Brandon Doucet is a dentist in Nova Scotia and a founding member of the Coalition for Dentalcare, an organization that brings together dentists, hygienists, dental students, other health care professionals, and members of the public to advocate for universal dental care in Canada. Scott Neigh interviews him about how dental care currently works in this …
Thank-you to Brandon of the Coalition for Dentalcare for the interview just now! He is a dentist and he talks about the coalition’s fight to make dental care a part of the public health care system in Canada. Listen for the interview in a few weeks on Talking Radical Radio!
Kevin Skerrett and Nancy Parker are active in Make Revera Public, a campaign pushing the federal government to transform Revera, which is a major provider of long-term care in Canada, from a for-profit corporation into a public sector entity and a fully integrated element of our public health care system. This campaign is happening in …
Susie Goulding is a founder of the COVID Long Haulers Support Group Canada, a group for people with long COVID to support each other, advocate for themselves, and collaborate with researchers. Scott Neigh interviews her about long COVID and about the group’s work, particularly its advocacy for recognition, research, and rehabilitation. In the early months …
Claire Bodkin and Sara Alavian are both physicians in Hamilton, Ontario. They are also part of an ad hoc group of health workers from different parts of Canada with an interest in prison abolitionist politics. Scott Neigh interviews them about what it means to think about prison abolition in the context of health care, and …
Just did a fascinating interview with Claire & Sara, physicians with prison abolitionist politics who are involved in creating a zine about how to reduce the harms from carceral systems in healthcare settings. Listen for it on Talking Radical Radio in the new year!
Shannon Hardy and Bridget Graham live in Halifax and work as doulas. They are also, respectively, the coordinator and the director of volunteers of Abortion Support Services Atlantic, a volunteer-run group that exists to provide support to people in Atlantic Canada who are trying to get an abortion. Scott Neigh interviews them about the barriers that people face …
Sandra Azocar is the executive director of Friends of Medicare, an advocacy organization that for the last four decades has been working to defend, improve, and expand the public health care system in Alberta. Scott Neigh interviews her the importance of public health care, about some of that history, and about what Friends of Medicare …
Bryce Koch is a registered nurse based in Winnipeg. He is the founder of Project Safe Audience, a harm reduction initiative based in the city’s after-hours music scene, and he is on the board of directors of the Harm Reduction Nurses Association. Scott Neigh interviews him about the many ways that nurses are taking up …
Jessi Taylor is a member of Reproductive Justice New Brunswick and a spokesperson for the campaign to Save Clinic 554. The clinic is a family medicine practice in New Brunswick that is one of the few places in the province where people can receive abortion services, trans care, and a range of specialized care for …