās. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pieturzimes/message

Today on The Pulse, Mei Xi talks to Vince Tao of the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users. The two discuss further the police shooting, on January 5th, of a DTES resident, and alternatives to a VPD presence in the area.

About 250 Downtown Eastside residents held a memorial vigil for the 37-year-old man killed by police on Jan. 5 on Hastings St. On today's show, we broadcast clips from that VANDU event—and their calls for police reform

About 250 Downtown Eastside residents held a memorial vigil for the 37-year-old man killed by police on Jan. 5 on Hastings St. On today's show, we broadcast clips from that VANDU event—and their calls for police reform

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Crosstown Clinic lead physician Dr. Scott MacDonald and VANDU member / Crackdown host Garth Mullins discuss BC's third straight month of more than 170 drug toxicity deaths. UBC education professor and outdoor education expert Hartley Banack discusses how to take learning out of the classroom this fall.

Excerpts, speeches, and eulogies from the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users' (VANDU) drug war memorial march on Saturday, August 15. “ We speak their names, we march with rage“

Along with the latest news, today we play excerpts, speeches, and eulogies from the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users' (VANDU) drug war memorial march on Saturday, August 15. “ We speak their names, we march with rage“

U ovotjednoj epizodi ugostila sam svoju dragu prijateljicu Vandu, jednu izuzetno mudru i zanimljivu ženu s bogatim životnim iskustvom. Vanda je osoba s kojom obožavam voditi duge razgovore o svim onim bitnim stvarima, a u ovoj epizodi razgovarale smo o tome kako smo naučile živjeti život koji rezonira s našom svrhom, kako smo ju uopće otkrile te što to za nas zapravo znači. Knjiga koju smo spomenule: https://www.bookdepository.com/Path-Made-Clear-Oprah-Winfrey/9781529005424?pdg=dsa-19959388920:cmp-8862937091:adg-86528077382:crv-411135277650:pos-:dev-m&gclid=Cj0KCQjwo6D4BRDgARIsAA6uN1_T08aWErR5It8foK3gyByy0SRPXgfLcAh4HpJhCrXALXxkHB2ZTSMaAhIOEALw_wcBAudioverzija koju od srca preporučam: https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/The-Path-Made-Clear-Audiobook/1529005442?source_code=M2M30DFT1Bk13108281801WG&gclid=Cj0KCQjwo6D4BRDgARIsAA6uN1-Xj_vAOnZ62DshvlKtdFet-fpTfLLvYnbnBaS89ZKA7SjGKV0wwoMaAvJAEALw_wcBVandu potražite na: https://instagram.com/kap_la.vande?igshid=17vq9bau5lb62Hvala vam od srca!

