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My mother, and metaphors of a pandemic

A pandemic. Two members of one family, living thousands of miles apart. And months of calls and messages that helped them grow closer.

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Ancestry, privacy and the family tree

Wanting to find out more about her Jamaican grandfather, Tanya Perdikou contemplates DNA testing. But first she has to consider the potential impact of unexpected results.

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Losing touch

In these pandemic times, when touch has become taboo, Agnese Reginaldo explores the importance of physical contact to our wellbeing.

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Vivekananda’s journey

How a young Indian monk’s travels around the world inspired modern yoga.

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  • A heart pierced with an arrow and a warning to couples to use condoms: an advertisement for safe sex by Health and Welfare Canada. Colour lithograph.
  • The face of a woman looks out as a man comes close to her representing an advertisement for safer sex by Health and Welfare Canada. Colour lithograph.
  • The face of a woman looks out as a man comes close to her representing an advertisement for safer sex by Health and Welfare Canada. Colour lithograph.
  • People from different ethnic origins in Canada; advertising the Canadian Public Health Association AIDS Education and Awareness Program for Punjabi speakers. Colour lithograph.
  • People from different ethnic origins in Canada; advertising the Canadian Public Health Association AIDS Education and Awareness Program for Chinese speakers. Colour lithograph.
  • People from different ethnic origins in Canada; advertising the Canadian Public Health Association AIDS Education and Awareness Program for Hindi speakers. Colour lithograph.
  • People from different ethnic origins in Canada; advertising the Canadian Public Health Association AIDS Education and Awareness Program for Spanish speakers. Colour lithograph.
  • People from different ethnic origins in Canada; advertising the Canadian Public Health Association AIDS Education and Awareness Program for Urdu speakers. Colour lithograph.
  • People from different ethnic origins in Canada; advertising the Canadian Public Health Association AIDS Education and Awareness Program for Creole speakers. Colour lithograph.
  • People from different ethnic origins in Canada; advertising the Canadian Public Health Association AIDS Education and Awareness Program for Arabic speakers. Colour lithograph.
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