Pandemic Essays

” I write essays to clear my mind. I write fiction to open my heart.” – Taiye Selasi Lately, I’ve been focusing on the essay as my form of writing of choice. As the quote above says, essays can clear the mind. With everything going on with this...

Racism in healthcare

Guest blog by Katya Korol  Katya Korol is an Interdisciplinary Studies Master’s student at the University of Northern British Columbia. She has settler ancestry and writes this blog as a humble learner and from an empathetic perspective—not from a place of lived...

Should Canada decriminalize drugs?

Kayta Korol is a graduate student in community health at the University of Northern British Columbia.  Dr. Sarah Fraser is a family physician and author of Humanity Emergency: Poetry of a medical student. Last week, the city council of Vancouver unanimously voted...

Do contact tracing apps actually work?

One of the silver linings of the pandemic is that it has forced the rapid advancement of technology. Not only does this apply to virtual care, but academic conferences have also moved into the virtual sphere. Today, my colleagues and I presented our research at the...