Corner of Hunter and George: Recent Episodes
Corner of Hunter and George
Just another Peterborough Independent Podcasters site where we interview people that part of and connected to the Peterborough, Ontario, Canada arts scene in the post-industrial age. Take all that in.
In this episode, we return to the Peterborough arts scene to speak with Brooklyn Doran. Brooklyn is a queer singer-songwriter, originally from Kenora but became a staple in the Toronto folk scene for ten plus years. She now resides in our lovely Nogojiwanong. Her “vulnerable lyricism and haunting melodies” appear on her third album “Fixer Upper.” We discuss this album, what brought her to Peterborough, various musicians she has worked with and her viewpoints on being able to get by in todays music industry. She is a great guest to have on and I hope you get to know her as well. Stay in touch with her on https://brooklyndoran.bandcamp.com/, brooklyndoran.com/pages/tour and https://www.instagram.com/brooklyndoran/?hl=en. Tracks: “Michigan State”, “Wasted My Twenties”, “This Town Won’t Miss You” and “Fuck That Guy.” Closing: Guided Voices-“Buzzards and Dreadful Crows”.
Dr. Naomi Nichols, from Trent University, had led research into youth homelessness through the community-oriented collective Research for Social Change Lab. Nichols worked at McGill till 2020 and came to Nogojiwanong/Peterborough during our Covid lockdown. Under the dire but unavoidable context of homelessness, we discuss the work of the Research for Social Change Lab, the problems with Peterborough’s By–Name List in actually helping find housing for those in need, how our problems today often come from the financialization of housing, the deadly cycle of many either being in jail or out on the streets, examination of other communities outside of Peterborough and how they deal with the issue, the lack of both accountability and expertise in our various levels of government, technology eroding “transparency”, the role of the police and these continual encampment clearings, the relation of sex trafficking or sex work to homelessness and overall, what is considered criminal is only because it is happening in public instead of in private. Thanks to Naomi for speaking to me. Tracks: Sean Beaver-“Where Is My Mind”, The Cure-“Push”.
We discuss with writer and long-time analyst of modern suburbia, Stephen Dale, on his 2021 book “Shift Change.” The book is quite relevant today as we look at modern homeless crisis and the forced gentrification on places such as Hamilton and elsewhere. As Sarah Schulman says, gentrification is a “concrete replacement process.” While the past Hamilton was the undefined “gritty”, it had a sense of community. Dale recounts important historical events such as the 1949 Stelco strike and the egalitarian age of the 1960s. We take on Richard Florida’s “creative class”, which is always enjoyable for me. The “creative class” seems to be limited to finance, insurance and real estate who find ways of making passive profit out of todays late capitalism, instead of what we think of as artists. Out of duty I point out the industrial linkages between Hamilton and Peterborough. The shifting of industrial to post-industrial is quite difficult under our current economic system with issues such as brown fields, abandoned buildings and the loss of residential communities in the neighbourhoods around the past factories. Hamilton also has faced a Toronto immigration during the past ten years that has helped to escalate the gentrification process. Gentrification often thrives when there is an economic, environmental or medical crisis. Tracks: “Ambient”-Tim Hecker, “Disgusteen”-Teenage Head, “In The Morning”-Junior Boys. I suggest Sarah Schullman’s “The Gentrification of the Mind” as additional reading. Stephen Dale’s “Shift Change” can be found at Between The Lines: https://btlbooks.com/book/shift-change
Ellen Froese is a folk/country musician from Saskatoon. She recently played in Peterborough(April 7th at Jethro’s) and for this month, is in residence at Cameron House in Toronto. Her latest album is “For Each Flower Growing”, that is “more thought out” than her previous releases. The album was produced by Sam Corbett of Sheepdogs. She is heavily influenced by acclaimed musician Arthur Russell’s folk drum machine. She was also heavily influenced for this album by Carl Sagan’s “Cosmos.” We talk about how she dealt with the passing away of sound engineer Jill Mack in the middle of making the album. Overall, she is wanting to take folk music in her own innovative form. She has a deep love of horticulture and is perhaps there as a post-music career. Musical tracks: Ellen Froese-“Long Division”, “Like You’re Looking At Me”(Live), “For Each Flower Growing”(Live), “Everybody Knows”
