The beginning of February marks the start of the Provincial Eating Disorders Awareness (PEDAW) campaign. On this week’s People First Radio broadcast on January 30,2014, we feature interviews with people from different aspects of this important work.
Trixie Hennessey is the program coordinator of the Woodstone Residence, a residential treatment program for young women, located on Galiano Island.
She will tell us about their history and programs.
The beginning of February marks the start of the Provincial Eating Disorders Awareness (PEDAW) campaign. On this week’s People First Radio broadcast on January 30,2014, we feature interviews with people from different aspects of this important work.
Deborah Grimm is one of the founders of the Looking Glass Foundation, which will be holding its tenth anniversary gala this year.
From a small group of parents of children with eating disorders to an effective fundraiser, educator and provider of residential treatment, Deborah chronicles the history of the Looking Glass Foundation. http://lookingglassbc.ca/
The beginning of February marks the start of the Provincial Eating Disorders Awareness (PEDAW) campaign. On this week’s People First Radio broadcast on January 30,2014, we feature interviews with people from different aspects of this important work.
Amy Pezzente is the coordinator for the Provincial Eating Disorders Awareness (PEDAW) campaign, visiting schools to talk about eating disorders and body image as well as hosting eating disorders activities and events throughout the year.
The beginning of February marks the start of the Provincial Eating Disorders Awareness (PEDAW) campaign. On this week’s People First Radio broadcast on January 30,2014, we feature interviews with people from different aspects of this important work.
Blake Woodside M.D is the director of the inpatient eating disorders program at the Toronto General Hospital and professor in the department of psychiatry at the University of Toronto.
His specialty is the treatment of eating disorders in adults and his research covers a wide range of topics related to eating disorders.
BC Aboriginal Mine Training Association is a large organization with locations in Vancouver, Kamloops, Williams Lake, Cranbrook, New Aiyansh and Merritt.
They are working proactively to support the participation of Aboriginal individuals in the exploration and mining industry.
Nancy and Ashta will speak with Leonard Jackson, Director of Operations, about the history of BC AMTA, their philosophy and methods for achieving their goal.
A controversial project using a housing-first approach with chronically alcoholic homeless people in Seattle has been shown to decrease overall alcohol consumption levels.
The program, which is funded by the City of Seattle, allows homeless shelter residents to continue to use alcohol, with an overall goal to reduce both alcohol use and alcohol-related problems.
Now a study has found that the approach results in “across-the-board decreases in alcohol consumption and problems”, according to lead researcher Susan Collins. We speak with Susan Collins, a research assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at University of Washington in a rebroadcast from February 17, 2012.
