Title: How are the kids?: Children's perspectives on their health, well-being and assets both before and during a global pandemic through the Middle Years Development Instrument (MDI) in British Columbia, Canada | School of Population and Public Health | University of British Columbia

URL: http://earlylearning.ubc.ca/media/2020-21-mdi-data-trends-20210614.pdf

Description: The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted routines and support systems for children and their families, including changes to work, education, child care, and health and support services. Disruptions to these systems have impacted some families disproportionately, increasing existing inequities.

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Subject:   University of British Columbia,  University of British Columbia | Population and Public Health

Title: Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the health and well-being of young adults in British Columbia | BC Centre for Disease Control

URL: http://www.bccdc.ca/Health-Professionals-Site/Documents/COVID-Impacts/BCCDC_COVID-19_Young_Adult_Health_Well-being_Report.pdf

Description: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), and the measures stemming from efforts to control it, have had significant and deleterious impacts on many areas of young adults’ lives.

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Subject:   BC Centre for Disease Control

Title: Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the health and well-being of young adults in British Columbia | BCCDC Foundation for Population and Public Health

URL: https://bccdcfoundation.org/impacts-of-the-covid-19-pandemic-on-the-health-and-well-being-of-young-adults-in-british-columbia/

Description: This evidence-based report is the first to summarize how the pandemic has impacted young adults across Canada. The aim of this report is to inform recovery priorities to support the lifelong health and well-being of young adults and their communities across BC. The report provides tangible actions to do just that.

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Subject:   BC COVID-19 SPEAK Survey,  BC Centre for Disease Control,  Gustafson, Réka,  Provincial Health Services Authority,  Province of British Columbia | Office of the Provincial Health Officer,  Province of British Columbia,  Samji, Hasina

Title: Impact of school closures on learning, child and family well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic | BC Centre for Disease Control & BC Children's Hospital

URL: https://bccpac.bc.ca/images/Documents/Resources/Impact_School_Closures_COVID-19_Sept-2020.pdf

Description: The purpose of this rapid evidence review is to explore available evidence on the benefits and harms of K-12 school closures in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Subject:   BC Centre for Disease Control,  BC Children's Hospital

Title: Preliminary study results and key findings | Tracking COVID-19 for Safer Schools

URL: https://bccpac.bc.ca/images/Documents/Resources/preliminary-study-results-key-findings-school-study-may-15-2021.pdf

Description: The main objective of this study is to determine the extent to which school workers can be exposed to COVID-19 as part of their occupation.

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Subject:   Tracking COVID-19 for Safer Schools,  Lavoie, Pascal,  Mâsse, Louise,  COVID-19 Immunity Task Force,  BC Children's Hospital,  University of British Columbia,  Vancouver School Board,  Vancouver Coastal Health,  BC Children's Hospital Research Institute

Title: COVID-19 student impacts | February 2021 | Ministry of Education | Province of British Columbia

URL: https://bccpac.bc.ca/images/Documents/Resources/student-impacts-report-Aug2021.pdf

Description: This report is Phase 2 of a multi-phase analysis on the effects of COVID-19, referred to as the Impact on Learning Research Programme. In this document, our goal is to better understand the medium-term impact from mid-March 2020 through June 2020 and the beginning of the 2020/21 school year (September 2020 through the beginning of February 2021).

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Subject:   Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Education,  Province of British Columbia

Title: Non-reviewed research | BC Parent Info - Schools & COVID-19

URL: https://bcparentinfo.com/non-reviewed-research/

Description: Summaries and citations for research and data related to COVID-19, children, and schools.

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Subject:   Variants of Concern,  Ventilation

Title: Peer-reviewed research summaries and citations (2021 & 2020) | BC Parent Info - Schools & COVID-19

URL: https://bcparentinfo.com/peer-reviewed-research/

Description: Summaries and citations for peer-reviewed research related to COVID-19, children, and schools.

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Title: Ketamine-assisted psychotherapy within a Roots to Thrive community of practice: Building a strong foundation

URL: https://covid19mentalhealthresearch.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/DAMES-Initial-Knowledge-Synthesis-2020-11-23.pdf

Description: Strategic planning document and forms.

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Subject:   Dames, Shannon,  Vancouver Island University,  Ketamine,  Roots to Thrive,  Island Health

Title: Teaching in the COVID-19 era: Understanding the opportunities and barriers for teacher agency | Perspectives in Education

URL: https://eprints.gla.ac.uk/239108/1/239108.pdf

Description: The school closures necessitated by the COVID-19 pandemic created a rapid shift to alternative modes of educational delivery, primarily online learning and teacher-supported home-schooling. This shift has revealed deep inequities in education systems worldwide, as many children lost access to teachers and schooling. An effective response to these changes has tested teachers’ personal capacities and individual and collective agency intensely. The research lab we report on within this paper aimed to develop a better understanding of teacher agency in meeting the challenges of the pandemic and the physical and relational enablers and constraints of their environment. Drawing on case study reports from six international contexts and a series of online discussions with research lab participants, this study explores teachers’ enactment of agency in the context of various circumstances and environments. The authors argue that it is imperative that education systems support the enhancement of teachers’ personal and collective agency in the face of continued disruption to schooling and ongoing challenges to educational equity.

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Subject:   Perspectives in Education

Title: The world after Spanish flu vs the world after COVID | Events | Vancouver Island University

URL: https://events.viu.ca/world-after-spanish-flu-vs-world-after-covid/

Description: Dr. Mark Williams, a professor in Political Studies and Global Studies, will speak to the Probus Chapter of Parksville on how the Great Influenza of 1918 and COVID-19 have shaped world order and political legitimacy

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Subject:   Vancouver Island University,  Williams, Mark,  Influenza,  Parksville Probus Club,  Parksville Community Centre

Title: NTC launches widespread study into COVID-19 vaccine | Ha-Shilth-Sa Newspaper

URL: https://hashilthsa.com/news/2022-05-03/ntc-launches-widespread-study-covid-19-vaccine/

Description: The Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council has hired Dr. Roger Boyer, an Anishinabek man from Mississauga, Ontario, to head up a study looking at the effectiveness and safety of COVID-19 vaccines as well as gather stories from Nuu-chah-nulth people about their experiences during the pandemic.