Today we head out to Haliburton to meet the production manager of Ctrl-ART-Del(https://www.haliburtonarts.on.ca/our-members-1/ctrl-art-del)Amy Leis. It is an arts collective out of Haliburton that is attempting to perform modern theatre for the town. They want to perform plays that were written no earlier than 2000. Their first production is this weekend. “Cherubs” is a black comedy somewhere between “Beetlejuice and Blackladder”. You can see it the Northern LIghts Performing Arts Pavillion. Tickets can be found at evenbrite or at the door(https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/cherubs-the-canadian-premiere-on-march-31st-2023-tickets-510225697797?aff=ebdssbdestsearch). We discuss the play, the arts collective and how it fits in the modern age. Musical tracks: Elliot Smith-“Ballad of Big Nothing”, “The Biggest Lie”
Hugh Hodges is the Chair of Cultural Studies and Associate Professor of Cultural Studies and English at Trent. In the past he has written extensively on African and West Indian music and literature, with topics such as Fela Kuti. “The Fascist Groove Thing: A History of Thatcher’s Britain in 21 Mixtapes” is a political study of Thatcher’s England through the soundtrack of the mixtape singsles relevant to the topic. It is amazing how relevant Thatcher’s policies correspond to not only today’s Britain but as a model for the neo-liberal, late capitalist model of governance all across the Earth. Like it not, Thatcher transformed what she denied existed: society. Musical Tracks: Heaven 17-“(We Don’t Need This)Fascist Groove Thang” and Sex Pistols-“Problems”, The Clash-“Should I Stay or Should I Go”. We maybe need more smokes to deal with our stressors…..
Two of Trent University’s grad students, Meaghan Ward and Sasha Newar, have started a podcast in which grad students involved in research projects get to share their findings to a wider community. Guests are currently only Trent students but in the future you may see them reach out beyond Ptbo/Nogo. This gives the long, lonely life of grad students an opportunity to hear and find community. I discuss the early days of the podcast with Meaghan. To quote, both her and Sasha “love science communication.” Find Fellowship of the Research on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/fotrpodcast/ and if you have any of your own proposals for the show, you can contact them at fellowshipoftheresearchpodcast@gmail.com, plus listen to them on Spotify at https://open.spotify.com/show/1ccfJIW4Dz98s4njpcxbXM. Musical tracks: archives assistant-“Smash Everything” and Babe Chorus-“Nosedive.”
One of many emerging artists in Ptbo/Nogo is Emem John(SJ). Emem is a multi-faceted artist and a third-year psychology student at Trent. To quote Electric City Culture Council: ” As an artist, Emem John (“SJ”) is not tied to any one particular discipline. She is interested in many aspects of the arts, including music, spoken word poetry, and a variety of visual arts forms: painting, graphic design, fashion design, customizing jeans, and photography. She has been working on creative projects since she was a young child, singing in her church choir at the age of 10 and discovering writing as an escape from life’s mental cage. For Emem, art is a way to work through anxiety and express herself. She writes about everything from mental illness to the Black Lives Matter movement to the beauty of nature. She surrounds herself with, and is artistically inspired by, a creative community of friends and collaborators who challenge her to expand her practice and push herself into new disciplines – including a performance at Trent University’s Black History Month Blowout, a collaboration with fellow writer Laurin Isiekwena, and set design and costume design for music videos (Joey Jaey’s “Bam Bam” and JefferyBenson’s “Body Talk”). Emem came to Canada at age 16 in 2019 to further her education, and is currently studying psychology at Trent University. After her degree she wants to work with kids and create a program to benefit people back in her hometown in Nigeria, helping young adults who are trying to get their lives together and need sponsorship to further their studies.” Musical tracks: “BAM BAM” Joey Jaey and “Body Talk” Jeffrey Benson. You can see her on https://www.tiktok.com/@ememwrld_
On Episode #45, we talk with one of the greatest stalwarts of our musical scene in Peterborough: BA Johnston. Hamiltonian BA Johnston was a past resident and for a long-time has remained on the list of upcoming acts for venues such as the Red Dog. Which, by the way, he will playing at on March 31st with the Mickies and the Beef Boys. I love his biting sense of realism combined his hilarious sense of humour. During our lockdown period, he played in many people’s backyards and continues that service till today, giving you his spandex outfits, Casio keyboard, along with good rocking fun. We discuss among other things his love of the Pigs Ear Tavern, Oshawa, the hated necessities of No Frills and Tim Hortons, his relationship with Peterborough, his Valentine Song A Grams, his Ham Jam sessions and briefly, Doug Ford, among other things. Tracks by BA Johnston: “This Pink Eye Has Got Me Down”, “I Don’t Want to go to the No Frills”, “My Last Shift At Timmies”, “Deep Fryer in my Bedroom(Live)”, “Only 2 Things I Wanna Do(Doritos N U)”, “Peterborough Love”. Follow BA on https://bajohnston.bandcamp.com/album/werewolves-of-london-ontario, http://www.bajohnston.ca/ and https://twitter.com/bajohnston.
