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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. launches restart plan to safely bring people back together | May 25, 2021 | Province of British Columbia

URL: https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/news_releases_2020-2024/2021PREM0037-001008.htm

Description: With more than 60% of adults vaccinated with their first dose and COVID-19 case counts and hospitalizations steadily declining, British Columbia is moving forward with the cautious first step of a four-step plan for a careful and safe restart.

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Subject:   Province of British Columbia Province of British Columbia | Office of the Premier,  Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Health ,  Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Jobs, Economic Recovery and Innovation Horgan, John,  Henry, Bonnie ,  BC Centre for Disease Control ,  Kahlon, Ravi

Title: B.C.'s stockpile of COVID treatments growing amid continued eligibility restrictions | CTV News

URL: https://bc.ctvnews.ca/b-c-s-stockpile-of-covid-treatments-growing-amid-continued-eligibility-restrictions-1.6216756

Description: B.C.’s stockpile of COVID-19 anti-viral treatments has ballooned even further in as guidelines continue to restrict access to the drug despite ample supply.

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Subject:   Province of British Columbia,  Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Health ,  Paxlovid Dobell, Anne Lush, Jennifer,  BC Centre for Disease Control ,  Henry, Bonnie ,  Government of Canada

Title: No consultation: B.C. plan to expel seniors from hospitals may not be 'attainable,' care providers say | CTV News

URL: https://bc.ctvnews.ca/no-consultation-b-c-plan-to-expel-seniors-from-hospitals-may-not-be-attainable-care-providers-say-1.6090375

Description: The Ministry of Health did not consult with the very care home operators it expects to take in seniors being expelled from hospitals in preparation of a surge in serious illnesses anticipated from COVID-19 and influenza, CTV News has learned.

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Subject:   Province of British Columbia,  Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Health ,  BC Care Providers Association Lake, Terry,  BC Centre for Disease Control ,  BC Nurses' Union Grewal, Aman Lush, Jennifer Lush, Marianne Dix, Adrian,  Henry, Bonnie ,  Influenza

Title: Letter to post-secondary institution presidents | March 8, 2021 | Ministry of Health | Province of British Columbia

URL: https://covid19.ubc.ca/files/2021/03/1190387-Letter-to-PSI-Presidents-final.pdf

Description: I am writing to you to acknowledge the important leadership the post-secondary sector has shown in BC’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic over the past 12 months, and to support you with the critical goal of resuming safe on-campus teaching, learning and research in September 2021.

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Subject:   BC Centre for Disease Control ,  Province of British Columbia,  Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Health ,  Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Advanced Education and Skills Training WorkSafeBC,  Henry, Bonnie

Title: B.C. shifts to Step 3 of restart plan | June 29, 2021 | Province of British Columbia

URL: https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2021PREM0043-001268/

Description: With British Columbians achieving nearly 80% adult Dose 1 vaccine coverage and COVID-19 case counts continuing to decline, the Province is safely moving to Step 3 of its four-step restart plan on July 1, 2021.

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Subject:   Province of British Columbia Horgan, John Vaccinations Kahlon, Ravi Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Jobs, Economic Recovery and Innovation,  BC Centre for Disease Control ,  Henry, Bonnie ,  Dix, Adrian,  Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Health

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: [Quotes from the "Return to Campus Public Health Guidance" document regarding COVID-19 transmission and contact tracing in educational settings] | CHEK News

URL: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FGd1r5zVIAIvxmy?format=jpg&name=900x900

Description: Jamie on Twitter: "#UVIC’s “Don’t ask, don’t tell” policy on COVID cases, based on the ridiculous notion that “COVID-19 transmission is uncommon in educational settings”, has led to this predictable result. I hope this is a wake up call for our PHO who just last week said COVID is endemic."

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Subject:   Gustafson, Réka University of Victoria,  Henry, Bonnie ,  BC Centre for Disease Control ,  Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Health ,  Province of British Columbia

Title: The case of BC’s missing COVID-19 data | The Tyee

URL: https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/01/04/BC-FOI-Missing-COVID-19-Data/

Description: This story was supposed to be about the virus and work camps. It became about a failing FOI system.

