Differential Impacts during COVID-19 in Canada: A Look at Diverse Individuals and Their Businesses

Abstract

La pandémie causée par le coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) touche tous les pans de la société. Les auteurs s'intéressent aux répercussions économiques et sociales de la pandémie sur divers groupes au Canada, notamment ceux des femmes, des immigrants, des populations autochtones, des personnes handicapées et des groupes racialisés. À l'aide de deux vastes sondages en ligne réalisés par Statistique Canada, qui ne sont ni aléatoires ni pondérés pour représenter la population canadienne, ils analysent les écarts quantita tifs dans les défis et les préoccupations liés à la pandémie que mentionnent les femmes et les hommes, les immigrants et les Canadiens de souche, de même que les groupes intersectionnels, tant à titre personnel qu'en qualité de propriétaires ou de représentants d'entreprises. À l'intérieur des échantillons, constatent ils, les participants de certains groupes et leurs entreprises sont plus gravement affectés que d'autres par la COVID-19.

Adapting educational practices in emergency remote education: Continuity and change from a student perspective

“…This happened in spite of the school's proactive efforts to bridge the digital divide, by activating online support and by purchasing and loaning to immigrant‐heritage students the digital devices they needed. These results are in line with the general world‐wide trend of digital inequalities exposed by the pandemic (Beaunoyer et al, 2020; Greenhow et al, 2020; Hall et al, 2020; Williamson et al, 2020), where inequalities are particularly exacerbated in smaller disadvantaged communities such as those of first and second generation immigrant families (Aguliera & Nightengale‐Lee, 2020; Mo et al, 2020; Zapata & Rosas, 2020). However, more investigation is needed to correlate lack of participation with motivation and engagement in addition to digital inequity.…”

“…The COVID‐19 pandemic is indeed deepening the inequity and injustice among the vulnerable communities (Bhaskar et al, 2020). The living conditions of the marginalised, racialised people, migrants and refugees, with their limited and fragmented access to and exercise of health, housing and other social rights in diverse parts of the world, demand renewed attention (Aguliera & Nightengale‐Lee, 2020; Mo et al, 2020; Zapata & Rosas, 2020). In this respect, the undocumented and immigrants are among those who have disproportionately suffered during the pandemic due to anti‐immigrant policies, limited medical access, financial insecurity and language barriers (Page & Flores‐Miller, 2021; Serafini et al, 2021).…”

COVID‐19 and credit unions: CSR approaches to navigating the pandemic

“…Although a recent analysis highlights the factors that affect the financial performance of Canadian credit unions, the effect of the pandemic on them is not considered (Almehdawe et al, 2020 ). Similarly, research on the impact of COVID‐19 on minorities identifies that they are struggling to access support, such as loans that credit unions could provide, but these groups are not highlighted as relevant (Mo et al, 2020 ). Likewise, a recent assessment of Canadian credit unions' performance does not consider the pandemic as the data are from previous years (Dia et al, 2020 ).…”

Uncertain Policy Decisions During the Covid-19 Pandemic

“…The Covid-19 pandemic does not affect everybody equally: it hits disproportionally ethnic (Millett et al 2020;Kirby 2020) and sexual (Banerjee and Nair 2020) minorities. These communities are more exposed not only to the disease, but also to the psychological (Pedrosa et al 2020;Suen, Chan, and Wong 2020) and economic (Hu 2020;Kantamneni 2020;Mo et al 2020) consequences of the pandemic. If this is so, then their members hold an important epistemic vantage point on the pandemic and its impacts.…”