Harbhajunkie(aka Mridul Harbhajanka)has blessed Peterborough/Nogojiwanong/Trent with her multiple levels of talent for the last few years. She recently released an album called “Making Tunes and Eating Fruit” which is now available on all major streaming services (https://open.spotify.com/artist/2T4ZfVes6EkjEMbUb5p83W). She has produced the soundtrack and been a part of a number of short films, which are available on YouTube(https://www.youtube.com/@mridulharbhajanka). Her films do an excellent depiction of what it was like to live during our lockdown period of 2020-21. It also has to be noted that she is an international student from India and has achieved all these artistic feats despite the adversaries that international students face these days. Her sound has a dreamy feel to it that has both mystery and ease. Lets hear about her work with Effigy Girl(aka Hazel Dreslinski), her vegan diet, how she coped with the lockdown, her various films such as the brilliant “Isolated”, her Trent Radio programs, how being a student in Canada has affected her relationship with her mother and her future plans, Before she leaves us in Peterborough, I think its best we pay tribute and recognize her talent. Who knows what she can become? Correction: I mention in the podcast that 33% of Trent students are international students. According to Trent, it is around 13% for 2022/23. My apologies. Tracks: “want u”, “may(ft. Effigy Girl)”, “Marie in my kitchen”, “girl in the maze”, “it’s you I like, but perverted”, “anything u wanna do”.
The irreplaceable Pigs Ear Tavern is returning to Peterborough in 2023. One of the most awe-inspiring events in Peterborough has happened. The famous Pigs Ear Tavern is returning to our city in 2023. I discuss this with the new owners, Steve Robertson and Ashley Holmes. They are the 14th owners of a business that has been around most years since 1865, minus its closure since 2017. A cultural symbol of Peterborough, it has represented most aspects of the city, with past guests such as Hank Williams and Gord Downie. We discuss the return of such landmarks as pickled eggs in a jar, Labbat 50, pingo, John perhaps bringing back his trivia night, open mic, pool night and live music. Past ghosts of the place are still there and the spirit of the community is there with them. Music: “Ballad of the Pigs Ear” Benj Rowland, “I Miss The Pigs Ear”-BA Johnston https://www.pigseartavern.com/
We delve into the world of animation from a Ptbo/Nogo perspective with the greatly talented Barnabas Wornoff. Barnabas, a long-time veteran of the animation industry, is among other things the co-founder of TAAFI(Toronto Animation Arts Festival International), an instructor at Seneca College in animation and illustration streams(https://seneca2d.com/), Creative Producer at Smiley Guy Studios and involved in past productions both in Peterborough and abroad such as “Jimmy Two Shoes”, “Mulligan”, “Total Drama Island”, “The Dating Guy”, “HouseBroken”, “The Super Popular Show”, the Shrimps, “In Search of Blind Joe Death” etc, Credits: “Darwin Computer Game”,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Neu712Iw8Z8, Morgellona-“Iudex”, “Human”. We also briefly analyze the relation between AI and animation. What impact will it have: darkness, light or grey? Watch out for Toronto Animated Film Festival-February 16th-18th at Hot Docs.
