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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: Kids needing surgery will be flown from Vancouver Island to Vancouver after pediatric surgeon takes 'unanticipated' leave | CTV News

URL: https://beta.ctvnews.ca/local/british-columbia/2021/9/18/1_5591046.amp.html

Description: A shortage of pediatric surgeons on Vancouver Island has hospitals there on pediatric diversion, meaning any children who need surgery will be sent to Vancouver for care.

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Subject:   Victoria General Hospital BC Children's Hospital,  Province of British Columbia ,  Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Health,  Island Health

Title: [Image 1: Vaccine appointment availability for children 5 - 11]

URL: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FFbjxf1VIAA40pt?format=png&name=large

Description: r/Coronavirus_BC on Twitter: "Vancouver Island has longer wait for 5-11 spots Victoria: Dec 20 Sooke: Dec 17 Duncan: Dec 10 Kelowna: Dec 10 #Covid19BC"

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Subject:   Province of British Columbia ,  Island Health ,  Vaccinations

Title: [Image 2: Vaccine appointment availability for children 5 - 11]

URL: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FFbkAFVVEAMJvwI?format=png&name=large

Description: r/Coronavirus_BC on Twitter: "Vancouver Island has longer wait for 5-11 spots Victoria: Dec 20 Sooke: Dec 17 Duncan: Dec 10 Kelowna: Dec 10 #Covid19BC"

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Subject:   Province of British Columbia ,  Island Health ,  Vaccinations

Title: [Image 4: Vaccine appointment availability for children 5 - 11]

URL: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FFbkT8VUYAEi4sL?format=png&name=large

Description: r/Coronavirus_BC on Twitter: "Vancouver Island has longer wait for 5-11 spots Victoria: Dec 20 Sooke: Dec 17 Duncan: Dec 10 Kelowna: Dec 10 #Covid19BC"

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Subject:   Province of British Columbia ,  Island Health ,  Vaccinations

Title: [Image 3: Vaccine appointment availability for children 5 - 11]

URL: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FFbkTQQVcA0an0W?format=png&name=large

Description: r/Coronavirus_BC on Twitter: "Vancouver Island has longer wait for 5-11 spots Victoria: Dec 20 Sooke: Dec 17 Duncan: Dec 10 Kelowna: Dec 10 #Covid19BC"

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Subject:   Province of British Columbia ,  Island Health ,  Vaccinations

Title: [Image 2:] "Vancouver Island continues to see long wait for 5-11 vaccine appointments"

URL: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FFkhG5sVIAMWXB2?format=png&name=360x360

Description: r/Coronavirus_BC on Twitter: "Vancouver Island continues to see long wait for 5-11 vaccine appointments: Victoria: Dec 23 Sooke: Dec 23 Langford: Jan 7, 2022 https://twitter.com/GreaterfoolVan/status/1465609950101573635 #Covid19BC"

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Subject:   Province of British Columbia ,  Island Health ,  Vaccinations

Title: [Image 1:] "Vancouver Island continues to see long wait for 5-11 vaccine appointments"

URL: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FFkhGMgVkAY8TdC?format=png&name=small

Description: r/Coronavirus_BC on Twitter: "Vancouver Island continues to see long wait for 5-11 vaccine appointments: Victoria: Dec 23 Sooke: Dec 23 Langford: Jan 7, 2022 https://twitter.com/GreaterfoolVan/status/1465609950101573635 #Covid19BC"

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Subject:   Province of British Columbia ,  Island Health ,  Vaccinations

Title: [Image 3:] "Vancouver Island continues to see long wait for 5-11 vaccine appointments"

URL: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FFkhpKyVQAE6zG3?format=png&name=360x360

Description: r/Coronavirus_BC on Twitter: "Vancouver Island continues to see long wait for 5-11 vaccine appointments: Victoria: Dec 23 Sooke: Dec 23 Langford: Jan 7, 2022 https://twitter.com/GreaterfoolVan/status/1465609950101573635 #Covid19BC"

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Subject:   Province of British Columbia ,  Island Health ,  Vaccinations

Title: Community resources | Cowichan Valley School District

URL: https://sd79.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/May-1-updates-COMMUNITY-RESOURCES.pdf

Description: As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, parents may need to access to additional supports in the community to promote the well-being of their children. During this time, there are still many local community agencies available to help parents and children who might be struggling. The information below is considered accurate as of May 1, 2020, but things may change.

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Subject:   Cowichan Tribes Canadian Mental Health Association | Cowichan Valley Branch,  Province of British Columbia ,  Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Children and Family Development Cowichan Family Life Association Cowichan Women Against Violence Society Cowichan Family Caregivers Support Society Cowichan Lake Community Services Cowichan Valley Youth Services,  Island Health ,  Foundry BC Pivot Point Learning Centres Society Salvation Army Salvation Army Cowichan Valley Ministries Cowichan Hospice Cowichan Green Community Society

Title: "8 weeks since two of my kids got dose 1 and no vaccine booking invite."

