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By Mo Willems

By Mo Willems

By Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas

By Mo Willemstad

An analysis of how Vancouver views the Downtown Eastside and how mental health issues affect that community. Lead by Tobias Faehndrich and Liam Blakely. Thanks to the CBC for letting us use some of their clips, Free Sounds, Fountain, Sam Wieler, and Caleb O’Brien for letting us use your music, Jean Swanson and Ben Garner for insightful interviews, …

There are times we experience joy and happiness, but there are things we must struggle to maintain these emotions. My partner and I will be talking about depression. We will be sharing our thoughts and personal experiences of dealing with depression with the support of other people giving us a better insight of it. We do not wish for those who are …

Episode 3: The Truth We decided to dig deeper and get out of our comfort zone by emailing psychologists specialized in Anxiety and interviewing them. The explanation about the topic this time is a lot more precise, scientific-based, and is back up with many statistics and careful research. The psychologists also shared their insights and experience…

Episode 2: Emotional First Aid 101 This time, we interviewed Mrs. Nicholson, our Psychology teacher, and Mr. Johnston, grade 12’s counsellor, about the same set of questions that we used to interview random people in the last episode. They gave lots of awesome insights and experience about the topic and tried to give advices to those who are still …

According to the Anxiety Disorders Association of Canada, “the 12 month prevalence for any anxiety disorder is over 12% and one in four Canadians (25%) will have at least one anxiety disorder in their lifetime”. We often hear about and constantly bring up the word ‘Anxiety’ in our daily life, and sometimes even experience it ourselves. Yet most peo…

Episode 3: ADHD and School Through interviews from an elementary school teacher and a high school counsellor, we have an insight into how students with ADHD perform at school. This episode will also provide some strategies that teachers could use to help students with ADHD and also some possible ways for students to succeed at school. How kids with…

Episode 2: Common Misconceptions of ADHD Have you ever blamed sugar, poor parenting or electronic devices for causing ADHD? Have you ever mixed up ADHD and learning disability? Have you ever thought that ADHD will block your path to success? Myths will be debunked in this episode! We are going to discuss about some misconceptions you may have heard…

ADHD is one of the most common conditions in childhood. It impacts how kids function in school and in everyday life. Suspecting or hearing that your child has ADHD can raise many questions, even basic questions like “what is ADHD?” You may wonder about symptoms, cause, and some misconceptions you have heard about. Understanding the challenges of AD…

“They say that the best blaze burns brightest when circumstances are at their worst” Howl’s Moving Castle (2004) Life is an obstacle course and we are the trainee gymnasts. Sometimes, as we face new things, we’re left with bruises and become afraid. No one succeeds at first. Only after many failures and falls does one learn to perform. Bruises and …

“They say that the best blaze burns brightest when circumstances are at their worst” Howl’s Moving Castle (2004) Life is an obstacle course and we are the trainee gymnasts. Sometimes, as we face new things, we’re left with bruises and become afraid. No one succeeds at first. Only after many failures and falls does one learn to perform. Bruises and …

“They say that the best blaze burns brightest when circumstances are at their worst” Howl’s Moving Castle (2004) Life is an obstacle course and we are the trainee gymnasts. Sometimes, as we face new things, we’re left with bruises and become afraid. No one succeeds at first. Only after many failures and falls does one learn to perform. Bruises and …

Refugees are individuals who are forced leave their homes to look for safety, or shelter. All in all, individuals become evacuees to escape violence, economic imbalance, natural disasters, unforgiving circumstances and working conditions. With regards to adamant conflict, refugees are those who escape from inevitable, frequently long term violence …

Adele Esnault – Oka had her whole life change in a moment. Listen to her incredibly heart-wrenching story following the death of her husband, Bradley. Sound credit to Pound5

Episode 3 – Onto the Next In the final episode of Five Years of Regret, we interview two best friends as they reflect on the past five years of high school. Centering around the topic of regret, they discuss topics such as sports, social life, and school. Along with discussing the past few years, the two best friends also talk about the next phase …

Episode 2 – Get Involved They say the only regrets we should have are the ones we don’t take. For David Qi the only regret during his high school experience is the one thing he didn’t do during the first two years of high school. Listen to the second episode and learn how David quickly learned and fixed his regret.…

Episode 4 – Teenagers Talk As our podcast draws to a close, we reevaluate what regret means to us and what we learned from this experience. CREDIT: freesound.org

Episode 3 – Street Performers and Broken Necks Bita, Arjun and Brendon take a trip to the Downtown East Side, where they meet a couple of colorful fellows and learn something new about regret. CREDIT: Running Waters by Audionautix Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0 Secret Conversations by The 126ers Creative Commons — Attributio…

Episode 2 – Amber’s Grandpa Gaining an insight into a pensioner’s life, and picking up some wisdom along the way. CREDIT: In Albany New York by The 126ers Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0 In Alb https://creativecommons.org/licenses/… Music provided by FreeMusic109 https://youtube.com/FreeMusic109 Acoustic Meditation 2 by…

Episode 1 – Initial Thoughts Before we get into interviewing people out in the world, listen to our concerns and feelings going into the project. CREDIT: Open Sea Morning by Puddle of Infinity Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/… Music provided by FreeMusic109 https://youtube.com/FreeMusic109…

“Orange Rose” In everyday life, we always see a lot of people. However, we only see them as a person just walking by, without really knowing who they are and how they are doing. In this episode, we are interviewing Jeanie, a music teacher who is teaching students music. An ‘ordinary’ person who we might see during a day, just walking by. However, s…