Track samples: Chantal Glo-Live from Gordon Best(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fzp75ycc3Q&t=588s), Miss Moss-Summer Solstice from 2016(https://soundcloud.com/teganmoss/miss-moss-does-house-music-summer-solstice-2016), Ecuchapin aka Sudaka Collective-Techno mix(https://soundcloud.com/ecuchapin/techno_mix), Envsionary aka Victor Espinoza-Return from teh Shadows(https://www.mixcloud.com/envisionary/return-from-the-shadows-envisi0nary-dj-mix/), Aw Yeah!-My DJ gig got cancelled and all I got was this Stupid Mix(https://soundcloud.com/awyeahsucks/cherrybomb), Recos-Mirage(https://soundcloud.com/r-ecos1/mirage-prod-recos), J$-90s mix(https://www.mixcloud.com/happinessisawarmjet/90s-mix/) and Johnny B. Good-The Alphabet Song(Zionne Remix)(https://soundcloud.com/johnny-b-good-1/the-alphabet-song-zionne-remix)
I desperately needed and wanted a 101 course on the currents of our electronic music scene. I was incredibly fortunate to meet both Ryan Mclean Purdon(aka RMP-https://soundcloud.com/rmpurdon)and Em Minthorn(aka m0lly milli0ns: https://www.mixcloud.com/desertkitton/). Apologies for the rough and tumbly sound at the beloved The Only. We discuss their program on Trent Radio, their own music, upcoming shows for Otonabeats and a quick sketch of different electronic musicians in Peterborough/Nogojiwanong. Besides the interview, you will hear NOTHING but some of our local artists. Musical tracks heard by: Age of Moss(https://www.mixcloud.com/OtonabeatsRadio/otonabeats-002-age-of-moss-guest-mix/), RMP with Bad Mayor(https://soundcloud.com/rmpurdon/february-17th-full-moon-stream-set-with-bad-mayor), m0lly milli0ns. Take note of the Aquarium show on February 11th. https://l.instagram.com/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.ca%2Fe%2Fotonabeats-presents-aquarium-tickets-518435954897&e=AT3kHYQE8pws9qMsuRhOnFyM66szkHk_CcH3zrqfl9GtZXaauyPg0Idqrw8twy3NQq7BPT-FYYdTx-j-lQKZVrp3sUlRQ3py8lA36OgGdmcrDC9V&s=1. Take note of a bonus episode with other djs from Ptbo/Nogo.
One of Peterborough’s newest musical acts are Tapes In Motion, consisting of songwriter Tristan Konkle and Colby McAllister on drums. They are “best described as an ever-changing musical style overtop of abstract thought and emotional uncertainty”(bandcamp). Topics we disccus but not limited to are: whats behind the title of the album, a self-description of their own sound, the influence of the The Strokes and others, Colby’s background in drumming, the process of making “Art and Irreligion”(released in November of 2022), Tristan’s Independent Music Production course at Seneca College, the story of the band’s previous incarnation Drift and Collide, whats behind several of the tracks off of the album, the importance of storytelling, the meaning of the bands name(or lack thereof), the relationship they have developed with Ptbo/Nogojiwanong’s musical community, doing cover songs. their process of songwriting, plus more. The band plays January 21st at Sadleir House(https://www.facebook.com/sadleirhouse/) and more on the band can be found at https://linktr.ee/tapesinmotion. Tracks: “Time Won’t Tell”, “Nothing Left to Do”, “Turquoise Dreams”, “The End of it All” and “Tapes 1”.
Citizens Against Radioactive Neighbourhoods(CARN) is a determined group of citizens who see an injustice and governmental contempt in letting BWXT process uranium pellets using beryllium “25 meters” away from a public school. I am discussing this multi-layered issue Peter Harris. If nothing else, it is important to know what is happened at the GE-owned land that BWXT is currerntly leasing on Monaghan Rd. in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. CARN fought this licensing being given to BWXT by CSNC(Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission)that has full jurisdiction over deciding this issue. Any city that gives itself to one industry is asking often for short-term gain/long-term pain. GE gave us employment and now toxic waste. BWXT is currently making uranium pellets for CANDU reactors for the Darlington plant right beside residencies and a public school. The issues and the process is both under- reported and not lucid to the public, which is an example of democracy not in action. We discuss with Peter CARN’s court fightings with BWXT, the dangers of uranium oxide pellets, the fear of it being a site to make enriched fuel(fuel needed for nuclear reactors), the dangers of beryllium and how it is used in the process of making the pellets, the dangers of uranium dust being released into the air, how soil sample testing done by BWXT-while more than what GE did-is a “proxy” to air quality and is a “false standard”, the state of employment for the plant, what Peterborough Public Health is saying and all of this in the context of what we can call GE 2.0. Tracks include; Morgellona-“Gentleman”, Jonny Greenwood-“25”
One of my favourite events of the year is Peterborough’s Reframe Film Festival. The 2023 version is occurring between January 26-February 3. I preview this in my discussion with Festival Director, Kait Dueck. Virtual passes are available now on reframefilmfestival.ca Stand alone tickets will be available soon. Reframe is a celebration of documentary film and media art, with a lense on social and environmental justice. Local, national and international films are shown. We discuss among other things: her ten plus years at Showplace and how that has helped at Reframe, the opening night plans for January 26th for Reframe, her past education in envirnomental, ecology and gender studies and how that helps her at Reframe, her love of nature, what art means through a “justice-based lens”, her love of birds, her long career in acting(four seasons at 4thLine among other experiences), what Reframe looks to for financial support-if you are wishing to support the Festival, go to https://reframefilmfestival.ca/support/donate/- and Laura Poitras’s film that will be shown on opening night. Musical selections: “Spirit To Soar” by Ansley Simpson and “Gay Bar” Evangeline Gentle.
