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MAPS Canada PodcastEpisode 51: How Psilocybin Changed One Man’s Experience with Terminal Cancer | with Steve AllgoodIn this episode of the MAPS Canada Podcast, host Rielle Capler speaks with Steve Allgood about his experience navigating a terminal brain cancer diagnosis and the unexpected role psychedelics played in helping him confront fear, depression, and existential distress.
Steve shares the emotional reality of being diagnosed with terminal brain cancer just days before his wedding, the difficult process of radiation treatment, and the psychological toll of living under the belief that his life would soon end. The conversation explores his search for hope through alternative approaches to care, including high-dose cannabis and psilocybin mushrooms, and how...
2026-05-231h 05
MAPS Canada PodcastEpisode 48: Inside Psychedelic Public Education at MAPS Canada with Dr. Rielle CaplerIn this episode of the MAPS Canada Podcast, host Warren Jane speaks with MAPS Canada’s Executive Director Dr. Rielle Capler about the role of public education in the rapidly evolving field of psychedelics.
Dr. Capler outlines how MAPS Canada is working to make complex research, policy developments, and therapeutic frameworks more accessible to a wide range of audiences. From research presentations and webinars to podcasts and online courses, the conversation explores how different educational formats are designed to meet people where they are.
The discussion also highlights the importance of community engagement, psychedelic safety an...
2026-04-2535 min
MAPS Canada PodcastEpisode 44: Remembering Who We Are: Wellness, Culture & Sacred Connection with Francine DouglasIn this episode of the MAPS Canada Podcast, host Rielle Capler sits down with Francine Douglas to explore the theme of wellness and connection through a deeply personal, cultural, and systemic lens.
Drawing from her experience as a First Nations woman, counsellor, and co-founder of Sacred Circle Wellness, Francine reflects on the medicine wheel and the interconnection of physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual health. She shares how sacred medicines offered a reminder to a return to balance, self-care, cultural practice, and belonging.
This conversation moves beyond individual wellness into collective healing — examining how relationship, reciprocity, an...
2026-03-1347 min
MAPS Canada PodcastEpisode 34: Rehearsing Death: Psychedelics and the Art of Letting Go with Susan WrightWorking with partners in government, business, and the community, MAPS Canada is committed to advancing psychedelic medicine by supporting scientific, multidisciplinary research; advocating for drug policy reform; offering public education; and supporting equitable access to legal and regulated psychedelic medicine in Canada.
The Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) was formed in the US in 1986, in response to the US Drug Enforcement Agency’s classification of MDMA as Schedule 1 substance, and has been developing medical, legal, and cultural contexts for people to benefit from the careful uses of psychedelics since then.
MAPS Canada was founded as...
2025-12-2140 min