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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: Parents, teachers have little confidence in B.C.'s return-to-school plan | Vancouver Sun

URL: https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/covid-19-parents-teachers-have-little-confidence-in-return-to-school-plan/

Description: A coalition of parents and teachers in B.C. has given the province’s return to school plan a failing grade.

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Subject:   Heighton, Jennifer Henry, Bonnie Safe Schools Coalition BC,  Ventilation ,  Whiteside, Jennifer Province of British Columbia British Columbia Teachers' Federation Vaccinations

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: Island teachers say mandatory staff vaccinations don’t offer enough protection | Chemainus Valley Courier

URL: https://www.chemainusvalleycourier.ca/news/island-teachers-say-mandatory-staff-vaccinations-dont-offer-enough-protection/

Description: The Sooke School District’s newly announced vaccine mandate falls short as an effort to keep staff and students safe. So says the Sooke Teachers Association, which said teachers are still dealing with a lack of available N95 masks and substandard ventilation systems.

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Subject:   Sooke School District Vaccinations,  Ventilation ,  Anderson, Jennifer Parmar, Ravi Omicron Variant Variants of Concern Rapid Antigen Tests Sooke Teachers' Association

Title: Cowichan Valley students back to school | Cowichan Valley Citizen

URL: https://www.cowichanvalleycitizen.com/news/cowichan-valley-students-back-to-school/

Description: After an extra week off for most students, Cowichan Valley schools are back in session as of Jan. 10, with hopes of enhanced safety but little tangible change to existing COVID-19 protocols to assuage parents’ fears.

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Subject:   Cowichan Valley School District Russell, Mike,  Ventilation ,  Whiteside, Jennifer Rapid Antigen Tests Health Canada Spilsbury, Candace Vaccinations

Title: Provincial government can and should take proactive measures to fight Omicron | Cowichan Valley Citizen

URL: https://www.cowichanvalleycitizen.com/opinion/sonia-furstenau-column-provincial-government-can-and-should-take-proactive-measures-to-fight-omicron/

Description: The provincial government’s tools are not limited to shutdowns and closures, though it has largely chosen to limit its response to those actions.

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Subject:   Furstenau, Sonia Province of British Columbia Omicron Variant Variants of Concern Henry, Bonnie Rapid Antigen Tests,  Ventilation

Title: Nanaimo-Ladysmith schools re-open with better air filtration, optional masks | Ladysmith Chemainus Chronicle

URL: https://www.ladysmithchronicle.com/news/nanaimo-ladysmith-schools-re-open-with-better-air-filtration-optional-masks/

Description: As schools in B.C. enter their third year dealing with COVID-19, Nanaimo Ladysmith Public Schools will continue to take the guidance of provincial health officials.

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Subject:   Nanaimo Ladysmith Public Schools Burgos, Dale Henry, Bonnie BC Centre for Disease Control,  Ventilation ,  Ladysmith Intermediate School Virtanen, Jeff Allison, Sandra Inscho, Jeremy Island Health Vancouver Island COVID-19 Rapid Response Team Province of British Columbia Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Education

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: After B.C. scraps mask mandates, Premier John Horgan describes COVID-19 as an airborne disease | Georgia Straight

URL: https://www.straight.com/covid-19-pandemic/living/after-bc-scraps-mask-mandates-premier-john-horgan-describes-covid-19-as-an-airborne-disease/

Description: There's been a great deal of frustration among some healthcare workers and educators over the B.C. government's approach to COVID-19. At the centre of this has been the reluctance of health authorities to accept that COVID-19 is mainly transmitted by the airborne route.

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Subject:   Province of British Columbia Heighton, Jennifer Horgan, John,  Ventilation ,  Barton, Adriana World Health Organization Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Daly, Patricia Island Health Jimenez, Jose-Luis Henry, Bonnie Dix, Adrian Prather, Kimberly University of British Columbia TransLink BC Transit BC Ferries National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

Title: B.C. Green Leader Sonia Furstenau calls on NDP government to advance clear policies that recognize COVID-19 is airborne | Georgia Straight

URL: https://www.straight.com/covid-19-pandemic/living/bc-green-leader-sonia-furstenau-calls-on-ndp-government-to-advance-clear-policies-that/

Description: The B.C. Green caucus has issued four demands to reduce transmission of COVID-19.

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Subject:   Furstenau, Sonia Province of British Columbia Rapid Antigen Tests BC Green Party,  Ventilation

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: Confused by B.C. government's approach to containing spread of COVID-19? Here are three papers offering guidance | Georgia Straight

URL: https://www.straight.com/covid-19-pandemic/living/confused-by-bc-governments-approach-to-containing-spread-of-covid-19-here-are-three-papers/

Description: As K-12 students are about to return to classrooms and thousands of university students move into dormitories, there are growing fears of a new wave of COVID-19 because of the lack of a provincewide indoor mask mandate and the lack of public education about airborne transmission. With that in mind, I'm sharing the results of three studies published this year in peer-reviewed journals.

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Subject:   Furstenau, Sonia Province of British Columbia,  Ventilation ,  BC Green Party BC Liberal Party New Democratic Party of British Columbia TransLink BC Ferries European Organization for Nuclear Research University of Bristol Alpha Variant Variants of Concern Safe Schools Coalition BC Delta Variant Omicron Variant American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers Dix, Adrian Whiteside, Jennifer

Title: Dr. Bonnie Henry receives scathing criticism from atmospheric chemistry experts for comment on aerosols | Georgia Straight

URL: https://www.straight.com/covid-19-pandemic/living/dr-bonnie-henry-receives-scathing-criticism-from-atmospheric-chemistry-experts-for-comment-on/

Description: Some academics have denounced B.C.'s provincial health officer following her Christmas Eve briefing on the Omicron variant of concern.

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Subject:   Henry, Bonnie Omicron Variant Variants of Concern Jimenez, Jose-Luis Buriak, Jillian Twitter Greenhalgh, Trisha,  Ventilation ,  Woodvine, Stanley Q.

Title: Immunosupremacy and necrosecurity drive public discourse over COVID-19 | Georgia Straight

URL: https://www.straight.com/covid-19-pandemic/news/immunosupremacy-and-necrosecurity-drive-public-discourse-over-covid-19/

Description: In British Columbia, thanks to COVID-19 and a poisoned illicit-drug supply, there continues to be "mass death among less grievable subjects."

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Subject:   Lincoln, Martha Coroners Service of British Columbia British Columbia Toxic Drugs Crisis Thrasher, Steven Journalism Clarke, John Canadian Security Intelligence Service Royal Canadian Mounted Police BC Centre for Disease Control Henry, Bonnie Omicron Variant Variants of Concern Daly, Patricia Dix, Adrian Furstenau, Sonia World Health Organization,  Ventilation

Title: UVic faculty, students call for vaccine requirement | Times Colonist

URL: https://www.timescolonist.com/uvic-faculty-students-calls-for-vaccine-requirement-1.24349459

Description: Some students and faculty members at the University of Victoria are calling for COVID‑19 vaccines to be mandatory on campus as the fall term nears and case counts rise.

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Subject:   University of Victoria Vaccinations Lowan, Emily Island Health Marks, Lynne University of Victoria Faculty Association Johnston, Karen,  Ventilation ,  WorkSafeBC Camosun College Huelscher, Deborah Camosun Student Society Turcotte, Michel Confederation of University Faculty Associations of BC Kang, Anne Royal Roads University Simon Fraser University University of British Columbia University of Northern British Columbia Henry, Bonnie

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