COVID-19

Nothing

When will it end? When can I feel whole? Do I only continue to chase these standards? But what if I falter? I fall below?

Missed opportunity

Being allowed to play again felt like such luxury. We were finally returning to some normalcy.

Impacts on an ordinary schoolgirl

I’m thankful to be able to walk through Vancouver and breathe in the fresh air, feel the cool, crisp wind on my face without it being hidden by a mask.

3 years robbed

Three years that should have been high school. Turned out as a mean few years that I’ll never get back

Do Svidaniya

Collective horror but we’re so alone. Feeling like I was the only one. No matter how much I rebuild

My experience during the pandemic

What even was a pandemic? There’s no way that this can last any longer than March break, right?

Changing

I was paranoid and anxious because of the news I had seen about the virus on social media, which was my news outlet at that time.

Infected Sugar Cookies

What even was a pandemic? There’s no way that this can last any longer than March break, right?

Finding home in myself

What even was a pandemic? There’s no way that this can last any longer than March break, right?

What the pandemic has taught me

I have gained a newfound appreciation for enduring failures, overcoming challenges and celebrating success as part of maintaining accountability to myself.

My Covid Story

At the beginning, we thought that if we wore masks and stayed inside, we would be protected. This wasn’t enough.

The pandemic taught me that education systems can be reinvented

Hybrid was the name of the game in fourth year. With half of my classes on campus, I had to reacquaint myself with how to learn in person again.

Two sides of a coin

It was the twenty third, The people heard, That things would be changing. At home we would stay, For at least 28 days, History in the making.

Online, off line, repeat

Masks, sanitizing, repeat. Online, off line, online, off line. Can’t eat lunch inside the school. How do I eat outside? It's so cold

One step at a time

Of course, everything is one step at a time. I hope that one day, I will be able to walk the school hallways without needing a mask to cover up the insecurities.

Finding joy in the little things

The first thing that comes to my mind of how COVID-19 affected me is that I’ve taken the simplest things in life for granted.

Without Shame

Strange, growing up in a world where you never know where you will find yourself.

Annoyed and tired … but prepared

I don’t know if I can say that the pandemic has taught me anything. I know it was hard for everybody, and I know that a lot of people had it worse.

I’ve Been Graduating

The degree I earned was in Cinema Studies and I thought it was apt that instead of having people walk across the stage, our names scrolled down a screen.

Finding comfort in doing the right thing

Throughout the pandemic, I’ve learned that people have the capacity to be so incredibly selfish to the point where they are willing to endanger other people’s lives.