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Subject:   Coastal GasLink Province of British Columbia LNG Canada Site C Dam,  BC Centre for Disease Control ,  Northern Health Holman, Sean Woywada, Jason,  Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Health ,  McEvoy, Michael Office of the Information & Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia,  Henry, Bonnie ,  Provincial Health Services Authority Heiltsuk Tribal Council Tŝilhqot'in National Government Tŝilhqot'in Nation Heiltsuk Nation Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council Nuu-chah-nulth First Nations

Title: [Comment about UVic's COVID-19 policy]

URL: https://twitter.com/JamieLyall/status/1470273204123885569/

Description: Jamie on Twitter: "#UVIC’s “Don’t ask, don’t tell” policy on COVID cases, based on the ridiculous notion that “COVID-19 transmission is uncommon in educational settings”, has led to this predictable result. I hope this is a wake up call for our PHO who just last week said COVID is endemic."

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Subject:   University of Victoria,  Henry, Bonnie ,  Gustafson, Réka Province of British Columbia,  Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Health ,  BC Centre for Disease Control

Title: [Response to B.C. health officials' press conference regarding leaked BC Centre for Disease Control reports]

URL: https://twitter.com/katiederosayyj/status/1390825013989703683?s=20

Description: Katie DeRosa on Twitter: "To sum up the press conference in response to leaked @CDCofBC reports, BC’s top two public health officers were basically gaslighting journalists, insisting the #COVID19 data we’ve been asking for has been there all along if we only looked hard enough. Not true. #bcpoli / Data experts & epidemiologists such as @vb_jens Carolin Colijn, Sarah Otto & @Dr_Conway_VIDC have been sounding the alarm for months about how BC falls behind other provinces in terms of data transparency, specially re neighbourhood-level data, data broken down by race. #bcpoli / One small example of data gap. I asked Health pretty much for two weeks straight for # of P1 variant cases in Whistler to see whether numbers spiked after outbreak first declared. By the time they were offered, it was after mass vaccinations had dealt with the outbreak. #bcpoli / Also, if Health released daily data on the evolution of P.1 variant cases in Whistler over time, from start of outbreak, to peak, to a decline as vaccines were rolled out, it would give a clear picture of the effectiveness of mass vaccinations and could ease vaccine hesitancy."

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Subject:   Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Health ,  Province of British Columbia,  Henry, Bonnie ,  Gustafson, Réka von Bergmann, Jens Otto, Sarah Conway, Brian Variants of Concern,  BC Centre for Disease Control ,  Colijn, Caroline Gamma Variant

Title: COVID-19 Omicron variant risk, PCRA model and access to N95 respirators | BC Nurses' Union

URL: https://www.bcnu.org/News-Events/Documents/12.29.2021_Letter_MoH_Omicron;%20aerosolized%20transmission;%20PPE_FINAL.pdf

Description: On behalf of the thousands of nurses our union represents, I am deeply concerned that personal protection levels for nurses and other health care workers may be insufficient leading to them being routinely exposed to significant health risks which the current PPE Allocation Framework within British Columbia does not address.

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Subject:   BC Nurses' Union Omicron Variant Variants of Concern Dix, Adrian,  BC Centre for Disease Control ,  Henry, Bonnie ,  Province of British Columbia,  Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Health ,  Ventilation

Title: What we know (and don’t) about how COVID-19 affets racial minorities on Vancouver Island | Capital Daily

URL: https://www.capitaldaily.ca/news/covid-19-race-based-data-collection-vancouver-island-bc/

Description: Experts say collecting race-based data could help drive better public health decisions, but that isn't happening.

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Subject:   Cowichan Tribes Furstenau, Sonia First Nations Health Authority Island Health Ahousaht First Nation Nuu-chah-nulth First Nations Louie, Greg Heiltsuk Nation Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council Tŝilhqot'in National Government Tŝilhqot'in Nation Office of the Information & Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia Province of British Columbia,  Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Health ,  Snuneymuxw First Nation Govender, Kasari,  Henry, Bonnie ,  Kobayashi, Karen Brown, Boma,  BC Centre for Disease Control ,  Gustafson, Réka

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: Victoria hospitals, long COVID clinic brace for summer wave of COVID-19 reinfections | Capital Daily

URL: https://www.capitaldaily.ca/news/summer-wave-covid-19-reinfections/

Description: New subvariants that can get past antibodies are on the rise in BC, while new research shows reinfections increase overall health risks.

