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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: B.C. school closures: 3 due to COVID-19 in 1 week | CTV News

URL: https://bc.ctvnews.ca/3-functional-closures-of-b-c-schools-since-students-returned-to-in-person-learning-1.5742376

Description: It’s been one week since students returned to the classroom for in-person learning since the extended three-week winter break, and already, there have been three schools forced to briefly shut down.

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Subject:   Armstrong Elementary School School District 83 North Okanagan-Shuswap Gomme, Graham Mooring, Teri North Okanagan-Shuswap Teachers Association Heighton, Jennifer Safe Schools Coalition BC Omicron Variant Variants of Concern Vitacore Industries Inc. Moore, Mikhail Hazelton Secondary School Coast Mountains School District Bibleway Christian Academy Ventilation,  British Columbia Teachers' Federation

Title: Elementary school teachers filing 3 times as many COVID-19 infection claims as secondary teachers: union | CTV News

URL: https://bc.ctvnews.ca/elementary-school-teachers-filing-3-times-as-many-covid-19-infection-claims-as-secondary-teachers-union-1.5349608

Description: Teachers in B.C. elementary schools are filing more than three times the number of COVID-19 infection claims than those working in secondary schools, the B.C. Teachers' Federation says.

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Subject:   WorkSafeBC Mooring, Teri,  British Columbia Teachers' Federation

Title: COVID-19 rapid tests in B.C.: New details on distribution plan | CTV News

URL: https://bc.ctvnews.ca/mobile/new-details-on-b-c-s-rapid-test-distribution-plan-for-k-12-students-and-seniors-1.5789285

Description: Starting this week, all kindergarten to Grade 12 students in B.C. will be offered a box of free rapid antigen tests to take home if they or their family members get symptoms of COVID-19.

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Subject:   Rapid Antigen Tests Higginson, Stephanie Mooring, Teri,  British Columbia Teachers' Federation ,  Dix, Adrian Mackenzie, Isobel BC School Trustees Association

Title: BCTF wants teachers prioritized for booster shots | CTV News

URL: https://bc.ctvnews.ca/some-b-c-teachers-get-invitations-for-booster-shots-others-still-waiting-1.5725985

Description: One week before in-person learning is set to resume for British Columbia grade school students, the majority of teachers and support staff haven’t received their COVID-19 booster shots.

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Subject:   Vaccinations Ohana, Annie Surrey Schools Heighton, Jennifer Burnaby Schools Mooring, Teri McCristal, Dave Henry, Bonnie,  British Columbia Teachers' Federation

Title: Survey finds B.C. teachers feeling stressed, overwhelmed amid staff crunch | Globalnews.ca

URL: https://globalnews.ca/news/9733495/bctf-teachers-survey-stress-shortage/

Description: A new survey of B.C. school teachers has found the province’s educators are feeling stress both in and outside of the classroom.

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Subject:   British Columbia Teachers' Federation ,  Johnston, Clint Chilliwack School District Langley School District Singh, Rachna Province of British Columbia Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Education

Title: Emails show Dr. Bonnie Henry knew of concerns over BC’s COVID-19 data and school exposures while publicly downplaying them | Capital Daily

URL: https://www.capitaldaily.ca/news/henry-stanwick-covid-school-exposures-emails/

Description: Internal emails show BC public health leaders, including provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry, had concerns about the quality of COVID-19 transmission data collected in schools—and that those concerns persisted in private, months after officials had started making claims to the media and the public on a regular basis that the risk of transmission in schools was very low.

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Subject:   Henry, Bonnie Capital Daily Burnaby Beacon Province of British Columbia Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Health Gustafson, Réka Daly, Patricia Brodkin, Elizabeth Galanis, Eleni Docking, Christine Interior Health Northern Health Vancouver Coastal Health Fraser Health Howe, Carolyn Greater Victoria School District Island Health Stanwick, Richard Hoyano, Dee,  British Columbia Teachers' Federation ,  Greater Victoria Teachers' Association BC Centre for Disease Control Mooring, Teri Waldron, Winona Ventilation

Title: ‘Everything changed’: Victoria teachers, parents anxious about rising COVID-19 exposures in schools | Capital Daily

URL: https://www.capitaldaily.ca/news/victoria-rising-covid-19-exposures-schools/

Description: The level of anxiety among teachers and school staff in the Greater Victoria School District has also reached new highs during the third wave of the pandemic.

