On Feb. 10, 2026, an 18-year-old opened fire at a high school in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., killing eight people before turning a gun on herself. In the weeks that followed, OpenAI admitted that the perpetrator had been discussing the attack with ChatGPT – and that the company had chosen not to alert authorities. But, in the aftermath of one of the deadliest shootings in our country’s history, many Canadians are asking: Why not?

It’s a reasonable question. But the idea that AI companies should automatically report violent conversations to police is more complicated than it sounds.

To try and unpack it, I spoke with Meredith Whittaker, the President of Signal – an encrypted messaging platform that doesn’t collect your data, serve you ads, or track who you’re talking to. Whittaker runs the most private messaging app on the planet, which also means there is almost certainly illegal activity happening on Signal that no one, including her, knows about.

But this conversation isn’t just about Tumbler Ridge. The instinct to trade privacy for “safety” is reshaping the entire tech landscape: Amazon now lets you scan a whole neighbourhood’s worth of Ring camera footage; Australia requires teenagers to verify their ages before accessing social media. These technologies offer real value – but they all ask you to give something up in return. So I wanted to ask Whittaker why that trade might not be worth making.

Editor's note: A previous version of this article reported an incorrect final tally of the injured during the shooting at Tumbler Ridge. Two were critically injured. The podcast audio also includes an incorrect final tally of the injured.

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What’s up, y’all? As always, first up, here is everything I have added to Libretime since last week:

Here is tonight’s Horizon Broadening Hour:

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Tracklist:

Those Who Walk Away – The Beginning and the End
Mike Casey – Shift (Live)
Devin Gray feat. Andrea Parkins & Frank Gratkowski – Doom Loops
Modha – The Bee By The Pool (feat. James Chatburn)
Triple Blind – Sketchy Invention
Asher Gamedze – Turnin’
The Setting – Hold On Tight To Your Music
Simar – Let It Happen
Davaun – Labor
FrodoCPU – Over the Horizon
Nicolas McComber – To Follow
Lemonbolt – Optimist
Chic Chameleon – Peppermint Halo
Aqyila – Bloom (D&B Edit)
With Violet – Adam Brings It
Teerath Majumder – Island
The Talbot Trail Boys – Saturday Morning Cartoons
Brian Sumner – money was always an issue
Dave Soroka – Wichita
Kye Alfred Hillig – Divorce Of Course Of Course
Pressgang Mutiny – Haul Away Joe
Marshall Dane – Somebody Somewhere
Johnny Beachit – The Salt Life
Ryan Dart – Wranglers & Rock’n’Roll
Neon Ghosthouse – Night is Half the Day
Lunar Reverb – Fuzz You
tenmonthsummer – tomar hashi, tomar naam
Sean Bienhaus – I Can’t Let Go
Acoustic Joint – Downtown
Half Dollar Dog – Manu Militari (Radio Edit)
Mark of Kaine – Weight of Silence
Dorian Whisper – Blues Skies
Igor Lisul – The Lonely Bench
Blair Sparrow – Big Party Excuse

See y’all next time!

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Download: Synthetronic 80s – Episode #14 (MP3, 80 MB, 57m46s)

Synthetronic 80s airs on CKMS-FM 102.7 on Saturdays from 8pm to 9pm.

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Financial advice is everywhere online. Some of it is mathematically correct, but that does not mean it is right for your situation.

Popular tips can sound smart, but if money is already tight, those strategies can sometimes make things worse instead of better.

Hear the full episode to learn about some of the most common financial tips circulating online and why, in the wrong situation, they can quietly push people deeper into debt.

