Episodes
June is Stroke Awareness Month, a time to shed light on one of Canada's leading health challenges
Host Paula Sheppard’s guest this week is Erica Penney, Legal Support Navigator with The Journey Project who explains what this project does.
This week's topic is about Hate Crimes
Host Paula Sheppard’s guest is Quinn Jesso, Program Facilitator with Trans NL and co-chair of CBBOI Pride.
Monday May 12 is International Nurse's Day,
Mental Health Week is celebrated each year during the first week of May
The topic of this week’s show is Parenting
"International Day of Pink"
April 2 is World Autism Acceptance Day
This week's topic is Gambling
March is Fraud Awareness Month in Canada, with the rising sophistication of scams, we felt it was important to highlight this topic
This week's guest is Carolyn Wakeham, CEO of NLOWE
March is known as Woman's History Month and Saturday March 8 is going to be International Woman's Day.
The cost of living, possible tariffs, these economic questions and pressures are on everyone's minds these days
February is known as Black History Month in Canada, Paula Sheppard's guests today are Charles and Jamie from the Grenfell Campus Black Student's Caucus
On this week's show host Paula Sheppard speaks with Mary Walsh, Executive Director of "End Sexual Violence"
Febuary in this province is considered Violence Prevention Month. This week's guest is Allison Caines, Violence Prevention Coordinator with the Corner Brook Status of Women's Council.
This week host Sarah Parsons from The Corner Brook Status of Woman's Council speaks with Crystal Green, Social Worker, Counsellor and Assist Trainer in Corner Brook.
TRIGGER WARNING: This episode contains discussions about Mental Health and Addictions. We acknowledge that this is a sensitive topic for a lot of people and we hope that you able to find strengh and resilience if you choose to keep listening.
On this episode the topic of conversation is the important service provided in the community by Xavier House.
Dealing with stress during the holidays
Paula Sheppard's guest this week is Helena Hogg, Contract Faculty member at Laurier University and who is also associated with the Acquired Brain Injury Research Lab at The University of Toronto.
This Week host Paula Sheppard speaks with Allison Cains, Violence Prevention and SARA Project Coordinator with The Corner Brook Status of Woman Council.
The Plain Truth, November 21, 2024, This week's topic is Homelessness
This week's guest is Quinn Jesso in her new role as Program Facilitator with Trans Support NL
This week's guest is Todd Minorson, Country Director at Movember Canada
This week's conversation is about menstration and period poverty
The Plain Truth is hosted by Paula Sheppard, Executive Director of the Corner Brook Status of Woman Council. Her guest this week is Dr. Sonya Corbin Dwyer.
The Plain Truth, October 9, 2024, Mental Illness Awareness Week
TRIGGER WARNING: Our topic this week is Mental Illness, this topic may be distrubing for some listerners. This trigger warning is given to empower our audience with the knowledge to make healthy decisions about if and how they engage with this topic and w