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Our Stories - Season 2, has officially launched on Fibe TV, Channel 1 and on the Fibe TV app. 🎉📺🍿 We’re so thrilled to finally share this project with you all! Our Stories is a unique and heartfelt series that explores the lives of everyday people, with a focus on marginalized communities and the challenges they face. Check it out and thank you for your support!❤️

According to a Statistics Canada report released in January 2021, more than 235,000 people in Canada experience homelessness in any given year, and 25,000 to 35,000 people may be experiencing homelessness on any given night. Loretta Wettlaufer and Melissa Currie lost everything due to homelessness. In this episode of ‘Our Stories’, both of these women share their harrowing experiences of life in the streets, homeless and depending on sex work to get the next meal. Watch ‘Our Stories’ on Bell Media’s @fibetv1

The drug addiction issue in London, Ont. has been described to be at a crisis level. The Middlesex-London Health Unit reported that in 2017, Opioid misuse was the third leading cause of accidental deaths in Ontario. And a report prepared by the The Ontario Drug Policy Research Network in 2020, stated that there were 1,018 opioid related deaths recorded in Canada in the first three months of 2020. In this episode of Our Stories, we dig deeper into the topic of drug addiction where I have discussions with people with lived experiences about how they overcame their addictions. I also speak to an expert to give us more insights on the rehabilitation and recovery process of drug addiction. Thanks to Anna & Kirk Foat, Sarah Smith, and Jennifer Vale for the interviews. Watch 'Our Stories' on Bell Fibe TV1.

In this episode of Our Stories, we look at the topic of new immigrants making Canada their home and the types of services available to help them settle in their communities and integrate within the Canadian culture & society, as well as the challenges some of them face. Watch ‘Our Stories’ on @fibetv1

How is it like living as a transgender person in Canada? According to the Survey of Safety in Public and Private Spaces, in 2018, approximately one million Canadians aged 15 and older said that they were part of the Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Trans community, also known as the LGBTQ+. Out of that number, an estimated 75,000, said that they were transgender. Transequality Canada revealed that 74% of transgender youth have experienced verbal harrassment and 37% have experienced physical violence. Transgender individuals in Ontario face unemployment over three times the national rate. As a result of discrimination and bullying, the trans community faces high rates of mental health issues. In this episode of Our Stories - We take a dive in to transgender issues. What is it like living as a transgender person in Canada, the challenges transgender people face and the tools and resources available to help them. Watch ‘Our Stories’ on Bell FibeTV1. @fibetv1

In 2020, the Ontario Human Rights Commission released a report confirming that Black people are disproportionately subjected to use of force by the Toronto Police Service. The same report revealed that between 2013 and 2017, a Black person in Toronto was nearly 20 times more likely to be fatally shot by the police than a White person. Although this report was based on Toronto statistics, there have been other reports showing the same trend when it comes to the relationship between Black and Indigenous people and the police in communities across Canada. In this episode of `Our Stories’, we look at the over-policing of Black, Indegenous, and People of Colour and the outcomes of systemic racism and other discriminatory practices by our police services. Watch ‘Our Stories’ on @fibetv1

In this episode, we discuss one of the most controversial university professors, Philippe Rushton, and what some of the former black students of Western University experienced in and out of the classrooms during Rushton’s tenure. A big thank you to Black at Western Alumni group members, Donna Pascal and Kizito Serumaga, the Anti-Racism Working Group Co-lead, Professor Erica Lawson, and the Chair of the Department of Psychology at Western, Dr Scott MacDougall-Shackleton, for sitting down with @temoprimrose to discuss this topic. Watch ‘Our Stories’ on Bell FibeTV1 @fibetv1

'Our Stories' series has finally launched on Bell Media's Fibe TV1 and is now LIVE! All episodes are available on demand, so you can enjoy them in your own time. Here's how you can watch the show: - If you are already a Bell Fibe TV customer, go to TV1, and search for 'Our Stories' and you can watch the series right away. - You can also watch the show on-demand with the Bell Fibe TV App on your smart device anywhere in Canada! We appreciate your support and we hope you will watch and enjoy the show! #tv #media #journalism