This book captures a unique moment in time, relatively early into the COVID-19 pandemic, when the implications and consequences of the pandemic remained unclear and largely unpredictable. The contributors to this volume contemplate the impact of the pandemic on our relationships with children and youth, child and youth serving systems, and broader issues in society that directly relate to childhood and youth. The essays collected in this volume cover a variety of perspectives that range from systemic racism in child-serving institutions to the politics of childhood during a pandemic, and the psychological and even neurological impacts of lockdowns, public restrictions and social isolation. Beyond capturing the moment in time, the contributors also focused on the long-term; they contemplated how the evolving situation might affect the way we think about child and youth services and our relationships to children, their families and their communities. From the very theoretical to the concrete and the practical, this volume provides current thinking and practice in relation to pandemic-impacted residential care settings, education and schools, hospital settings, communities, practitioners, and more. This book was originally published as a special issue of the journal Child & Youth Services.
"1. Introduction 2. Disparities in Education: E-Learning and COVID-19, Who Matters? 3. CO-Vigilance: Radical Posturing for Uncertain Times 4. Prop It up or Let It Fall? K-12 Schooling in and after COVID-19 5. The Effects of COVID-19 Prevention Measures on Families 6. Relationships between Human and Nonhuman Animals 7. Leaving the Virus behind: Seeing the Glass Half Full Amidst COVID-19 8. From Crisis to Opportunity: Rethinking Education in the Wake of COVID-19 9. The Distressing Levels of the Covid-19 Crisis 10. Building Resilience in Covid-19 11. Coronavirus Challenges for Family Social Workers in Hong Kong 12. Reflections on Being Oppression-Adjacent in the Time of COVID 13. Social Protection: An Essential and Effective Social Policy Response During and After COVID-19 14. The Immanence of Change: Who Will Write the History of COVID-19? 15. During a Pandemic, the Digital Divide, Racism and Social Class Collide: The Implications of COVID-19 for Black Students in High Schools 16. Hiding and Being Found: How Inequity Found Its Spotlight during COVID-19 and What It Means for the Future 17. COVID-19 Pandemic and Public Private Partnerships: Supporting Children and Young People 18. Covid-19 and Vulnerable Families Living in Rural Locations: Building a System for Recovery 19. COVID 19: The Precarity of Families and Disability 20. COVID-19 and Collective Grief 21. COVID-19 in the Era of Opioid Overdose: A Glimmer of Hope in the Midst of Double Whammy Tragedy 22. Finding Our Power Together: Working with Indigenous Youth and Children during COVID-19 23. Advocating for Health and Well-Being 24. Covid-19 and Intergenerational Anxiety and Trauma 25. The Longer-Term Ramifications of the Covid-19 Pandemic for Children, Families, and Their Communities 26. The Crisis of Loss and Moral Injury – Lasting Effects of COVID-19 on Teenagers and Healthcare Workers 27. COVID-19: Effects of the Shutdown on Children and Families in Child and Youth Care Services in Germany 28. Engagement Redefined: Children and Youth without parental Care during and post Covid-19, India 29. Covid: What’s Next for Indigenous People? 30. Challenges for Indigenous Children and Youth 31. Covid-19 Fares Gently with Children and Youngsters, but They Bear a Large Burden Due to the Lock down of the Society 32. COVID-19, the Opioid Epidemic and the Housing Crisis 33. A Unique Experience 34. COVID-19 and Youth in Detention 35. Renewed Grammars of Care: A(n Abbreviated) Case for the End of ""the Service Provider"" 36. Coronavirus and Youth 37. Navigating the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Future of Children and Young People 38. Galvanizing Solidarity Through Chaos: Policing, Surveillance and the Impact of COVID-19 on Black Canadian Youth"
Grant Charles is a social work professor at the University of British Columbia, Canada and the managing editor of Child & Youth Services. Kiaras Gharabaghi is the dean, Faculty of Community Services at Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada and specializes in child and youth care practices locally and globally. Shadan Hyder is a community activist and child and youth care practitioner in Toronto, Canada with a diploma, Bachelor and Masters degrees in Child and Youth Care. Ashley Quinn is an Indigenous social work professor at the University of Toronto, Canada.
