This Thanksgiving will be a tough one for Carol Charles and her family. The 50-year-old from Regina usually travels to her younger sister’s house in Edmonton for the holiday. But Jennifer Rosebluff-Thomas died of COVID-19 last month. She was about 29 weeks pregnant with her ninth child. She was also unvaccinated and contracted the more dangerous Delta…
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How COVID-19 changed the delivery of mental health services
When the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic, people were forced to think of alternative ways to provide in-person services to help slow the spread of infection. During a time when health-care professionals could no longer see patients in person, how did providers deliver mental health services to clients? The answer? Telehealth. Telehealth uses…
My first experience talking to a COVID-19 conspiracy theorist
First Person is a daily personal piece submitted by readers. Have a story to tell? See our guidelines at tgam.ca/essayguide. There’s no etiquette manual for dealing with conspiracy theorists. I realized the consequences of this recently when I met a conspiracy theorist in a bizarre encounter. My friend and I were driving along Lakeshore Road, west…
Ontario releases COVID-19 guidance for Thanksgiving gatherings, trick-or-treating
Ontario health officials are advising people to use caution as they gather to celebrate Thanksgiving this weekend and to begin to think about how they will celebrate Halloween in a few weeks. Unlike last year, most Ontarians are now fully vaccinated. But while case numbers have been holding steady at manageable rates for the last…
Employment lawyers brace for first wave of COVID-19 layoffs as vaccine mandates kick in
‘We’re going to see the biggest wave of terminations we’ve seen since the pandemic started,’ lawyer says Canada is facing a potential wave of terminations tied to mandatory workplace vaccine policies as a growing number of employers require workers to be fully inoculated against COVID-19 — or risk losing their jobs, legal experts say. Governments,…
55% of Canadians say their Mental Health has been Negatively Impacted by COVID-19
Toronto, ON, October 1, 2021 – As summer turns to fall and Canadians contemplate yet another long winter governed by COVID restrictions, a new Ipsos poll conducted on behalf of Sun Life Financial has found that a majority (55%) of Canadians say that their mental health has been negatively (11% very/44% somewhat) impacted by COVID-19. Among…
11 MRU students deregistered for not complying with vaccination policy
CALGARY Almost a dozen students from Mount Royal University have been deregistered from their classes for refusing to comply with the school’s vaccination policy. MRU currently mandates that anyone who wishes to attend the campus in person – whether it’s an employee, student or visitor – must be fully vaccinated or undergo rapid testing. Last…
What can Canada learn from the most vaccinated country in the world? We asked the man behind Portugal’s vaccination effort
Last week, Vice Admiral Henrique Gouveia e Melo, co-ordinator of Portugal’s COVID-19 vaccine task force, said goodbye to most of his staff. Then he went home and slept for 12 hours. With more than 95 per cent of its eligible population vaccinated, Portugal says it no longer needs a vaccine task force. As Canada and…
COVID-19 Research Q&A Series: Dr. Robert Maunder
Dr. Robert Maunder’s research supports mental health on the front lines of COVID-19 Robert Maunder, MD, FRCPC, is a professor of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto and head of Psychiatry Research at Sinai Health. In February 2020, Dr. Maunder received a grant from CIHR’s 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) rapid research funding competition to study…
National Forum on Anti-Asian Racism: Building Solidarities
The National Forum on Anti-Asian Racism: Building Solidarities will bring together academic leaders, students, faculty and staff, as well as community partners, to engage in a timely and open dialogue about anti-Asian racism in Canada’s post-secondary education sector. Hosted by the Faculty of Arts, this two-day virtual event will be held on November 9 and…