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Covid Safety in 2024

As a disability-led and run company, Opera Mariposa recognizes that addressing the risks of COVID-19 and other airborne illnesses is a critical part of creating accessible spaces. As we head into 2024, Covid continues to evolve – but luckily, so do the tools to help keep everyone safer!

Below are some of our favourite resources to help artists, organizers and audiences engage in community care and create more inclusive events. We are grateful to the many experts and advocates who’ve assisted with our own safety materials, with special thanks to the public health specialists at Protect Our Province BC.

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Graphic of a globe covered in push pins, with text reading Clean Air Club Artist Connect.

CAC Artist Connect

Clean Air Club Artist Connect is a networking hub for Covid-safer, immuno-inclusive artists. Artists can share the health and safety measures they regularly take, as well as the precautions they’re willing to take in order to work with collaborators.

Initiative by: Clean Air Club (CAC)

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Aqua Covid-19 Resources Canada graphic with a Canadian map tiled in images of diverse masked people.

Canadian COVID-19 Hazard Index

The Canadian COVID-19 Hazard index is a biweekly report on COVID levels and impacts in each province and territory. It is one of several great initiatives from COVID-19 Resources Canada, which also offers bilingual Q&As on Zoom and much more.

Initiative by: COVID-19 Resources Canada and award-winning infectious diseases researcher Dr. Tara Moriarty

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Clean Air Club logo with a cute smilling cloud against a blue circle.

Clean Air Club (and related groups)

Clean Air Club (CAC) is a group that provides free air purifiers to Chicago artists and touring musicians. They also provide a wide array of downloadable, printable resources about everything from air pollution to rapid tests to formulating a plan if you test Covid-positive.

Seeking clean air equipment outside the Chicago area? Check out this global map.

Initiative by: Clean Air Club

Clean Air Crew logo with a stylized swirling blue and green globe shape
Clean Air Crew logo with a stylized swirling blue and green globe shape.

Clean Air Crew

Clean Air Crew provides a collection of tips and tools for an airborne pandemic, including fact sheets, F.A.Q.s, instructions for DIY air purifiers and much more.

Initiative by: Clean Air Crew

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Vancouver city scene of tall office buildings, trees, and a walkway next to the water.

Clean Air 604

Clean Air 604 is an organization aimed at providing events with free masks, air purifiers, and more in order to facilitate safer arts spaces in Vancouver and the Lower Mainland.

Seeking clean air resources outside the Lower Mainland? Check out this global map.

Initiative by: Clean Air 604

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Rows of empty red conference seats with slanting light across them from windows

COVID-Safe Conference Guidelines

COVID-Safe Conference Guidelines is a resource providing six simple guidelines for conference organizers to better protect attendees’ health.

Initiative by: Prof Deborah Lupton, Master of Public Health, PhD

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Round Covid Safer Events Toronto logo with a pastel rainbow background and smiling N95.

Covid Safer Events Toronto

Covid Safer Events Toronto is dedicated to uplifting masked and hybrid events in Toronto. Community care is disability justice.

Initiative by: Covid Safer Events Toronto

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Blue Donate a Mask Logo with a circle around a heart wearing a mask, over a hand.

Donate a Mask

Donate A Mask is a volunteer-run charity that ships free N95-equivalent respirator masks to anyone in Canada who requests them, with the aim of aiding vulnerable people and those experiencing financial barriers. People can support the project through donations, or by shopping their charity store.

Initiative by: Evidence-Based Social Enterprises Canada

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A yellow graphic for Essential Opera’s Health & Safety Plan for Covid-safer spaces.

Essential Opera Health & Safety Plan

Essential Opera’s Health & Safety Plan is a template to support COVID-safer spaces for artists and communities. It is available for free or pay-what-you-can.

Initiative by: Essential Opera

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A person with long auburn hair wears a surgical mask.

Human Rights Resources for COVID-19

These human rights resources for COVID-19 come directly from BC’s independent Human Rights Commissioner. They include letters, media releases and policy statements to guide decision-making from a human rights-centred perspective.