URL: https://twitter.com/jana0C/status/1485680546860523524/

Description: Jana Kim on Twitter: "8 weeks since two of my kids got dose 1 and no vaccine booking invite. Called and was told there are ZERO available appointments in #yyj for their age group. This is day 1 of kids reaching the 8 week mark and they aren't ready for it. #bcpoli #FireBonnie So sick of the @bcndp . / Once again, @bcndp and @adriandix appear to have been taken by surprise with how... *checks notes*... TIME works. This was plainly foreseeable. If your enforced, arbitrary interval is 8 weeks, be ready at the 8 week mark to give second doses (or at least appts for them).#bcpoli / After 3 unsuccessful attempts at calling, I finally got an agent who could book us on the 4th try and two of my kids are booked for this Friday (and now I can check for cancellations and possibly rebook myself, with the confirmation code). BIG SIGH. Relief and frustration. / So the story is this: you CAN book before getting an invite as long as your kid is at the 8 week mark. Don't let anyone tell you you have to get the invite first. Keep calling until you get an agent who can make it happen. It took me 4 tries, took my best friend 3 tries. / Also, ask about neighbouring areas. The agents search by city name, so for us they looked at Victoria only, which did not include Westshore/Sidney. Those were locations they had to search separately. Ask about where you'd be willing to travel to by city/town name."

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Subject:   Vaccinations,  Island Health ,  Province of British Columbia ,  Dix, Adrian

Title: Navigating childbirth amid COVID-19: One woman's first-hand account | CTV News

URL: https://vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca/navigating-childbirth-amid-covid-19-one-woman-s-first-hand-account-1.4893856

Description: The last number of weeks have been a roller-coaster of emotions, worrying about how COVID-19 could affect my pregnancy; how the disease will change my experience in labour and delivery; and how my expectations need to shift after the child’s birth.

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Subject:   Raymond, Yvonne BC Centre for Disease Control Jones, Aly Ross, Kathleen Midwives Association of British Columbia,  Island Health ,  Victoria General Hospital Hoyrup, Nikki Pacific Post Partum Support Society Duffy, Sheila Morris, Jonny,  Province of British Columbia ,  Darcy, Judy

Title: BC parents look to US pharmacies to find COVID vaccines for under-12 kids | Capital Daily

URL: https://www.capitaldaily.ca/news/bc-parents-vaccines-us-pharmacies/

Description: Children in BC are expected to be able to get vaccinated before the holiday season, but pharmacies in Washington are already vaccinating Canadian kids.

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Subject:   Vaccinations Cote, Elise Tillicum Community School Greater Victoria School District Jim’s Pharmacy Berner, Geoff Washington State Department of Health Health Canada Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine Henry, Bonnie Interior Health Northern Health,  Island Health ,  BC Vaccine Card,  Province of British Columbia ,  Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Health

Title: Some BC hospital patients left vulnerable without COVID, flu tests | Capital Daily

URL: https://www.capitaldaily.ca/news/some-bc-hospital-patients-left-vulnerable-covid-flu-tests/

Description: A Langford woman is speaking out after her husband contracted COVID-19 at the hospital but was discharged without diagnosis.

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Subject:   Victoria General Hospital,  Island Health ,  Ferguson, Sue Influenza Respiratory Syncytial Virus Paxlovid Unger, Jeff Gandhi, Sanjiv Kuo, Susan BC Children's Hospital Lions Gate Hospital Royal Jubilee Hospital Tylenol,  Province of British Columbia ,  Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Health

Title: Daycares and preschools call for more government guidance as they deal with COVID-19 cases | CHEK News

URL: https://www.cheknews.ca/daycares-and-preschools-call-for-more-government-guidance-as-they-deal-with-covid-19-cases-936644/

Description: As the highly transmissible Omicron Variant continues to drive a surge in COVID-19 cases, some daycares and preschools have had to temporarily shut down due to positive cases of the virus.

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Subject:   Nightingale Preschool and Junior Kindergarten Brown, Catriona Day Care Centres,  Island Health ,  Saxe Point Day Care Brame, Meagan Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Health,  Province of British Columbia ,  BC Centre for Disease Control Gawlick, Emily Mahecha, Valentina Early Childhood Educators of BC Rapid Antigen Tests 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: B.C. parents crowdsourcing COVID-19 school exposures in lieu of provincial information | Goldstream News Gazette

URL: https://www.goldstreamgazette.com/news/b-c-parents-crowdsourcing-covid-19-school-exposures-in-lieu-of-provincial-information/

Description: A site run voluntarily by two B.C. moms has quickly become one of the only sources of information on COVID-19 exposures in schools this year, after the province announced it would only publicize information if it turned into a cluster or outbreak.

