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“I’m an activity worker in long-term care, and at the start of COVID-19 there was a lot of changes in protocols regarding long term care and family visitation. We had to adapt our jobs because the recreation programs shut down. Recreation programs changed …

“It’s so easy for health care workers to forget about self-care when we’re so committed to our jobs but are overloaded. Health care workers are constantly working short, facing high workloads, and burning out. And it’s resulting in many workers having to …

“This pandemic has been traumatic for many health care workers, especially when so many of us are women. I work as a housekeeper at a hospital. We’ve been facing pressures on the job, but also pressures at home with our families being anxious about us …

“When the pandemic started, I had been off on sick leave for a few months and hospitalized. I returned to work the same day our facility went into provincial lockdown. Imagine coming back with the uncertainty of COVID-19. I have to be extra careful as I …

“I’ve been working in long-term care for 15 years. For me, it’s an honour and privilege to take care of seniors. There is so much to learn from them, and I consider myself truly lucky that I get to be with them in their last days. Even in the hard times, …

“I work at the warehouse. We help supply whatever is needed in the hospitals – from paper to gauze and syringes. If we cannot deliver the products, the hospitals won’t be able to give proper patient care, possibly even causing operations to be postponed. …

“I am a care aide and I work at a cancer center as well as at a hospital. I really never used to be afraid to go to work. I hit a really, really bad place in February. I don't think I realized how COVID was affecting me. I feel a lot of the negativity …

“I was on a day off when a member called me. She was just screaming into the phone. “Have you heard?” No, I’m in Winners right now. What’s going on, I asked? She told me that our jobs were going back into the health authority and it was so exciting for …

“I work as a food service worker at a hospital. For the past 10 years, I’ve worked for a private company. We are so happy to hear the news that we are coming back in-house. We have been waiting a long time for this! My shift starts at 5:30 in the morning …

“I’m a nursing unit clerk for Critical Care (ICU and ER). When I come into work first thing in the morning, I gather up the charts that the doctors have written orders on. I transcribe all of the medications for the nurses and arrange for any testing …