Using Home Equity for Debt – What You Need To Know First Credit Counselling vs Consumer Proposal Reliable Financial Motivation – Our Monthly Newsletter Free Budgeting Planner – For Realistic Tracking Hoyes Michalos YouTube Channel – Free Canadian Debt Answers 00:00 – The problem with financial advice on the internet 02:20 – Why good advice can still be wrong for your situation 04:50 – Bad advice #1: "Just transfer the balance to a 0% card" 08:40 – Why moving debt doesn't actually reduce debt 11:40 – Bad advice #2: "Invest instead of paying down debt" 15:00 – Why guaranteed interest beats theoretical returns 18:00 – Bad advice #3: "Use your HELOC to fix everything" 21:10 – Turning unsecured debt into secured debt 23:40 – Bad advice #4: "Just hustle harder" 26:10 – The three tests for evaluating financial advice 28:40 – Why context matters more than internet tips

Disclaimer: The information provided in the Debt Free in 30 Podcast is for entertainment and informational purposes only and is not intended as personal financial advice. Individual financial situations vary and may require personal guidance from a financial professional. The views expressed in this episode do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Hoyes, Michalos & Associates, or any other affiliated organizations. We do not endorse or guarantee the effectiveness of any specific financial institutions, strategies, or digital tools/apps discussed.

Got a quieter show tonight. If you fall asleep to this show, I promise I won’t mind; I’ve fallen asleep to a lot of this music myself. Migraine medicine and music for restless nights—something I’ve needed lately, and I know I’m not alone.

Intimate folk, classical piano, film scores, cool jazz, and more. Also talked a bit about getting into opera, with the help of Matthew Boyden’s Rough Guide to Opera pictured above.

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• The Books — “The Lemon of Pink” (2003)
• Angelo Badalamenti — “Laurens Walking” (1999)
• Bill Evans — “Alice in Wonderland” (1961)
• Paul Simon — “Rene and Georgette Magritte with Their Dog After the War” (1983)
• David Sylvian — “The Boy with the Gun” (1987)
• Yasunori Mitsuda — “The Wind Calls to Shevat in the Blue Sky” (1998)
• Vashti Bunyan — “If I Were” (2005)
• Henry Purcell [perf. English Chamber Orchestra, Janet Baker; cond. Anthony Lewis] — “But Death, Alas! / When I Am Laid in Earth” (from Dido & Aeneas) (1689)
• Alexander Scriabin [perf. Marc-André Hamelin] — “Andante” (from Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 19 ‘Sonata-Fantasie’) (1898)
• Penguin Cafe Orchestra — “Silver Star of Bologna” (1993)
• Fripp & Eno — “Evening Star” (1975)

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Diana = Paul Anka

Crazy Little Thing Called Love = Queen

My Heart Will Go On – Celine Dion

Knock Three Times – Tony Orlando and Dawn

Memory – Andrew Lloyd Weber

Bridge Over Troubled Water – Simon and Garfunkel

Sister Act Medley – Marc Shaiman

The Winner Takes It All – ABBA

What’s up, y’all? Here is tonight’s Clean Up Hour — the long awaited Director’s Cut of the “Lil Groove 4 Tha People” series!

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Tracklist:

Benny Benassi, Kelis, Apl.de.ap, & Jean-Baptiste – Spaceship
SyKo – #BrooklynBloodPop
Beyonce & Kendrick Lamar – AMERICA HAS A PROBLEM
Lil B – Save the Planet
Cobra Starship & Sabi – You Make Me Feel…
Carly Rae Jepsen – I Really Like You (Liam Keegan Remix Radio Edit)
David Guetta & Kid Cudi – Memories
Weiland – Heart Stop
Raheem DeVaughn & Phil Ade – Lose Control
ThorHighHeels – Dr. S**t
Electrik Funk – On a Journey
Mousse T. & Errol Rennals – Horny
6ix – Dmb
Syko & Glaive – 111 Seconds in Heaven
Faithless – God is a DJ
Michael Grey – The Weekend (Original 12 Inch Mix)
Daft Punk – Revolution 909
Yung Smartrider – On and On
House of 909 – Raining Souls
Snakehips – Whenever U Call
Drake – Texts Go Green
Far East Movement & Keri Hilson – Don’t Look Now
DJ Slugo – Ghetto
Janet Jackson – Rock With U
ConcernedApe – Volcano Mines (Forgotten World)
Dean Evans – Mission Theme 2
QUASAR – West Coast
Shortcut – Sunset Ride
CoastDream – Soft Moon
Kill Bill: the Rapper – Peel
The Avalanches – Electricity (Harvey’s Nightclub Re-Edit)
Grum – Someday We’ll Be Together
Nujabes – World’s End Rhapsody

See y’all next time!

