Sydney Chapados – The Conversation

People rally against provincial and federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates and in support of Ottawa protestors outside the Manitoba Legislature in Winnipeg on Feb. 4. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods

February 18, 2022

Statephobia on display at the ‘freedom convoy’

Sydney Chapados, Carleton University

The convoy’s comparison of Canada’s current government to Nazi Germany draws on previously existing statephobia.

A seven-year-old boy waits at the bus stop in Dallas, Ga., for the first day of school on Aug. 3, 2020. Canadian schools are reopening in September, but is anyone really thinking about the well-being of the children? (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

August 12, 2020

As schools prepare to reopen during COVID‑19, are the kids alright?

Sydney Chapados, Carleton University

Any decision that places a child’s physical and mental health at risk shouldn’t be taken lightly, so policy-makers and parents alike should listen to those most affected — the children themselves.

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