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Subject:   Burrough, Sarah Greater Victoria School District Howe, Carolyn Greater Victoria Teachers' Association South Park Family School Henry, Bonnie Vancouver Coastal Health Island Health Fraser Health Mooring, Teri,  British Columbia Teachers' Federation ,  Variants of Concern Province of British Columbia Ventilation Vaccinations

Title: B.C.'s lack of COVID school notices, transparent data draws criticism from parents, teachers | CBC News

URL: https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6162642

Description: Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry's announcement Wednesday that COVID notifications would not be issued to schools for single exposures has caught some parents and teachers by surprise.

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Subject:   Henry, Bonnie Sigurdson, Krista Lord Strathcona Elementary Vancouver School Board Mooring, Teri Dix, Adrian,  British Columbia Teachers' Federation

Title: B.C. resumes notifying parents about COVID-19 school exposures after outcry | CBC News

URL: https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6184815

Description: British Columbia is reversing course on notifying parents about COVID-19 exposures at schools after the provincial health officer previously said reporting of single cases caused too much anxiety.

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Subject:   Province of British Columbia Henry, Bonnie,  British Columbia Teachers' Federation ,  Marliss, Kathy Foster, Lizanne Locke, Lyndsey Vaccinations Delta Variant Variants of Concern Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada BC School Covid Tracker

Title: B.C. teachers must disclose vaccination status if requested, under new public health order | CBC News

URL: https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6318831

Description: Teachers and support staff in B.C. schools are now required to report their COVID-19 vaccination status to their employer if requested, according to a new public health order.

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Subject:   British Columbia Teachers' Federation ,  Vaccinations Henry, Bonnie Mooring, Teri BC Public School Employers' Association Delta School District School District 19 Revelstoke Interior Health Central Okanagan Public Schools

Title: Provincial secondary school exams scheduled for next week postponed until spring | CBC News

URL: https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6324048

Description: Provincial assessments scheduled to start Monday for students in grades 10 and 12 have been postponed due to staffing shortages, according to the Ministry of Education.

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Subject:   Province of British Columbia Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Education Gill, Mia Abbotsford Senior Secondary School Abbotsford School District Jarvis, Nicole École Salish Secondary School Surrey Schools Mooring, Teri,  British Columbia Teachers' Federation

Title: Kelowna-area school district becomes latest to require proof of vaccination from teachers, staff | CBC News

URL: https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6328921

Description: The school district that covers Kelowna, B.C., says it will soon require all teachers and staff to provide proof of vaccination against COVID-19, following weeks of consultation culminating in a contentious public meeting Wednesday night.

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Subject:   Central Okanagan Public Schools Baxter, Moyra Vaccinations School District 59 Peace River South Delta School District School District 19 Revelstoke School District 8 Kootenay Lake School District 57 Prince George Surrey Schools Vancouver School Board Greater Victoria School District Mooring, Teri,  British Columbia Teachers' Federation

Title: Parents left frustrated as schools, districts reject donations of air filters for classrooms | CBC News

URL: https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6337417

Description: Dave Pataky offered to build more Corsi-Rosenthal boxes to help improve ventilation at his child's school — which the school rejected, saying the DIY boxes did not meet standards of the CSA Group.

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Subject:   Pataky, Dave Ventilation Walton Elementary School Corsi-Rosenthal Boxes School District 43 Coquitlam CSA Group Brauer, Michael Costa, Elizabete Monterey Middle School Greater Victoria School District Taneja, Shiven Mooring, Teri,  British Columbia Teachers' Federation ,  Province of British Columbia Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Education Public Health Agency of Canada Omicron Variant Variants of Concern

Title: B.C. teachers' union warns of possible staff shortages this school year| CBC News

URL: https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6571191

Description: The union representing teachers in B.C. is sounding the alarm on a possible teacher shortage just as the new school year begins.

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Subject:   British Columbia Teachers' Federation ,  Johnston, Clint Province of British Columbia Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Education and Child Care Jule, Allyson

Title: B.C. teachers' union pushes for mask mandate in elementary schools | CHEK News

URL: https://www.cheknews.ca/b-c-teachers-union-pushes-for-mask-mandate-in-elementary-schools-753894/

Description: As the number of elementary school teachers becoming infected with COVID-19 rises, the union representing those teachers says it wants a mandatory mask rule for all students, not just older ones.

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Subject:   British Columbia Teachers' Federation ,  Mooring, Teri WorkSafe BC Horgan, John Lord Strathcona Elementary School Vancouver School District Vancouver Coastal Health Bardels, Hayden

Title: B.C. teens can now register to book their COVID-19 vaccine appointment | CHEK News

URL: https://www.cheknews.ca/b-c-teens-can-now-register-to-book-covid-19-vaccine-appointment-797363/

Description: Teens in B.C. are now officially eligible to register for their COVID-19 vaccine appointments.