Also, I got film reviews, album reviews, think-pieces, etc., over on mopheadmusings.substack.com!

Vincent Wong joined the University of Windsor Faculty of Law as an Assistant Professor in 2022. He is also a PhD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School, where his dissertation focuses on racial capitalism and the processes that produce and structure unfree status-excluded labour in Canada. He serves on the board of the Community Justice Collective (Tkaronto). Professor Wong  holds a Bachelor of Commerce and a Juris Doctor from the University of Toronto and a Master of Laws from Columbia Law School, where he was a Human Rights Fellow and James Kent Scholar. Professor Wong’s research focuses on law and political economy – specifically at the nexus between migration, race, markets, and the law. He is particularly interested in how a Canadian context-specific critical race theory (CRT) can better inform and be informed by the practice of anti-racist and intersectional movement lawyering. Professor Wong is also interested in what critical frameworks of law and political economy have to offer in the context of understanding the emerging hub of the 21st century global economic order: China.

Prior to academia, Professor Wong worked as a Staff Lawyer at the Chinese and Southeast Asian Legal Clinic and Secretary of the Chinese Canadian National Council - Toronto Chapter. He has also previously held positions at the International Human Rights Program at the University of Toronto and the African American Policy Forum.

Chanelle Gallant is an abolitionist feminist who has been fighting to free women’s sexuality from criminalization for over 25 years. She is a frontline organizer, writer, thinker, strategist, and the co-author of Not Your Rescue Project: Migrant Sex Workers Fighting for Justice. Chanelle has contributed to dozens of influential publications, including Pleasure Activism, and spoken everywhere from Princeton, Columbia, and the London School of Economics to the UN Special Rapporteur, and at thousands of organizing meetings and trainings. She is currently a visiting Activist-Scholar at the Centre for Feminist Research at York University, Toronto. Chanelle cut her teeth fighting the cops as a core organizer in the historic fight against the Pussy Palace raid in 2000, and went on to found numerous sex work organizations and SURJ-Toronto. She now sits on the national board for multiple organizations in the US and Canada. Chanelle is a queer femme, a survivor, and the eldest daughter of a poor family that has been impacted by criminalization and incarceration. She works as a money coach and advisor, social movement strategy consultant, and trainer. Chanelle is a Lambda Literary Fellow and holds an M.A. in Sociology.

Dr. Katrin Roots is an Assistant Professor in Criminology at Wilfrid Laurier University and has researched Canada’s anti-trafficking efforts for over 15 years. She is the author of Domesticating Human Trafficking: Law, Policing and Prosecution in Canada (2022) and co-editor of Trafficking Harms: Critical Politics, Perspectives and Experiences (2024).
Dr. Jessica Templeman is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Memorial University of Newfoundland and a member of the Collaborative for Racial Justice. Her research focuses on exclusionary migration law and policy in Canada, including deportation for criminality and human trafficking.
Dr. Ann De Shalit is a SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow in Social Work at the University of Windsor and teaches at Trent and York Universities. She has conducted critical trafficking research since 2009 and has supported grassroots migrant and labour justice activism for over a decade.

• Gallant, C., & Lam, E. (2024). Not your rescue project: Migrant Sex Workers Fighting for Justice.
• Butterfly: Asian and Migrant Sex Worker Support Network
• Canadian immigration enforcement and deportability; reference to IRPA section 37 (“organized crime” inadmissibility) and its low evidentiary threshold in practice
• Recent Supreme Court of Canada case referenced as R v Kloubakov (in relation to sex work provisions and who is heard/excluded)
• Roots, K., De Shalit, A., Templeman, J., Murray, J., Collrin, B., & van der Meulen, E. (2024). Human trafficking or migrant labour exploitation? Bridging the knowledge gap. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council and Wilfrid Laurier University. 
• Roots, K., De Shalit, A., & Van Der Meulen, E. (2024). Trafficking harms: Critical Politics, Perspectives and Experiences.
   

This episode was funded by a Knowledge Synthesis Grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC).
CRSP Talk is a production of the Centre for Research on Security Practices (CRSP) at Wilfrid Laurier University.

