This month we have a proper sit-down talk-to with early MPA member Avi Dolgin about the 70s, psychiatric control, and how street drugs apparently make tasty chicken stuffing.

Music by Vlad Annenkov, from the Free Music Archive.

Sources and further reading:

https://madnesscanada.com

• Documentary "The Inmates Are Running The Asylum" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwyaRU1svrA)
• "In A Nutshell" Issues (https://madnesscanada.com/mpa-in-a-nutshell-collection-1971-1981/)

NFB Documentary "Mental Patient's Association" (https://www.nfb.ca/film/mental_patients_association/)

Vancouver City Archives

Coquitlam City Archives

Coquitlam Heritage Museum

Riverview Horticultural Society

Vancouver Sun Backlog

The Province Backlog

Collecting Riverview (https://www.coquitlam.ca/DocumentCenter/View/7413/Collecting-Riverview-)

Riverview Hospital: A Legacy of Care and Compassion (https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e34ed207332cf46d561c2da/t/638977a93bf83439023bd24e/1669953470122/Riverview+Hospital_History.pdf)

Referenced literature:

I Never Promised You A Rose Garden (Joanne Greenberg)

"Having It Out With Melancholy" (Jane Kenyon)

Look at Part 2 of this series (coming soon) for citations and acknowledgements.

Forgive the volume changes - future uploads will be more scrupulous!