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Subject:   Vaccinations,  Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council,  Nuu-chah-nulth First Nations,  Boyer, Roger,  Brown, Keiten,  Lucas, Lynette,  Simon Fraser University

Title: ‘Balance of harms approach’ to COVID-19 worked, but First Nations were left out of major decisions, says report | Ha-Shilth-Sa Newspaper

URL: https://hashilthsa.com/news/2022-12-16/balance-harms-approach-covid-19-worked-first-nations-were-left-out-major-decisions/

Description: A review of the province’s handling of the pandemic has painted a positive picture, but the recent report also notes that relations with First Nations could have been better as the government dealt with COVID-19.

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Subject:   Province of British Columbia,  Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General,  Vaccinations,  First Nations Health Authority,  Chisholm, Jim,  Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation,  Nuu-chah-nulth First Nations,  Henry, Bonnie,  Ahousaht First Nation,  Sayers, Judith | Kekinusuqs,  Thomas, Wally,  Ka:'yu:'k't'h'/Che:k:tles7et'h' First Nations,  Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council,  Tŝilhqot'in National Government,  Tŝilhqot'in Nation,  Heiltsuk Nation,  Office of the Information & Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia,  Ehattesaht First Nation,  Zeballos Elementary Secondary School,  School District 84 Vancouver Island West,  Smith, Ernie,  Louie, Greg,  Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure,  Boyer, Roger,  Watts, Ken

Title: COVID vaccine study invites Nuu-chah-nulth-aht to share their pandemic experiences | Ha-Shilth-Sa Newspaper

URL: https://hashilthsa.com/news/2023-04-28/covid-vaccine-study-invites-nuu-chah-nulth-aht-share-their-pandemic-experiences/

Description: The Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council is conducting a research project that they hope will document the Nuu-chah-nulth experience during the COVID-19 pandemic, both in the health care system and within First Nation communities.

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Subject:   Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council,  Nuu-chah-nulth First Nations,  Lucas, Lynnette,  Boyer, Roger,  Simon Fraser University,  National Microbiology Laboratory,  Lucas, Molly

Title: Languishing: the impact of COVID-19 on maternal well-being | Journal of Motherhood Studies

URL: https://jourms.org/languishing-the-impact-of-covid-19-on-maternal-well-being/

Description: Our research considers how the ‘burdens of care’ shouldered by mothers during the pandemic exact a toll on mothers’ mental health and well-being. The thematic focus in this article centres on emergent narratives voiced by Island mothers who may be feeling as though they are “languishing” as the pandemic lingers on. Our results lend support to existing studies but take a new approach in highlighting the impacts the pandemic has had on the mental well-being of mothers who may be neither “flourishing” nor clinically depressed, but whose feelings about their caregiving responsibilities may be situated in a liminal or in between space, knowing the potential of a downward spiral exists and is cause for concern. In short, our data suggests mothers’ perceptions of their caregiving responsibilities during COVID evoke feelings we liken to “languishing”. Situated in the context of historical and ongoing dismissals of these gendered experiences, these findings represent an opportunity to take individual stories and complaints of “languishing” seriously as they are rendered more visible and universal due to the pandemic, and address potential vulnerabilities associated with maternal health and well-being as we move towards a post-pandemic moment.

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Subject:   Anderson, Gillian,  Vancouver Island University,  Lafrenière, Sylvie,  Wood, Whitney

Title: Nanaimo This Week: Pandemic parenting | The Discourse

URL: https://mailchi.mp/thediscourse/were-here-to-stay-9460544?e=1e21b2560f

Description: Parenting through the pandemic -- Community shout-out -- What's going on -- Good news -- Help us understand Nanaimo's rent problem

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Subject:   Vancouver Island University,  Anderson, Gillian,  Lafrenière, Sylvie,  White-Hill, Eliot | Kwulasultun,  Cumberland Culture and Arts Society,  Woodstove Film Festival,  Snuneymuxw First Nation

Title: How have you coped with COVID-19 stress? | Management | Vancouver Island University

URL: https://management.viu.ca/graduate-programs/viu-world-leisure-centre-excellence/blog/how-have-you-coped-covid-19-stress/

Description: A team of researchers from Vancouver Island University's Dept. of Recreation and Tourism and the World Leisure Centre of Excellence are conducting a study to better understand how Canadians used leisure (sport, recreation, arts and culture, crafting etc.) to cope with the stress caused by the strictest COVID public health measures (e.g., physical distancing and closure of schools/services/businesses).

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Subject:   World Leisure Centre of Excellence,  Vancouver Island University | Recreation and Tourism Management,  Vancouver Island University

Title: Thesis presentation: Anna Lawrence | Management | Vancouver Island University

URL: https://management.viu.ca/graduate-programs/viu-world-leisure-centre-excellence/blog/thesis-presentation-anna-lawrence/

Description: The Master of Arts in Sustainable Leisure Management, in conjunction with our World Leisure Centre of Excellence, is pleased to introduce Anna Lawrence, Graduate Student in progress, who will be presenting her thesis research. Thesis title: The Space it Fills, Leisure Gardening During COVID-19: An Evaluation of Leisure Gardening, Basic Psychological Needs, and Resilience in a Time of Uncertainty The purpose of this study was to explore the connection between leisure, basic psychological needs, and resilience during times of uncertainty.

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Subject:   Vancouver Island University,  Lawrence, Anna,  Vancouver Island University | Recreation and Tourism Management,  Zoom

Title: Interview with Dr. Aggie Weighill for CBC All Points West | Management | Vancouver Island University

URL: https://management.viu.ca/sustainable-leisure-management/blog/interview-dr-aggie-weighill-cbc-all-points-west/

Description: Vancouver Island University has approved funding for research projects related to the COVID-19 pandemic. One of them will delve into how physically distanced leisure activities have helped us cope with the stresses of the health crisis.

