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COVID-19: Vancouver Island, BC (Central & North)

Collected by: Vancouver Island University

Archived since: Mar, 2020

Description:

In March 2020 the Canadian Web Archiving Coalition (CWAC) stated: "The deadly flu outbreak of 1918-19 is often called the ‘forgotten pandemic.’ Our responsibility now is to ensure the lessons of COVID-19 are not forgotten. Our collective efforts to capture and preserve the essential online elements of this unprecedented event are critical." (CARL-ABRC). The COVID-19: Vancouver Island, BC (Central & North) Web Archive reflects community experiences and responses to the pandemic in the region served by Vancouver Island University, documenting and supporting diverse aspects of scholarly inquiry, creativity, and community life. The Web Archive is intended to provide a body of information that will support scholarship, creativity, and study. Information rights related to web archiving include considerations of copyright and fair dealing, and of individual and community privacy. The following are among principles and resources that guide web archiving decisions: Ethics of care, for example in VIU Library’s Pledge to our user communities; OCAP® principles, and awareness of relationality and accountability to Indigenous communities, and potential impacts related to web archiving; Good practice and expert advice, emerging and accessed through communities of practice, e.g. the Canadian Web Archiving Coalition (CWAC); and VIU Library, Evolution of Physical Collections: 2017-2021 VIU Library, Special Collections Guidelines (Under review 2020). Web archives are informed by available capture technologies and also by affordances of the content source; not all websites can be successfully crawled or rendered, and quality of archived versions varies. This project is supported by VIU's Special Funding for COVID-19 research projects and carried out in coordination with the University of Victoria’s COVID-19 Collection and the Canadian Web Archiving Coalition. Contact us at research.help@viu.ca with questions or for more information about content included in the Web Archive. [Working description 2021 April 6]

Subject:   Spontaneous Events Society & Culture Science & Health Vancouver Island COVID-19 (Disease)

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Title: What are we doing to BC kids? | Protect Our Province BC

URL: https://mailchi.mp/368ba5043232/its-been-a-busy-week-for-pop-bc-9114489?e=de53dc3552

Description: Deceptive messaging on kids and COVID by BC Public Health promoting dangerous myths are nothing new.

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Subject:   Protect Our Province BC Filiatrault, Lyne Henry, Bonnie Lysyshyn, Mark BC Centre for Disease Control,  Ventilation ,  Lauterbauch, Karl Dix, Adrian,  Long COVID ,  Vaccinations

Title: Feb 3, 2023: COVID reality check with Dr. Sanjiv Gandhi | Protect Our Province BC

URL: https://protectbc.ca/covid-reality-check/

Description: Protect our Province BC member Dr. Susan Kuo hosts Dr. Sanjiv Gandhi in a discussion about British Columbia’s pandemic response so far, how the response has fallen short of the best available science and the precautionary principle, and what we should be doing to take care of ourselves and our neighbours going forward.

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Subject:   Protect Our Province BC Kuo, Susan Gandhi, Sanjiv BC Green Party,  Ventilation ,  Province of British Columbia Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Health Paxlovid,  Long COVID ,  Vaccinations WorkSafeBC Novavax Nuvaxovid COVID-19 Vaccine

Title: Open letter to all British Columbians: Just say no to "letting COVID rip.” | Protect Our Province BC

URL: https://protectbc.ca/open-letter-to-all-british-columbians-just-say-no-to-letting-covid-rip/

Description: We urge you to say NO to the wave of mass infection, mass disability and death anticipated, and due to the policies of our Minister of Health Adrian Dix and the Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry – something they claim they cannot stop.

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Subject:   Protect Our Province BC Dix, Adrian Henry, Bonnie,  Long COVID ,  BC Centre for Disease Control Skowronski, Danuta Lauterbach, Karl Omicron Variant Variants of Concern Nicholson, Jeremy Filiatrault, Lyne Vaccinations,  Ventilation

Title: (Un)safe September again? It doesn't have to be | June 28, 2023 | Protect Our Province BC

URL: https://protectbc.ca/unsafe-september-again/

Description: Join PoP BC for a panel discussion about how we as a community can pull together to create a safer learning environment for kids when school starts again in September! We can avoid another ‘tripledemic’ if we work together!