Initiative by: BC Office of the Human Rights Commissioner

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Icon of a blue fan with four curved fan blades.

It’s Airborne

It’s Airborne is a blog by Joey Fox, a professional engineer with more than 10 years in the HVAC industry who educates people about ventilation, filtration, and general air cleaning to protect themselves from COVID. The blog includes many great introductory explainers about indoor air quality.

Initiative by: Joey Fox, P.Eng.

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Light aqua graphic reads, Locked Out of the Arts with a padlock and masked key. By occasionally.original and lani.bos

Locked Out (of the Arts)

Locked Out (of the Arts) documents how the performing arts has shut out disabled, immunocompromised, chronically ill and otherwise Covid-cautious folks due to failure to implement Covid precautions – and showcases the work of some fantastic marginalized artists.

Initiative by: Occasionally Original & Lani Boschulte

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Long Covid Justice yellow logo with two overlapping white half-circle outlines.

Long COVID Justice

Long COVID Justice leads grassroots, collective efforts to confront the Long COVID crisis, while centering racial, social, economic and disability justice. Their wide array of resources includes webinars, guides, toolkits and more.

Initiative by: Strategies for High Impact

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Masks4EastVan logo with a blue mask and red heart on a yellow background.

Masks 4 East Van

Masks 4 East Van is a mutual aid project distributing N95-equivalent masks and more to people in East Vancouver and remote areas in BC with inadequate access to health care.

If you’re seeking free masks elsewhere, search for a “Mask Bloc” mutual aid group in your area.

Initiative by: Masks4EastVan

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A metal fan against a light blue background.

OSPE Air Quality Calculator

The OSPE Air Quality Calculator is a free tool to quickly calculate indoor air quality, using things like venue size or number of attendees. It is offered by the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers, which has an Indoor Air Quality advisory group of subject matter experts.

Initiative by: Ontario Society of Professional Engineers

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People’s CDC logo with simple white text on a wine red circle.

People’s CDC

The People’s CDC is a coalition of public health practitioners, scientists, healthcare workers, educators, advocates and people from all walks of life working to reduce the impacts of COVID-19. They offer a wide array of helpful resources, including handouts, webinars, and weekly COVID weather reports for the US.

Initiative by: People’s CDC

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Practicing Inclusion in the Time of COVID

Practicing Inclusion in the Time of COVID is a guide for creating more accessible gatherings, available in English and Spanish. It also links to other resources.

Initiative by: Strategies for High Impact

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Protect Our Province BC logo with a red heart around a grey medical cross.

Protect Our Province BC

Protect Our Province BC is an independent group of physicians, nurses, health scientists, health policy specialists and community advocates. They provide many resources including live briefings on COVID-19 – and can offer free safety plan feedback as well!

If you’re located outside of British Columbia, be sure to check for a “Protect Our Province” group in your province.

Initiative by: Protect Our Province BC

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A blue graphic with rapid tests and the text Covid-19 Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) F.A.Q.

Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) F.A.Q.

This Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) resource includes a how-to video featuring an updated swab technique for better test accuracy, as well as an F.A.Q. compiled by public health experts.

Initiative by: Protect Our Province BC

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A blue graphic from the People’s CDC reads, Safer In-Person Gatherings.

See You Safer

See You Safer is an easy resource providing strategies for safer in-person gatherings. It includes slides, a downloadable PDF, and an event checklist.

Initiative by: People’s CDC

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Closeup of turquoise and white N95 masks on a white background..

Still COVIDing Canada

Still COVIDing Canada is bilingual site providing information, resources, and the latest news articles and research about COVID-19. It offers a monthly news roundup by newsletter to stay in the know – and as a bonus, the site’s news clippings can be shared directly to Facebook and Instagram!

Initiative by: Still COVIDing community in Ottawa-Gatineau

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World Health Network logo with a globe shape of connecting network lines coloured dots.

World Health Network

The World Health Network (WHN) is a global community and independent task force devoted to protecting health and minimizing harm in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. Their resources include guidelines, infographics, data reporting and more.

Initiative by: World Health Network

Last updated May 30, 2024
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