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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: COVID-19: No plans to change B.C.'s back-to-school plan despite Delta variant surge | CTV News

URL: https://bc.ctvnews.ca/no-plans-to-change-b-c-s-back-to-school-plan-despite-delta-variant-surge-1.5533713

Description: While her counterpart in Ontario unveiled a cautious plan to get students back in the classroom, B.C.’s top doctor is sticking with a plan announced before the last school year had even ended – and well before the Delta variant began setting back reopening plans across the globe.

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Subject:   Variants of Concern Henry, Bonnie,  Ventilation ,  Furness, Colin Kline, Mark Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Education Province of British Columbia Delta Variant

Title: COVID model projections | March 17, 2022 | BC COVID-19 Modelling Group

URL: https://bccovid-19group.ca/post/2022-03-17-report/

Description: The BC COVID-19 Modelling team issued their nineteenth report on the status of COVID-19 in British Columbia (March 18th, 2022). This report focuses on the Omicron variant, BA.2, which is rising rapidly in frequency and now accounts for ~50% of infections in Canada. Nevertheless, numbers of BA.2 are roughly steady at the moment.

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Subject:   BC COVID-19 Modelling Group Omicron Variant Variants of Concern Vaccinations,  Ventilation

Title: [Comparison of COVID-19 school opening plans in Canada]

URL: https://twitter.com/KashPrime/status/1482711737665208320/

Description: Kashif Pirzada, MD on Twitter: "Plotting the various school opening plans across the country. So far Ontario comes out ahead, and is the only one really addressing airborne spread, but incompletely and can do much better. BC, MB and Quebec probably the worst; kids there will get sick quickly."

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Subject:   Ventilation ,  Rapid Antigen Tests

Title: Schools could become COVID's playground if province doesn't act, says researchers | CHEK News

URL: https://www.cheknews.ca/schools-could-become-covids-playground-if-province-doesnt-act-says-researchers-869127/

Description: As B.C. battles its fourth wave, researchers are predicting kids may become the majority of cases.

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Subject:   Furstenau, Sonia Province of British Columbia Vaccinations Delta Variant Variants of Concern Waldron, Winona Mooring, Teri British Columbia Teachers' Federation,  Ventilation ,  Calgary Board of Education Government of Ontario

Title: 'There is no plan': Teachers criticize B.C.'s unchanging back-to-school model as cases rise | CHEK News

URL: https://www.cheknews.ca/there-is-no-plan-teachers-criticize-b-c-s-unchanging-back-to-school-model-amid-fourth-wave-862080/

Description: While COVID-19 cases climb, there are no plans for the province to change it's back to school plan, leaving parents and teachers concerned.

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Subject:   Province of British Columbia Henry, Bonnie Kline, Mark Delta Variant Variants of Concern Waldron, Winona Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Education Leece, Stephen,  Ventilation ,  Greater Victoria Teachers' Association Vaccinations

Title: Open letter calling on Premier Eby, Ministers Dix and Whiteside to reinstate universal masking immediately | Safe Schools Coalition BC

URL: https://www.safeschoolscoalitionbc.com/2022/11/14/open-letter-calling-on-premier-eby-ministers-dix-and-whiteside-to-reinstate-universal-masking-immediately-2/

Description: Protect our Province BC, Safe Schools Coalition BC, BC School Covid Tracker, and Masks 4 East Van call on BC’s new Premier, David Eby, Health Minister Adrian Dix, and Education Minister Jennifer Whiteside to immediately require universal masking in all indoor public spaces, including schools.

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Subject:   Safe Schools Coalition BC BC School Covid Tracker Protect our Province BC Masks4EastVan Eby, David Dix, Adrian Whiteside, Jennifer Province of British Columbia Respiratory Syncytial Virus Influenza Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario BC Children's Hospital Tam, Theresa,  Ventilation ,  Govender, Kasari Omicron Variant Variants of Concern

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

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