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Subject:   Protect Our Province BC Vaccinations,  Ventilation ,  Ferreira, Jaclyn Kuo, Susan Moore, Chantal Zeidler, Karina Influenza Respiratory Syncytial Virus,  Long COVID ,  Rapid Antigen Tests BC School Covid Tracker Province of British Columbia

Title: [Slide deck for] POP BC briefing #2: COVID-19, kids, and schools in BC | Protect Our Province BC

URL: https://protectbc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/B2-COVID-Kids-and-Schools.pdf

Description: Slide deck from Protect Our Province BC's 2nd briefing: COVID-19, Kids, and Schools in BC.

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Subject:   Protect Our Province BC,  Long COVID ,  Rapid Antigen Tests,  Ventilation ,  Vaccinations

Title: Guest BC Green leader Sonia Furstenau | And Now the News ... with Bill Amos

URL: https://rr4---sn-a5msenes.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?expire=1653949093&ei=Re6UYvyWM8makwba3oLoBQ&ip=207.241.232.81&id=o-ALQ57JKgA2w0BjAbKcDYs00NKxesqVBzrlJot7WeeXzC&itag=18&sour...p;ms=ltu&mt=1653927394&mv=m&mvi=4&pl=20&lsparams=mh,mm,mn,ms,mv,mvi,pl&lsig=AG3C_xAwRAIgelv_-UUoe8bcs3BxUnfcTkZxwQuyTd11XaLuItYrw80CIHdkusatlrJh6Ol-_0TEFTFFZqEcqujM7MwhS_hysO32

Description: BC Green Party leader Sonia Furstenau worries that Long COVID cases could soar among both children and adults following the NDP government's decision to relax COVID protections. She also says firm standards are needed to prevent the pandemic from spreading through the air in schools and other indoor spaces.

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Subject:   Henry, Bonnie,  Long COVID ,  Province of British Columbia,  Ventilation ,  Furstenau, Sonia

Title: Should this be back-to-school wear? | The Tyee

URL: https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/07/05/Masks-As-Back-To-School-Wear/

Description: The advocacy group Protect our Province BC is warning that actions need to be taken now to protect kids when they head back to school, pointing to rising COVID caseloads in the southern hemisphere, which is experiencing its cold and flu season, as a warning of what’s to come.

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Subject:   Protect Our Province BC Zeidler, Karina World Health Organization BC Centre for Disease Control Kuo, Susan Ferreira, Jaclyn,  Ventilation ,  Long COVID ,  Province of British Columbia Vaccinations Influenza Respiratory Syncytial Virus Tylenol Amoxicillin Clarithromycin

Title: [Comments about BC's COVID-19 back to school plan]

URL: https://twitter.com/SoniaFurstenau/status/1422675261414277121?s=20

Description: Sonia Furstenau on Twitter: "The school year is right around the corner, but our #COVID19 plans are outdated. The #DeltaVariant has taken over - and it is more transmissible. This puts unvaccinated kids at risk, as we saw with the 150 kids <10 yrs old who tested positive in June and July. 1/ #bcpoli / A US report found that w/o masks, 70% of a classroom could contract the #DeltaVariant. As it stands, kids will not be adequately protected in schools - no vaccines for those under 12, no masks, even physical distancing of 2 m is no longer recommended. 2/ #bcpoli / It is important to prepare for a safe return and set realistic expectations in classrooms, but this gov’t needs to show they are continuing to take the risks of #LongCOVID seriously for unvaccinated children. 3/ #bcpoli / We need smaller class sizes & proper distancing, enhanced ventilation, mandatory masking, & contact tracing. All of this needs to be in place before children and teachers return to schools in September. 4/4 #bcpoli"

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Subject:   Furstenau, Sonia Province of British Columbia Vaccinations Variants of Concern,  Ventilation ,  Long COVID ,  Delta Variant

Title: [Comments on BC after two years of COVID-19]

