STRAITJACKET TOUR 2026
This story was never meant to stay on the page.
Over the coming months, I’ll be taking the conversations behind The Other Side of the Straitjacket across Canada and the United Kingdom through live events, podcasts, media appearances, bookstores, libraries, and conferences.
New dates and appearances will be added as they are confirmed.
If you’d like to bring this conversation to your organization, bookstore, library, book club, podcast, or event, I’d love to connect.
Upcoming Events
Book Signing
Join Alicia Duncan at Coles - Sevenoaks Shopping Centre in Abbotsford for a pop-up book signing celebrating the release of her debut memoir.
Meet the author, pick up a signed copy, and discover the true story behind Canada's first police-investigated MAiD death. This powerful memoir has been featured on CBC's The Fifth Estate and in the BBC documentary Better Off Dead?
Book Signing
Join Alicia Duncan at Black Bond Books - ValleyFair Mall in Maple Ridge for a pop-up book signing celebrating the release of her debut memoir.
Meet the author, pick up a signed copy, and discover the true story behind Canada's first police-investigated MAiD death. This powerful memoir has been featured on CBC's The Fifth Estate and in the BBC documentary Better Off Dead?
Recent Media
CTV News
Watch → CTV News Online
The Walrus
My Mom’s MAID Death Was the First to Be Investigated by Police | She was approved despite mental health concerns. I wasn’t convinced it was the right call.
Books By Women
The Book My Mother Was Supposed to Write | My mother was no longer the nurse hoping to tell a patient’s story. She had become the patient whose story I was trying to piece together.
Daily Mail
My mum wasn't terminally ill - she needed help | We had 48 hours to stop Canada's assisted-dying system but failed and days later she was given a lethal injection.
Forum Daily News
A Mission, B.C. woman says she does not want to see Medical Assistance in Dying expanded to include mental illness. Alicia Duncan’s mother, 61-year-old Donna, used MAID to end her life back in 2021 and says what her mother really needed was more psychiatric care.
Watch → YouTube
Podcasts
A Little Bit Culty
In this episode, we’re joined by Alicia Duncan for a conversation that takes ALBC somewhere new: not a traditional cult, but a deeply troubling story about coercion, undue influence, narrative control, and institutional power. Alicia shares what happened after her mother entered Canada’s MAID—Medical Assistance in Dying—program, and how a family already navigating COVID, concussion symptoms, mental-health struggles, caregiver burnout, and a seriously broken healthcare system ended up facing an unimaginable loss.
Listen → Spotify | Apple Podcasts
Watch → YouTube
Truehope Canada
In this special episode, David Stephan sits down with Alicia Duncan, Canadian author and mental health advocate, to discuss her gripping book, The Other Side of the Straitjacket: A Daughter's Story of Mental Illness and Assisted Dying. Following the heartbreaking loss of her mother, Alicia embarked on a relentless search for answers, uncovering troubling questions about mental healthcare, medical accountability, informed consent, and Canada's Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) system.
Listen → Spotify | Apple Podcasts
Watch → Vimeo
The Kelsi Sheren Perspective
Alicia Duncan returns to the show with something no other family in Canada has been able to make public: the full findings from her mother Donna's file — and what they confirm about testimony given to the Senate of Canada by Dr. Joel Zivot. We also break down the CTV segment that targeted this show, who funded it, what the “majority of Canadians” poll actually sampled, and a new case on Vancouver Island being discussed publicly here for the first time.
Listen → Spotify | Apple Podcasts
Watch → YouTube
Lament of Hope
Alicia Duncan lost her mom, Donna, in the fall of 2021 when she chose to be euthanized four hours after being released from a psychiatric ward due to a suicide attempt. Alicia sat down with me to share her mother's end-of-life story and how she processed Donna's passing.
Listen → Spotify | Apple Podcasts
Watch → YouTube