Adam Stirling: The Podcast

Victoria’s housing market remains relatively stable from the second to third quarter housing report according to the CMHC. Adam spoke with Pershing Sun, analyst, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, about how Victoria’s housing market compares to the rest of the province and country.

In this hour, preliminary research has found young adults want to be more included in public health messaging during the COVID pandemic. Adam was joined by Dr. Scott Lear, Pfizer/Heart & Stroke Foundation Chair in Cardiovascular Prevention Research, SFU health sciences, for a conversation about youth being more involved in public health messaging. Adam closes out the show by taking calls from...

In the first hour of today’s show, Adam discusses the crime in Victoria that is a byproduct of 24/7 camping.

In this hour, the BC government announced they would be providing frontline health workers with pandemic pay back in May – but 80,000 healthcare workers still haven’t received that payment. Mike Old, Interim Secretary-Business Manager of the Hospital Employees’ Union, joined Adam to talk about what’s causing the delay. Adam also takes calls from listeners.

In this hour, Steven Bergner, Director of Data and Analytics at Simon Fraser University's Big Data Hub and faculty at the School of Computing Science at SFU, joined Adam to discuss a program he is developing that will create a warning system for ships to avoid whale strikes. Later, the BC Ombudsperson has released a report on how to best handle complaints during the COVID pandemic. Jay Chalke, BC'...

Steven Bergner, Director of Data and Analytics at Simon Fraser University's Big Data Hub and faculty at the School of Computing Science at SFU, joined Adam to discuss a program he is developing that will create a warning system for ships to avoid whale strikes. 

Preliminary research has found young adults want to be more included in public health messaging during the COVID pandemic. Adam was joined by Dr. Scott Lear, Pfizer/Heart & Stroke Foundation Chair in Cardiovascular Prevention Research, SFU health sciences, for a conversation about youth being more involved in public health messaging. 

The BC government announced they would be providing frontline health workers with pandemic pay back in May – but 80,000 healthcare workers still haven’t received that payment. Mike Old, Interim Secretary-Business Manager of the Hospital Employees’ Union, joined Adam to talk about what’s causing the delay.

The BC Ombudsperson has released a report on how to best handle complaints during the COVID pandemic. Jay Chalke, BC's ombudsperson, spoke with Adam about what changes are being suggested.

Elisabeth Galarneau, federal researcher on air quality, joined Adam to talk about wildfires cancer-causing air toxins.

In the first hour of today’s show, Adam discusses the latest COVID-19 case statistics in BC and on Vancouver Island.

In this hour, Elisabeth Galarneau, federal researcher on air quality, joined Adam to talk about wildfires cancer-causing air toxins. Adam also takes calls from listeners.

In this hour, we continue to learn about the long term impacts of COVID-19 – and one of those appears to be brain damage. Teresa Liu-Ambrose, Professor and Canada Research Chair, University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, joined Adam to discuss her research on the impact of COVID-19 on the brain. Adam also takes calls from listeners.

In this hour, a survey from Imagine Canada found that one-in-three British Columbians aren’t able to donate as much as they normally would this holiday season. Adam spoke withBruce MacDonald, President and CEO, Imagine Canada, about how the pandemic is impacting charities. Adam closes out the program by taking calls from listeners.

A survey from Imagine Canada found that one-in-three British Columbians aren’t able to donate as much as they normally would this holiday season. Adam spoke withBruce MacDonald, President and CEO, Imagine Canada, about how the pandemic is impacting charities.

We continue to learn about the long term impacts of COVID-19 – and one of those appears to be brain damage. Teresa Liu-Ambrose, Professor and Canada Research Chair, University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, joined Adam to discuss her research on the impact of COVID-19 on the brain.

The good news is there is a vaccine on its way to Canada and BC, but workplaces aren’t allowed mandating their employees to get one. Mike Old, Interim Secretary-Business Manager of the Hospital Employees’ Union, spoke with Adam about how this impacts hospital workers.

The Grumpy Taxpayer$ of Greater Victoria are hoping that the Inspector of Municipalities in BC will look into – what they call – the lack of transparency and accountability in Langford council. John Treleaven, chair, Grumpy Taxpayer$ of Greater Victoria, joined Adam to explain why he thinks Langford needs to stream their council meetings.

Research shows that the pandemic is affecting our sleep in multiple ways. Dr. Myriam Juda, adjunct professor of psychology at Simon Fraser University and research manager at UBC’s BRAIN Lab, joined Adam to talk about how the pandemic has changed how many people sleep.

In the first hour of today’s show, Adam discusses the results of the Victoria by-election that saw Stephen Andrew comfortably win the vacant council seat formerly held by NDP MP Laurel Collins.

We now have a vaccine almost ready to  be distributed in Canada – but research through the pandemic showed high levels of hesitancy about taking a COVID vaccine.  Steven Taylor, professor at UBC’s department of psychiatry, a clinical psychologist, and author of The Psychology of Pandemics , joined the program to talk about how to combat that hesitancy.

In this hour, the good news is there is a vaccine on its way to Canada and BC, but workplaces aren’t allowed mandating their employees to get one. Mike Old, Interim Secretary-Business Manager of the Hospital Employees’ Union, spoke with Adam about how this impacts hospital workers. Later, people from less affluent neighbourhoods in Canada accounted for the highest percentage of hospita...

People from less affluent neighbourhoods in Canada accounted for the highest percentage of hospital visits due to COVID during the pandemic. Adam spoke with Greg Webster, Director, Acute and Ambulatory Care Information Services with Canadian Institute for Health Information, about why this is happening.

In this hour, we now have a vaccine almost ready to be distributed in Canada – but research through the pandemic showed high levels of hesitancy about taking a COVID vaccine.  Steven Taylor, professor at UBC’s department of psychiatry, a clinical psychologist, and author of The Psychology of Pandemics , joined the program to talk about how to combat that hesitancy. Adam closes out...

In this hour, research shows that the pandemic is affecting our sleep in multiple ways. Dr. Myriam Juda, adjunct professor of psychology at Simon Fraser University and research manager at UBC’s BRAIN Lab, joined Adam to talk about how the pandemic has changed how many people sleep. Later, the Grumpy Taxpayer$ of Greater Victoria are hoping that the Inspector of Municipalities in BC will look...