Department of History, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
Can J Health Hist. 2024 Sep;41(2):247-260. doi: 10.3138/cjhh.678-112023. Epub 2024 Sep 3.
In June 2023, we brought together leaders who responded to the emergency phase COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario as part of a "Witness Seminar." This approach to studying history was developed by the Institute of Contemporary British History. It has been extensively used in the history of science and medicine by the Wellcome Trust History of Twentieth Century Medicine. A witness seminar provides a collective oral history, in which participants can express diverse perspectives, build on each other's thoughts, and create a documentary record for policy makers and future historians. The published transcript provides an intimate look at how the pandemic played out in the eyes of some of key responders and raises many questions about the history of public health funding and administration in the province of Ontario, the failures in long-term care, and the need to improve pandemic communication. This article documents the success of the pandemic response.
2023 年 6 月，我们召集了在安大略省应对 COVID-19 紧急阶段的领导人，作为“见证研讨会”的一部分。这种研究历史的方法是由当代英国历史研究所开发的。它已被广泛应用于科学和医学史领域，由惠康信托基金会 20 世纪医学史资助。见证研讨会提供了一种集体口述历史，参与者可以在其中表达不同的观点，相互借鉴思想，并为政策制定者和未来的历史学家创建一份记录。发表的记录提供了一个深入了解疫情在一些关键应对者眼中的发展情况的视角，并提出了许多关于安大略省公共卫生资金和管理的历史、长期护理中的失败以及改善大流行沟通的问题。本文记录了疫情应对的成功。