URL: https://twitter.com/SoniaFurstenau/status/1502034738906763288/

Description: Sonia Furstenau on Twitter: "It has been a long 2 years for British Columbians. Many people are eager for the pandemic to be over, and others are still anxious about opening up. 1/ #bcpoli #COVID19BC / I am deeply concerned that without a plan for the future and clear information on why we’re making decisions, removing these measures will create more confusion, allow for greater transmission of COVID, and risk distrust in government. 2/ #bcpoli #COVID19BC / Learning to live with this virus should not mean pretending it is over; it should mean that we keep simple, universal basic protections in places where they keep us safe and provide a predictable plan that we can work towards and anticipate. 3/ #bcpoli #COVID19BC / We should be providing free N95 masks to all who want one, installing filtration in schools & public settings, subsidizing HEPA filters for other settings, and making rapid tests widely and freely available. We should be protecting everyone from the risk of #LongCovid. 4/ #bcpoli / Removing masking entirely sends a signal that the pandemic is over. Yesterday we had 14 deaths, a new variant is circulating around the world, and many epidemiologists and our provincial health officer have suggested we could see a fifth wave this year. 5/ #bcpoli #COVID19BC / We should have kept masks in place for essential services like public transit and other high-transmission settings with low ventilation. This would protect our most vulnerable, while opening up elective activities for people who are comfortable. 6/ #bcpoli #COVID19BC / British Columbians deserve the same predictability and clarity they received last summer with the re-opening plan. Without a plan and tools in place, we risk repeating the damaging cycle of imposing and removing mandates. 7/ #bcpoli #COVID19BC / Rebuilding and maintaining trust should be this government’s top priority. This government’s lack of transparency over the past year and failure to explain their decisions has resulted in an erosion of our collective sense of responsibility to each other. 8/ #bcpoli #COVID19BC / Without clear guidelines for imposing or rescinding mandates, British Columbians will only grow more disenfranchised. 9/9 #bcpoli #COVID19BC"

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Subject:   Furstenau, Sonia Province of British Columbia,  Ventilation ,  Rapid Antigen Tests,  Long COVID ,  Variants of Concern

Title: Andrew Longhurst and Raffi Cavoukian: Further action is required to protect kids before school begins | Vancouver Sun

URL: https://vancouversun.com/opinion/andrew-longhurst-and-raffi-cavoukian-further-action-is-required-to-protect-kids-before-school-begins/

Description: Opinion: The Delta variant means more infections in more people, especially the unvaccinated. The B.C. COVID-19 Modelling Group warns that we could see a large number of infections in children.

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Subject:   Longhurst, Andrew Cavoukian, Raffi Delta Variant Variants of Concern,  Ventilation ,  Vaccinations BC COVID-19 Modelling Group,  Long COVID

Title: BC Green leader responds to lifting of mandates | BC Green Party

URL: https://www.bcgreens.ca/bc_green_leader_responds_to_lifting_of_mandates/

Description: In response to the province announcing an end to the use of the provincial mask mandate tomorrow and the B.C. vaccine card in April, Sonia Furstenau, leader of the B.C. Greens and MLA for Cowichan Valley, has issued the following statement.

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Subject:   BC Green Party Furstenau, Sonia BC Vaccine Card,  Ventilation ,  Rapid Antigen Tests Province of British Columbia,  Long COVID ,  Variants of Concern Vaccinations

Title: Political panel: Back to school and teacher shortages in BC | The Early Edition with Stephen Quinn | CBC Listen

URL: https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-91-the-early-edition/clip/15934822-political-panel-back-to-school-teacher-shortages-bc/

Description: Political panel discussing back-to-school and teacher shortages in BC.

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Subject:   Henry, Bonnie Province of British Columbia Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Education Variants of Concern Vaccinations,  Ventilation ,  BCEdAccess Society Greater Victoria School District Olsen, Adam Sihota, Moe Watts, Dianne,  Long COVID ,  British Columbia Teachers' Federation Johnston, Clint

Title: Petition: Caring communities: Keep masks in BC schools! | Change.org

URL: https://www.change.org/p/caring-communities-keep-masks-in-bc-schools/

Description: Now is not the time to remove simple protections. If we keep the protections we have now, for the 2021/22 school year, we will keep everyone healthier and safer.