Satah Cameron is the ultimate bedroom pop artist of Peterborough/Nogojiwanong. However Satah also has an experimental and darker side as well. Performing under the pseudonyms People You Meet Outside of Bars and Piloting The Animal, Satah is one of the most creative musicians to listen to in our city. Like most of us in this dark age, the past few years have presented many challenges for Satah. It is especially difficult for a solo artist. However, we both agree that nothing can soothe your discomforts more than a kitty-cat, or almost nothing. We discuss how they still believe in love and is a person of big feeling, how the piano as an instrument is their “home”, how the ukelele is ideal for solo pieces, thoughts on social media, how they felt working on Naomi Duvall’s “Dark Eyes” in 2021 as a puppet play, goth identity and how they admire Robert Smith(The Cure) and past musical alias of Duckies Are Your Best Friend. Musical pieces include: People You Meet Outside of Bars-“Indoor Kids”, Piloting The Animal-“I’ve been Thinking abt going off my medication unsupervised”, People You Meet Outside of Bars-“Sleep Alone”, Piloting The Animal-“My Ruling Emotion is Fear”, People You Meet Outside of Bars-“trade” and People You Meet Outside of Bars-“Give Me Back My Senses”.
Music-“Open The Floodgates”-The Smile, “Drowning Simulator”-Effigy Girl The Ontario Government’s recent passing of Bill 23, in a supposed attempt to end our housing crisis, has in effect ended the 17 year moratorium Ontario had on our Greenbelt. This Bill will, among many other things, override municipal powers on the (false?)premise that More Housing=Affordable Housing under the terms of a few private developers. Mary-Ellen Abberger led a protest at Landsdowne and Park on November 26th in protest of Bill23. This was part of a larger contingency of protests against Bill 23 that are happening across the province. Sadly, you have to hear my suspicion of both Bill 23 and the Ontario government’s connection with the developers. To see Mary-Ellen look on https://www.facebook.com/maryellen.abberger/or check out https://forourgrandchildren.ca/
Correction: Mary Ellen has informed us that she mis-spoke regarding changes to Inclusionary Zoning (IZ) requirements in Bill 23. The changes that were made to Inclusionary Zoning requirements for municipalities will actually prevent the creation of sufficient affordable housing, as the new IZ requirements are weaker than those that were in place in many municipalities before Bill 23 was proposed and passed.
Music: badmayor
Kerri is the Proram Manager at the Consumption and Trreatement Services at 220 Simcoe St. in Peterborough. In the episode we discuss matters such as: the stigma behind users, how drug addiction can happen to all of us, Three services are provided at CTS: PARN provides safe equipment for drug use and food among other items(such as Hep C and HIV testing). M-SORT receives referrals from paramedics for people who need support and try and meet them. CTS gives a booth for those who bring drugs to the site. Nurses are on site three times a week to do help treats wounds and other health factors. We both give an acknowledgement to the Peterborough Library. The attempt is to give understanding about CTS, about those that use it and to reserve moral judgement. Moral judgement is a no-win position in which there are no means of finding a solution to an ever-escalating situation, not just in Peterborugh, but globally(try Los Angeles if you don’t believe me). The answer has to lie beyond another alternative besides criminalization, which cannot and will not solve the problem and only have those suffering, suffer more. Our medical officer of health @twpiggott just said supervised inhalation is needed.
Music: knotthatgood-“Extreme Devotion” We both love Mark Fisher( https://www.versobooks.com/blogs/3051-they-can-be-different-in-the-future-too-mark-fisher-interviewed). On a personal level, we discuss Evan’s Cultural Studies program, how The Arthur works and what role a journalist should play(put narration in an “accessible form”). The issues we discuss are: the student housing crisis, food insecurtiy, the situation with Trent’s Durham campus, the university’s revenue dependence on international students(this is Nick Taylor’s excellent work on the topic: https://www.trentarthur.ca/news/the-internationalization-industry-at-trent-university), the degrading of Trent’s graduate studies through internationalization, what exactly is going on at the Board of Governors meetings(no public transcripts among other things), the overall divorce that has happened between Peterborough and Trent and the mess created by the lack of transit. Of course, we discuss the non-Starbucks options at Trent. From the theoretical to the pragmatic. Thank you Evan.