The Sustainable Development Goals aim to improve the most important things about life on Earth. The prevention and treatment of substance abuse is targeted by SDG 3, Health and Wellbeing—but drug use is a shadow that cuts across the path of so many others, and therefore merits special attention. We talk about that. In the early 1990s, someone thought this public service announcement was a good idea. Thirty years later, the accidental anthem has become a bemusing relic of the war on drugs—which was already decades old, and had proven itself interminable, when this first aired on Canadian television. Two years ago, the Government of Canada ended almost a century of marijuana prohibition by passing Bill C-45, or the Cannabis Act. So far, the rollout of legal pot from coast to coast to coast has had its highs and lows. Most pointedly, the black market is still thriving, with Statistics Canada estimating that about three quarters of the country’s cannabis users are still getting high on an illegal supply. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Health’s earnest Cannabis in Canada website is chock full of educational resources, health information, travel tips, business requirements and more—including PSAs for the modern era. In 1993, British Columbia’s chief coroner investigated an “inordinately high number” of drug-related deaths within the context of a “very real and very serious” problem with illegal drug use. At the time, there had been 330 such deaths in the province. That was the highest number B.C. had ever experienced, and the event is widely remembered as the country’s first overdose epidemic. By three years ago, that same statistic had soared to 1,473 lives lost annually—an increase of more than 400 percent in a generation’s time. All the while, considerable attention has focused on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside (DTES), a neighbourhood with inordinately high rates of mental illness and drug addiction among its homeless and housing insecure populations. Across the country, other urban centres have similarly troubled communities, but the current opioid crisis does not discriminate. Overdose deaths are unquestionably a national happening, with a body count of almost 14,000 between January 2016 to June 2019. Drug overdoses are currently claiming more Canadian lives than motor vehicle accidents and homicides combined. Today’s street drugs are incredibly strong, with scores of addicts at daily risk of their next shot being the one that will end them. Last December, the Public Health Agency of Canada released this statement: Many of these deaths are a result of the contamination of the illegal drug supply with toxic substances. Fentanyl and other illegal and highly toxic synthetic opioids continue to be a major driver of this crisis… The opioid overdose crisis is a complex problem that we know will take time to turn around. To have a significant and lasting impact, we need to continue working together on whole-of-society changes. This includes addressing the stigma that surrounds substance use, implementing further harm reduction measures and reducing barriers to treatment. It also means continuing to work together to better understand and address the drivers of this crisis, such as mental illness, and social and economic factors that put Canadians at increased risk. Crackdown is a podcast about “the drug war, covered by drug users as war correspondents.” Host and executive producer Garth Mullins is a journalist and radio producer who survived the DTES of the early ’90s, back when B.C. experienced that first wave of alarming deaths. He is a careful, empathetic interviewer who is wide open about sharing his own history of drug use. We recommend a visit to Crackdown’s website to hear the dozen episodes that they have made so far. Or just find and follow the show on iTunes, Spotify or another podcast provider. It tells stories you will not hear elsewhere, from a perspective you might not think to consider. Marilou Gagnon (RN, PhD) is president of the Harm Reduction Nurses Association (hrna-aiirm.ca), a professional organization with a national mission to “promote the advancement of harm reduction nursing through practice, education, research and advocacy.” In practice, this results in actions including: “Serving as a national voice for harm reduction and related nursing issues” “Creating a dynamic network to support and mentor nurses across the country” “Advocating for the rights and dignity of people who use drugs and their families” Last summer, acting in a direct response to the opioid crisis, HRNA called for the decriminalization of people who use drugs in B.C.—which, notice, is different than the decriminalization of drugs. “This is a critical way forward to address the overdose crisis and to promote greater health, wellbeing, justice, and equity at an individual and population level,” the group’s statement concluded. “Additional steps include ensuring access to a safer supply of substances, housing, mental health services, treatment, support, and harm reduction services.” Nicole Kief, formerly of the ACLU, is a legal advocate for Prisoners’ Legal Services in B.C. This role puts her near another front line of the current crisis: federal and provincial prisons. According to the Correction Service of Canada, overdoses and overdose deaths among prisoners more than doubled within a five-year period spanning 2012 to 2017. The Office of the Correctional Investigator’s 2017–2018 annual report includes the remarkable fact that there are now “more drug detector dogs working in federal penitentiaries than in the entire Canada Border Services Agency.” During the past several years, Kief and her colleagues have fielded a growing number of pleas for assistance with a pair of drug-related issues: one, unbearably long waiting lists for Methadose and other “opioid agonist” treatments; and two, forced cold-turkey withdrawals from high-dose addictions. Prisoners’ Legal Services appealed to the Correction Service on both fronts—and got nowhere. In June 2018, the group filed a complaint with the Canadian Human Rights Commission. That did something. Since then, Kief says there’s been a noticeable drop in prisoner reports about both issues. Near the end of this episode, host Vicky Mochama reads the following quotation from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crimes: Many of the communities and people caught up in the drugs trade, whether users, small-scale traffickers, producers or cultivators, often constitute the most vulnerable and marginalised segments of society, the “further behind” which the SDGs have endeavoured to reach first. This, in a nutshell, is why we’ve made this episode. And below, in six minutes, is how to administer a potentially life-saving shot of Naxolone to a person who is overdosing on opioids. These injection kits are widely—and freely—available in Canadian pharmacies, and offered with hands-on training similar to what’s depicted in this video.CREDITS: No Little Plans is hosted by Vicky Mochama. This episode was produced by Dorsa Eslami, Ellen Payne Smith, Jay Cockburn, and Matthew McKinnon, with executive production by Katie Jensen. This podcast was created by Strategic Content Labs by Vocal Fry Studios for Community Foundations of Canada. Subscribe or listen to us via the outlets above, and follow us at @nolittlepodcast on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Meanwhile, like Daniel Burnham said: “Make big plans; aim high in hope and work.”

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From CiTR's News Collective, this is season two of Seeking Office—At-Large. Bringing you innovative storytelling from Metro Vancouver.Following a two-day public hearing, Vancouver City Council unanimously approved a rezoning application that will allow the construction of a detox centre and mixed-rate rental housing on a on a block of land between Clark and McLean drives along East First Avenue. Activists from the CCPA and VANDU disrupted the first day of the hearing to draw attention to those who are homeless and living in tents in Oppenheimer Park.

Crackdown is a new podcast that launched at the end of January. Its mission is to bring the perspectives of drug users to the discussion about how to end the overdose crisis that has claimed thousands of lives. Activist and musician Garth Mullins is host and executive producer of Crackdown.

