In this essay, Patricia Van Katwyk and Veen Wong examine the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on personal support workers in Ontario, Canada. The authors share findings from their SSRC-supported research, which leveraged photovoice—a form of community-based storytelling using images—to facilitate the sharing of experiences characterized by precarity and grief.
Veen Wong
Veen Wong is a social worker with a passion for research and have worked in the health and social service sectors for over a decade. She is a PhD student in the School of Public Health Sciences at the University of Waterloo. Wong completed her master of social work at the University of Waterloo with a focus on mental health promotion and arts-based research. Her research interests include health equity, arts-based methodology, and technology.