COVID-19

Woman standing on a busy sidewalk wearing a black face mask.
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When the COVID-19 pandemic hit British Columbia in March 2020, it impacted the lives of people across the province in immeasurable ways. This exhibition brings together various perspectives on how people lived, learned and responded to what was happening around them. If you have reflections of your own, please feel free to contribute by sharing your story.

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This photo is from a photo-essay of Christopher Weeks’s called “Ghost Town - Images of the Vancouver Pandemic”. Submitted by Christopher Weeks.
Many kids are building forts at home during isolation as parents work at kitchen tables and bedrooms with closed doors. No daycare, no playgrounds, no friends and what is this virus everyone is afraid of? .... something so comforting about a fort of…
On March 14, 2020, at the outset of a global pandemic, Canadian artist Adad Hannah took to the streets of Vancouver to record this pivotal moment in time. Over the span of a year, he created 237 video portraits of everyday people that capture our…
Submitted by Freddie Albrighton and Patrick James Butler.
Since the pandemic began, Lisa has been creating a drawing/painting a day. She feels that “doing this gives structure to my day and helps me stay grounded, and it is the one way I feel I can serve the people in my life by sharing art and hopeful…
I don’t 100% recommend having a wedding during a pandemic, but I have to say it’s gonna be one heck of a story to tell and looking back now I wouldn’t change a thing. It made our special day so unique. And at the end of the day the show must go on.…
Nancy’s daughter is physically challenged and lives in an assisted living home, which was closed to visitors because of the pandemic. Nancy notes that she and other family members regularly visit through the living room window. She says, “Each time…
Working as a recreation therapist in a Long term care home with residents who suffer from memory loss was not easy when Covid -19 hit! Suddenly we could do nothing then only holding there hands, take them out to the garden and listen. No programs…
Submitted by Wanda Bratt.