In the first session, Sara Sinclair discusses her background, family, and identification with the city of Toronto. She talks about when she began to pay attention to news related to COVID-19 and the decision that she and her husband made to leave New York with their son and return to Canada. In the second session, Sinclair gives an update on her family's life in her husband's parents' house located in Huntsville, Ontario. In both sessions, she analyzes the impacts of the pandemic for indigenous communities
COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-; COVID-19 (Disease)--Social Aspects; Epidemics--Social Aspects; Social distancing (Public health); COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- , in mass media; Ontario Huntsville; Ontario Toronto; Sinclair, Sara
Format
oral histories
Genre
Interviews
Date
2020
Physical Description
75 pages
Note (Biographical)
Sara Sinclair is an oral historian living in the Fort Greene neighborhood of Brooklyn. Originally from Toronto, Ontario, Sinclair and her family were quarantining near Huntsville, Ontario at the time of this interview
Note
Interviewed by Amy Starecheski on April 24 and August 25, 2020
Note (Provenance)
Sara Sinclair, Gift, transferred from Columbia Center for Oral History Research 2023