W21- Pandemics: Culture, Science, and Society Course- Weekly Readings&Recordings

Week 1: Introduction - The Biological and Social Contexts of COVID-19/Pandemics 

Readings:

Carstairs_A Long-Term Tragedy

Abraham_Coronavirus lessons from when the 1937 polio epidemic delayed school reopenings

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Week 2: Modelling and Visualizing COVID-19

Readings:

Amoroso_Reading List: The Exposed City – Mapping the Urban Invisibles

McCabe_Canadian Art in the Time of Coronavirus (Milroy)

Gong_Notable maps visualizing COVID-19 and surrounding impacts (Danielson)

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Week 3: Public Reactions to COVID-19

Readings: 

Papadopoulous_Facebook Healthy Canadians

Papadopoulous_Facebook CTV News 

Papadopoulous_Facebook CBC News

Lin_How social media platforms and personalities are countering false information about COVID-19 vaccines

Papadopoulos_Canada pandemic influenza preparedness communications

Safdar_“Psychology Works” Fact Sheet Why Does Culture Matter to COVID-19

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Week 4: Innovative Approaches for Detection and Prevention of COVID-19

Readings: 

Collier_COVID-19 spurs wave of innovation diagnostics 

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Week 5: Pandemic Disruptions and Engagements

Readings: 

Deacon_Focus on Mental Health During the Coronavirus Pandemic 

Giroux_Virtual Reality is a big trend in museums, but what are the best examples of museums using VR?

Pin_The Psycho-Social Impacts of Covid-19_A Review of the Literature (Bell)

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Week 6: Rapid Response - Collecting Experiences as they are Lived

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Week 7: COVID-19 and the Food System

Readings: 

Somogyi_Thomas-Francois_The Canadian Online Grocery Consumer

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Week 8: COVID-19 and Non-Human Animals

Readings: 

Niel_How to help your pet with post-quarantine separation anxiety

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 Week 9: The Diverse Lived Realities of COVID-19

Readings: 

Kowalchuk_Toronto-Fallout-Report-2020

Stienstra_United Nations_Covid-19 and the rights of people with disabilities 

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Week 10: Keeping Connected/Making Connections in a Pandemic

Readings: ​

Kipp_Canadian CareMongering Exploring the complexities and centrality of community care during the COVID-19 pandemic

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Week 11: Asking Questions about Vaccine Development and Deployment

Readings: ​

Bailey_The coronavirus vaccines are here. Now what? (Goldenberg)

O'Doherty_Public Perspectives on a COVID-19 Vaccine -Results

Wooton_The lightning-fast quest for COVID vaccines - and what it means for other diseases. 

Wooton_U.K. variant puts spotlight on immunocompromised patients' role in the COVID-19 pandemic 

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Week 12: Adaptation and Resilience in Communities

Reading: ​

Heble_3 lessons from musical improvisation to help navigate 2021

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 Week 13: COVID-19 and Accessibility: A Year at the University of Guelph

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