Part 2 continues the series with organizer and scholar Dr. Evelyn Encalada Grez, focusing on migrant workers, labour precarity, and resistance, where we discuss what changes when trafficking discourse is applied to labour sectors beyond sex work.

This episode was produced by Avery Moore Kloss from Folktale Studio. 

It was funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. 

More information on the Centre for Research on Security Practices at crsp.online. 

Dr. Evelyn Encalada Grez is a transnational labour scholar and community-labour organizer committed to critical sociology and decolonial theories of knowledge production that centres diverse ways of knowing and precarious workers’ experiences within the margins of the global economy. She is the co-founder of the award-winning collective, Justice for Migrant WorkersJ4MW), that has advocated for the rights of migrant farmworkers in Canada for two decades. Her research bridges grassroots activism with academic scholarship. Through this approach, Dr. Encalada Grez has extensively documented the lives of Mexican migrant farmworker women who work and forge transnational livelihoods between rural Canada and rural Mexico. As a public sociologist, Dr. Encalada Grez has mobilized her research through various media sources such as documentaries, and given talks in venues such as Parliament Hill, the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), and at the United Nations in New York. She has also worked transnationally with export-processing workers in Mexico and Central America, and as lead travelling faculty teaching US university students in over 6 countries. For three semesters, she was also the Academic Director of an intensive social justice study abroad program in her city of birth, Valparaiso, Chile. Dr. Encalada Grez is driven by her immigrant working class experiences and committed to decolonializing and transformative pedagogies.

Dr. Katrin Roots is an Assistant Professor in Criminology at Wilfrid Laurier University and has researched Canada’s anti-trafficking efforts for over 15 years. She is the author of Domesticating Human Trafficking: Law, Policing and Prosecution in Canada (2022) and co-editor of Trafficking Harms: Critical Politics, Perspectives and Experiences (2024).
Dr. Jessica Templeman is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Memorial University of Newfoundland. Her research focuses on exclusionary migration law and policy in Canada, including deportation for criminality and human trafficking.
Dr. Ann De Shalit is a SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow in Social Work at the University of Windsor and teaches at Trent and York Universities. She has conducted critical trafficking research since 2009 and has supported grassroots migrant and labour justice activism for over a decade.

• If you missed Part 1, listen here. 
• Justice for Migrant Workers (J4MW) 
• Migrant Dreams (documentary film)
• Article from the Toronto Star on migrant farm worker injury and deportability (by Evelyn on Laura’s case)
• City of Toronto – Access to City Services for Undocumented Torontonians (AccessTO)
• Canadian Council for Refugees – Access without fear resources
• Roots, K., De Shalit, A., Templeman, J., Murray, J., Collrin, B., & van der Meulen, E. (2024). Human trafficking or migrant labour exploitation? Bridging the knowledge gap. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council and Wilfrid Laurier University. 
• Roots, K., De Shalit, A., & Van Der Meulen, E. (2024). Trafficking harms: Critical Politics, Perspectives and Experiences.
   

This two-part series was supported by a Knowledge Synthesis Grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). CRSP Talk is a production of the Centre for Research on Security Practices (CRSP) at Wilfrid Laurier University.

This episode was produced by Avery Moore Kloss from Folktale Studio. 

It was funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. 

More information on the Centre for Research on Security Practices at crsp.online. 

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Kicking our new season off with a conversation about BENZENE IN BEAUTY!??? This convo features the POVs of chemist, Michelle Wong, PhD (AKA Labmuffinbeautyscience), and toxicologist, Lyle Burgoon, PhD, ATS. Is benzene in cosmetic products actually something people should be worried about? Long story short, probably not. IMO the real concern is around the bad science, sensationalism and unscrupulous reporting that drove all the fear that is now widespread...

Interested in supporting the podcast? Please share, subscribe and write a review if you haven't already! If it's accessible, you can also support my work on Patreon at www.patreon.com/theecowell. Big thank you to all of my patreon supporters for supporting my scicomm!

