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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: Joint letter addressing student safety | December 2021

URL: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PXbVaXYabw1ySNbuFdiMzl1y-j4BlAZe1cpiTTPbzjQ/edit

Description: We, the undersigned, strongly urge the Provincial Health Officer to change the guidance issued to post-secondary institutions on December 21st, 2021, which "strongly recommend[s] continuation of on-campus instruction for post-secondary institutions in January 2022."

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Subject:   Alliance of BC Students Capilano Students' Union Langara Students' Union Kwantlen Student Association University of the Fraser Valley Student Union Society Simon Fraser Student Society Royal Roads University Student Association University of Victoria Graduate Students' Society Capilano University Langara College Kwantlen Polytechnic University University of the Fraser Valley,  University of British Columbia ,  Graduate Student Society of UBC Vancouver Simon Fraser University Royal Roads University University of Victoria,  Omicron Variant ,  Variants of Concern Henry, Bonnie Kang, Anne Northern Undergraduate Student Society University of Northern British Columbia

Title: UBC online until Feb 7. SFU is in person starting Jan 24. Who will UVic follow? | The Seagull

URL: https://onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca/seagull/2022/01/12/ubc-will-be-online-until-feb-7-will-uvic-follow/

Description: UBC announced today that their Spring semester will begin online and return to in-person classes on February 7. This is an additional two-week increase of online teaching which was expected to end on January 24. As of time of publication, UVic is still expecting students to show up for in person classes on January 24, according to their last posted update on January 7.

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Subject:   University of British Columbia ,  University of Victoria Dauvergne, Catherine Simon Fraser University,  Omicron Variant ,  Variants of Concern

Title: COVID-19: UVic men's rugby team's Omicron outbreak linked to national tournament | The Province

URL: https://theprovince.com/sports/rugby/covid-19-uvic-mens-rugby-teams-omicron-outbreak-linked-to-national-tournament/

Description: A post-tournament party at the men’s rugby university national championships last month in Ontario is being linked to a countrywide outbreak of the Omicron variant.

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Subject:   Omicron Variant ,  Variants of Concern University of Victoria Henry, Bonnie 2021 Canadian University Men’s Rugby Championship Queen's University Delta Variant,  University of British Columbia ,  University of Guelph University of Calgary Concordia University Dalhousie University Royal Military College Rugby

Title: SFU and UVic's return to class | CBC News

URL: https://twitter.com/i/status/1484725757943316483/

Description: CBC British Columbia on Twitter: "Classes at Simon Fraser University and the University of Victoria are returning to campus on Monday. The universities maintain in-person learning is safe despite COVID-19 transmission rates. But as @MichelleGhsoub tells us, some students worry it puts them at risk."

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Subject:   Simon Fraser University University of Victoria Dauvergne, Catherine,  Omicron Variant ,  Variants of Concern Liosis, Gabe Simon Fraser Student Society Hacker, Emma Mann, Felix British Columbia Institute of Technology,  University of British Columbia ,  Kwantlen Polytechnic University

Title: [Comment about smaller B.C. colleges and universities holding in-person classes]

URL: https://twitter.com/sarahcox_bc/status/1476344698369241090/

Description: Sarah Cox on Twitter: "Large #BC universities - UBC, UVIC, SFU & UNBC - moving to on-line classes next week. Schools are closed to most students next week. Yet smaller universities/colleges like @VIUniversity will still hold classes in person. What gives? Are politics at play? #Omicron #bcpoli"

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Subject:   University of British Columbia ,  University of Victoria Simon Fraser University University of Northern British Columbia Vancouver Island University,  Omicron Variant ,  Variants of Concern

Title: "Organizations representing 112,000+ students urge PHO, AEST to recommend remote learning options as Omicron surges." | Alliance of BC Students

