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Collected Item: “Alexandra Phan Oral History, 2020/07/26”

Title

Alexandra Phan Oral History

Who conducted the interview? List all names, separated by comma.

Hope Gresser

Who was interviewed? List all names, separated by commas.

Alexandra Phan

Email Address(es) for all interviewers. Separated by comma.

hgresser@uwo.ca

If this oral history is related to research conducted in association with an institution (e.g. a museum, university, library), please include the name of the institution. If you are a faculty member or student conducting research, please provide the name of your school.

University of Western Ontario

Use one-word hashtags (separated by commas) to describe your oral history. For example: Where did it originate? How does this object make you feel? How does this object relate to the pandemic?

Canada, Ottawa, university student, graduate student, scientific research, virology, health sciences, lab, moving, disconnection, consistency

What is the format of your recording?

Audio

In what ZIP code is the primary residence of the interviewee? (enter 5-digit ZIP code; for example, 00544 or 94305)? In what city/town/village does the interviewee live? In what country does the interviewee live? All comma-separated.

K1T 3S2, Ottawa, Canada

What is the gender of the interviewee? Be sure to allow interviewees to self-identify their gender in the pre-interview or interview. *Do not assign a gender identity to interviewees.*

female

What is the age of the interviewee?

18 to 24

How does the interviewee describe their race or ethnicity? Be sure to allow interviewees to self-identify their race/ethnicity in the pre-interview or interview. *Do not assign a racial or ethnic identity to interviewees.*

Vietnamese-Canadian

Describe the oral history.

Alexandra "Alex" Phan shares her experience of the pandemic. Alex is a Master's student at the University of Ottawa studying Virology and working in a lab which focuses on emerging viruses- most recently Sars-Cov-2 (Covid-19.) She describes her activities during the pandemic and the sense that she and other researchers are somewhat removed from the collective trauma the rest of the world is experiencing, as their routines have not changed drastically. She also discusses the changes in student life and what it is like moving out of your parents house/living on your own for the first time in the midst of a tiered lock-down.

On what date did you record this oral history?

2020-07-26
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