TOPIC: PANDEMIC DIARIES
Pandemic Diaries
How the pandemic forced me to slow down and stop smothering my anxiety with chronic busyness
"If 2020 has taught us anything, it's that we need to lift ourselves and one another up as much as we can."
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How do we grieve those we lose during this pandemic when we cannot attend their funerals?
I lost both my grandparents to COVID-19. But I will not lose my will to honour their legacies.
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Being Jessica Fletcher: How binging Murder, She Wrote in quarantine is helping me be a better person
Writer Shawn Hitchins gives credit to the classic TV show for helping him reclaim a sense of decency in dark times.
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In the midst of lockdown, I met someone — but it was no match for the overwhelming pandemic solitude
Poet Marn Norwich on finding, then losing, her pandemic boyfriend.
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Ballad of the hospital bed allocator
Before leaving healthcare to pursue art, Charlie Petch worked as a bed allocator — and they'll never forget it.
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A Canadian activist in New York pleads: We must all be a part of the fight against anti-Black racism
"It's not good enough to not be the bully that lives below; we must address the damage that is happening from within."
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Improvising recess: How do we find the playful while parenting in a pandemic?
For poet Natalie Meisner and her wife, a balance of structure and play has been the key to helping their sons navigate a chaotic time.
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No sex and the city: With casual intimacy off limits, we are losing out on momentary connections
"I am finding ways to sustain long-term relationships, but I haven't yet found ways to replace these ordinary, ephemeral intimacies."
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Pandemic Diaries: A global experience
A new mom in Paris, a journalist in Pakistan and a teacher in Ontario share what they’ve experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Canadians on the front lines: Essential workers
Essential workers — from grocery store employees to truck drivers — talk about their experiences on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic share how it has affected them and why they do it.
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Canadians on the front lines: Health-care workers
Canadian health-care workers talk about their experiences on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic and share their message to Canadians.
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How my son and I are surviving isolation by working on movies together at home
Actor James Sanders and his son Max are channelling the stress of the pandemic into creativity.
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Quarantining at my parents' house, I left my drag gowns in the closet — but I got stuck there too
Toronto drag queen Selena Vyle wasn't prepared for the hard truths she would have to face staying with her parents in Ottawa.
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Pandemic Diaries: Life on hold for a bit
A Starbucks barista, a Canadian teacher working in Colombia and a professional hockey player talk about life during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Journalism is more important than ever — and we can't let the pandemic destroy the industry
Writer Matthew Hays has seen his field jeopardized time and time again, and he's issuing an urgent warning about the threat it's facing now.
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After a lifetime of always wearing makeup, the pandemic finally set me free from beauty standards
Writer Sara Atnikov has found unexpected liberation in letting herself be a little less put together.
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Pandemic Diaries: Making the most of the lockdown
A first-time gardener and two small business owners share their stories of what life is like during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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How working at a hospital during COVID-19 has taught me to look for silver linings
Writer Peter Ash was struggling at first, but then something unexpected happened: he started to find acceptance.
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This family of costume enthusiasts' solution to the quarantine blues? Dress up together every Friday
The Pariselli family has always connected around creative expression, and they've got a new way to stay entertained while they quarantine together.
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Listening together, listening alone: A music professor sounds off on his shifting industries
University of Alberta assistant professor Brian Fauteux reflects on the way COVID-19 is affecting his two passions: music and teaching.
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Pandemic diaries: The uncertainty of business
Two small business owners talk about the uncertainty they face during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Lessons from my 'Apocalypse Garden': How the pandemic has forced me to plant seeds of hope
Author Catherine Hernandez had no idea she would end up learning life lessons from her plants.
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Theatre stages may be empty, but virtual rehearsals are keeping our spirits in full zoom
Rob Kempson and his Shaw Festival colleagues are connecting even more deeply with their work — and with each other — during all of this.
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I tried to get home to Saskatchewan from India to be with my mom — and my life became chaos
Photographer Sara Hylton was one of the thousands of Canadians stuck in India and struggling to get back on a repatriation flight.
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What it's like to give birth during a worldwide health crisis
Photographer Dallas Curow shares an intimate account of her daughter's birth story, in text and images.