“Red Dahlia Flower” In this episode, we went to downtown Vancouver and found Dave, our interviewee, on Seymour St. near Vancouver City Centre Station. He shared his life stories with us, regarding his regrets, earlier lives, family, friends, and how he ended up on the streets. Most importantly, he shared his views on what success means to him. The …

In this episode of Paper People, Aamir interviews Mr. Nathan Moes, who used to be the substitute teacher for Ms. Rosengren and is now the substitute for Ms. Moore. In place of Ms. Moore, he currently teaches Social Studies and Social Justice, and is known among students who have been in his classes as one of the coolest and nicest teachers in the s…

In this episode of Paper People, Jennifer interviews Mr. Mark Johnston, Churchill’s current Grade 12 counselor. He’s the man that we all go to in order to plan classes or talk about academics, or sometimes as the man that listens and understands when we have a problem we need to work through. It’s easy to forget that Mr. Johnston is his own person …

Racism can affect mental health by leading to drops in self-esteem and depression. This podcast titled, “Let Me Speak”, is not solely for entertainment but to educate people who are not directly affected by racism. Through telling our story and the stories of others, we aim to expose the truth that so many people live. From the interviews of those …

Long distance relationships are unpredictable, just like any other relationship in life. This podcast digs deeper into a story of someone who was in a long distance relationship and the bittersweet experiences that she encountered. We also bring along the different perspectives that a group of teenagers have towards long distance relationships in w…

“Have you ever experienced a paradigm shift?” In this episode we answer the question of how people of the LGBTQ community discovers/ changes their identity, how societal pressures that influence our relationships, and how the factors that hinders their mental well being. We also look into the history and stigma against the community and what LGBTQ …

Some of our memories are hard to recall, but remembering previous experiences contributes to how our minds mature and grow. The fate of one’s future is partly guided by how they interpret their past, which memories can be manipulated to fit a certain narrative. In the “Life-Changing Experiences” branch of the Memory podcasts, we cover three main to…

Some of our memories are hard to recall, but remembering previous experiences contributes to how our minds mature and grow. The fate of one’s future is partly guided by how they interpret their past, which memories can be manipulated to fit a certain narrative. In the “Life-Changing Experiences” branch of the Memory podcasts, we cover three main to…

Some of our memories are hard to recall, but remembering previous experiences contributes to how our minds mature and grow. The fate of one’s future is partly guided by how they interpret their past, which memories can be manipulated to fit a certain narrative. In the “Life-Changing Experiences” branch of the Memory podcasts, we cover three main to…

Merrimack Webster defines the word Flashback as “an interruption of the chronological sequence of an event of earlier occurrence.” Sometimes, the memory is incomplete, people forget the beginning, forget the end, but remember a few fragments. And those are very valuable. Have you ever had some memories of the familiarity with a scene? In this podca…

Merrimack Webster defines the word Flashback as “an interruption of the chronological sequence of an event of earlier occurrence.” Sometimes, the memory is incomplete, people forget the beginning, forget the end, but remember a few fragments. And those are very valuable. Have you ever had some memories of the familiarity with a scene? In this podca…

Merrimack Webster defines the word Flashback as “an interruption of the chronological sequence of an event of earlier occurrence.” Sometimes, the memory is incomplete, people forget the beginning, forget the end, but remember a few fragments. And those are very valuable. Have you ever had some memories of the familiarity with a scene? In this podca…

Merrimack Webster defines the word Flashback as “an interruption of the chronological sequence of an event of earlier occurrence.” Sometimes, the memory is incomplete, people forget the beginning, forget the end, but remember a few fragments. And those are very valuable. Have you ever had some memories of the familiarity with a scene? In this podca…

Merrimack Webster defines the word Flashback as “an interruption of the chronological sequence of an event of earlier occurrence.” Sometimes, the memory is incomplete, people forget the beginning, forget the end, but remember a few fragments. And those are very valuable. Have you ever had some memories of the familiarity with a scene? In this podca…

Throughout our lives, we encounter different people and face diverse situations, and they will eventually become memories that enrich our experiences and make our lives splendid. However, not all memories are pleasant and stimulating, instead, some memories might be burdens that are too heavy to bear, which thwart people’s passion and hope. This ep…

Throughout our lives, we encounter different people and face diverse situations, and they will eventually become memories that enrich our experiences and make our lives splendid. However, not all memories are pleasant and stimulating, instead, some memories might be burdens that are too heavy to bear, which thwart people’s passion and hope. This ep…

Throughout our lives, we encounter different people and face diverse situations, and they will eventually become memories that enrich our experiences and make our lives splendid. However, not all memories are pleasant and stimulating, instead, some memories might be burdens that are too heavy to bear, which thwart people’s passion and hope. This ep…

Four Canadian high school seniors, Giovanna, Samantha, Rachel, and Helen, share their personal stories about embarrassing moments from the past. Although these moments were originally humiliating, they are funny memories in hindsight where they would laugh about them with family and friends. Sound effects and music found fromhttps://www.zapsplat.co…

Over The Sea focuses on stories of immigrants, we talk about the difficulty of being immigrants, how they adapt to the new culture of Canada, and how is the state of new life influence them. A new life is not an easy start, we have to leave all of our memories behind. It is a stressful but an exciting time, which makes immigration to be a Big Momen…

“But if I’m not the same, the next question is, ‘Who in the world am I?’ Ah, that’s the great puzzle!” Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass Decision-making is never easy. Wanting to make perfect choices holds more weight than one can imagine. It brings uneasiness and uncertainty to where people set their gro…