The need for more health care workers in the system can’t be understated, notes Professor Pat Armstrong. “There are not enough hands. The pandemic has made it really obvious. I don’t know if we will learn those lessons, but we need more beds and higher staffing levels.”
Is a refugee a refugee, no matter where they come from? As reports of discrimination at the Ukrainian border emerge, Professor Yvonne Su examines who are perceived the "ideal refugee" in modern Europe.
A substantial number of Canadians are still not fully vaccinated, but that doesn’t mean we should give up trying to convince them, explains emergency management Professor Eric Kennedy.
As anti-vaccine mandate protests continue across the province, Ontarians have been calling for an end to the disruptions. "It's in everyone's best interest that they bring this to some type of peaceful closure," says disaster and emergency management expert Professor Jack Rozdilsky.
A new report by Professor Tom Hooper finds mismanagement of federal grand funds by Pride Toronto: "I think it demonstrates that Pride Toronto is more interested in pursuing its corporate bottom line."
The Omnicron surge and its subsequent COVID-19 restrictions and lockdowns have most people believing that getting the virus is inevitable," notes Professor Yvonne Su, who explores the death of caremongering and Omicron fatalism in the latest edition of The Conversation.
Human rights expert Professor Lorne Foster is co-leading a new study into the Waterloo Regional Police Service's race-based data collection strategy with a goal to help reduce racial disparities.
As part of her 10-year study on long-term care homes, Professor Pat Armstrong notes that researchers from Sweden and Norway were “shocked to see our big units,” of up to 32 people when in their countries 8-12 seniors typically live in a long-term care unit.
“Public opinion on COVID-19 containment measures tends to be divided and based on political ideology. This is a mistake,” explains Professor David about governance during the pandemic.
The COVID-19 crisis in long term care violated “a cultural feeling about a good death," says Professor Megan Davies. In her new multimedia exhibit, she honours the thousands of Ontario and British Columbia seniors who lived and died in care homes during the pandemic.