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A year of coronavirus in Canada: A look back at what we ve faced during the pandemic
It s been a roller-coaster ride for many of us during Canada s first year of the coronavirus pandemic from the first lockdown to the arrival of vaccines.
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A skateboarder passes a wall mural with the writing we are all in this together at the George Street Diner in Toronto, on May 31, 2020.(Timothy Neesam/CBC)
It s been a roller-coaster ride for many of us during Canada s first year of the coronavirus pandemic from the first lockdown to the arrival of vaccines.
Increase in reports of mental health distress
In the fall of 2019, leaders from the Alberta Teachers’ Association (ATA) and Alberta School Employee Benefit Plan (ASEBP) noticed an alarming increase in reports of mental health distress from their membership of teachers, educational assistants and administrators. They partnered to sponsor a research study. In January 2020, I was asked to investigate the scope and experiences of compassion fatigue and burnout in Alberta educational workers.
Psychologist Charles Figley described compassion fatigue in 1995. He observed that therapists experienced symptoms similar to post-traumatic stress disorder after working with traumatized clients. His work led to a new understanding of the heavy emotional, mental and physical cost to professionals who cared for vulnerable, hurting or grieving people.
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Children arrive by bus at Portage Trail Community School which is part of the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto on Tuesday, September 15, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette January 06, 2021 - 3:58 PM
TORONTO - COVID-19 s winter surge has kept Kimberleigh Armstrong s three kids out of the classroom longer than anticipated, but she fears the risks of returning next week as scheduled.
Spiking cases and hospitalizations offer the Toronto mom little assurance the pandemic is under control, and she wonders if classmates and their families socialized over the holidays. It makes me nervous because I don t know where those kids were, says Armstrong, who d prefer in-class instruction be delayed at least two weeks.
2020 in photos: Toronto stories that moved us
From the pandemic to Black Lives Matter protests, CBC News photographer Evan Mitsui was there to capture the biggest stories of 2020.
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Torontonians attend a vigil at the North York Civic Centre on Jan. 9 during a vigil to mourn those lost in the crash of Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752.(Evan Mitsui/CBC)