Responding to an NCM reporter’s question, the B. C. government has said it does want to study the underlying genetic factors that may be causing some Canadians to be more vulnerable to the pandemic than others. But, a detailed study will have to wait until the current wave of infections is behind us.
View More Clues on How COVID-19 Impacts You, Maybe in Your Genes
The government is stepping up its efforts to screen arrivals to Canada through the ArriveCAN app prior to landing. Failure to provide the required information can result in the involvement of law enforcement.
View More Coming to Canada During COVID-19? You’ll Need an App for That
Vancouverite heads to Seoul International Buddhism Expo to learn how to help new immigrants resettle in Canada with mindful wellness programs.
View More On a Mindful Wellness Mission To Help New Immigrants Resettle
Arriving at Toronto Pearson during the COVID-19 pandemic is a peculiar experience, with masked airport staff enforcing safety measures at all times. However, the experience also opened our correspondent’s eyes to a few “miracles,” as he calls it in this first-person account.
View More What I Discovered at Toronto Airport During COVID-19
Wrapping up our series on “Immigrants on the Frontlines of Fighting COVID-19,” we look into the relationship between health care and immigrants in Canada.
View More Looking Ahead: What Immigrant Health Workers on the Frontlines Mean for Canada
Personal support workers have been overlooked and overworked during the COVID-19 pandemic. Immigrant PSWs share their experiences fighting on the frontlines.
View More Better Job Protection Needed for Personal Support Workers
A Quebec-based immigrant health worker created an altar in memory of those who have passed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
View More One Quebec Health Worker Honours the Pandemic’s Victims With an ‘Altar for the Dead’
Immigrant doctors discuss the race-based data showing how ethnic communities are impacted by COVID-19.
View More How Race-Based Research Will Help Ethnic Communities Fight COVID-19
Latest census data shows that more than 300,000 registered nurses are immigrants. Ontario-based immigrant nurses share their experiences working on the frontlines of COVID-19.
View More Faith and Concern for Patients Sustain Immigrant Nurses on the Frontlines of COVID-19
Data suggests that immigrants have been disproportionately affected by the pandemic, a phenomenon that also manifests itself through higher incidence of mental health issues.
View More Mental Health Issues Compound Impact on Immigrants