Adam Stirling: The Podcast

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Adam brings you special programming focusing on everything related to COVID-19 in Canada and keeps you up to date with all the latest news as it happens. In this hour, a new institute on the Royal Roads University campus will study humanity’s critical problems -- such as  pandemics, climate change, economic disruption, political instability and soci...

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Adam brings you special programming focusing on everything related to COVID-19 in Canada and keeps you up to date with all the latest news as it happens. In this hour, there has been a vast amount of support from the federal government rolled out for businesses and individuals, but farmers and suppliers need support as well to say afloat. Sylvain Charlebois, P...

The BC Salmon Farmers Association announced today members are partnering with Food Banks BC to donate about 200,000 meals worth of salmon - some 60,000 pounds total. David Kiemele, Managing Director, Cermaq Canada, joined Adam to talk about this new initiative to support the hungry people in our province.

The Angus Reid Institute recently published a report that polled Canadians about their mental stress and financial stress. Adam was joined by Dave Korzinski, research director, Angus Reid Institute, to talk about the report by his organization.

A new institute on the Royal Roads University campus will study humanity’s critical problems -- such as  pandemics, climate change, economic disruption, political instability and social upheaval  -- and how these crises are interconnected. Dr. Thomas Homer-Dixon, head of Royal Road's University's new Cascade Institute, spoke with Adam about the institute.

The process of moving all the people tenting in Topaz Park and on Pandora Avenue to indoor shelter and hotels has begun. Grant McKenzie, director of communications for Our Place Society, spoke with Adam about this process and creating long-term solutions after the pandemic.

There has been a vast amount of support from the federal government rolled out for businesses and individuals, but farmers and suppliers need support as well to say afloat. Sylvain Charlebois, Professor & Senior Director, Agri-food Analytics Lab, Dalhousie University, joined Adam to speak about Canada's food supply and those who need support to keep it running.

David Lefebvre, director of Public Affairs, Recycle BC, joined Adam to talk about how we can all improve our recycling during the pandemic.

The federal government has increased support for businesses by moving forward with the provinces to implement its Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance. Laura Jones, Executive Vice-President, Canadian Federation of Independent Business, spoke with Adam about the importance of the commercial rent assistance.

Nora Spinks, CEO of the Vanier Institute, joined the program for a conversation about how physical distancing has made some families closer.

Salt Spring Island has had no confirmed cases of COVID-19 yet, but even a small outbreak could overwhelm the island’s limited medical resources. Gary Holman, Salt Spring Island Electoral Area Director, joined Adam to talk about how that community is doing.

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Adam brings you special programming focusing on everything related to COVID-19 in Canada and keeps you up to date with all the latest news as it happens. In this hour, Victoria resident and former mayoral candidate Stephen Hammond joined the program too discuss what is going on at the tent cities in Topaz Park and on Pandora Avenue. Later, the federal governme...

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Adam brings you special programming focusing on everything related to COVID-19 in Canada and keeps you up to date with all the latest news as it happens. In this hour, Steve Mossop, president of Insights West, joined the program to speak about a recent study by his organization that found that many Canadians have been become increasingly worried and stressed t...

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Adam brings you special programming focusing on everything related to COVID-19 in Canada and keeps you up to date with all the latest news as it happens. In this hour, Nora Spinks, CEO of the Vanier Institute, joined the program for a conversation about how physical distancing has made some families closer.

Steve Mossop, president of Insights West, joined the program to speak about a recent study by his organization that found that many Canadians have been become increasingly worried and stressed throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

Victoria resident and former mayoral candidate Stephen Hammond joined the program too discuss what is going on at the tent cities in Topaz Park and on Pandora Avenue.

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Adam brings you special programming focusing on everything related to COVID-19 in Canada and keeps you up to date with all the latest news as it happens. In this hour, After expressing his concerns on about the safety of his family due to the nearby Topaz Park tent city, Rabbi Meir Kaplan, Chabad of Vancouver Island, joined the show to share his thoughts on th...

After expressing his concerns on about the safety of his family due to the nearby Topaz Park tent city, Rabbi Meir Kaplan, Chabad of Vancouver Island, joined the show to share his thoughts on the announced plan to take down the tents.

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Adam brings you special programming focusing on everything related to COVID-19 in Canada and keeps you up to date with all the latest news as it happens. In this hour, Ron Cheffins, UVic Professor Emeritus of Law and Political Science, joined Adam for their weekly political discussion. This week they discuss how the Liberals passed the Conservatives as the mos...

Dr. Daniel Ovakim is a critical care physician in Victoria that is taking part in a study to find the affect that three different drugs have on COVID-19 patients. He joined Adam to speak about the trials.

Dr. Jessica Rourke is an expert in conflict who teaches a class on interpersonal communication at the University of Victoria, she joined Adam for a conversation how can we talk constructively to people who aren't physical distancing, and talk about human conflict in general?

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Adam brings you special programming focusing on everything related to COVID-19 in Canada and keeps you up to date with all the latest news as it happens. Mike Kazakowski from Citified.ca joined Adam for their weekly roundtable discussion this hour. 

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Adam brings you special programming focusing on everything related to COVID-19 in Canada and keeps you up to date with all the latest news as it happens. In this hour, a COVID-19 outbreak on Cormorant Island, B.C. has prompted leaders of 'Namgis First Nation, Whe-la-la-u Area Council and Village of Alert Bay to declare a local state of emergency. Chief Don Sva...

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Adam brings you special programming focusing on everything related to COVID-19 in Canada and keeps you up to date with all the latest news as it happens. In this hour, Dr. Jessica Rourke is an expert in conflict who teaches a class on interpersonal communication at the University of Victoria, she joined Adam for a conversation how can we talk constructively to...

Ron Cheffins, UVic Professor Emeritus of Law and Political Science, joined Adam for their weekly political discussion. This week they discuss how the Liberals passed the Conservatives as the most popular party in Canada.