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Subject:   Vaccinations Province of British Columbia,  British Columbia Teachers' Federation ,  Henry, Bonnie Dix, Adrian Variants of Concern Delta Variant Colijn, Caroline Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine Health Canada

Title: BCTF urges province to temporarily move K-12 learning online, implement more measures to protect schools from COVID | CHEK News

URL: https://www.cheknews.ca/bctf-demands-province-temporarily-move-k-12-school-learning-online-in-january-930874/

Description: Teachers in the province are calling on the B.C. government implement further measures to protect staff and students before schools reopen next week.

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Subject:   British Columbia Teachers' Federation ,  Mooring, Teri Omicron Variant Variants of Concern Province of British Columbia Island Health Ventilation Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Education

Title: COVID-19 cases reported at multiple Island schools in first week | CHEK News

URL: https://www.cheknews.ca/covid-19-cases-reported-at-multiple-island-schools-in-first-week-882971/

Description: COVID-19 cases have been reported by an independent online tracker at multiple Vancouver Island schools following the first week of classes.

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Subject:   BC School Covid Tracker Frances Kelsey Secondary School Bench Elementary School Cowichan Valley School District Quamichan School Charlie, Jessica Monterey Middle School Greater Victoria School District Sandowne Elementary School Campbell River School District Journey Middle School Sooke School District Lake Hill Elementary School Sir James Douglas Elementary School Departure Bay Elementary School Brechin Elementary School Nanaimo Ladysmith Public Schools Cowichan Secondary School Drinkwater Elementary School,  British Columbia Teachers' Federation ,  Mooring, Teri Island Health

Title: Expert pushes back on Bonnie Henry's claims schools are not a major source of transmission | CHEK News

URL: https://www.cheknews.ca/doctor-pushes-back-on-bonnie-henrys-claims-schools-are-not-a-major-source-of-transmission-933513/

Description: B.C.'s top doctor has claimed that schools are not a major source of transmission, but is she right? The data isn't clear.

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Subject:   Henry, Bonnie Jimenez, Jose-Luis Tupper, Paul Broadhurst, Jana Variants of Concern Delta Variant Furness, Colin Omicron Variant,  British Columbia Teachers' Federation ,  Ventilation Austin, Sara Children First Canada Vaccinations Heighton, Jennifer Omaha Public Schools

Title: New data shows how fast COVID-19 spread to students, staff at start of school year | CHEK News

URL: https://www.cheknews.ca/new-data-shows-how-fast-covid-19-spread-to-students-staff-at-start-of-school-year-917165/

Description: There were 474 students and staff in the Island Health region infected with COVID-19 in the first six weeks of the school year, CHEK News has learned.

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Subject:   Island Health Province of British Columbia Henry, Bonnie Mooring, Teri Nanaimo Ladysmith Public Schools BC Centre for Disease Control,  British Columbia Teachers' Federation ,  Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Health

Title: Over 1,700 Island students and staff infected with COVID-19 during first four months of school year | CHEK News

URL: https://www.cheknews.ca/over-1700-island-students-and-staff-infected-with-covid-19-during-first-four-months-of-school-year-new-data-shows-958454/

Description: There were over 1,700 school students and staff members on Vancouver Island infected with COVID-19 during the first four months of the school year, new data reveals.

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Subject:   Island Health Omicron Variant Variants of Concern BC Centre for Disease Control,  British Columbia Teachers' Federation ,  BC School Covid Tracker

Title: School boards in B.C. now required to collect vaccination status of all staff | CHEK News

URL: https://www.cheknews.ca/school-boards-in-b-c-now-required-to-collect-vaccination-status-of-all-staff-939109/

Description: The B.C. government has issued a public health order requiring school boards to collect and report the vaccination status of all staff members.

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Subject:   Vaccinations Province of British Columbia Henry, Bonnie,  British Columbia Teachers' Federation ,  BC Public School Employers' Association Mooring, Teri Omicron Variant Variants of Concern 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: Vancouver Island school district has had stricter mask protocols for months | NEWS 1130

URL: https://www.citynews1130.com/2021/02/26/vancouver-school-district-mask/

Description: The BC Teachers’ Federation and some parents say they need the province to push more mask-wearing for all kids because they can’t do more than provincial guidelines. But one district on Vancouver Island has been — since the very beginning — and it seems they have had no interference or issues. When it was clear before kids returned to school in September that the Qualicum School District wanted more masking than the province dictated, Superintendent Dr. Kevin Elder says the board voted to do so.

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Subject:   School District No. 69 Qualicum Elder, Keven Province of British Columbia,  British Columbia Teachers' Federation

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