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  <itunes:subtitle>In this special edition, we sit down with Alina Avram, an Ottawa-based public servant and speaker who brings a lived experience perspective shaped by navigating significant physical health challenges and grief.</itunes:subtitle>
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&lt;p&gt;To connect with support related to this episode, or for anything else going on in your life, please visit &lt;a href="http://www.dcontario.org/locations" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;www.dcontario.org/locations&lt;/a&gt; to find your nearest Member centre. Many of our Member centres operate 24/7. Thank you for listening and we hope you’ll join us again next time. If you would like to provide feedback on this episode, past episodes, or request future content, you can do so using the following link: &lt;a href="https://forms.gle/o8yUPMss6wo8dP1X8" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;https://forms.gle/o8yUPMss6wo8dP1X8&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;
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<p>To connect with support related to this episode, or for anything else going on in your life, please visit <a href="http://www.dcontario.org/locations" rel="nofollow noopener">www.dcontario.org/locations</a> to find your nearest Member centre. Many of our Member centres operate 24/7. Thank you for listening and we hope you’ll join us again next time. If you would like to provide feedback on this episode, past episodes, or request future content, you can do so using the following link: <a href="https://forms.gle/o8yUPMss6wo8dP1X8" rel="nofollow noopener">https://forms.gle/o8yUPMss6wo8dP1X8</a>.</p>]]>
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<p>To connect with support related to this episode, or for anything else going on in your life, please visit <a href="http://www.dcontario.org/locations" rel="nofollow noopener">www.dcontario.org/locations</a> to find your nearest Member centre. Many of our Member centres operate 24/7. Thank you for listening and we hope you’ll join us again next time. If you would like to provide feedback on this episode, past episodes, or request future content, you can do so using the following link: <a href="https://forms.gle/o8yUPMss6wo8dP1X8" rel="nofollow noopener">https://forms.gle/o8yUPMss6wo8dP1X8</a>.</p>]]>
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