Actions & Campaigns

We’re stronger together. Join people across British Columbia (and around the world) to raise your voice, and take action to advance COVID safety and health equity in BC.

Keep & improve masks in healthcare

Tell BC policy-makers to keep masks in healthcare year round – and strengthen protection with proper enforcement, N95s, and closing gaps in coverage!

Minimum time: 1 minute or less

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Blue, yellow and black graphic with an illustration of a person in an N95, fist raised, holding a sign that reads: Keep (and improve) masks in healthcare. Next to the DoNoHarm BC logo and a QR code, smaller text reads, Add your voice by April 1: www.DoNoHarmBC.ca
  

Share your story with Postcards for Public Health

Tell the government what’s important to YOU! Amplify our other campaigns, or share how lack of COVID safety impacts you or your community. Use our free printable postcards or any old card, or get creative. Mail to government is free!*

*Note: CUPW has announced a Canada Post strike starting November 15, 2024, and mail may be delayed.

Minimum time: 2 minutes

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A scattering of colourful printed postcards from DoNoHarm BC include slogans like Clean the Air, Hospitals should give care not Covid, and Be Kind (protect the vulnerable). Between them, postcard backs have hand-written messages to Health Minister Adrian Dix.
  

Deadline: ongoing

Demand Novavax access in BC

Join people across BC to call for access to Novavax’s updated JN.1 COVID vaccine without delay. For some British Columbians, this protein-based vaccine is the only option they can tolerate – meaning that without it, they can’t get vaccinated at all. Add your voice to support health equity for all, and demand #NovavaxNow.

Minimum time: 1 minute or less!

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Deadline: ongoing

Past campaigns

We need masks in healthcare

Tell BC policy-makers to restore and strengthen mask protections in healthcare ASAP, in order to protect both patients and healthcare workers.

Minimum time: 1 minute or less!

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Bold yellow and charcoal graphic with an illustration of a person in an N95, fist raised, holding a sign that reads: There is no acceptable level of avoidable healthcare infections. WE NEED MASKS IN HEALTHCARE. Next to the DoNoHarm BC logo and a QR code, smaller text reads, Add your voice today: www.DoNoHarmBC.ca
  

Deadline: ASAP and ongoing!

Say no to harmful Long COVID recommendations

Respond to risky recommendations to use exercise to prevent Long COVID, cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) to treat it, and more.

Minimum time: 10-15 minutes (much faster with template answers)

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2024 Clean Air Festival

Join DoNoHarm BC at the 2024 Clean Air Festival! We’re thrilled to be one of the presenting groups for this COVID-safer, immuno-inclusive hybrid event. Enjoy the outdoor concert, prize draw, kids’ games, freebies and more – and stop by the DoNoHarm BC table to write some #Postcards4PublicHealth!

Respirator style masks required & available.

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Coming Sunday, September 15 @ 1-6:30 PM

Help shape accessibility laws in BC

BC policy-makers are in the early stages of creating new regulations around accessibility. Help us get important safety priorities written into law – and make it harder for anti-safety measures (like mask bans) to pass in future!

Time: 15-20 minutes (faster with template answers)

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Urgent: Tell BC not to end Paxlovid access in BC

Access to the ONLY home treatment for COVID-19 hangs in the balance in BC. Tell policy-makers we need to cover Paxlovid with Pharmacare – and it shouldn’t cost people $1,400!

Minimum time: 1 minute or less!

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Vulnerability Isn’t Seasonal 2.0: restore masks to BC healthcare

Tell BC policy-makers to keep and strengthen mask protections in healthcare. Vulnerability isn’t seasonal, and neither is COVID-19 – add your voice to protect patients and healthcare workers year-round.

Minimum time: 1 minute or less!

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An orange-coloured graphic. At the top right is the logo for DoNoHarm BC. Below is a title that reads, Vulnerability isn't Seasonal two-point-oh (styled as "2.0"). Below this is a hashtag reading, #KeepMasksInHealthcare. To the right is a photo of a white N95 mask with yellow straps. A black footer at the bottom shows the tagline, Let's get loud, followed by the URL, www.DoNoHarmBC.ca, and a QR code.
  

Deadline: Ongoing

Tell the BC NDP what you care about for 2024

Use our survey answer ideas to tell the BCNDP that COVID safety and clean air are key issues in the 2024 election year – and that this includes masks in healthcare.

Minimum time: 5 minutes

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Vulnerability isn’t seasonal: keep masks in BC healthcare

Tell BC policy-makers to keep and strengthen mask protections in healthcare. Vulnerability isn’t seasonal, and neither is COVID-19 – add your voice to protect patients and healthcare workers year-round.

Minimum time: 1 minute or less!

READ MORE
Two adults in N95 masks against a light blue background, one with long dark hair, assisting an elder with white hair using a walker. Black text reads, Vulnerability Isn't Seasonal. #KeepMasksInHealthcare. Share your thoughts by April 1. www.DoNoHarmBC.ca
  

Tell the federal government to fund COVID safety in 2024

Use our template survey answers to tell the Government of Canada to fund clean air, Long COVID care and research, and a PPE tax credit for Canadians!

