Lookahead ’21: Alberta seniors club helps community battle pandemic isolation
For many members of the Okotoks and District Seniors Club, which serves the town of 31,000 south of Calgary, the pandemic has meant learn how to use technology or face long stretches of loneliness. “The main thing for the seniors is the social aspect,” said Valerie Thom, the club’s outreach co-ordinator. And connecting people remains the ODSC’s priority today. Even...
Podcast: Coping With COVID 2020 – Episode 5
In this newscast, Carleton journalists explore how COVID-19 has impacted travel, holiday shopping and private and online education.
Podcast: Coping With COVID 2020 – Episode 4
Episode 4 of Coping with COVID 2020 shares stories about creative financial incomes, the triumphs and trials of new parenthood, and quirks of the holiday season.
Podcast: Coping With COVID 2020 – Episode 3
As the pandemic continues on, people are finding ways to cope emotionally, physically and socially from such things as high school theatre and pop-up wineries.
Podcast: Coping With COVID 2020 – Episode 2
A group of Carleton University students work remotely from their own homes, to bring you the most up-to-date stories on Canadians managing through the current conditions of COVID-19.
Podcast: Coping With COVID 2020 – Episode 1
In this episode, we will explore how the pandemic is affecting Canadians in a variety of ways: we’ll dive into the struggles of students and the education system, the homeless population, and current events that are reshaping society.