On today’s Tantramar Report:
Vaccination clinics in Sackville
Public Health is hosting a vaccination clinic today at the Sackville Visitor Information Centre, with walk-in appointments for anyone 12 and older who has not yet had a first or second shot of a COVID-19 vaccine. The information centre is also booked on Saturday, February 5 and Monday, February 7 for booster shots, kids shots and other appointments through the province’s online booking system.
Sackville will host another vaccination clinic this coming Saturday, geared specifically to help those under 30 get their booster shots. People 29 and under are being given the Pfizer vaccine exclusively, due to increased risk for that age group with the Moderna vaccine. Local pharmacist Charles Beaver tells Tantramar Report he hopes about 600 young people can get their booster shot through the clinic, happening on Saturday, January 29 at the Mount Allison athletic centre, in collaboration with Mount Allison University and public health.
To register, people must have had two shots of a vaccine at least 5 months ago, and be under 30 years old. Appointments are available via the Corner Drug Store website, thecornerdrugstore.ca
Goodbye Sentinel, hello Voyent-Alert
The town of Sackville is making the switch to a new emergency alert system, Voyent Alert. Sackville special projects manager Kieran Miller tells Tantramar Report more about the system, and why the town wants you to sign up.
New research will look to international examples of how to improve care work
The pandemic has shown a light on issues with how we care for each other on an institutional level, forcing us to ask questions like, is the care we provide to vulnerable people up to our community standards? A Mount A researcher and her partners in the New Brunswick Coalition of Pay Equity are now looking into the flip side of that question, focussing on the working conditions of the 10 to 12,000 care sector workers in New Brunswick.
Dr. Rachelle Pascoe-Deslauriers is launching her research project this Wednesday in a webinar featuring a panel discussion and keynote address talking about how people value care work here and internationally.
Pascoe-Deslauriers and New Brunswick Coalition for Pay Equity director Johanne Perron joined us on Tantramar Report to explain their project and the state of care work in New Brunswick.
To attend this Wednesday’s online panel and keynote address, you can register at this link or check out the New Brunswick Coalition for Pay Equity on Facebook.