MusterPoint Off the Clock

In an OTC first, Logan’s Story centres on mental health as a primary issue. Logan and Trevor discuss how fragile job security can be a major trigger for depression and anxiety. Logan describes how being the safety guy at Wesgroup Properties doesn’t always make him the most popular person, but how important it is for him to support workers’ psychological and physical safety. Logan shares his own story of how he suddenly started noticing that things didn’t feel the same for him in his mind. He ...

Big Mike C's Story starts intensely, including a trigger warning about childhood SA. He discusses his early adulthood involvement with drug use, trauma, organized crime, and raw-dogging detox. After marrying and having a child, Mike's life settled into a work-intense routine that provided a kind of stability. Substance use trickled back in, eventually exploding after a series of devastating losses. In a death spiral of dysfunction, Mike asked his estranged wife for help; she got him into trea...

“Evolution” gathers Off the Clock Toolbox Talk OG’s for our first video episode, (see https://www.tradespodcast.com/ for video) and the merging with MusterPoint to create Muster Point Off the Clock. Shawn, Daniel, Kale, Jason, Trevor and Karen reflect on the project's journey, impact, and future direction, while emphasizing the importance of community-led peer support in the skilled trades. Jason reminds us of the importance of talking about suicide, and how it has impacted his and his family...

Rodbuster, Peter White (aka Peter Notsowhite) tells us his story of healing through culture. Peter summarizes of series of heartbreaking tragedies in his early years, all related to inter-generational trauma of Indigenous peoples on Turtle Island (North America). Like many of our guests, Peter dropped out of school early when he got an opportunity to work in the trades. Alcohol use came hand in hand with the trades, and like most of our guests, Peter felt 'normal' for this first time in his l...

Remy & Trevor kick off Remy’s Story with the humor of what their first few days of treatment looked like together in 2019. Remy goes back to the origins of his story, an Indigenous kid growing up in a white family, his mother being a product of the The Sixties Scoop. Remy’s feelings of not belonging and disconnection from culture contributed to his troubles as a kid and ultimately led him to alcohol use. Remy left school early to work in remote industries: tree service, mining, oil & ...