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This is Vancouver’s bona fide culture and politics podcast. Hosted by Mo Amir, parse through the relevant issues with the city’s most colourful personalities. With its heart on its sleeve and caution thrown to the wind, this is a podcast that is provocative, informative, and sometimes emotional. This is VANCOLOUR
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Oct 17, 2018 • 1h 14min
#17 - Dr. Mark Tyndall (BC Centre for Disease Control)
Dr. Mark Tyndall is the Executive Medical Director of the BC Centre of Disease Control (BCCDC), the Deputy Provincial Health Officer of BC, and a professor in the University of British Columbia (UBC) School of Population and Public Health.

Oct 10, 2018 • 1h 33min
#16 - Adrian Crook (5 Kids 1 Condo / Abundant Housing Vancouver)
Adrian Crook is an independent Vancouver City Council candidate.He blogs at 5 Kids 1 Condo about raising five children in downtown Vancouver. He made national headlines when the provincial government of British Columbia barred his children from riding the bus without adult supervision. He is also a founding member of Abundant Housing Vancouver and Abundant Transit BC.

Oct 3, 2018 • 1h 18min
#15 - Derrick O'Keefe (COPE)
Derrick O'Keefe is a city council candidate for the Coalition of Progressive Electors (COPE)

Sep 26, 2018 • 1h 28min
#14 - Sarah Blyth (Overdose Prevention Society)
Sarah Blyth is a founding member of the Overdose Prevention Society, a former Parks Boards Commissioner in the City of Vancouver, and an independent city council candidate for the City of Vancouver.

Sep 19, 2018 • 1h 24min
#13 - ProVancouver (David Chen & Raza Mirza)
ProVancouver is an upstart political party in the upcoming 2018 civic election in the City of Vancouver. David Chen is their mayoral candidate and Raza Mirza is one of their city council candidates.

Sep 12, 2018 • 1h 16min
#12 - Shauna Sylvester
Shauna Sylvester is an independent mayoral candidate in Vancouver's upcoming civic election. She was the Executive Director of Simon Fraser University's Centre for Dialogue and the founding director of the Institute for Media, Policy, and Civil Society. She also sat on the boards of the Vancouver Folk Festival, VanCity Capital Corporation and VanCity Credit Union, and Mountain Equipment Cooperative.

Sep 5, 2018 • 1h 14min
#11 - Christine Boyle (OneCity Vancouver)
Christine Boyle is is a community organizer, climate justice activist, and United Church Minister. She is running for City Council with OneCity Vancouver, a civic party to which she is a founding member.

Aug 29, 2018 • 53min
#10 - Barbie Bent (LAGREE WEST)
Barbie Bent is a Lululemon Ambassador and the founder of LAGREE WEST, the only provider of the Lagree Fitness Model in Vancouver across its three studios in Gastown, North Vancouver, and most recently in Kitsilano.

Aug 22, 2018 • 1h 16min
#09 - Ken Sim
Born and raised in South Vancouver, Ken Sim is a homegrown, self-made entrepreneur and one of the leading candidates to become the next Mayor of Vancouver. He is the founder of Nurse Next Door and Rosemary Rocksalt, and now he is representing Vancouver's oldest civic party, the Non-Partisan Association (NPA), in the upcoming municipal election. He addresses housing affordability, city congestion (yes, bike lanes!), running a business in Vancouver, the Downtown Eastside, seniors, and the media's racialization of politics.

Aug 15, 2018 • 1h 4min
#08 - Dress For Success Vancouver / YES! Vancouver
Dress for Success Vancouver (est. 1999) is a registered charity and affiliate of the worldwide organization, Dress for Success. DFS Vancouver empowers women back into the workforce by providing them with professional attire, career services, and skills development programs. YES! Vancouver (est. 2007) is a volunteer arm of DFS Vancouver that creates awareness in the community for DFS Vancouver through networking events and fundraises for DFS Vancouver's programs. Jennifer Halinda is the Executive Director of Dress for Success Vancouver. Marissa Ledding is the Marketing, Events, and Annual Campaigns Manager of Dress for Success Vancouver & an Events Committee Members for YES! Vancouver.