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Subject:   BC School Covid Tracker Marliss, Kathy,  Province of British Columbia ,  Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Health Vaccinations Costa, Elizabete Monterey Middle School Greater Victoria School District Henry, Bonnie,  Island Health

Title: Annual report: April 1, 2022 to March 31, 2023 | Sooke Family Resource Society

URL: https://www.sfrs.ca/uploads/2022-23-Annual-Report.pdf

Description: Through this past year, we settled into some new ways of doing business, acknowledging that the COVID-19 pandemic and operating as a "hybrid" union/non-union team has changed how we practice to support the needs of the people we serve, and of all the the SRFS work teams.

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Subject:   Sooke Family Resource Society Coalition of Neighbourhood Houses Capital Region Social Media British Columbia Association of Farmers' Markets,  Island Health ,  Day Care Centres Community Living BC Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Children and Family Development,  Province of British Columbia

Title: Annual report: April 2020 - March 2021 | Sooke Family Resource Society

URL: https://www.sfrs.ca/uploads/Annual-Report-2020-2021.pdf

Description: 2020-2021 achievements, adjustments and improvements.

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Subject:   Sooke Family Resource Society Coalition of Neighbourhood Houses Capital Region Day Care Centres,  Province of British Columbia ,  Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Children and Family Development Pacheedaht First Nation,  Island Health ,  Community Living BC Social Media Sooke Food Bank British Columbia Association of Farmers' Markets

Title: Annual report: April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2022 | Sooke Family Resource Society

URL: https://www.sfrs.ca/uploads/SFRS-ANNUAL-REPORT-2021-22.pdf

Description: This past year has had a number of significant challenges, beginning with attempting to serve our community with COVID-19 everywhere and the mandated safety protocols which impacted our ability to serve our clients as effectively as we might have otherwise.

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Subject:   Sooke Family Resource Society Residential Schools Social Media Coalition of Neighbourhood Houses Capital Region British Columbia Association of Farmers' Markets,  Island Health ,  Day Care Centres,  Province of British Columbia ,  Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Children and Family Development Pacheedaht First Nation Community Living BC

Title: Putting health food on our tables: Sooke region food security report | Sooke Region Communities Health Network

URL: https://www.sookeregionchn.org/_files/ugd/cca5de_1315758584cb4b84adf15450c621a961.pdf

Description: The report addressed food security under the federal and provincial poverty reduction strategies. Funded through a grant from Union of BC Municipalities, the aim is to provide a report on the present food security situation in the Sooke Region, which in turn will contribute to a strategic plan to tackle this important issue. The content of this report is to benefit stakeholders in different sectors, as poverty touches upon all aspects of community living.

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Subject:   Sooke Region Communities Health Network Sooke Family Resource Society Sooke Food Bank COBS Bread Bakery British Columbia Association of Farmers' Markets Sooke Country Market South Island FarmHub Sooke Baptist Church Sooke Region Food CHI Society Harbourside Cohousing West Wind Harbour Cohousing Capital Regional District Sooke Shelter Society SEAPARC Leisure Complex Statistics Canada Riches, Graham Government of Canada,  Province of British Columbia ,  Sooke Meals on Wheels Holy Trinity Anglican Church T'Sou-ke First Nation Pacheedaht First Nation Scia'new First Nation Sooke School District Sooke Embrace (Facebook group) Sooke Region Chamber of Commerce,  Island Health ,  Loaves & Fishes Community Food Bank Mustard Seed Street Church District of Sooke Sooke Region Farmland Trust Society Capital Region Food and Agriculture Initiatives Roundtable Sooke Transition House Society WorkLink Employment Society

Title: Amidst the paradise: Homelessness in the Sooke region | Sooke Region Communities Health Network

URL: https://www.sookeregionchn.org/_files/ugd/cca5de_a87cdfac42704783a2aface5072f5bdd.pdf

Description: The current report has been developed to illustrate the needs of the chronic and hidden homeless population in the Sooke Region, to map existing and required services in the region and to propose a clear strategy of how to proceed in supporting the homelessness needs in the Sooke Region going forward.

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Subject:   Sooke Region Communities Health Network Sooke Homelessness Coalition Greater Victoria Coalition to End Homelessness Sooke Shelter Society Greater Victoria Coalition to End Homelessness BC Housing Sooke Food Bank Capital Regional District,  Province of British Columbia ,  Government of Canada,  Island Health ,  SEAPARC Leisure Complex AVI Health and Community Services Forbes Pharmacy Jenny's Country Pantry Sooke 2 for 1 Pizza District of Sooke Emergency Management BC Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction Ed MacGregor Park Royal Canadian Mounted Police Victoria General Hospital Sooke Transition Housing Society Sooke Family Resource Society Bridges for Women Society WorkLink Employment Society West Coast Family Medical Clinic Doctors of the World BC Emergency Health Services Knox Vision Society Frances Gardens Co-operative Housing Association Harbourside Cohousing West Wind Harbour Cohousing Sooke Elderly Citizens' Housing Society Sooke Place Housing Society Sooke Region Volunteer Centre Holy Trinity Anglican Church Sooke Baptist Church Sooke Meals on Wheels Sooke Loan Cupboard Sooke Multi Belief Initiative Sci'anew First Nation T'Sou-ke Nation Pacheedaht First Nation

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