The Taphouse Coquitlam

Elaine Carol

On the pavement in the foreground lies a young protester with shoulder-length brown hair, a blue t-shirt and jeans, and an N95 repirator mask. They lie as if dead, one hand fallen beside their face, surrounded by a chalk body outline. All around them are other chalk body outlines stretching as far as the eye can see. In the corners of image are the feet of standing and crouching protesters.
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DoNoHarmBC protests the removal of mandatory masks in healthcare settings

Peak Web May 15, 2023

By: Michelle Young, Opinions Editor Content warning: mentions of medical ableism. On April 28, DoNoHarmBC hosted a non-violent die-in protest in front of health minister Adrian Dix’s office to protest the removal of mandatory masks in healthcare settings. The group’s core demand is to “return universal masking protections to all healthcare settings in BC,” citing the airborne nature of COVID-19. A die-in protest refers to protestors lying on the floor to highlight how people are affected by death from a particular issue. Die-in protests have historically been used to advocate during the AIDS epidemic, anti-war protests, and environmentalist movements.  Signs…

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