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Subject:   Variants of Concern Island Health Long COVID Saanich Peninsula Hospital Unger, Jeff Otto, Sarah Omicron Variant Province of British Columbia,  Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Health ,  Burn-Murdoch, John Victoria General Hospital Royal Jubilee Hospital Vaccinations National Advisory Committee on Immunization,  Henry, Bonnie ,  Delta Variant,  BC Centre for Disease Control ,  Olsen, Tyler

Title: The Victoria physicist predicting the future of the pandemic | Capital Daily

URL: https://www.capitaldaily.ca/news/uvic-physicist-predicting-future-covid-pandemic/

Description: Dr. Dean Karlen has thus far accurately predicted which way the pandemic will go. We talked to him about how he's done it and what he expects now.

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Subject:   Karlen, Dean University of Victoria,  Henry, Bonnie ,  Variants of Concern,  BC Centre for Disease Control ,  Island Health Province of British Columbia,  Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Health ,  Vaccinations Alpha Variant Beta Variant

Title: Vancouver Island is awash with Omicron. What are authorities doing to slow it? | Capital Daily

URL: https://www.capitaldaily.ca/news/vancouver-island-omicron-covid-fifth-wave/

Description: Data from other jurisdictions show the Island is in for a rough month to come, but authorities are still denying basic facts about the virus.

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Subject:   Variants of Concern Omicron Variant,  Henry, Bonnie ,  Northgate Chuch University of Victoria Island Health Rapid Antigen Tests Vaccinations Contandriopoulos, Damien Stanwick, Richard University of Victoria | Centre for Athletics, Recreation and Special Abilities Province of British Columbia Dix, Adrian Health Canada National Advisory Committee on Immunization College of Pharmacists of British Columbia,  Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Health ,  BC COVID-19 Modelling Group Karlen, Dean,  BC Centre for Disease Control ,  Protect Our Province BC Filiatrault, Lyne Gasperowicz, Malgorzata Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine

Title: B.C. RCMP investigating website selling fake mask and vaccine exemption 'certificates' | CBC News

URL: https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6329002

Description: A police investigation is underway into a B.C.-based website selling phoney mask and vaccine exemption certificates, CBC has confirmed.

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Subject:   Royal Canadian Mounted Police EnableAir.com Goddard, Gwyllyn Malthouse, Stephen College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia,  Henry, Bonnie ,  Province of British Columbia,  Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Health ,  Vaccinations,  BC Centre for Disease Control ,  Galati, Rocco College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario Kilian, Rochagne

Title: Modelling group says B.C.'s under-reporting of COVID-19 data makes personal risk assessment harder | CBC News

URL: https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6617650

Description: An independent modelling group says that B.C. is under-reporting all major COVID-19 metrics, making it impossible for residents to know their true risk.

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Subject:   BC COVID-19 Modelling Group Otto, Sarah,  Henry, Bonnie ,  BC Centre for Disease Control ,  Omicron Variant Variants of Concerns Province of British Columbia,  Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Health ,  Vaccinations

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: Physician urges B.C. to provide free COVID-19 rapid antigen tests | CHEK News

URL: https://www.cheknews.ca/physicians-urge-b-c-to-provide-free-covid-19-rapid-antigen-tests-923865/

Description: A doctor behind a grassroots initiative that helps Canadians locate COVID-19 rapid antigen tests is among those calling on B.C. to make those tests free.

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Subject:   Rapid Antigen Tests Hasan, Dalia Omicron Variant Variants of Concern Government of Canada Tan, Amy,  BC Centre for Disease Control ,  Henry, Bonnie ,  COVID Test Finders Province of British Columbia,  Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Health ,  Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Title: School exposure notifications: An FOI project | Safe Schools Coalition BC

URL: https://www.safeschoolscoalitionbc.com/2021/09/20/school-exposure-notifications-an-foi-project/

Description: The British Columbia Ministry of Health, Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry, and the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control have decided to no longer issue school-wide COVID-19 exposure notifications. It is imperative we make the British Columbia government rethink this position.

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Subject:   Safe Schools Coalition BC Province of British Columbia,  Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Health ,  Henry, Bonnie ,  BC Centre for Disease Control

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