Minimum time: 5 minutes

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Renew pandemic support in BC’s 2024 budget

B.C. funding for COVID-related initiatives ends after 2023. Join us to demand continued funding for essential tools like vaccination, testing, and PPE for healthcare workers – plus other vital public health measures like clean air and Long COVID support.

Minimum time: 1 minute or less!

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Include COVID safety in Richmond’s Accessibility Plan

Tell the City of Richmond to include clean air and COVID safety in their new Accessibility Plan, using our template survey answers. Anyone can take part, and improvements for one city set an important precedent for others!

Minimum time: 5 minutes

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A Black woman points out something in the distance to her non-binary Asian partner as they hold hands and stroll through a lush park. The couple both wear KN-95 masks and have coordinating colors on, with woman in lavender, white, and pastel pink and the non-binary person in champagne pink.
  

Add COVID safety to Vancouver accessibility planning

Tell the City of Vancouver to include clean indoor air and COVID safety in their new Accessibility Strategy. Survey open to members of the disability community, family, caregivers, and organizations providing services.

Minimum time: 5 minutes

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Want to learn more, or organize your own action? Check out our resources below.

  • A person with olive skin and curly dark hair wears an N95 mask and a yellow sweater, holding a phone to their ear.
    How to call your MLA (and other policy-makers)
    Use our phone scripts to call your MLA and other key policy-makers in 30 seconds!
  • White fax machine against a turquoise background. A hand reaches in to remove a piece of paper
    Fax or email your MLA (and other policy-makers)
    Use our templates to fax or email your MLA and other policy-makers, demanding better COVID safety in BC. (Find a free online fax service too!)
  • Closeup of hands addressing a letter
    Contact List of BC Policy-makers
    Get contact information for key BC policy-makers in healthcare, including phone numbers, fax numbers, and mailing addresses.
  • Against a yellow background, colourful text reads: "Postcards for Public Health." Scattered postcards surround the text, with a message reading: "Dear Adrian, Please Help! Sincerely, DoNoHarm BC."
    #Postcards4PublicHealth Guide 2.0
    Did you know sending mail to many members of government is free? Send policy-makers a postcard (or a dozen postcards) to highlight the impacts of abandoning safety measures and demand change.
  • Dr Karina Zeidler, a white woman with long grey hair, wears a print dress and an N95 mask. She is being interviewed by a CityNews 1130 reporter who holds a camera and microphone, wearing headphones, a press badge and a surgical mask. The crowd around them all wear N95s, some holding signs.
    Media relations for organizers
    As activists, one of our big goals is to get our message out there. If you’re new to media relations, read on to find some ways that you can share your story with the press.
  • letter blocks spell out the word Long COVID, with the O in COVID shaped like the coronavirus
    Say no to harmful Long COVID guidance
    Respond ASAP to risky recommendations to use exercise to prevent Long COVID, cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) to treat it, and more.
  • A Black person with dreadlocks and an Asian person with long black hair are wearing respirators and holding a laptop
    Help shape accessibility laws in BC
    Help us get important safety priorities written into law – and make it harder for anti-safety measures (like mask bans) to pass in future.
  • A grey-haired healthcare worker wearing a white coat and stethoscope does a blood draw from a young person with long dark hair and a dark shirt. They are both wearing respirators.
    Tell the BC NDP what you care about for 2024
    Use our example survey answers to tell the BC NDP that COVID safety, clean air, and immuno-inclusivity are key election issues in 2024 – and that this includes masks in healthcare.
  • Closeup of a Black person's hands holding an N-95 equivalent mask
    Tell the federal government to fund Covid safety in 2024
    Use our template survey answers to tell the federal government to include clean air, Long Covid research and a PPE tax credit in the 2024 budget by February 9, 2024.
  • A Black woman points out something in the distance to her non-binary Asian partner as they hold hands and stroll through a lush park. The couple both wear KN-95 masks and have coordinating colors on, with woman in lavender, white, and pastel pink and the non-binary person in champagne pink.
    Tell the City of Richmond to include COVID Safety in their Accessibility Plan
    Use our template survey answers to tell the City of Richmond to include clean air and COVID safety in their new Accessibility Plan by December 3, 2023.
  • A scattering of colourful printed postcards from DoNoHarm BC include slogans like Clean the Air, Hospitals should give care not Covid, and Be Kind (protect the vulnerable). Between them, postcard backs have hand-written messages to Health Minister Adrian Dix.
    #Postcards4PublicHealth DIY Campaign Builder
    Use our DIY campaign builder kit to launch your own Postcards for Public Health campaign, and to join us in taking action from your own region in the world! Find resources to participate in whatever way best fits your capacity.
  • Against a yellow background, colourful text reads: "Postcards for Public Health." Scattered postcards surround the text, with a message reading: "Dear Adrian, Please Help! Sincerely, DoNoHarm BC."
    #Postcards4PublicHealth Guide 1.0
    In this Covid action campaign, we’re harnessing the power of our personal stories to highlight the impacts of abandoning safety measures, and to demand change in BC.

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