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Christina Frangou

Christina Frangou specializes in covering health, medicine and social issues. She received the 2022 Landsberg Award for her work shedding light on gender injustice, and her feature writing has been recognized with a National Newspaper Award and four National Magazine Awards. Her work has appeared in The Guardian, The Globe and Mail, Maclean’s and more.

Health

Strict COVID-19 protocols are leaving seniors lonely, depressed and wondering: Is it worth it?

The elderly and their families are being forced to choose between two extremes: complete protection from COVID or enjoying their time with people they love

Education

Personal care workers describe what led them to their jobs

Many of these workers train in colleges, work in long-term care and in hospitals and are at the very front line of the Canadian health-care system

Society

The pandemic has disrupted death and mourning in ways we don’t yet understand

The act of being present for a dying loved one can be an initial processing of grief, but often family members of coronavirus patients aren’t allowed visits until the very end. COVID-19 may be setting the stage for a ’tsunami of grief.’

Health

Lives on the line

Cargill employees Alfred and Bernadette were among the many sickened by COVID-19 at the site of Canada’s largest outbreak. As they return to the meat plant post-recovery, fear of the disease lingers still.

Christina Frangou

Strict COVID-19 protocols are leaving seniors lonely, depressed and wondering: Is it worth it?

Personal care workers describe what led them to their jobs

The pandemic has disrupted death and mourning in ways we don’t yet understand

Lives on the line

THE IMMIGRATION ISSUE

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