Music; Bennett Bedoukian, Craig Pederson and Karen Ng-“audiopollination.” Multi-dimensional Ryan Kerr, who has been at the forefront of the Peterborough art scene for thirty years, has an upcoming show at TTOK called “Unexploded Ordnance”(https://ttok.ca/unexploded-ordnance/)November 9-12. This interview was done in person and I apologize beforehand for the sound issues. Among other things we discuss is what we should take away from the immense tragedy of WW1, his day at Union Theatre on Hunter St., his book distribution strore on King and George, how he got the Theatre on King location, the need for an arts council in Peterborough, Bernie Martin, the Precaious Festival(s), his Scarborough past, his high school drama teacher(who seems like the most incredible teacher), the skill of lighting in drama, how to keep Theatre on King running, future TTOK shows and the worry over finding future performers for theatre.
Music selection: “Drowning Simulator”-Effigy Girl This is a very Peterborough-centric focused podcast but I will try and explain a few things to any possible outsiders. Will Pearson(@quillpearson) is a co-founder of an excellent local newspaper called “Peterborough Currernts”(https://peterboroughcurrents.ca). We discuss our recent municipal election from October 24, 2022. Jeff Leal is our new mayor but “new” is not an accurate term for Leal. He is a past city councillor and was MPP for 15 years(2003-2018). Why did he end up winning a resounding fashion? Is it accurate to say that the current council elected is overall a centre-right collective? What are the main issues Peterborough faces in the next 4 years? Are municipalities in Ontario in a hopeless position? Are we still providing a 24/7 shelter after March 31? How are going to provide affordable housing in our city? What is the proper balance of power between our elected officials and the city bureaucrats? As well, Pearson does a great job educating me on the story of Peterborough Housing Corporation(PHC), the limits of an addiction and treatment centre, the 484 possible rent-geared-to-income housing units by 2029, our tragic transit situation (https://peterboroughcurrents.ca/newsletters/newsletter-the-uber-ification-of-peterborough-transit/), the cycling master plan and more. Plus you get to hear Will’s ciriticism of Bill C-18.
The Governor-General nominated author, multi-faceted and talented artist Kate Story joined me for a chat. She discusses her G-G nomiated book “Urchin”, the fascination she has with radio, the Southside Road, her connection with the main character, a young adolescent named Dorthea, Signal Hill and a reading for our audience! Woo-hoo! There is also her upcoming solo performance show at Theatre on King titled “Anxiety.” We also discuss ghosts and superstitions, Newfoundland literature, Joey Smallwood, the beauty of Theatre on King, the comparison between shame and anxiety and the sad coop of “Beowulf” by the far right, There was also her experience being part of the hate-fest exhibit in Peterborough done earlier this year to Jagmeet Singh. Her father, George Story, was creditied with the Dictonary of Newfoundland English. Among being a writer, director, actor, she also has to be praised for her work in dance. We also discuss past literary works such as “Blasted.” Musical credits: Irish Millie-“Big Red”, Georgia Harmer-“Top Down”. Watson and Lou is selling “Urchin” or Runing the Goat publishers(https://runningthegoat.com/)
A current PHD student at University of Victoria, until recently Nancy Henderson was program manager(still program research and evaluation manager) at Peterborough’s 360 Degree Nurse Practictioner LED Cinic. They began a Safer Supply program for 50 users of toxic street drugs to give them a safe alternative. I thank Nancy for taking the time to talke to me on this dire topic and a cause of death of about 5-8 people each month in our city. I apologize for the excessive use of acronyms. CTS stands for Consumption and Treatment Services, which is a drug treatment program done at Simcoe and Aylmer. MSORT stands for Mobile Support Overdose Resource Team, which is one of many organizations within this city helping to combat the issue of toxic drug supply in this age of prohibition. She brings up a lot of “moral dilemnas” and future challenges that the Safer Supply programs face. Musical notes: garbageface-“Antumbra”, “Penumbra”, Olias “Sinister Teal”