Written by Mohathir Sheikh, Hannah Cho, Mya Colwell, Maisha Fahmida, Janani Rajendra, Neha Soraya, Gillyan Xu with editing by Alyssa Kulchisky and graphic design by Amy Zhao. In this book, Austin and Catherine delve into their background, and reflect on how the covid-19 pandemic has changed their lives as people with disabilities. Both share their individual hardships they faced due to their respective mental health issues, as well as the overall effect it had on their f...

Written Fatima Arshad Syed, Faried Nasir and Yvette Mae Morfe with graphic design by Ethan Gabriel Saldana. In these turbulent times, xenophobic tendencies have taken root against specific minority groups around the globe. What this book aims to do is to explain the racialization of COVID-19 from a historical and sociological lens—exploring the history of hate crimes and how they can explain and possibly help combat the difficulties of COVID-19 bigotry.

Written by Samira Sunderji, Hannah Cho, Khushi Rathod, and Neha Sarova with graphic design by Ethan Gabriel. It is important to acknowledge how far research has come within the last few years and how salt has played a role in the SARS outbreak, the H1N1 virus outbreak, and now, COVID-19. Each new approach, study, trial, and prototype brings us a step closer to finding a treatment and cure for the global health crisis of the century. Salt and its extensive history, dating...

Written by Olsen Chan, Armita Yousefi, Maisha Fahmida, and Anushka Hasija with graphic design by Laura Aisenstat. With the spread of COVID-19, the demand for Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) has surged in the past several months. As governments from around the world attempt to contain the spread of the virus, global supply chains have been disrupted, thereby contributing to the widespread shortages of PPE. In order to meet this growing demand of PPE, many people have ...

Written by Nicholas Lum, Maria Xiao and Danaeya Wolfe with graphic design by Laura Aisenstat. Throughout this book, we aim to provide information on robotics within the context of the current COVID-19 pandemic situation, as well as how robotics can play a role in everyday life. We also want to call attention to the current state of research, healthcare, and policy, and how it has impacted our response to COVID-19.

Written by Mehvish Masood, Anne Fang, Maria Gonzalez, Olivia Meagan Wik, James Fischer with graphic design by Josh Harnack. COVID-19 has been destructive to the lives of many, especially for neurodivergent individuals. This book follows a young man diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and the unseen challenges he has faced both inside and outside of this pandemic. The intent of this book is to emphasize that neurotypical individuals and individuals diagnosed wit...

Written by Evangelea Touliopoulos, Ivan Quan, Ivy Quan, Jenny Gao with graphic design by Clare Dalton. As COVID-19 pandemic ravages the globe, eyes turn to vaccines as the most effective way to end the public health emergency. With the strict timeline set by the ever-deteriorating state of global health, COVID-19 vaccine development has seen some of the fastest, most innovative advances in the history of immunology. As our most powerful tool in returning us to the normal...

Written by Ching Yuan, Chitrini Tandoran, Tenzin Yehshopa with graphic design by Fariha Khan. As the world settles into life amid the pandemic, and adjusts to the changes brought about by the lockdown, there is no question that the COVID-19 pandemic has brought with it tremendous change to the world as we know it. The question of immediate concern is how the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting our present environment. Human activity is inextricable from the environment we liv...

Written by Jiahui Luo, Janani Rajendra, Mariann Roberts, Nicole Rapallo with graphic design by Fariha Khan. The year 2020 has undoubtedly been one of the most eventful years, to say the least. A virus outbreak that started in Wuhan, China in December 2019, quickly escalated into a global pandemic by march 2020. This outbreak impacted several industries among which was the education industry. Considerable modifications were abruptly made in order to keep up with the chaos...

Written by Tina Wu, Grace Lethbridge, Lily Liu, Miray Maher with graphic design by Jacob Rose. When a novel coronavirus hit the wet markets of China in December 2019, the world was not prepared. The virus spread like wildfire and within a few months, it had gone global. The pathophysiology of COVID-19 garners much attention in healthcare settings, but illness is not limited to its biological impact—the pandemic’s effects are a mosaic of social, economic, political, envir...

Written by Alex Elvidge, Mya Colwell, Sriraam Sivichandran, Michael Tang, Catherine Marson with graphic design by Jacob Rose. If there has been one constant throughout the history of human life, it’s disease. Disease-causing pathogens have always been present in our world and will undoubtedly continue to exist for the foreseeable future. This book examines the history of major plagues and pandemics from the 5th century CE to the present-day COVID-19 crisis. Each chapter ...

Written by Sharon He, Salman Ali, Iqra Chaudhry, Amy Paul with graphic design by Kiran Rai. The effects of COVID-19 are widespread, with significant impacts on research, politics, technology, and more. With the increasing use of robotics and artificial intelligence, its effects on the healthcare industry are here to stay. This book explores these technological advancements through the emergence of healthcare automation during COVID-19.

Written by Angela Kazmierczak, Hannah Schepian, Jake Schepian, Daniel Sperling, with graphic design by Kiran Rai and Josh Harnack. Misinformation isn’t a stranger to Canadians; it has been a slippery friend in need of boundaries for a long time. Since COVID-19 has appeared, its laid its fatal blow . . . Now, we’re countering this communication bacterium one squirt of sanitizer at a time

Written by Kanishtrayen Baskaran, Swati Anant, Nicholas Hamzea, Annie Li with graphic design done by Amy Zhao. The COVID-19 pandemic has had devastating impacts on every functional aspect of society, with hundreds of thousands dead and millions more infected in just a few short months. Although many countries and regions, such as Canada and most of Europe, have shown significant decreases in the number of active cases, the pandemic is far from over and, on a global level...