Crackdown is a new podcast that launched at the end of January. Its mission is to bring the perspectives of drug users to the discussion about how to end the overdose crisis that has claimed thousands of lives. Activist and musician Garth Mullins is host and executive producer of Crackdown.

On this episode of the podcast we sit down in studio with activist/writer/broadcaster Garth Mullins to discuss the Crackdown podcast. Garth and his team have created the podcast which explores drugs, drug policy, and the drug war. Some mentioned organizations: VANDU - www.vandu.org/ Say Know Podcast - www.sayknow.org/podcast/ Moms Stop the Harm - www.facebook.com/MomsStopTheHarm/ Recommended Reading: Dr. Gabor Mate - In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts Johann Hari - Chasing the Scream Music is Kurt Vile - Freeway The Tall Pines - The Key

SHOW NOTES: Ann lives in Vancouver, about 2 blocks from Hastings and Main. She is the CoFounder of VANDU a non-profit organization that tackles Harm Reduction. She spent some time in University in her early years and is now also a devoted mother of an adult child living with a disability. She has attended thousands of AA meetings, and has powerful insight and wisdom on so many facets of addiction. HIGHLIGHTS : Ann details Vandu, that has been around of 21 years and how she became involved in the drug war. Almost everyday Vandu hosts Drug User Support Groups. She explains that drug users are the experts of their own lives. Ann explains the theory of punishing or degrading drug users and that it has no benefit.  On the opposite side, the more that drug users see a hope for the future, the more successful they are to stop using substances. She talks about the Western Aboriginal Harm Reduction Group that meets on Fridays at Vandu as well as the Salome and Naomi programs where prescription heroin is provided. She discusses BC Pivot Legal Society and shares how people on Methadone won a class action lawsuit with a $5.5 million settlement. The settlement was for people who had fees for private clinics or funds removed from welfare. Ann and Matt discuss the Vancouver Injection Study done in the United States for 22 yrs. She shares about trying to teach citizenship and observing how users shift their "using obsession" when they have something else to focus on. She identifies 3 areas within Addiction: Income,  Housing, and Social Networking. Vandu has been in the area of social networking. Ann and Matt talk about the Prescription Heroin Program , what works and what doesn't. Ann and Matt talk policing,  warrants, and mental health/ addictions. The lack of release planning and the predictability and of the sad outcome for drug users. Ann identifies areas that would be helpful in Harm Reduction.  She touches on Financial Analysis, Stimulant replacement therapy,  and understanding the commonality of Addiction. QUOTES: " People with no future use drugs recklessly, and that's what's causing the deaths. " " If they don't have somewhere to land,  how can we ever expect someone to stop using drugs?!" "People who score are the hardest working people. " "You can't keep feeding people defeat and expect them to even stay alive. " "The better drug users’ lives become,  and the more they can see a future for themselves,; the more courage they have to stop using." "People thought being punitive towards those who used, would smarten them up, help them bottom out and they'd stop. That theory is exactly wrong." "We have a simple goal, that is, to reduce the death and disease associated with using drugs." LINKS: VANDU Website: (https://www.vandu.org/) The Study to Assess Long-term Opioid Maintenance Effectiveness (SALOME): (http://www.providencehealthcare.org/salome/index.html) North American Opiate Medication Initiative (NAOMI): (http://www.providencehealthcare.org/salome/naomi-study.html) Official Say Know homepage: (http://www.sayknow.org/) Canadian Research Initiative of Substance Misuse (CRISM) Prairies website: (https://crismprairies.ca/) SayKnow.org Facebook page: (https://www.facebook.com/sayknoworgSayKnow.org) Twitter feed: (https://twitter.com/SayKnowOrg) Music provided by Redbull DJ Champ, Charly Hustle: (http://www.charlyhustlemusic.com)

That’s “Downtown Eastside” — a tragic shorthand, an acronym that’s deserving (at the very least) of a full explanation. What’s happening? How did we get to the current situation? And why can’t we find our way out?Karen Ward is a member of the “we”. She’s an ardent and eloquent activist who lives in the neighbourhood and provides emotional support to her vast personal network — a community which spans from Woodwards to Oppenheimer Park, from the foot of Main Street to City Hall. Karen is a former Board member of Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU), and former collective member of Gallery Gachet. Most notably, today she contributes to policy strategy as a volunteer advocate to both the BC Centre for Disease Control and as a spokesperson for her community to Vancouver city council and local media. Karen is unquestionably an urbanist, in thought and in action.Give this episode — just 30 minutes of your life — a listen this holiday season. It’s a small opening into the life led by your neighbours, in a place that was once the beating heart of mainstream, middle-class Vancouver…and which today constitutes “7 or 8 blocks of chaos.” Read more »

