Sova, an instructor at OCAD University in Toronto, said art was her only remedy as the world became more distant and uncertain times emerged
She would later turn her home office into a makeshift art studio and begin her creative process, but one thing she could not shake off was the thought of her students going through similar emotions.
The course, titled “COVID-19 Responsive Art,” will prompt students to look into their own artwork in response to how the pandemic is affecting their personal lives — and explore how historical and contemporary artists have responded to similar crises in the past.Bigger class could mean up to five times the COVID-19 infections, Canadian study suggests
Nathalie Desrosiers, president of the University of Toronto’s Massey College, said in the fall she will be teaching “The Law of Pandemics” to a fourth-year seminar class. Padmaja Rengamannar, a third-year journalism and political science student at U of T, said it amazed her how she was able to learn about a time that will “undoubtedly be recorded in historical documents” while taking online courses this summer on the implications of the pandemic on international law.
Olabanji Akinola, assistant professor of political science at Algoma University, said he is teaching a course called “Law and Politics of the COVID Pandemic” that will examine the legal and political aspects of the health crisis.
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