Recently, an international outcry has arisen demanding major pharmaceutical companies to waive patents on their COVID-19 vaccines. As wealthier nations stockpile more vaccines than they…
The national disgraces of LTC deaths and other COVID-19 inequities are rooted in the disgraces of genocide and slavery on which this nation was built, and which are perpetuated through prisons, police, borders and carceral policies
The psychological fallout of COVID-19 is a haunting, collective trauma. Remember during the early days of quarantine, we thought society would be flushed with COVID-related…
Queen is an essential worker without status, who survived COVID-19 during the first wave and continues to work in long-term care. She spoke with Spring…
Two medical professionals who have been raising the alarm on pandemic profiteering are Amie Varley and Sarah Fung. Nurses by training, they’ve started a podcast called The Gritty Nurse, where they examine healthcare practice and policy from an inside perspective.
As we mourn the loss of frontline workers, we need to fight for all workers living through the same conditions by taking the profit out of healthcare and providing paid sick days for all.
It might come as a shock to some politicians and policy-makers that public health has a much larger purpose than protecting people from infectious diseases…
These movements for social and economic equality, which preceded the pandemic and have grown through two waves, offer real hope. Not only for achieving vaccine equity and ending the pandemic, but also winning a world beyond borders, police and precarious work.
The COVID-19 vaccine has raised the hope for universal protection from the deadly virus. But its distribution is turning into a vaccine apartheid—from countries of…
Once again, jails have failed to keep our communities safe. COVID-19 outbreaks in jails and prisons across the province have surfaced in recent weeks, with…
A new outbreak of COVID-19 has been detected at the LNG Canada facility in Kitimat, as well as two confirmed cases at Coastal Gaslink Camp…
The Canadian government is vowing to join other rich countries to block a proposal from developing countries that would promote equal access to vaccines and medical equipment necessary to address the COVID-19 pandemic.