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Subject:   Weighill, Aggie,  Vancouver Island University,  Canadian Broadcasting Corporation | All Points West,  Vancouver Island University | Recreation and Tourism Management

Title: Leisure and COVID-19 | Management | Vancouver Island University

URL: https://management.viu.ca/sustainable-leisure-management/blog/leisure-and-covid-19/

Description: The Department of Recreation and Tourism Management, in conjunction with VIU’s World Leisure Centre of Excellence, is pleased to share the work that has been done by our faculty in the field of Leisure in times of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Subject:   Vancouver Island University,  Vancouver Island University | Recreation and Tourism Management,  Brouder, Patrick,  de la Barre, Suzanne,  Stone, Garrett,  McKeown, Janet,  Schroeder, Joanne,  Weighill, Aggie,  Fortune, Abby,  District of Ucluelet,  Paterson, Garry,  City of Nanaimo,  Canadian Broadcasting Corporation | All Points West,  World Leisure Centre of Excellence

Title: Zoom into Lunch & Learn with Dr. Aggie Weighill | Management | Vancouver Island University

URL: https://management.viu.ca/sustainable-leisure-management/blog/zoom-lunch-learn-dr-aggie-weighill/

Description: Join Dr. Weighill on January 26 and learn more about her research on leisure as a coping mechanism for COVID related stress

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Subject:   Vancouver Island University,  Weighill, Aggie,  Zoom,  Vancouver Island University | Office of Scholarship, Research, and Creative Activity,  Vancouver Island University | Recreation and Tourism Management

Title: How did COVID-19 affect recreation programing in the Yukon? | News | Vancouver Island University

URL: https://news.viu.ca/how-did-covid-19-affect-recreation-programing-yukon/

Description: How COVID-19 impacted people in rural and remote communities, and the role that recreation can play in pandemic recovery, are the focus of research being conducted by Vancouver Island University (VIU) Recreation and Tourism Management Professor Dr. Aggie Weighill and the Leisure Matters VIU research team.

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Subject:   Vancouver Island University,  Vancouver Island University | Recreation and Tourism Management,  Weighill, Aggie,  World Leisure Centre of Excellence,  Recreation and Parks Association of the Yukon,  Government of Yukon,  Godlonton, Spencer,  Underwood, Amber,  Bower, Roger,  Selkirk First Nation,  Moraes, Vanessa

Title: VIU professor assesses leisure in the time of a pandemic | News | Vancouver Island University

URL: https://news.viu.ca/viu-professor-assesses-leisure-time-pandemic/

Description: VIU Recreation and Tourism Professor Joanne Schroeder says the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of access to leisure activities as an investment in the long-term health and well-being of communities.

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Subject:   Schroeder, Joanne,  Vancouver Island University,  Vancouver Island University | Recreation and Tourism Management

Title: VIU professor researching work-life balance of employed parents during pandemic | News | Vancouver Island University

URL: https://news.viu.ca/viu-professor-researching-work-life-balance-employed-parents-during-pandemic/

Description: Vancouver Island University (VIU) Professor Dr. Laura Gover is researching how employed Canadians with kids are coping with work-family demands during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

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Subject:   Vancouver Island University,  Gover, Laura,  Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council,  Halinski, Michael,  Carleton University,  Duxbury, Linda,  Ryerson University,  Vancouver Island University | Management

Title: VIU provides special funding for COVID-19 research projects | News | Vancouver Island University

URL: https://news.viu.ca/viu-provides-special-funding-covid-19-research-projects/

Description: Vancouver Island University’s (VIU) Research Award Committee is supporting nine COVID-19 research projects that will help gain a better understanding of the virus’s impact on society and how to improve responses for potential future pandemics.

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Subject:   Vancouver Island University,  Lait, Michael,  McFarland, Dana,  Riedel, Marian,  Morden, Marla,  Dames, Shannon,  Mayes, Lauren,  Devereaux, Alana,  Weighill, Aggie,  Anderson, Gillian

Title: Impacts of COVID-19 on cognitive functioning | University of Victoria

URL: https://onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca/covidcogntivehealth/

Description: COVID-19 has gained increased prevalence in the lives of many Canadians leading to a growing need to better understand how COVID-19 impacts the brain and thinking abilities. Dr. Paterson, Dr. Gicas and our team of researchers from University of Victoria and York University are investigating the cognitive and psychosocial impacts of COVID-19 in Canadians residing in British Columbia and Ontario.

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Subject:   University of Victoria,  York University

Title: Ron Draper Health Promotion Award: Bernadette (Bernie) Pauly | Canadian Public Health Association

URL: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E1Hn3lLVgAALRtg?format=png&name=900x900

Description: CISUR on Twitter: "Congrats to CISUR/ @UVicNursing / @HSDResearch 's @BerniePauly on her well-deserved @CPHA_ACSP Ron Draper Health Promotion Award! "Dr. Bernie Pauly is a force for change, with an unwavering commitment to health equity and social justice." #uvicnews https://cpha.ca/2021-honorary-awards"

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Subject:   Canadian Public Health Association,  Pauly, Bernadette (Bernie)

Title: Local researchers transforming healthcare on the Island | February 7, 2021 | Times Colonist

URL: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EtpDDxfVcAgTXG9?format=jpg&name=small

Description: Avery Brohman on Twitter: "Our donors continue to show up for our hospitals when our care teams and their patients need it most. We are doing so much more than expanding critical care at Royal Jubilee, we’re also advancing research during COVID-19. Pick up the @timescolonist today to read more! 📰 🏥 ♥️"

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Subject:   Island Health,  Victoria Hospitals Foundation

Title: COVID-19 | Five Days in May

URL: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FRSGU7FVUAEMjri?format=jpg&name=large

Description: IslandHealthResearch on Twitter: "Register for #FDIM22 sessions focused on research in COVID-19 at https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_7PA0GyeWjAVYZKu"

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Subject:   Fraser Health,  Vaccinations,  Island Health,  Vancouver Coastal Health

Title: Zoom into Lunch & Learn about the impact of COVID-19 on social service delivery in the Nanaimo Region | Scholarship, Research, and Creative Activity | Vancouver Island University

URL: https://research.viu.ca/events/zoom-lunch-learn-about-impact-covid-19-social-service-delivery/

Description: Join Jeanette Schmidt and Holly Bradley and learn about their VIURAC funded research project on the impact of COVID-19 on social service delivery in the Nanaimo region.

