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Ye, Yayan

Background: The Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and the COVID-19 pandemics were major health crises that had significant impacts on Canada. These pandemics not only exposed weaknesses in the Canadian healthcare system but also magnified existing racism. Chinese Canadian nurses played a critical role in responding to both pandemics, providing care while facing discrimination that worsened their emotional and physical wellbeing. Purpose: This project seeks to explore the experiences of Chinese Canadian nurses during the SARS pandemic in Toronto (2002 to 2003) and the COVID-19 pandemic (2020 to 2023). The study aims to uncover their contributions to health care and challenges related to racism, in order to provide a better historical understanding of their experiences during pandemics. Methods: This project utilizes a historical research approach, analyzing data from both primary and secondary sources. Primary data sources include newspaper articles from major Canadian publications such as the Toronto Star and Vancouver Sun from the Canadian Newsstream database. Findings: The findings highlight that Chinese Canadian nurses made important contribution during the SARS and COVID-19 pandemics but experienced racial discrimination that led to significant emotional and physical stress. Conclusion: This project highlights the contribution of Chinese Canadian nurses during the SARS and COVID-19 pandemics and emphasizes the urgent needs to acknowledge and address racism by implementing better cultural safety strategies within the Canadian healthcare system.

Graduating Project

eng

2024-12-12

Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

http://hdl.handle.net/2429/89856

UBCV

Graduate

DSpace