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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: Worst-case Omicron scenario could see hospitals overwhelmed, new COVID modelling shows | Vancouver Is Awesome

URL: https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/coronavirus-covid-19-local-news/worst-case-omicron-scenario-could-see-hospitals-overwhelmed-new-modelling-4865035/

Description: Omicron appears to spread more readily than Delta variant; there's a higher chance of re-infection, as well as infection of vaccinated people. Modelling shows rising cases on Vancouver Island, driven by outbreaks at UVic and a religious gathering.

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Subject:   Omicron Variant Variants of Concern Delta Variant Henry, Bonnie Vaccinations Island Health University of Victoria 2021 Canadian University Men’s Rugby Championship,  Queen's University ,  Fraser Health Rapid Antigen Tests

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: Omicron spikes on Vancouver Island with more confirmed cases than any other health authority | CHEK News

URL: https://www.cheknews.ca/omicron-spikes-on-vancouver-island-with-more-confirmed-cases-than-any-other-health-authority-928104/

Description: It was reported on Thursday that Island Health is the authority with the most Omicron variant cases reported at this time across the province.

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Subject:   Omicron Variant Variants of Concern Island Health,  Queen's University ,  Rugby 2021 Canadian University Men's Rugby Championship Evans, Gerald University of Victoria Fraser Health Vancouver Coastal Health Interior Health Northern Health Province of British Columbia Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Health Otto, Sarah Vaccinations Alpha Variant Delta Variant

Title: Four UVic rugby team members diagnosed with highly contagious Omicron variant | CHEK News

URL: https://www.cheknews.ca/four-uvic-rugby-team-members-diagnosed-with-highly-contagious-covid-19-omicron-variant-927123/

Description: Just over two weeks ago, the UVic rugby team took on UBC in a snowy Canadian University Men’s Rugby Championship gold medal game in Kingston Ontario, now an Omicron hotbed. UVic walked away with second place, and four cases of the highly contagious COVID-19 Omicron variant.

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Subject:   University of Victoria Rugby Omicron Variant Variants of Concern 2021 Canadian University Men’s Rugby Championship Boag, Ethan Island Health Delta Variant Henry, Bonnie,  Queen's University

Title: 1 additional case linked to University of Victoria COVID-19 outbreak, total climbs to 182 | CHEK News

URL: https://www.cheknews.ca/1-additional-case-linked-to-university-of-victoria-covid-19-outbreak-total-climbs-to-182-933879/

Description: One more COVID-19 case has been linked to an outbreak associated with the University of Victoria. Island Health told CHEK News in a statement Wednesday that there are now 182 cases linked with the outbreak that began in December.

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Subject:   University of Victoria Island Health Stanwick, Richard Vaccinations Omicron Variant Variants of Concern 2021 Canadian University Men’s Rugby Championship,  Queen's University ,  Rugby

Title: Omicron on Vancouver Island: More cases linked to UVic students | CTV News

URL: https://vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca/15-omicron-cases-now-linked-to-uvic-outbreak-island-health-1.5709448

Description: More cases of COVID-19 have been linked to gatherings of University of Victoria students while off-campus, something health officials say was expected.

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Subject:   Omicron Variant Variants of Concern University of Victoria Henry, Bonnie Rugby Delta Variant Island Health Duclos, Jean-Yves Government of Canada Fraser Health 2021 Canadian University Men’s Rugby Championship,  Queen's University

Title: [Comment on cancellation of exams at two Canadian universities]

URL: https://twitter.com/arichardson_phi/status/1470217881417752580/

Description: Alan Richardson on Twitter: "Sudden and hugely disruptive cancellation of in-person exams at two Canadian universities (so far) on a Sunday in December indicates just how few safeguards universities have built into their covid plans."

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Subject:   University of Victoria,  Queen's University

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

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