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Subject:   Schmidt, Jeanette,  Bradley, Holly,  Vancouver Island University,  Zoom,  Vancouver Island University | Office of Scholarship, Research, and Creative Activity

Title: Vancouver Island University REB directive for research involving human participants during the publicly declared emergency - COVID-19| Research Ethics Board | Vancouver Island University

URL: https://research.viu.ca/research-ethics-board/guidance-during-covid-19-outbreak/

Description: The REB issues the directive below to Researchers conducting research involving human participants under the aegis of Vancouver Island University.

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Subject:   Vancouver Island University

Title: Class donation to COVID-19 research in BC | School District 46 Sunshine Coast

URL: https://sd46.bc.ca/class-donation-to-covid-19-research-in-bc/

Description: Roberts Creek Elementary teacher Pamela Kaatz and her grade 6/7 class raised funds through pizza sales for a field trip to travel from the Sunshine Coast to the the Science Fun Day at Playland. Unfortunately due to COVID 19, the trip was cancelled. The students decided instead to donate 50% of what they raised to BC response to research COVID 19 and 50% to the food bank.

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Subject:   Roberts Creek Elementary School,  School District 46 Sunshine Coast,  University of British Columbia,  Kaatz, Pamela,  Ono, Santa

Title: ‘An important time to listen’: Ocean scientists race to hear the effects of coronavirus under water | The Narwhal

URL: https://thenarwhal.ca/an-important-time-to-listen-ocean-scientists-race-to-hear-coronavirus-under-water/

Description: The pandemic offers a temporary reprieve from the clamour of ocean noise — which can affect how whales and other species communicate, navigate and feed — and an opportunity to reflect on the consequences of human activity for marine life.

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Subject:   Barclay, David,  Dalhousie University,  BC Ferries,  Fournet, Michelle,  Cornell University,  Ford, John,  Malinka, Chloe,  Aarhus University,  Jasny, Michael

Title: "Psychology researchers at YorkU and UVic need your help to understand the impact of COVID-19 on the brain!" | BRAIN Lab | University of Victoria

URL: https://twitter.com/UVicBRAINLab/status/1534656008349360128/

Description: UVic BRAIN Lab on Twitter: "Psychology researchers at YorkU and UVic need your help to understand the impact of COVID-19 on the brain! You will receive a $40 gift card for your participation. Please visit https://onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca/covidcogntivehealth/ for more info!"

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Subject:   University of Victoria | BRAIN Lab,  York University

Title: [Five Days in May registration information] | Island Health

URL: https://twitter.com/VIHealthRes/status/1518988030710738944/

Description: IslandHealthResearch on Twitter: "⭐️Educate. Inform. Inspire. Stimulate.⭐️ Five Days in May starts next week! Each Tuesday is packed w/ presentations on mental health & substance use, Indiginous Health, COVID-19, seniors health, rural health & community health, plus sessions to build practical skills. #FDIM22"

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Subject:   Island Health,  First Nations Health Authority,  Fraser Health,  Interior Health,  Northern Health,  Vancouver Coastal Health,  Vaccinations

Title: [Survey about the role of leisure in coping with COVID related stress]

URL: https://twitter.com/ajwheel/status/1377415992020672514

Description: Dr. Aggie Weighill (she/her) on Twitter: "Live on Van Isle? Please take our "Exploring the Role of Leisure in Coping with COVID Related Stress 2021". Your feedback is important! https://surveymonkey.com/r/V7GDHV7 #leisure #vanisland #leisurematters"

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Subject:   Vancouver Island University

Title: Alcohol consumption in B.C. spikes | CBC News

URL: https://twitter.com/i/status/1471322440110198784/

Description: CBC British Columbia on Twitter: "A new study from the University of Victoria shows there’s been a spike in alcohol consumption during the pandemic. British Columbians drank more during the first year of COVID than in any year in the last 20. @anitabathe spoke with the lead researcher behind the data."

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Subject:   University of Victoria,  Naimi, Tim

Title: COVID-19: Four of five B.C. teachers report declining mental health during pandemic | Vancouver Sun

URL: https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/covid-19-four-of-five-b-c-teachers-report-declining-mental-health-during-pandemic/

Description: A new study released this week shows four out of five teachers reported a decline in their mental health this past school year, one fraught with COVID-19 concerns and adjustments to online learning.

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Subject:   University of British Columbia,  Gadermann, Anne,  Province of British Columbia,  Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Education,  Jung, Gregory,  Brentwood Park Elementary School,  Burnaby Schools,  British Columbia Teachers' Federation

Title: The importance of nature to city living during the COVID-19 pandemic: Considerations and goals from environmental psychology

URL: https://viurrspace.ca/bitstream/handle/10613/23331/McCunnCH2020.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

Description: The COVID-19 pandemic has produced an opportunity for urban planners, government decision-makers, health practitioners, and environmental psychologists to further understand human psychosocial wellbeing in cities. Given a growing base of evidence illustrating that interaction with nature positively affects mood and mental health, preserving access to green spaces in cities during this time of mandated social isolation should be considered imperative for as long as possible. This think-piece highlights that parks, community gardens, and other natural areas are essential to urban dwellers, especially if directives to physically distance from one another become longstanding or recurrent. Public decision-makers should aim to develop simple, relatively inexpensive strategies to augment the usability of nature in innovative ways that make it possible to enjoy them while respecting distance guidelines. Also discussed is the notion that a predominant goal for social scientists and urban practitioners during this crisis will be to learn how people view the ways in which public parks and wilder urban areas mitigate their response to worry, isolation, and an altered form of civic engagement. Research on the extent to which ‘sense of place’ changes for city dwellers during this global circumstance will be important for planners and social scientists alike.

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Subject:   Vancouver Island University,  McCunn, Lindsay

Title: Corridor urbanism and the rise of the neighbourhood in the post-COVID city | Future Plans

URL: https://viurrspace.ca/bitstream/handle/10613/23638/HollandFP2021.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

Description: In this paper, urban planner, development consultant and educator, Mark Holland, outlines a rethinking of urban structure that will be supercharged as we learn from the impacts of COVID 19 on our cities. The modern city region has been focused on building high density downtowns and peripheral town centres, based on assumptions that are now out of date as a basis for regional planning. COVID 19 closed our downtowns and we now need to reinvent our urban and regional patterns in light of what we have (re)discovered from our pandemic response. Restructuring our economy, social patterns, food systems and regional growth patterns into a network of high-street-based corridors will not only make us more resilient to shocks like COVID 19, but overall create a much healthier, sustainable, and economically viable region.

