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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: [Video 2: Sweet tweets] | Island Health

URL: https://twitter.com/i/status/1544803421190033410/

Description: Island Health on Twitter: "We’re continuing to spread some sweetness to all of the incredible people working within #IslandHealth! Each and every one of you make a difference to the health and care delivery across the region. Thank you! #SweetTweets"

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Subject:   Island Health ,  British Columbia Toxic Drugs Crisis

Title: Vancouver Island emergency room latest to face temporary closure due to staff shortage | CBC News

URL: https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6510285

Description: The potential closure of an emergency room in Port Alberni in Vancouver Island is the latest in a series of temporary shutdowns in small communities.

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Subject:   Island Health ,  West Coast General Hospital Port McNeill Hospital Dr. Helmcken Memorial Hospital Interior Health Northern Health Chetwynd Hospital Nicola Valley Hospital Dix, Adrian Dosanjh, Ramneek,  British Columbia Toxic Drugs Crisis ,  Brown, Linda Wickstrom, Gaby

Title: Inside the struggle to keep Victoria’s homeless safe from COVID-19 | The Tyee

URL: https://thetyee.ca/News/2020/04/02/Homeless-Victoria-COVID-19/

Description: The world has turned upside down for the street community, just as it has for the rest of the world. However, one difference is that many of those living in precarious circumstances are used to daily crises, which may make it more difficult for them to take COVID-19 as an imminent threat.

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Subject:   Tysick, Al Victoria Dandelion Society Cool Aid Society McKenzie, Grant,  British Columbia Toxic Drugs Crisis ,  City of Victoria Topaz Park BC Housing,  Island Health ,  Royal Athletic Park Helps, Lisa Stanwick, Richard Emergency Management BC Greater Victoria Coalition to End Homelessness

Title: Health officials find 19 more COVID-19 cases on Vancouver Island | CTV News

URL: https://beta.ctvnews.ca/local/vancouver-island/2021/2/11/1_5305162.html

Description: Health officials have identified 19 more cases of COVID-19 on Vancouver Island. The new cases are among 449 new cases found across B.C. on Thursday, bringing the provincial total to 72,305 cases since the pandemic began.

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

Title: Greater Campbell River: Before and after vaccinations | Cortes Currents

URL: https://cortescurrents.ca/greater-campbell-river-before-and-after-vaccinations/

Description: North Island Medical Health Officer Dr Charmine Enns recently gave Campbell River’s city council an overview of the pandemic’s impact on the Greater Campbell River Health Area, before and after vaccinations.

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Subject:   Vaccinations Enns, Charmaine Klahoose First Nation,  Island Health ,  British Columbia Toxic Drugs Crisis

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: Dr. Réka Gustafson is Island Health’s new Vice President, Population & Public Health and Chief Medical Health Officer | July 5, 2022 | Island Health

URL: https://www.islandhealth.ca/news/news-releases/dr-reka-gustafson-island-healths-new-vice-president-population-public-health-and-chief-medical/

Description: Island Health is pleased to announce Dr. Réka Gustafson will join Island Health in September 2022, as Vice President, Population & Public Health and Chief Medical Health Officer.

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Subject:   Island Health ,  Gustafson, Réka MacNeil, Kathy,  British Columbia Toxic Drugs Crisis ,  Provincial Health Services Authority BC Centre for Disease Control Sandhu, Jat Wong, Jason Fyfe, Murray City of Vancouver Vancouver Coastal Health

Title: April 10, 2020, Nanaimo city council update | Ben Geselbracht, City Councillor - Nanaimo

URL: https://bengeselbracht.ca/april-10-2020-nanaimo-city-council-update/

Description: Some reports, updates and thoughts from my week on council.

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Subject:   Geselbracht, Ben City of Nanaimo BC Parks BC Housing,  Island Health ,  Milner Group Island Roots Market Co-op,  British Columbia Toxic Drugs Crisis

Title: 'Limited staffing availability' closes North Island emergency department again | CTV News

URL: https://vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca/limited-staffing-availability-closes-north-island-emergency-department-again-1.5990398

Description: A hospital on northern Vancouver Island has been forced to temporarily close its emergency department this weekend due to a lack of available staff. Port McNeill Hospital's emergency room will be closed from 3 p.m. Saturday until 7 a.m. Sunday, according to a statement from Island Health.

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Subject:   Port McNeill Hospital,  Island Health ,  Ashcroft Hospital and Community Health Care Centre Royal Inland Hospital Interior Health Dr. Helmcken Memorial Hospital,  British Columbia Toxic Drugs Crisis ,  Province of British Columbia Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Health Horgan, John Hospital Employees' Union

Title: "Two years ago the first case of #COVID19 was detected in BC. ... Here’s a look back" | BC Centre for Disease Control

URL: https://twitter.com/CDCofBC/status/1487179039450279939/

Description: BC Centre for Disease Control on Twitter: "Two years ago the first case of #COVID19 was detected in BC. @VCHhealthcare @Fraserhealth @VanIslandHealth @Interior_Health @Northern_Health @fnha @phsaofbc have worked tirelessly to prevent infections, vaccinate, and care for those who become ill. Here’s a look back: 1/12 / Our provincial labs have played a critical role in the pandemic. Becky Hickman and Tracy Lee from the BCCDC Public Health Lab developed the first test to detect COVID-19. 2/12 / Lab staff worked around the clock to do testing and sequence positive samples to identify variants. 3/12 / Resource after resource was developed to help make sense of COVID-19 and public health information on testing, self-isolation, vaccination, and more. Some even got turned into billboards. 4/12 / A saline gargle test was developed to make testing easier for everyone but especially kids and parents. 5/12 / What started as a research project to use wastewater to monitor infection levels in the community has grown into an established program. 6/12 / The BCCDC’s COVID-19 Rapid Response Team was set up to provide test results and support health authorities with contact tracing and vaccine clinics across the province. 7/12 / Epidemiologists and data scientists spend hours every day behind-the-scenes to monitor, track and analyze the billions of pieces of data from testing, cases, vaccinations, and more. 8/12 / Guidelines have been written and training and education has been developed to support health care professionals in managing COVID-19 cases and providing immunizations. 9/12 / Meanwhile naloxone kits and harm reduction supplies continued to be delivered across the province at record-breaking numbers to help prevent deaths from drug toxicity. More people are dying from toxic unregulated drugs than ever before. 10/12 / We are so grateful for the dedication of health-care workers around the province who have stepped up in helping us to navigate these public health emergencies. 11/12 / And a big thank you to every British Columbian from us @cdcofbc Blue heart 12/12"

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Subject:   BC Centre for Disease Control Vancouver Coastal Health Fraser Health,  Island Health ,  Interior Health Northern Health First Nations Health Authority Provincial Health Services Authority Hickman, Becky Lee, Tracy Variants of Concern Vaccinations Wastewater Suveillance,  British Columbia Toxic Drugs Crisis

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