This COVID Wave was a Preventable Tragedy

April 25, 2021 Matias de Doviitis

People line up at 15 Tobermory for a vaccination pop-up clinic organized by local groups like Black Creek Community Health Centre. (Photo credit: Matias de Dovitiis)

Earthquakes are beyond human control and so are hurricanes - but the third COVID-19 wave was not that. A series of self-inflicted choices caused the third wave of COVID-19 cases in Ontario. Ontario’s government opened in-person classes too soon and did not consider paid sick leave until it was too late for many. Doctors lined up to warn us in February that a wall of sick patients would hit us in ICUs if we did that, and the government chose not to listen.

Pop-Up COVID-19 Testing Clinics Come to Black Creek Community

December 23, 2020 Ayesha Khan

Local MPP Tom Rakocevic and City Councillor Anthony Perruzza visit a testing clinic to show support, pictured here with Michelle Westin of the Black Creek Community Health Centre.

Throughout the pandemic, it has become clear that COVID-19 disproportionately impacts communities that are made marginalized. In Humber River-Black Creek, one of Toronto’s worst-hit neighbourhoods, the Black Creek Community Health Centre mobilized to provide accessible testing options. A series of public pop-up testing clinics are available across Ward 7.

Classes Resume for York University Students – What Does their Return to School Look Like Amid Covid-19?

October 11, 2020 Jasleen Jheeta

Although York University is the third-largest university in Canada, most of its campuses will remain closed to students. (Photo credit: MACLEAN’S/Cole Garside)

Students and universities have been facing unprecedented challenges since the outbreak of Covid-19. Universities are attempting to find a method to deliver quality education, while prioritizing the health of their students. Although public schools have opened up for in-person classes, universities have decided to transfer much of their operations online. This is the case as universities provide education to many students. York University has roughly 50,000 students. Although the education of students is a priority, universities cannot risk becoming centers of Covid-19 outbreak.