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    Breaking Canadians
    Health Care, Advocacy, and the Toll of COVID-19

    Nili Kaplan-Myrth (Edited by), Brian Goldman (Foreword by), Sue Robins (Afterword by)

    9781487548124

    Paperback / softback, published 19 March 2024

    320 pages, 8 b&w figures
    21.6 x 14 x 1.9 cm, 0.38 kg

    The COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on people worldwide. The death tolls, the economic disruptions, the impact on our children’s education, and the extended periods of social and physical distancing have left us feeling demoralized, exhausted, angry, and burned out.

    Breaking Canadians brings together health care experts, community advocates, and average citizens from across Canada to offer a unique analysis of the first three years of the COVID-19 pandemic. The book explores the fragmentation of Canada’s health care system, the growth of social inequalities, and the impact of colonialism, racism, ableism, and ageism on the well-being of people in this country. It sheds light on the people our health care system undervalues and overlooks, including nurses, social workers, and essential caregivers.

    An important collection of stories, insights, cautionary tales, and calls for action, Breaking Canadians is also a harbinger of what is to come if we do not learn, change our trajectory, and fix what is broken.

    Foreword
    Dr. Brian Goldman

    Introduction: I Can’t. I’m Too Broken
    Dr. Nili Kaplan-Myrth

    Part I: In the Community

    1. Casualty
    Lynda Hurley

    2. Pandemic, Alone
    Leora Eisen

    3. Present Tense
    Tania J. Spencer

    4. A Community Divided
    Anonymous

    5. BC: Breaking Cancer
    Dr. Jaigris Hodson

    6. Learning to Count
    Eleanor Ramphal

    7. The Spring
    Dr. David Keegan

    Part II: At the Margins

    8. Long-Term Care or Long-Term Crime?
    Dr. Vivian Stamatopoulos

    9. Go Home
    Kimiko Shibata

    10. Ableism
    Kenzie McCurdy

    11. Still Here
    Reverend Canon Maggie Helwig

    12. The Pandemic Changed Nothing (For Worse and Better)
    Meagan Gillmore

    13. Wild Teens: Youth Mental Health and the Pandemic
    Dr. Gail Beck

    14. The Pandemic Ends … Then What?
    Annie Lin

    Part III: The Crumbling Base

    15. Resilience Is a Dirty Word
    Debra Lefebvre

    16. Men Write the Policies, Women Face the Results
    Dr. Michelle Cohen

    17. #InThisTogether Is Only a Hashtag
    Maggie Kerastaci

    18. Invisible
    Sarah Kaplan

    19. The Levee Has Broken
    Kim English

    Part IV: No Simple Fixes

    20. "We’re all in this together": COVID-19 and Principles of Environmental Justice
    Dr. Jane E. McArthur

    21. This Ain’t No Flu
    Dr. Steve Flindall

    22. The Doctor as Advocate
    Dr. Joe Vipond

    23. Disability Rights and Advocacy
    Dr. Christopher Leighton

    24. "Truth"
    Dr. Imogen Coe

    25. I Work in a Hospital. You Are an Internet Troll. We Are Not the Same
    Dr. Genevieve Eastabrook

    26. How to Be Wrong: Reflections on the (Non)Evolution of Applied Medical Science during Epidemics
    Dr. David Fisman

    Postscript: Roll Up Your Sleeves
    Sue Robins
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