COVID Impacts
on Livelihood and Wellbeing
To participate, please contact Ashley at 867-689-5257 or ashley.hope@yswc.ca
We are doing a research project to understand the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the lives of Yukon women.
We're looking for feedback from women in the Yukon who are 19 years of age and older.
Interviews usually take between 60 and 90 minutes and can be done over the phone, by Zoom, or in-person in Whitehorse, and participants are offered a $50 honorarium for their time.
People will be asked how the pandemic has impacted things like paid work and unpaid care work, whether the pandemic changed how much time women spent taking care of children and sick or elderly people, and how the pandemic affected womens’ well-being.
For more information or to participate, please contact Ashley at 867-689-5257 or ashley.hope@yswc.ca.
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BACKGROUND
TIMELINE
2021-2023
FUNDERS
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Government of Yukon
PARTNERS
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University of Northern British Columbia (Fiona MacPhail, PhD)
ABOUT
The project takes a livelihood view of the economy, recognizing that people meet their needs through combinations of market and non-market work (unpaid care work, traditional food collection, sharing, and exchange), and access to publicly provided services (Chambers and Conroy, 1991; Elson, 2010). Going beyond income, well-being captures physical, mental, and emotional well-being, physical and emotional safety, and ability to engage in cultural ceremony. The specific impacts of the pandemic on Yukon women’s livelihoods and well-being may differ from impacts experienced in other parts of Canada, given the Yukon’s unique economic and demographic features.
Research Questions:
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How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected women’s livelihoods?
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How has the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on livelihoods affected well-being beyond income?
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What have been the impacts of federal and territorial responses on livelihoods and well-being?
Goals:
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Contribute to the understanding of the she-cession, women’s care penalty, the shadow pandemic hypotheses, and the particular livelihood challenges of women occupying varying social locations in the Yukon
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Inform policies and programs to mitigate the COVID-19 pandemic impact and consequences
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Aid in facilitating a resilient and economic recovery inclusive of women
OTHER RESOURCES
Canadian Women Foundation
Gender & Covid-19 (Fact Sheet)
Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women (Fact Sheets)
Fact Sheet on Women in a COVID-19 recession: Employment, job loss and wage inequality in Canada