An Interview with Merlin Chowkwanyun
This interview has been edited for length and clarity. Ian McKay: Professor Merlin Chowkwanyun is
This interview has been edited for length and clarity. Ian McKay: Professor Merlin Chowkwanyun is
Oyinade Adekunle reviews Religion, Race, and Covid-19: Confronting White Supremacy in the Pandemic edited by Stacey M. Floyd-Thomas.
Of all the changes that weary North Americans have endured over the course of the pandemic, vaccination mandates have been among the most divisive.
The rapid spread of Covid-19 globally has provided the world a glimpse of the inequities faced by Indigenous peoples in Canada and around the world.
In Canada, where the pandemic cut a relatively modest swath through the population by world standards, what will likely remain etched in long-term memory are the tragedies that unfolded in long-term-care facilities (LTCs).
In 2020-2, this now-decrepit institution stood as an example, not of the majesty of Canada’s continent-transforming project, but of its profound contradictions.