Maureen Palmer

Maureen Palmer is an award-winning former Canadian Broadcasting Corporation journalist and filmmaker. She writes extensively on substance use treatment, including evidence-based harm reduction approaches for alcohol. With her partner, Mike Pond, Palmer co-wrote the book Wasted: An Alcoholic Therapist's Fight for Recovery in a Flawed Treatment System , and directed the CBC documentary adaptation. She lives in Spirit Bay, near Victoria, BC, on the traditional territory of the Sc'ianew people.

Maureen Palmer is an award-winning former Canadian Broadcasting Corporation journalist and filmmaker. She writes extensively on substance use treatment, including evidence-based harm reduction approaches for alcohol. With her partner, Mike Pond, Palmer co-wrote the book Wasted: An Alcoholic Therapist's Fight for Recovery in a Flawed Treatment System , and directed the CBC documentary adaptation. She lives in Spirit Bay, near Victoria, BC, on the traditional territory of the Sc'ianew people. See less