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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: FAQs on VIU's 2021-22 academic health | Health & Safety Services | Vancouver Island University

URL: https://adm.viu.ca/health-and-safety/covid-19/faqs-vius-2021-22-academic-year/

Description: With the support of BC’s Provincial Health Officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry, VIU is now planning for a safe return to on-campus instruction for Fall 2021. Below we answer the most frequently asked questions about how courses, programs, services and supports will be delivered during the 2021-22 academic year. Please note that this document addresses the Fall 2021 semester specifically and will be updated for Spring 2022 as more information becomes available. Update: March 10, 2022: The public health office is removing restrictions such as the mask mandate as of March 11 and proof of vaccination as of April 8.

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Subject:   Vancouver Island University BC Vaccine Card,  Rapid Antigen Tests ,  Vaccinations Ventilation

Title: B.C. takes next step in balanced plan to lift COVID-19 restrictions | March 10, 2022 | Province of British Columbia

URL: https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2022HLTH0081-000324/

Description: As of Friday, March 11, 2022, B.C.’s indoor mask order is being repealed along with eased restrictions on long-term care visitors, faith gatherings and overnight camps for children and youth. Today’s announcement also sets a pathway to lift additional COVID-19 restrictions, including the BC Vaccine Card requiring proof of vaccination, on April 8.

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Subject:   Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Health Province of British Columbia BC Vaccine Card Henry, Bonnie Dix, Adrian Vaccinations BC Centre for Disease Control BC Ferries,  Rapid Antigen Tests

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: 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: Age limit lowered to 50+ for rapid antigen tests starting Mar. 11 | BC Pharmacy Association

URL: https://www.bcpharmacy.ca/news/age-limit-lowered-50-rapid-antigen-tests-starting-mar-11/

Description: The Province has announced that it will lower the age limit for free BTNX Rapid Response® COVID-19 Rapid Test Kits in pharmacy to individuals aged 50 and older starting Friday, March 11.

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Subject:   BC Pharmacy Association,  Rapid Antigen Tests

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