Carolyn Prouse – The Conversation

Testing wastewater for the presence of diseases has grown in popularity during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Shutterstock)

June 9, 2022

Targeted wastewater surveillance has a history of social and ethical concerns

Mohammed Rafi Arefin, University of British Columbia; Carolyn Prouse, Queen's University, Ontario, and Christopher Reimer, University of British Columbia

The COVID-19 pandemic has seen an increase in wastewater testing to monitor the spread of the virus. But historical cases show that targeted surveillance can further marginalize vulnerable populations.

A temporary foreign worker from Mexico plants strawberries on a farm in Mirabel, Que., in May 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes

July 5, 2020

Rethinking the boundaries between economic life and coronavirus death

Carolyn Prouse, Queen's University, Ontario; Beverley Mullings, Queen's University, Ontario; Dairon Luis Morejon Perez, Queen's University, Ontario, and Shannon Clarke, Queen's University, Ontario

COVID-19 has proven that prioritizing the economy over the lives of the poorest and most vulnerable should never be an acceptable fix to economic woes.

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