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Subject:   Holland, Mark,  Vancouver Island University

Title: COVID-19 and its impact on social service delivery in the mid-Island region

URL: https://viurrspace.ca/bitstream/handle/10613/25255/SchmidBradley2021.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

Description: This research has aimed to identify the ways in which social service delivery in the mid-Island region of Vancouver Island has shifted because of COVID-19 conditions. Prompted by initial informal comments regarding the effect of the pandemic, we initiated an 18-month research process that checked in with representatives of social service agencies at six-month intervals. The study offers a local perspective that may have insights and lessons relevant to social service organizations elsewhere.

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Subject:   Vancouver Island University

Title: A cohort-based case report: The impact of ketamine-assisted therapy embedded in a community of practice framework for healthcare providers with PTSD and depression | Frontiers in Psychiatry

URL: https://viurrspace.ca/bitstream/handle/10613/25308/Dames2022.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

Description: Amid an international pandemic and a worsening mental health crisis, ketamine-assisted therapy is emerging as a promising solution for those deemed “treatment resistant.” Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression are on the rise, with accelerating direct (e.g., burden of suffering) and indirect (e.g., disability/role impairment and impact on family) costs. Psychedelic-assisted therapies show significant promise in the treatment of a number of clinically challenging conditions, including depression, anxiety, PTSD, addiction, and end-of-life distress. Ketamine is currently the only safe, effective and legal widely available psychedelic-like medicine. To address the echo pandemic of health care provider distress, a multi-disciplinary team was charged with developing a ketamine-assisted psychotherapy program, delivered in a community of practice (CoP) group model and evaluated in a quality improvement framework. Program evaluation occurred through mixed methods. Quantitative mental health assessments included the PHQ-9 for depression, the PCL-5 for PTSD, GAD-7 for generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), and B-IPF for work/life functionality. Participant narrative feedback was collected to evaluate outcomes and for quality improvement purposes. Mean mental health scores were collected across three cohorts, totaling 94 patients. The mean aggregate scores of participants meeting the mental health assessment cut-off criteria (screening positive) were analyzed to assess clinical significance. Mean aggregate results comparing baseline vs. outcome measures (measured within 1–2 weeks after completion of the 12-week program) were clinically significant, demonstrating significant improvements in depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, generalized anxiety disorder and work/life functionality. In summary, 91% saw improvements in generalized anxiety, 79% saw improvements in depression, 86% of those who screened positive for PTSD now screen negative, and 92% had significant life/work functionality improvements. Qualitative feedback was overwhelmingly positive, with several unsolicited self-reports of transformation. Participant and team feedback enables the program to continue improving with each iteration. Results speak to the effectiveness of ketamine for psychedelic-assisted therapy, supported by a CoP framework. Outcomes are relevant for mental health programming, education and healthcare policy.

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Subject:   Ketamine,  Vancouver Island University,  Watler, Crosbie,  Dames, Shannon,  Island Health

Title: Fostering K-12 student-teacher and collegial relationships during the COVID-19 pandemic: Implications for teacher education | Online Learning and Teaching from Kindergarten to Graduate School

URL: https://viurrspace.ca/bitstream/handle/10613/26468/RiedelEtAlCATEChapter.pdf

Description: This community-based participatory action research project was prompted by the rapid shift to emergency remote learning in March-June 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. A team of researchers at a regional teaching-focused university in BC initiated the research based on their shared belief that new understandings about the relational character of teaching and learning would come from an examination of the lived experience of educators during this difficult time. The study involved six community partners who collaborated with the researchers to co-develop the research questions and co-design data collection tools. The study was intended to be mutually beneficial for the teacher education program and the school districts/schools involved. It engaged 413 participants (teachers, administrators, educational assistants [EAs], and non-enrolling teachers) who answered survey questions about relationships, communication, equity and inclusion, shifts in practice, and leadership. This chapter is focused on data specific to the role of relationships in education and how relationships were impacted during the pandemic. Three themes emerged from the data analysis relevant to online learning environments, yet applicable across all modalities: relationality as a core value of BC K-12 educators, affordances and challenges for relationships, and affordances and challenges for equity. Recommendations specific to teacher education aim to advise teacher education programs to expand their focus on relationship building; to re-envision the work of teaching as a collaborative and not a solitary act; and to advocate for the inclusion of online teaching and learning pedagogies into teacher education programs.

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Subject:   Vancouver Island University,  Vancouver Island University | Education,  Vancouver Island University | Health Sciences and Human Services

Title: COVID bread-porn: Social stratification in a pandemic state | Cultural Studies

URL: https://viurrspace.ca/bitstream/handle/10613/26540/MohabeerCulturalStudies.pdf

Description: Much has been and will continue to be made of ‘official responses’ to the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly around the varying success of prescribed isolation practices and how well (or not) people, taken in aggregate, complied with them. This paper examines a more spontaneous response to COVID-19 isolation that emerged: bread-porn. Taken literally, bread-porn is the competitive display of gratuitous pictures of home-baked bread across social media (particularly in the ‘west’), shared by people isolated at home. On the surface, such pictures perfunctorily depict bread; yet, it is argued that these pictures are more nuanced than that, and that the bread itself is almost immaterial. ‘COVID bread-porn’ was a jockeying for social standing and represented one of many unique, if temporary, forms of do-it-yourself (DIY) cultural currency while people were less able to access other extant systems of representational social stratification. The paper discusses the value and significance of the suffix ‘porn’ with respect to struggles to understand the extremities of new systems of value, by linking how temporary COVID culture fit into the flow of the cultural changes that preceded it. The paper argues that the world faced the COVID pandemic at a tumultuous time, ones marked by liminality between historically ‘physical’ and emerging ‘cerebral’ cultural practices in many societies (i.e. the move from manufacturing to ‘knowledge’ economies). Thus, it situates bread-porn as an attempt to ‘win’ at isolation by demonstrating prowess with available domestic resources, and highlights the productive tension of bread-porn that extends and potentially resists the social imperatives of pandemic self-management.

