COVID-19 RESOURCE PAGE

Health & Well-being:

Public Health Canada – Updated daily – get current, accurate information, easy to understand fact sheets and videos (EN/FR) and COVID-19 awareness resources (PDF downloads) available in 26 languages here
Podcast: The Happiness Lab – a podcast based on research around happiness, with latest episodes dedicated to topics of coronavirus
Podcast: Choiceology – the episode “Coping Amidst the Pandemic” explores how we can “mitigate the adverse impacts to our mental health and well-being—and maybe even cultivate good new habits that can help us when the crisis is over.”
List of resources from The Interpreter’s Lab Forum – downloadable PDF
TED Talks for Tough Times – A variety of TED Talks to help you navigate difficult situations and emotions

Financial:

Financial Planning During COVID-19: updated every 24 hours! – How to survive a financial emergency: A step-by-step EMERGENCY money guide if you’ve lost your income or worried that you will
Financial Empowerment: Free financial literacy programs, workshops, and financial coaching (for newcomers, youth, seniors, and low income families) offered by Family Services of Greater Vancouver
Medical Services Plan Response to COVID-19 (British Columbia) – Temporary Medical Services Plan (MSP) coverage may be available to assist individuals in B.C. impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Futurepreneur Canada – Resources for Small Business (yes – interpreters working as freelancers can be considered a small business – conditions apply)
Community Resource Bank – a very comprehensive list of resources during self-isolation, organized into financial, physical and mental health, entertainment, creativity, parents, remote jobs

Growth & Development:

COVID-19 Glossary: Key terminology related to COVID-19 in several languages (Translators Without Borders)
Faculty and Community Seminar on Interpreting Studies and Practice – The Faculty and Community Seminar series features guest lectures on a variety of topics of interest to interpreters.
- Borderless People Reflecting on Borders: Interpreters from the Asylum-Seeking community Review their Professional and Personal Boundaries
- Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf: Is RSI the End of the Interpreting Profession?
Free Online Courses to occupy your mind and build your skills – PDF to download with a listing of free, excellent, and relevant online courses for interpreters … and others

Interpreting in the time of COVID-19:

Interpreting in the face of a pandemic – ATA Interpreters Division
“Coronavirus Patients Who Don’t Speak English Could End Up ‘Unable to Communicate in Their Last Moments of Life’” – TIME, April 13th

Planning for the Future

We are pretty sure that many of you might be thinking about how to”future-proof” yourself so that when the next emergency hits (it doesn’t have to be a pandemic), you will have other options available. One such option is to work as a remote interpreter – which involves much more than just picking up your phone or signing in online.
That’s right… it’s time to take the plunge

Online Training by Seven Sisters Training and String & Can Multilingual on how to get yourself set up as a remote interpreter