Thank you also to CM Studio+ for supporting this podcast episode as a sponsor. CM Studio+ has a free formulation, costing and PLM software that could be super helpful in product development. Check them out here: cmstudioplus.com/

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♦R&D Live! from the Adventurers Guild

R&D is a synth duo based in Kitchener, Ontario that performs an improvised set of music every two weeks for the gamers and dungeon explorers at the Adventurer’s Guild, a Board Game cafe in downtown Kitchener. This is a live stream of these performances..

R&D Live! from the Adventurers Guild is hosted by David Lacalamita and airs the first three Mondays a month on CKMS-FM from 8:00pm to 9:00pm.

Find more on Bandcamp and Instagram.

What’s up, y’all? First up, as always, here is everything I have added to Libretime since last week:

Here is tonight’s Horizon Broadening Hour:

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Tracklist:

Wilson Tanner Smith – Cherry Picking
John Hart – The Blues Left
Kirk Knuffke – Small White Flowers
Autodealer – going home, going home for the last time
Orhan Demir & Neil Swainson – Oasis
Jeari Czapla – Seven Quarter Moon
Nicole McCabe – Loop
Ryan Valentine – Oh Sunshine
Sadie Fine – Rodeo
Sass – Pressure
Dwayne Morgan – Love You Right
J Anders – Both Of US
Vinnin – WTM (What’s the Move?)
Sir – Vatromet (feat. Nina Romic)
Scarlett Sullivan – Obvious (Reimagined)
Ashlyn Sullivan – Safer Grounds
Marty Kolls – Drive
Dave Soroka – Since Peter Quit the Band
Jon and Roy – More Than I Can Dream
Zachary Lucky – Sunday Morning at the Dragstrip
Hannah & Nathan – Blood is Thicker Than Water
Tiller’s Folly – Far End of the Road
Brettyn Rose – Leavin’ On My Lips
Bree Taylor – Worship
Why Machines – Life is Long if You’re Lucky
Maiden Lane – Dear Mr. Lane
Dulcet Tones – Dream Home
Gay Nineties – Internet, Sex and Drugs
Kpec3 arrival – victory bound
Poolgirl – Money
Infuriate Souls – Chew the Sun
HAIDUK – Venomer
The Divine Project – Don’t Startle the Murder
Bloom Filter – Plight

See y’all next time!

Ecco l’elenco della musica del programma di oggi. Grazie per il vostro ascolto.

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Download: Synthetronic 80s – Episode #13 (MP3, 80 MB, 58m00s)

Synthetronic 80s airs on CKMS-FM 102.7 on Saturdays from 8pm to 9pm.

Click here to go to the Synthetronic 80s homepage

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Rethink Your Retirement Show

Host: Kanwaljit (Sunny) Kochar, Senior Wealth Strategist

Are you an “Accumulator” or a Wealth Strategist?

In this high-authority episode, Senior Wealth Strategist Kanwaljit (Sunny) Kochar is joined by real estate expert Andrea Bailey to dismantle the conventional myths of homeownership.

• The Dead Equity Trap: Why a paid-off home is often a mathematical disaster for high-income earners.
• Velocity vs. Stagnation: How to move equity into motion to fund a lifestyle that lasts 100 years.
• The Dime Method: Strategic asset protection for the C-Suite and PhD professional.
• The Market Gap: Why the current spread between single-family homes and condos is a prime opportunity for “Wealth Engineering.”

Don’t let unnecessary “Money Leakages” and inefficiencies dictate your legacy. If you are a Business Owner or Executive within 10 years of your transition, it is time to audit your system.

Apply for a Wealth Audit

The Bailey Advantage website

Stop Guessing. Start Engineering.

In this milestone episode, Doug Hoyes and Ted Michalos discuss the biggest myths about debt that refuse to die, the one behaviour that most reliably predicts insolvency, and explain what people who successfully recover from debt tend to do differently.

After working with more than 75,000 Canadians over nearly three decades, one theme stands out: debt problems rarely explode overnight. They compound quietly, and clarity, not optimism, is what changes the outcome.