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Subject:   Mohabeer, Ravindra N.,  Vancouver Island University,  Social Media

Title: How local social service delivery pandemic lessons might shape post-COVID realities | Canadian Social Work Review

URL: https://viurrspace.ca/bitstream/handle/10613/26921/SchmidBradley2022.pdf

Description: This contribution considers the ways in which COVID-19 impacted social service delivery in the central Vancouver Island region over 18 months after the declaration of the pandemic. Significant shifts in the external and internal environment were made to accommodate requirements of public health orders, ensure safety in service, and respond to the heightened needs of certain sectors of the population. The impact had a different character for each of six-month tranches studied. Lessons for a post – COVID-19 future include: make micro- to macro-level shifts that allow room for rapid adaptation; facilitate inclusion, especially of those most marginalized; and ensure ongoing reflection. This involves keeping in mind the needs of service users, service providers, and the community.

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Subject:   Schmid, Jeanette,  Bradley, Holly,  Vancouver Island University

Title: Pandemic impacts on rural recreation in the Yukon Territory

URL: https://viurrspace.ca/bitstream/handle/10613/27224/PIRR2023FinalReport.pdf

Description: Despite the essential role of recreation in the health and well-being of individuals and communities and the rural nature of Canada, rural recreation has received limited attention from researchers. To address this gap and explore the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on rural communities, researchers from the World Leisure Centre of Excellence at Vancouver Island University and the Recreation & Parks Association of the Yukon investigated pandemic impacts on rural recreation in the Yukon Territory. This study focused on five rural communities with unique governance structures, recreation delivery approaches, and population characteristics. The purpose was to explore pandemic impacts on residents and recreation delivery and how recreation can assist with pandemic recovery. Using a participatory rural appraisal approach, eight modified world cafes were hosted, and 28 key informants were interviewed. This research showed that rural Yukoners preferred to be outdoors and that most of their recreation and physical activity involved outdoor recreation, on-the-land activities, and tasks of daily life (e.g., hauling water or firewood). Engagement in these activities also proved to be more resilient in the face of public health mandates and for those who were vaccine-hesitant. Three strong narratives emerged from the data: (a) recreation funding and programs have been focused on children/youth, (b) physically active recreation has been defined as sports participation, and (c) indoor recreation (e.g., pools and arenas) facilities are necessary infrastructure in all rural communities. In contrast, it was found that (a) most engaged in unstructured outdoor recreation and on-the-land activities, (b) outdoor facilities and infrastructure would meet community needs, (c) communities want programs that promote social connections and wellness, and (d) there is a strong need for physical and social experiences across the lifespan. Outdoor recreation and on-the-land activities are central to the lives of rural Yukoners. They can also be central to the recovery of individuals and communities if decision-makers and funders consider systems-level changes (e.g., reviewing the Recreation Act) and if stakeholders consider broadening the scope of community recreation. Additionally, supporting residents’ capacity to engage in unstructured and self-led recreation across the lifespan would assist with pandemic recovery and developing a more sustainable recreation delivery model in rural Yukon.

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Subject:   Weighill, Aggie,  Underwood, Amber,  Godlonton, Spencer,  Moraes, Vanessa,  Vancouver Island University,  World Leisure Centre of Excellence,  Recreation & Parks Association of the Yukon

Title: Island Health: The latest developments in COVID19 vaccine research | Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce

URL: https://web.victoriachamber.ca/events/Island-Health-The-Latest-Developments-in-COVID19-Vaccine-Research-5014/details

Description: This presentation is part of Five Days in May, Island Health's annual health research showcase. Hear from leading vaccine researchers about the latest developments in major COVID-19 vaccine studies.

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Subject:   Island Health,  Vaccinations,  Bettinger, Julie,  Sadarangani, Manish,  Trytten, Cindy

Title: Orthodoxy, illusio, and playing the scientific game: a Bourdieusian analysis of infection control science in the COVID-19 pandemic | Wellcome Open Research

URL: https://wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/6-126/v1/

Description: Scientific and policy bodies’ failure to acknowledge and act on the evidence base for airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in a timely way is both a mystery and a scandal. In this study, we applied theories from Bourdieu to address the question, “How was a partial and partisan scientific account of SARS-CoV-2 transmission constructed and maintained, leading to widespread imposition of infection control policies which de-emphasised airborne transmission?”.

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Subject:   World Health Organization,  Royal College of Nursing,  Ventilation,  BC Centre for Disease Control,  Henry, Bonnie,  Fédération Interprofessionnelle de la santé du Québec,  Quebec National Institute of Public Health,  Government of Japan

Title: Dr. Marla Morden Research Lab

URL: https://wordpress.viu.ca/mordenlab/

Description: Welcome to the Morden Lab!

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Subject:   Morden Lab,  Morden, Marla

Title: Study results and key findings from 2020-2021 school year | Tracking COVID-19 for Safer Schools

URL: https://www.bcchr.ca/sites/default/files/group-covid-at-schools/tracking-covid-19-for-safer-schools-study-results-and-key-findings-2020-2021-school-year.pdf

Description: The main purpose of this study was to estimate the proportion of school staff that have been infected with the COVID19 virus using sensitive antibody testing. The study also examined vaccine acceptance and mental health outcomes.

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Subject:   Tracking COVID-19 for Safer Schools,  COVID-19 Immunity Task Force,  Vaccinations,  Lavoie, Pascal,  Mâsse, Louise,  BC Children's Hospital,  University of British Columbia,  Vancouver School Board,  Vancouver Coastal Health,  BC Children's Hospital Research Institute,  School District 38 Richmond,  Delta School District

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: Growing interest in psychedelic treatments for mental illness, but expert warns more robust research needed | The Current | CBC Radio

URL: https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.5929902

Description: The Roots to Thrive program, run by Shannon Dames, a professor of nursing at Vancouver Island University, was devised to help front-line workers with TRD and PTSD. Ketamine was added to the existing program for its "mind-loosening" effect to "address barriers that are preventing people from living well," she said.

