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  2020-12-16

  À boute

  French comedian Pierre-Yves Roy-Desmarais sings about the difficulties of quarantine and encourages the public to seek help.
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  2020

  Canadian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines For Children and Youth: An integration of Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviour, and Sleep

  The Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology published guidelines to encourage Canadians of all age groups to maintain their health by pursuing a balanced lifestyle. This comprehensive guide emphasizes the importance of sleep, exercise, and reducing sedentary behaviors.
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  2020-11

  Checklist for Putting On & Removing PPE

  Checklist for healthcare workers when putting PPE on and taking it off. Important to remember that many healthcare workers did not have to don PPE before the pandemic and needed guidance.
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  2020

  Guiding Principles for Redeployment to Long Term Care

  This is the guiding document for the redeployment of healthcare workers to long-term care from the Ontario Hospital Association. These are crucial to understanding how redeployment worked in Ontario.
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  2020-05-07

  Canadian Shield makes 1,000,000 shields

  The Canadian Shield, a company started in Waterloo Region, was founded during the pandemic to create face shield for essential workers. In May 2020, they had already created 1,000,000 shields for essential workers.
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  2020-12-09

  Authorization of the Pfizer-BioNTech Vaccine

  Tweet by Health Canada confirming that the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine has been approved.
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  2020-07-15

  Yukon Testing Guidelines

  The guidelines from the Yukon Government on who should be tested and how healthcare professionals should perform those tests.
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  2020

  N95 Standards

  The Canadian Dental Association describes in detail what an N95 is and how to spot counterfeits. This is crucial as N95 must be strictly tested to ensure they are filtering properly.
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  2020-12-07

  COVID-19 in long-term care: a report from inside

  An analysis of the report on long term care homes in Canada. The author explains the findings of a commission to understand what went wrong in the administration of the homes.
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  2020-04-06

  Anxieties over COVID-19 and possible PPE shortages prompting some health care workers to draft wills

  Discussion with Dr. Michelle Cohen about the dangers of working in the hospitals during COVID and her concerns over PPE shortages.
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  2020-03-19

  Quebec Distillery

  Cirka Distilleries began producing hand sanitizer. In this post, they request contacts with companies that provide bottles and aloe.
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  2020-04-28

  PPE Supply April 2020

  This is an infographic from the Canadian Medical Association analyzing the supply of PPE in Canada. The graphic shows the supply stock and the affect the lack of supplies has on the mental health of healthcare workers.
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  2020-11-13

  In memoriam: Canada's health workers who have died of COVID-19

  The Canadian Federation of Nurses Union has created this article to honour the healthcare workers who have died of COVID-19.
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  2020-07-22

  Stronger Together

  This post reveals how Canadians chose to spend their time outside during the summer in a socially distanced way. This maze was an activity for families to participate in, and this photo shows just how important it was for Canadians to spend time outside during the global pandemic.