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Subject:   Safe Schools Coalition BC Henry, Bonnie,  Ventilation ,  Omicron Variant Variants of Concern,  Long COVID ,  Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome

Title: Child care workers have been left behind during the pandemic. Will this fall be different | The Maple

URL: https://www.readthemaple.com/child-care-workers-have-been-left-behind-during-the-pandemic-will-this-fall-be-different/

Description: Debates have raged about the best way to prevent the spread of COVID in schools, but a key part of the education system is often left out of these discussions: Child care.

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Subject:   Monahan, Nina Day Care Centres Province of British Columbia Variants of Concern Social Research and Development Corporation Early Childhood Educators of BC Gawlick, Emily Barkved, Kelsi Omicron Variant Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Children and Family Development Rapid Antigen Tests Lysyshyn, Mark WorkSafeBC BC Centre for Disease Control Henry, Bonnie,  Long COVID ,  Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Education Whiteside, Jennifer Chen, Katrina Irwin, Sue Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Education and Child Care Government of Canada Zeidler, Karina Vancouver School Board,  Ventilation

Title: BC advocacy groups, including Safe Schools Coalition BC, demand stronger COVID-19 safety for schools | Safe Schools Coalition BC

URL: https://www.safeschoolscoalitionbc.com/2022/08/29/bc-advocacy-groups-including-safe-schools-coalition-bc-demand-stronger-covid-19-safetyfor-schools/

Description: Safe Schools Coalition BC is joining up with Protect Our Province BC, BC School Covid Tracker, Canadian Aerosol Transmission Coalition and other allies to demand stronger COVID-19 safety protocols in BC schools.

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Subject:   Safe Schools Coalition BC Protect Our Province BC BC School Covid Tracker Canadian Aerosol Transmission Coalition Dix, Adrian Whiteside, Jennifer,  Ventilation ,  Omicron Variant Variants of Concern BC Centre for Disease Control Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Province of British Columbia Government of Canada Vaccinations,  Long COVID

Title: B.C. government gets a failing grade from safe schools coalition | Georgia Straight

URL: https://www.straight.com/covid-19-pandemic/education/bc-government-gets-a-failing-grade-from-safe-schools-coalition/

Description: A parent and a teacher with the group think that airborne COVID needs to be taken far more seriously by those overseeing public health and the K-12 education system.

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Subject:   Province of British Columbia Safe Schools Coalition BC Martins, Kyenta,  Ventilation ,  Ford, Doug Omicron Variant Variants of Concern Vaccinations Vancouver School Board Pataky, Dave American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers Corsi-Rosenthal Boxes Henry, Bonnie Jimenez, Jose-Luis Greenhalgh, Trisha Fisman, David Heighton, Jennifer Dix, Adrian,  Long COVID

Title: B.C. Green Leader Sonia Furstenau denounces NDP government's historical ignorance in response to COVID-19 | Georgia Straight

URL: https://www.straight.com/covid-19-pandemic/living/bc-green-leader-sonia-furstenau-denounces-ndp-governments-historical-ignorance-in-response-to/

Description: B.C. Green Leader Sonia Furstenau thinks that the NDP government is ignoring the lessons of history in its response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Subject:   Furstenau, Sonia Province of British Columbia,  Ventilation ,  Amos, Bill,  Long COVID ,  Henry, Bonnie

Title: COVID-19, kids, & schools in British Columbia | YouTube | Protect Our Province BC

URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qez0WfvhXLU

Description: What does the science say about COVID-19, children, and schools? What measures can we use to make these congregate settings safer so that in-person learning can continue to happen without disruption from COVID-19? How can we ensure that school buildings are safe enough to be inclusive of all children, including ones from families that are more vulnerable to COVID-19 due to medical conditions?

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Subject:   Protect Our Province BC Delta Variant Variants of Concern,  Long COVID ,  Costa, Elizabete,  Ventilation ,  Rapid Antigen Tests Vaccinations

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