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Donate to the Overdose Prevention Society: https://www.gofundme.com/wesavelives In September, 2016, three women were so concerned about the growing fentanyl overdose crisis that they set up a tent & table in an alley behind the DTES Market they managed. In potential violation of the law, they set up a drug injection/ consumption site in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside to combat the many overdose deaths. About Ann: Ann Livingston is a creative, energetic and focused community organizer, who has made significant contributions to improving access to health care for people who use illegal drugs at the local, regional and national levels. After co founding the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU) with poet/ activist Bud Osborn in 1998, she was employed as VANDU,s executive program director for 10 years. She encouraged people who use drugs, who are criminalized and labeled mentally ill, to form citizen associations and insist that they design and implement harm reduction programs. Consequently, VANDU had, and continues to have, a major influence on the public dialogue around heroin, cocaine, crystal meth and crack use and the people who are users of these illegal substances. After many years of advocacy, public education, marching in the streets and civil disobedience, Vancouver finally has a government sanctioned injection site and is hosting a second heroin prescription trial. In her current role as a volunteer with the BC Yukon Association of Drug War Survivors, Ann is meeting with marginalized, homeless people who use illegal drugs in Surrey and Abbotsford where bylaws have been implemented banning harm reduction services for drug users. The BC Humanist Association was formed in 1984 and we have a regular attendance of over 30 people at our Sunday meetings. View the slides: https://www.slideshare.net/bchumanist/overdose-prevention-society

#DTES Advocate Ann Livingston live on Talk Recovery Radio this Thursday at noon on 100.5 fm. Followed by a family growing up on Methadone and Crystal Meth, now living in recovery.... hear their stories. Ann's been a health care crusader, recently opening the Pop Up Injection tent, she co-founded VANDU in 1998, Pivot Legal Society in 2000, and was a founding member of the Eastside Movement for Business & Economic Renewal Society board in 2001. She sits on countless harm reduction, prostitution awareness. Join us on Vancouver Co-op Radio CFRO this thursday at noon, two guests, great stories.

These are the collected recordings for CITR 101.9FM's contribution to the 16th Annual NCRA Homelessness Marathon: this includes interviews with vendors working with Megaphone Magazine, an audio collage from the Opioid Overdose Awareness rally, and a discussion on the intersection of homelessness, housing, social exclusion, and addiction. All the recordings you are about to hear are taken from February 21st and 22nd 2017. The purpose of the Homelessness Marathon is to move towards more equitable media, and make the microphone available. Stations across Canada broadcast from spaces accessible to those who deal with homelessness, first and foremost centring their voices. While we broadcast from Megaphone to share the voices of its vendors, we felt that our programming efforts for the Homelessness Marathon could not ignore the opioid overdose crisis which has been devastating communities across North America, in particular the Downtown Eastside. Considering the factors which perpetuate and exacerbate homelessness: such as addiction, housing, social exclusion, and more -- along with the overdose crisis, which is most devastating for homeless communities -- we felt it was essential to also focus on the brave activism of the Downtown Eastside community, and the further necessity for action in the wake of a tremendous human rights crisis. As such we also feature an audio collage from the Day of Action Against the Overdose Crisis rally, and an interview on the intersection of addiction and homelessness. CiTR extends its thank yous to the staff at Megaphone for hosting our broadcast, and facilitating a space for their vendors to talk on-air. Thank you to Megaphone vendors Mark Irvine, Peter Thomson, James Witwicky, Davin Butank for joining us to talk on-air, as well as Duncan Higgan, Project Manager for PHS Community Services. Thank you to the organizers from CAPUD: the Canadian Association of People Who use Drugs and VANDU, Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users, for organizing the Rally for Opioid Awareness on February 21st. Thank you for DURC for letting us record in their space. Thank you to organizers Oona Krieg and Justin Van Westen for talking to us about the intersections of homelessness, poverty, housing, and addiction in the wake of the overdose crisis. Thank you to volunteers Rachel Lau, Dezy Nair, Oona Krieg, and Carleigh Baker for hosting and teching the broadcast from Megaphone. Thank you to Cal Murray for sourcing sounds from the February 21st Day of Action on the Overdose Crisis rally which closed this piece. This piece was produced by Jonathan Kew, and the CiTR Programming Department. Final thank you to all the stations that participated in the 2017 NCRA Homelessness Marathon, including host station Local FM out of St. John New Brunswick.

Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users talk to Talk Recovery sharing their experience strength and hope... what is VANDU?