Covid-19
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Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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NEW! Shadows and LightA Physician's Lens on Covid |
When the pandemic began in March 2020, Calgary emergency physician Heather Patterson was already feeling burnt out. Photography had always been a way of unwinding for her, and as the pandemic … | Heather Patterson | 176 | 2022 | View |
Spin DoctorsHow Media and Politicians Misdiagnosed the Covid-19 Pandemic |
As Canada was in the grips of the worst pandemic in a century, Canadian media struggled to tell the story. Newsrooms, already run on threadbare budgets, struggled to make broader connections that … | Nora Loreto | 417 | 2021 | View |
From NEW! ForwardFrom: Shadows and Light |
A forward from Dr. Katharine Smart. | Heather Patterson | 2 | 2022 | $0.20 Add |
From IntroductionFrom: Spin Doctors |
In the introduction to her book, Loreto describes where she was when the Covid-19 pandemic had hit Canada. Loreto briefly describes roles journalists and politicians played in feeding a specific … | Nora Loreto | 14 | 2021 | $1.40 Add |
From NEW! IntroductionFrom: Shadows and Light |
In the Introduction, the author Heather Patterson MD reflects on her career as a physician, her family life, her passion for photography, burnout, the original origins for this book, and how the … | Heather Patterson | 18 | 2022 | $1.80 Add |
From March 2020: The Pandemic EmergesFrom: Spin Doctors |
In this chapter, Loreto discusses the first Covid-19 cases in Canada and examines the way Covid-19 was portrayed by politicians and the media during this time. | Nora Loreto | 21 | 2021 | $2.10 Add |
From April 2020: Disaster in Residential CareFrom: Spin Doctors |
This chapter examines how Covid-19 impacted aged care facilities and residential homes. Loreto explores how politicians contributed to the rising death tolls of Canada’s elderly population, … | Nora Loreto | 27 | 2021 | $2.70 Add |
From NEW! The First and Second WavesMourning What Was Lost From: Shadows and Light |
Chapter One follows the first and second waves of the Covid-19 pandemic in Alberta in March and November of 2020. Topics discussed include the need for Personal Protective equipment to treat … | Heather Patterson | 21 | 2022 | $2.10 Add |
From NEW! 4. Gentrification is about Money |
Chapter 4 focuses on the role of gentrification in the political economy of urban centres and how capital is tied to its continuation. Topics discussed include the example of Little … | Leslie Kern | 24 | 2022 | $2.40 Add |
From May 2020: COVID-19 Hits Food Processing IndustriesFrom: Spin Doctors |
This chapter covers how Covid-19 impacted food processing industries. Loreto examines how the workers in grocery stores, factories, and plants were "hailed as frontline heroes and treated as … | Nora Loreto | 21 | 2021 | $2.10 Add |
From NEW! Pandemic InsightConnection and Kindness From: Shadows and Light |
Chapter Two focuses on the insight learned from these early experiences of working through these first two waves of the Covid-19 pandemic.Topics discussed include the effects of Covid-19 on … | Heather Patterson | 16 | 2022 | $1.60 Add |
From June 2020: Systemic Racism and COVID-19 SpreadFrom: Spin Doctors |
This chapter explores Covid-19 during June 2020 as well as the Black Lives Matter movement. The response of Canadian politicians and journalists is examined. Loreto discusses how Covid-19 … | Nora Loreto | 26 | 2021 | $2.60 Add |
From NEW! Pandemic InsightIt Takes a Team From: Shadows and Light |
Chapter Three focuses on the collaborative efforts within the hospitals to fight off the Covid-19 pandemic. Topics discussed include giving recognition to the behind the scenes staffing such as … | Heather Patterson | 13 | 2022 | $1.30 Add |
From NEW! 6. Gentrification is about Physical Displacement |
Chapter 6 focuses on the physical displacement of people, families, and communities through gentrification. Topics discussed include personal accounts of displacement, the connection between … | Leslie Kern | 34 | 2022 | $3.40 Add |
From July 2020: The Lie of Personal ResponsibilityFrom: Spin Doctors |
In this chapter, Loreto examines the neoliberal politics employed by politicians and the media to encourage a sense of individual responsibility to prevent further spread of the virus. Loreto … | Nora Loreto | 22 | 2021 | $2.20 Add |
From NEW! One Year InA Hopeful New Normal From: Shadows and Light |
Chapter Four examines the progress made and new challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic one year in by the winter of 2021. Topics discussed include the idea of the ‘New Normal,’ the … | Heather Patterson | 15 | 2022 | $1.50 Add |