COVID-19 Resources
What is COVID-19
Physical Distancing
Ways You Can Stop COVID-19
Parenting During COVID-19
Financial Information for Parents
Reading Bear Activity Tips
Acknowledgements for COVID-19 Resources
This project was created March 2020 by a group of Reading Bear Society (RBS) medical students along with the RBS FLEX experts and RBS advisory board members. For the most up-to-date COVID-19 updates, please visit the BC Centre for Disease Control (CDC).
University of British Columbia (UBC) student leadership group Victoria Baronas, MD Candidate 2020, RBS board member; Brett Collinge, MSc Candidate 2021, BSc Honours Biochemistry, RBS Co-Chair of Communications; Amy Plessis, MD Candidate 2020, Founder RBS Kelowna Chapter; Jennifer Wildi, MD Candidate 2021
Editor: Christine Rowlands, BA UBC '99
Design: Katrina Hsu, MSc Global Health, BSc Biomedical Physiology, RBS Director of Communications
Special thanks to Janet Greenman (MD, FRCPC, FAAP), director of the Pediatric Residency Program in the Faculty of Medicine at UBC for reviewing these materials.
We also thank the RBS advisory board and directors for their support:
Dana Anderson, RN, BSN, BC Children's Hospital, mother of three
Joanne Archer, RN, BTech, MA Education & Practice Coordinator, BC Provincial Infection Control Network
Stephenie Gold, MA, Registered Clinical Counsellor and Director, LEAP Clinic
Rebecca James, mother of three
Lynn D. Miller, PhD, Lic. Psych. (CO), Associate Professor Emeritus. UBC
Danielle Neer, MEd, MA Child Studies. Reading Recovery/Resource Teacher
Trevor Newton, MD UBC '87, CCFP (EM), Site Lead, UBC Urgent Care
Joanne Roussy, RN, PhD UBC '99, RBS President & Co-founder
Lynne Stanger, BA, MEd
Peter Wang, MD UBC '19, Family Medicine resident
Although the RBS strives to provide complete and accurate information, we make no warranties, express or implied, as to the accuracy of the information in our materials and assume no liability or responsibility for any errors or omissions in our materials.