1. Introduction, Jon Peirce
2. Historical Material
a. Lessons from History, Hoffman, Grant, McMillan
b. Graveside Thoughts Upon the Spanish Flu, Smith
c. Long-Term Perspective, Pickering
3. The First Wave
a. At the Beginning, Peirce
b. Mid-Cycle, Peirce
4. Health and Dying
a. When They Come Back, Allen
b. My Mom, Amable
c. COVID-19, Death and Dying, Grant
d. Having a Stroke During COVID, Johnson, Ian
e. Ma mere centenaire, Lavoie
f. Aged Lament, McMillan
g. Watching Mom Deteriorate, Mills
h. COVID and Mental Health, Peirce
i. Drinking During the Pandemic, Petrie
5. Humour
a. It’s Not My Fault, Mardelli
b. COVID-19 Vaccination and Tennis, Murphy
c. Dr Q’s Pandemic Bulletin: Spring Planting Edition, Pellegrin
d. The Toilet Paper Apocalypse, Shaw e. Pandemic Fragrant: Eden III, Shaw
f. The Speech Before St-COVID Vaccine, Shakesneedle g. Contest, Peirce
6. COVID and Me
a. How COVID Changed My Outlook on Life, Bertrand b. Through My Lens, Coates
c. COVID-19: Le Temps, Domingue
d. Peoplephile, Haroun
e. What’s a Pandemic? Horne
f. Damn COVID, Humphrey
g. COVID, Johnson, Georgia
h. COVID-19: Hope, Grace, Generosity, Steeves
i. COVID, Veber
j. Don’t Get Sick in COVID Times, Yaraskavitch
k. Small Mercies of COVID, Zimmer
7. Politics of COVID
a. Grannies and COVID, McMillan
b. Politics and COVID 1, Peirce
c. Politics and COVID 2, Peirce
d. COVID, Social Responsibility, and the Next Times, Lennon
8. COVID and Working
a. Back to (pre-) School, Barnes
b. An Inhospitable Season, Clough
c. Working my Way Out of the Labour Force, Giroux
d. Fundraising Amidst COVID, Hartman
e. It’s OK if I’m not OK, Hawkins
f. Prof with Parkinson’s, Hoffman and Peirce
g. COVID Essay, Keener
h. Easing the Final Slide, Newman and Peirce
i. Sudden Turns, Ota
j. Un petit recit, pour…, Pellerin-Forget
k. La bientraitance au temps, Rochon
9. Technology
a. BTW: A One Act Play, Patterson
b. COVID, Technology and Me, Tausch
c. Virtual Apprentice, Peirce
10. Travel
a. COVID Travels to/with Family, Arsove
b. Physically Distanced, Barclay
c. Four Adults, One Pandemic, Stead
11. Poetry
a. Before, Buko
b. Pandemic Poems, Calvo
c. Five Poems, Figueroa
d. Never Had I Ever, Mackenzie
e. Al’abri de la tempete, Rochon
f. Cardinals, Sharma
g. Because they Eat Bats, Torrevillas
12. COVID and the Arts
a. Show and Sell, Barss
b. A Dagger to the Heart, Alexander
c. Pandemic Memories, Lenarczyk
d. The Next Breath You Take, Millard
e. Theatre in a COVID World, Naomi
f. Theatre During the Pandemic, Peirce
13. Milestones and Ceremonies
a. Farewell to Nova Scotia, Peirce
b. Moving During COVID, BrumitKropf
c. My Niece’s Wedding, Peirce, Don
d. Being Poutined-In, Peirce
14. End Pieces
a. It’s the Old World After All, McMillan
b. Quarantine I, Hoffman
15. Conclusion and Acknowledgements
16. About the Contributors (bios)