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Subject:   Hug, Stephanie,  Roots to Thrive,  Vancouver Island University,  Ketamine,  Husain, Ishrat,  Dames, Shannon,  Tobin, Bruce,  Wood, Evan

Title: SFU project identifies communities at risk for secondary health impacts post pandemic | CBC News

URL: https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6032950

Description: As more people in the province receive their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, a team of researchers at Simon Fraser University is already exploring the secondary health impacts certain communities might experience after the pandemic. Through a series of interactive maps and data collected by Statistics Canada five years ago, the research team determined which municipalities are at a higher risk for issues like post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and food insecurity both during and after the pandemic.

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Subject:   Simon Fraser University,  Crooks, Valorie

Title: VIU research investigates impact of COVID-19 pandemic on working moms | CHEK News

URL: https://www.cheknews.ca/viu-research-covid-19-working-moms-691160/

Description: A research project at Vancouver Island University is looking into the gender impacts of COVID-19 as women balance children, home and elderly parents, while also taking the biggest hit from job losses, according to Statistics Canada.

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Subject:   Vancouver Island University,  Crucik, Karen,  Lafrenière, Sylvie,  Hollins, Deborah,  Nanaimo Family Life Association

Title: British Columbia case study: Capturing the lived experience of K-12 educators during COVID-19 | Community-Based Research Canada

URL: https://www.communityresearchcanada.ca/post/capturing-the-lived-experience-of-emergency-remote-learning-for-bc-k-12-educators-during-covid-19/

Description: In British Columbia, the rapid shift to emergency remote learning for K-12 education during the initial phase of the COVID-19 global pandemic offered us the opportunity to capture the lived experience of various educational professionals, including teachers, educational assistants, administrators and other support staff. As a joint faculty research project situated at Vancouver Island University (VIU), regional independent schools and school districts were invited to co-create a community-based case study.

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Subject:   Riedel, Marian,  Taplay, Alison,  Vancouver Island University,  Vancouver Island University | Education,  Fisher, Paige,  Moll, Rachel,  Cox, Riki,  Esliger, Bob,  Pybus, Coline,  Arbuckle, Luan,  Vancouver Island University | Health and Human Services,  Rasmussen, Leif

Title: Latest COVID-19 research at Island Health | Island Health

URL: https://www.islandhealth.ca/learn-about-health/covid-19/latest-covid-19-research-island-health/

Description: Island Health is collaborating to conduct research that will help to identify new treatments and diagnostic tests, and improve care for COVID-19 patients, healthcare providers and communities.

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Subject:   Island Health

Title: Innovative research lab partnership and COVID-19 biobank both aimed at improving patient care | January 20, 2021 | Island Health

URL: https://www.islandhealth.ca/news/news-releases/innovative-research-lab-partnership-and-covid-19-biobank-both-aimed-improving-patient-care/

Description: Cutting edge research to create new diagnostic tools and tests, monitoring and treatments for a wide range of diseases and conditions, as well as the creation of a new COVID-19 biobank to gather data and biological specimens from COVID-19 patients across the region, is taking place at Victoria General Hospital.

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Subject:   Island Health,  Victoria General Hospital,  University of Victoria,  University of British Columbia,  BC Cancer,  Victoria Hospitals Foundation,  Hollins, Leah,  Finn, Alexander,  Chen, Michael,  Gano, Catriona,  Wright, Bruce

Title: Five Days in May | Island Health

URL: https://www.islandhealth.ca/research-capacity-building/five-days-may/

Description: Five Days in May is back for 2021! The past year was profoundly shaped by COVID-19 with rapid mobilization of research studies and supports, new collaborations and partnerships and tremendous learning in a complex, dynamic environment.

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Subject:   Island Health,  Vaccinations,  British Columbia Toxic Drugs Crisis

Title: VIU prof examines stress levels of parents working from home during COVID-19 | Nanaimo News Bulletin

URL: https://www.nanaimobulletin.com/news/viu-prof-examines-stress-levels-of-parents-working-from-home-during-covid-19/

Description: A Vancouver Island University prof and colleagues from across the country are comparing stress levels for working families amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Subject:   Gover, Laura,  Vancouver Island University,  Carleton University,  Ryerson University,  Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council

Title: The key to fighting future pandemics? Old-growth forests, says mushroom guru Paul Stamets | Canada's National Observer

URL: https://www.nationalobserver.com/2020/11/25/news/mushroom-guru-paul-stamets-old-growth-forests-pandemics/

Description: Mycologist Paul Stamets is currently working to establish clinical studies using agarikon mushrooms to treat COVID-19 patients in the United States.

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Subject:   Stamets, Paul

Title: BC's research response to the COVID-19 pandemic: The good, the bad and the future | Nanaimo Medical Staff Engagement Society

URL: https://www.nmses.ca/events/event/bcs-research-response-to-the-covid-19-pandemic-the-good-the-bad-and-the-future/

Description: Join BC Strategic Research Advisory Committee Co-Chairs David Patrick and Bev Holmes for a conversation about what went well, what did not go well, and where we go from here as our provincial research system builds back better after COVID-19.

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Subject:   Patrick, David,  Holmes, Bev

Title: How are teachers coping in the pandemic? | Royal Roads University

URL: https://www.royalroads.ca/news-releases/how-are-teachers-coping-pandemic/

Description: Prof. Wendy Rowe of the School of Leadership Studies and Prof. Jennifer Walinga of the School of Communication and Culture have received a Partnership Engage grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, a Canadian federal research-funding agency, to conduct a study examining stress adaptation for teachers from kindergarten to Grade 12.

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Subject:   Royal Roads University,  Walinga, Jennifer,  Rowe, Wendy,  Sooke School District

Title: Agenda: Board of Education public meeting | December 14, 2021 | Sooke School District

URL: https://www.sd62.bc.ca/sites/default/files/uploads/meetings/agendas/Dec%2014_00_FULL%20PACKAGE%20AGENDA_0.pdf

Description: Full agenda package for the December 14, 2021 Sooke School District board meeting, which includes presentation slides from Dr. Wendy Rowe and Dr. Jennifer Walinga on the their research project focused on COVID-19’s impact on K-12 education with a lens to enhance the resilience of the education system, teaching and learning.

