The Value of a Nurse
The pandemic has made visible long-standing and systemic problems in the Canadian healthcare system. It is a publicly funded system,…
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“Carried Away”: Alice Munro and History
By Esyllt Jones
A century ago, people living through World War I, the global influenza pandemic, and waves of social unrest experienced a world in turmoil. These world-historical events must have been interconnected, and those connections must have affected people’s lives.
On pandemic history and pandemic amnesia
By Esyllt Jones
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic there has been an outpouring of commentary from disease historians.