Peter Williams is a key figure working on the response to the opioid crisis locally. Hear how he understands the opioid crisis through a trauma-informed harm reduction lens.

Peterborough Currents

Neighbours podcast: Peter Williams on how “connection, community and belonging” are at the core of harm reduction

The Peterborough Drug Strategy was started in 2009 as a way to bring different organizations together to coordinate a joint response to the drug crisis. Today, they’re the name behind the projects making headlines responding to the overdose crisis: from the Consumption and Treatment Services site to the Mobile Supportive Overdose Resource Team and many […]

Neighbours podcast: How Peterborough Drug Strategy brings together a dozen organizations in a coordinated response

Patrick Walsh is a local musician and radio show host, making music under the moniker Dirty Pat Walsh. Walsh also experiences chronic pain due to workplace injuries and repetitive stress. It's a condition he manages with his doctor through prescribed opiates. Hear his story and perspective in the first episode of our new series.

Neighbours podcast: musician Pat Walsh on managing chronic pain with opiates

On Monday, Peterborough’s city council sat for the last meeting of 2020 and voted to approve the budget documents drafted by city staff with amendments. Peterborough Currents has been covering these deliberations for the past month and in this episode, co-publishers Ayesha Barmania and Will Pearson go over the highlights of this meeting so you can hear what happened.

City council votes to approve the 2021 municipal budget

In our sixth episode of the Budget Week podcast, co-publishers Ayesha Barmania and Will Pearson go over how the draft 2021 municipal budget addresses the issue of affordable housing and homelessness. In particular, we look at funding for the city’s shelters, rent supplements, incentives for affordable housing, and changes to funding from higher levels of government.

Peterborough residents said housing was their top priority for the 2021 budget – here’s how it’s being addressed

Last week, Peterborough city councillors sat as the finance committee to review each page of the 2021 draft municipal budget highlights book. This year, it was three evenings of deliberations and discussion, which gave councillors an opportunity to ask questions about city operations and propose amendments to the draft budget put forward by staff. Co-publishers Ayesha Barmania and Will Pearson have collected the highlights from each meeting so you can hear what happened.

City council went through each page of the 2021 municipal budget – here are the highlights

For our fourth episode of the Budget Week podcast, Peterborough Currents called up Michael Papadacos, head of the City’s infrastructure management division to talk about how the City approaches climate change action.

The climate change action plan and the municipal budget: interview with Michael Papadacos

For our third episode of the Budget Week podcast, Peterborough Currents co-publishers Ayesha Barmania and Will Pearson dive into the proposed changes to the budget for the City’s Social Services Division.

Diving into the proposed changes to social services in the 2021 municipal budget

For our second episode of the Budget Week podcast, Peterborough Currents spoke with Su Ditta, executive director of the Electric City Culture Council to learn more about the role of advocates in the budget process and what she’s advocating for the 2021 municipal budget.

Arts and the city budget: interview with Su Ditta

To kick off our Budget Week podcast, we spoke with Dean Pappas, city councillor for town ward and chair of the finance committee about the impact of COVID-19 on the city budget and how the process is unfolding this year.

Dean Pappas on the 2021 budget deliberations and the impacts of COVID-19

Introducing a new podcast from Peterborough Currents all about the 2021 municipal budget deliberations.

Introducing the Budget Week podcast

Two stories: (01:10) a look at memory loss due to brain injury by LA Alfonso; and (10:30) an interview with filmmaker Natasha Luckhardt on her documentary Town of Widows. This episode produced by Ayesha Barmania. …

Memory

Three stories today: (00:25) Chris Lawson on the purpose of fun in our lives and society; (14:30) media artist Lester Alfonso on finding his creativity; (17:00) a preview of the next episode of Peterborough Currents …

Fun & Creativity

A role reversal on today’s show! Ayesha shares their story about internet anxieties and guest host Jeffrey Moore, an internet security and digital forensics student at Fleming College, walks us through how to start thinking …

Digital Rights #2 – Securing your personal data online

This month, we’re exploring the concept of ‘digital rights’ on the podcast in a series of episodes, each with one story of a local understanding of our rights and freedoms as they intersect with computers …

How a Lindsay not-for-profit is bringing computer education to under-resourced communities

We tell the stories of the people shaping our town — Peterborough, Ontario. From politics to arts and culture, and everywhere in between, we want to bring you closer to your city. This is a collaborative project led by young journalists Ayesha Barmania and Will Pearson. If you would like to contribute to the podcast, get in touch through the contact form on our website.

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