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Subject:   Sooke School District,  Rowe, Wendy,  Walinga, Jennifer,  Royal Roads University

Title: Mothers requested for COVID-19 questionnaire | Navigator

URL: https://www.thenav.ca/2020/12/11/mothers-requested-for-covid-19-questionnaire/

Description: VIU’s Sociology Department is asking all mothers whose caregiving efforts have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic to participate in a questionnaire.

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Subject:   Vancouver Island University

Title: Researchers study pandemic schooling and children’s mental health | The Star

URL: https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2021/01/21/researchers-study-pandemic-schooling-and-childrens-mental-health.html

Description: Tara Cooper is a fourth year undergraduate honours student studying psychology at Vancouver Island University in British Columbia. Cooper is currently conducting research under professor Marla Morden with the aim of better understanding the mental health impacts of pandemic related school changes on children across Canada.

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Subject:   Cooper, Tara,  Vancouver Island University,  Morden, Marla

Title: Dada nentsen gha yatastɨg: Tŝilhqot'in in the time of COVID - strengthening Tŝilhqot'in ways to protect our people | Tŝilhqot'in Nation

URL: https://www.tsilhqotin.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/TNG-COVID-REPORT-FINAL.pdf

Description: Dada Nentsen Gha Yatast-ig translated literally means “I am going to tell you about a very bad disease.” This report does exactly that—it documents the leadership of the Tˆsilhqot’in Nation in a time of unprecedented, global crisis.

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Subject:   Tŝilhqot'in Nation,  University of British Columbia

Title: COVID-19 and its impact on Indigenous language revitalization | University of Victoria

URL: https://www.uvic.ca/education/research/covid-19-research/covid-19-and-its-impact-on-indigenous-language-revitalization.php

Description: Early on in the pandemic, it became clear that language learning would not be able to continue in many of the ways it had previously. Witnessing this, Dr. McIvor and her research team presented a goal of researching, documenting and studying the shifts that Indigenous language learners, teachers and speakers are making in their work during the pandemic.

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Subject:   University of Victoria,  McIvor, Onowa,  Chew, Kari,  Stacey, Iris | Kahtehrón:ni,  Marinakis, Aliki,  Matthew, Melpetkwe,  Hemlock, Kanen’tó:kon,  Social Media

Title: New COVID-19 test measures virus proteins | University of Victoria

URL: https://www.uvic.ca/news/topics/2022+cameron-siscapa-covid+news/

Description: Less than 0.1 milliliters of blood is all that UVic researchers need, in an exciting commercial-academic partnership that has developed a “gold standard” test for COVID-19 using cutting-edge technology that could revolutionize clinical laboratory testing and monitoring of disease.

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Subject:   University of Victoria,  Cameron, Caroline,  SISCAPA Assay Technologies,  Pearson, Terry,  Waters Corporation,  Mitchell, Angela

Title: Canadian faculty experiences during COVID-19: Never-ending repetitiveness, sadness, loss, and “juggling with a blindfold on | George Veletsianos, PhD

URL: https://www.veletsianos.com/2021/04/15/canadian-faculty-experiences-during-covid-19-never-ending-repetitiveness-sadness-loss-and-juggling-with-a-blindfold-on/

Description: We report on the lived experiences of faculty members during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, exploring the broader experiences of faculty members as individuals living multi-faceted lives whose homes became their offices, their students scattered geographically, and their home lives upended.

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Subject:   Veletsianos, George,  VanLeeuwen, Charlene,  Johnson, Nicole,  Belikov, Olga

Title: COVID-19 response: Island research during a global pandemic | Victoria Hospitals Foundation

URL: https://www.victoriahf.ca/covid-19-research/

Description: In part of our response to COVID-19, Victoria Hospitals Foundation is proud to support research projects looking at the diagnosis and treatment of COVID-19 patients locally.

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Subject:   Victoria Hospitals Foundation,  Island Health,  Cowen, Laura,  University of Victoria,  Chen, Michael,  Victoria General Hospital,  University of British Columbia,  University of British Columbia | Faculty of Medicine,  BC Cancer

Title: Supporting families with kids in intensive care | Victoria Hospitals Foundation

URL: https://www.victoriahf.ca/supporting-families-with-kids-in-intensive-care/

Description: During the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, PICU patients’ visitors were severely restricted in order to minimize exposure to and spread of the virus. That’s what motivated Dr. Amanda Barclay to participate in a national research study that will explore the unintended consequences and impact of PICU restrictions on family visiting. Victoria General Hospital is one of thirteen hospitals across Canada interviewing families about their PICU experience during the first wave of the pandemic.

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Subject:   Victoria Hospitals Foundation,  Victoria General Hospital,  Barclay, Amanda,  Auld, Fiona,  Island Health

Title: Patricia Kayaga thesis defense: [Managing destination narratives in a pandemic - comparing the social media posts of Kenyan and Tanzania tourism boards] | YouTube | Vancouver Island University

URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glLbUegCf_A

Description: Patricia Kayaga compared the narratives created and shared through the social media posts of the Kenya Tourism Board and the Tanzanian Tourism Board during the first 6 1/2 months of the pandemic. Her research illustrated the cohesion between National approaches to the pandemic and messaging but also highlighted the need for an more integrated and concentrated approach by the TTB when compared to the efforts of the KTB.

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Subject:   Kenya Tourism Board,  Vancouver Island University,  Social Media,  Vancouver Island University | Recreation and Tourism Management,  World Leisure Centre of Excellence,  Kayaga, Patricia Saul,  Tanzania Tourist Board

Title: Impacts of COVID on leisure participation | YouTube | World Leisure Centre of Excellence | Vancouver Island University

URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-0h2VrebjY

Description: This video is about impacts of COVID on leisure participation. The recording was made as part of Vancouver Island University's Scholarship, Research & Creative Activity office's Lunch and Learn program.

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Subject:   World Leisure Centre of Excellence,  Vancouver Island University,  Weighill, Aggie,  Stone, Garrett,  Moghimehfar, Farhad,  Johnson, Amanda,  Oncescu, Jackie,  Vancouver Island University | Office of Scholarship, Research, and Creative Activity,  Vancouver Island University | Recreation and Tourism Management