Subscribe to the monthly Debt Free Digest e-newsletter – Don't miss monthly gift card giveaways! Ontario Debt Relief Starting Point Free Budgeting Workbook Debt Relief Calculator Learn more about Canadian debt relief on the Hoyes Michalos YouTube channel

00:00 – What 27 years have taught us about debt 02:30 – Why most debt problems aren't caused by one crisis 05:10 – The biggest myth about debt 08:00 – The temporary mindset trap 11:00 – The one behaviour that predicts insolvency 14:20 – Why minimum payments are more dangerous than they look 17:00 – The "Still Current" illusion and credit scores 20:00 – Utilization normalization: being maxed out feels normal 23:00 – What's structurally different about debt in 2026 26:00 – What people who recover do differently 29:00 – Why debt is a math problem, not a motivation problem Disclaimer: The information provided in the Debt Free in 30 Podcast is for entertainment and informational purposes only and is not intended as personal financial advice. Individual financial situations vary and may require personal guidance from a financial professional. The views expressed in this episode do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Hoyes, Michalos & Associates, or any other affiliated organizations. We do not endorse or guarantee the effectiveness of any specific financial institutions, strategies, or digital tools/apps discussed.

Les Rendez-vous de la Francophonie 2026♦ is an opportunity not only to celebrate the richness of Francophone culture but also to experience it, enrich it and share it. Activating your Francophonie means getting the ball rolling, going out and finding other Francophones and Francophiles, and creating even more opportunities to get together. Whether it’s a sporting event, a cultural outing, a celebration, a creative workshop or an outdoor activity, each event is a way to affirm that the French language is alive and that it unites us.

Les Rendez-vous de la Francophonie is produced by Réseau dialogue Network, syndicated from the NCRA and CRFC, and airs on CKMS-FM on Sundays in March 2026 from 6:00pm to 6:30pm with the following episodes:

Katherine is a professional basketball player and an Olympian, and she is also a co-spokesperson for Les Rendez Vous de la Francophonie. She grew up in Edmonton, and still calls the city home. In the podcast, Katherine speaks about her French-learning journey, what she loves about sport, and about having a heartset of curiosity.

Mehdi is a singer songwriter and a spokesperson for the Les Rendez Vous de la Francophonie. Mehdi was born in Algeria and grew up in Montreal, Moncton and Ottawa, the city where he now lives. In the podcast, Mehdi speaks about his love of language, the importance of human connection, and his upcoming cross-Canada tour.

Marie-Ève is a theatre artist and artistic director of the Théâtre Cercle Molière in St. Boniface, Manitoba, which is the city in which she was born. In the podcast, Marie-Ève speaks about her theatre background, the Cercle Molière’s storied one-hundred-year history and its future as a gathering place and a place of fun for the community.

Pat is a composer, teacher and former CBC radio personality. He grew up in the village of St Pierre Jolys in Manitoba and currently lives in Vancouver BC where he is the Director of the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts. In the podcast, Pat speaks about his musical background and work, his experience as a Sixties Scooper, and his efforts to learn Michif, the endangered language of the Métis people.

Christien is from the Windsor, Ontario region and hosts a radio show called On Y Va at CJAM 99.1FM. In the podcast, Christien speaks about his experience at CJAM, his Metis and Francophone family background, and his quest to improve his French as an adult. This episode contains strong language.

Eloïse is the executive director of the BC based organization, AFKO. She is originally from Belgium. In the podcast, Eloïse speaks about the importance of being “accent-inclusive”, some upcoming Rendez-vous de la Francophonie events in Nelson, BC, and the many local programs that AFKO offers Francophones and Francophiles in the rural region of the West Kootenay Region.

Rosie works for the Dialogue Network as their VIF Coordinator. She grew up in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and now lives in the Greater Ottawa Area. In the podcast, Rosie speaks about the VIF funding program, how being multilingual can help us build empathy, and her love of French rap music.

Julia is a journalist and content writer, and is currently working for the NCRA/ANREC as a National Support Editor for the LJI program. Her blog, Julia on a Bike, details two recent cross-Canada motorbike trips. Julia was born in France and now lives on the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia. In the podcast, she speaks about her experience in campus and community radio, journalism, and media relations; what brought her to Canada, and the kindnesses she experienced in her travels.