URL: https://twitter.com/students_bc/status/1484694509019705349/

Description: Alliance of BC Students on Twitter: "BREAKING: Organizations representing 112,000+ students urge PHO, AEST to recommend remote learning options as Omicron surges. Read the letter: https://ow.ly/M0rH50HAs2N @ubcgss @KSAcouncil @CapStudentUnion @LangaraSU @UFVSUS @SFSS1 @NUGSS_UNBC @rrustudents @UVIC_GSS @students_bc"

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Subject:   Alliance of BC Students Henry, Bonnie Capilano Students' Union Langara Students' Union Kwantlen Student Association University of the Fraser Valley Student Union Society Simon Fraser Student Society Royal Roads University Student Association University of Victoria Graduate Students' Society Graduate Student Society of UBC Vancouver Northern Undergraduate Student Society Capilano University Langara College Kwantlen Polytechnic University University of the Fraser Valley,  University of British Columbia ,  Simon Fraser University Royal Roads University University of Victoria University of Northern British Columbia,  Omicron Variant ,  Variants of Concern

Title: 3 more B.C. universities to begin 2022 school term online after surge in COVID-19 cases | CBC News

URL: https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6297376

Description: Simon Fraser University, the University of Northern B.C. and the University of Victoria have all announced they will be beginning the new year's spring term online.

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Subject:   Simon Fraser University University of Northern British Columbia University of Victoria,  University of British Columbia ,  Henry, Bonnie,  Omicron Variant ,  Variants of Concern

Title: Staffing issues force B.C. ferry cancellations after company warns about impact of Omicron | CBC News

URL: https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6309886

Description: Several B.C. Ferries sailings between Vancouver and Vancouver Island were cancelled Tuesday morning due to staffing issues.

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Subject:   BC Ferries,  Omicron Variant ,  Variants of Concern Vancouver Coastal Health,  University of British Columbia ,  Victoria Police Department Manak, Del Prince Rupert Fire Rescue Department Vancouver Police Department Addison, Steve

Title: Rising COVID-19 cases force Canada’s universities to reconsider winter semester plans | The Globe and Mail

URL: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-rising-covid-19-cases-force-canadas-universities-to-reconsider-plans/

Description: A Nova Scotia university was fined for failing to follow public-health rules on Friday as schools across the country rushed to announce they would move classes online in January as a result of a rapidly worsening COVID-19 situation.

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Subject:   St. Francis-Xavier University Barron, Tracy Government of Nova Scotia,  Omicron Variant ,  Variants of Concern Western University Shepard, Alan McMaster University,  University of British Columbia ,  McGill University Queen's University Kasim, Zaid Rapid Antigen Tests Henry, Bonnie Canadian University Men’s Rugby Championship Rugby University of Victoria Hakin, Andrew Strang, Robert Brescia University College Huron University King's University College

Title: B.C. to drop mask mandate in most public spaces, end COVID-19 vaccine passports | The Globe and Mail

URL: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/british-columbia/article-bc-drops-its-mask-mandate-plans-to-end-vaccine-passport-in-a-month/

Description: Masks will no longer be required in most settings outside of schools and health care facilities under a public-health order in British Columbia starting on March 11, while vaccination passports will be dropped on April 8 as the Omicron wave of the COVID-19 pandemic recedes.

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Subject:   Vaccinations BC Vaccine Card,  Omicron Variant ,  Variants of Concern Dix, Adrian Henry, Bonnie Daly, Patricia,  University of British Columbia

Title: People going to U.S. for fourth COVID shot, says doctor; eligibility limited in B.C. | Times Colonist

URL: https://www.timescolonist.com/local-news/people-going-to-us-for-fourth-covid-shot-says-doctor-eligibility-limited-in-bc-5547534/

Description: With a third Omicron wave expected to peak in August, patients are seeking out ways to get a fourth COVID shot in other provinces and the U.S., says a family doctor.

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Subject:   Vaccinations,  Omicron Variant ,  Variants of Concern Cadesky, Eric Dix, Adrian Tam, Theresa,  University of British Columbia ,  National Advisory Committee on ­Immunization Health Canada Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine Food and Drug Administration

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