quarantine
Quarantine Qapsule showcases powerful pieces created by Asian Canadian artists in the pandemic
May 30, 2022Created in 2020 by Toronto-based actor Nightingale Nguyen, Quarantine Qapsule is a digital art archive that aims to “archive the Asian Canadian experience during the pandemic.” The archive highlights various different works such as visual art, music, film, and more. This year’s Vancouver Quarantine Qapsule is a part of explorASIAN 2022’s programming and is hosted in partnership with Emily Carr University of Art. It expands upon the submissions collected when the project originally began in Toronto. As someone experienced in researching archives, I was immediately struck by the self-representational aspect of this space. Strict institutional archives can limit an artist’s…
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BC Public Health will not keep us safe from COVID-19
March 22, 2022After the worst COVID-19 outbreak this province has seen, cases are finally falling. This is the result of months of COVID-19 precautions — yet, we are once again beginning to lift restrictions. Most recently, BC has decided to drop mandatory…
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Top Ten things me and the boys are gonna do after we’re vaccinated
March 30, 2021Loiter at the mall If there’s one thing me and the boys missed doing, it’s wandering around the mall. We’d go into stores like Lids and Sport Chek and refuse to buy anything or put anything back despite trying an…
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My quirky quarantine habit: creating a deadly plague in The Sims
March 20, 2021From the 20-somethings who are knitting, baking, and essentially living out the life they’ll be living in 50 years (back pain included,) to those like my roommate who have devoted their quarantine to dressing up their childhood stuffed animals in…
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A sourdough horror show
March 13, 2021I just couldn’t eat Cadbury Mini Eggs for dinner again. I was looking for some kind of microwaveable food that I wouldn’t have to wash down with a bottle of ginger pills to stomach. I shoved a box of Clif…
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Top Ten reasons I’m still not over March 2020 even though March 2021 is here
March 1, 2021Things have just progressively gotten worse One day, it’s just another day in a pandemic where I’m questioning how many Goldfish crackers I’ve eaten in the past week. Next, an ugly dictator is staging a violent coup. What happens tomorrow?…
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What classes will look like once in-person schooling returns
February 23, 2021Picture this: it is a grand day to be a student at Simon Fraser University. In-person classes have begun, and the campus is once again bustling. There are two outfit staples in this semester. First, sweatpants: many students have actually…
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Top Ten things that have changed since lockdown one
February 20, 2021Your need for people Early lockdown saw you lamenting over missing friends and enthusiastically speeding through Zoom calls like your ex from high school who, since dating you, speeds through frequent relationships (what’s up with that?). Nowadays, your friends would…
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SFU’s CARES program provides students in isolation with accommodation and food at a discount
January 27, 2021Upon arrival to Canada, the Quarantine Act mandates that international travellers isolate for 14 days, regardless of the new requirement of a negative COVID-19 test before travelling. For SFU or Fraser International College (FIC) students following these requirements, SFU is…
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A diary of what I did during winter break
January 11, 2021Day One (December 17) Dear Diary, Today I did the laundry that’s been piling on my chair for the last two weeks while pretending I haven’t been wearing the same sweatpants with a questionable stain on the ankle for three…
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