Exhibition celebrates life stories of COVID’s earliest, most isolated victims

In the spring of 2020, Megan Davies was confronted by a terrifying number: 82 per cent of Canada’s first-wave COVID-19 deaths were residents of long-term care facilities.

The failures of Canada’s residential care system would mount, and swiftly. Vulnerable people living out their last days in incredible isolation, with loved ones trying to eke out time with them through panes of glass. Burned-out care workers attempting to beat back the pandemic’s waves with dwindling resources. The loneliness and fear, the rage and grief.

These became defining, enduring images of COVID-19’s ravages on our most vulnerable population.

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