Fergus Hambleton, Canadian singer-songwriter and founding member of reggae band The Sattalites, September 2019
Dr. Adom Bondzi-Simpson stands outside Toronto General Hospital on December 7, 2022. Dr. Bondzi-Simpson is in his fourth year as a general surgery resident at UoFt and is the co-founder of UpSurge, a mentorship program aimed at stimulating interest, providing support, and guiding underrepresented students in pursuing surgical careers.
Chris Powell and Jennifer Lowther, who first met at Toronto Pearson Airport in 2003 when their flights were cancelled. They're now married with two teenage children. January 2021
Shot for AARP
Jacob Jaramillo, co-founder of patient-led cystic fibrosis advocacy group "CF Get Loud", November 12, 2021
Writer, journalist, political activist, and feminist Judy Rebick, in Toronto on August 2, 2022. Shot for The Hoser
Andrea and her daughter Ella, January 12, 2020
Andrea de Boer is a singer-songwriter who goes by the name Civil Wray. She and Ella live with Andrea’s mother in an early twentieth-century home in Toronto.
Dredz, a member of Toronto’s unhoused community, outside temporary shelter 45 The Esplanade on September 5, 2022. Shot for The Hoser
Evan MacKenzie, 25, and Gabriella Albino, 26, self-employed, at their home in Toronto on July 23, 2022. Evan and Gabriella wear masks when inside any public indoor spaces. One of many reasons for their initial caution was Gabriella’s chronic illness, which had taken a severe negative turn when the pandemic started. “I was going through chronic illness before the pandemic for a few years, and then right as the pandemic hit I got really, really sick. Evan was my full-time caretaker, we had a PSW coming in here regularly. So I was really immunocompromised.” On top of that, critically ill COVID-19 patients are often treated with corticosteroids, which Gabriella can’t receive due to her chronic illness. Gabriella is no longer on immunosuppressants, but has other autoimmune conditions. She and Evan remain cautious, mainly seeing immediate family and some friends.
Billy Self, 8, and Norah Self, 11, stand outside their school in Toronto on July 21, 2022. The two siblings wear their masks at school and whenever they’re indoors or in crowded outdoor spaces.
Elizabeth Williams, marketing director/occasional VP for startups + fantasy action novelist, 44, poses in her mask in a Toronto park on July 7, 2022. Elizabeth has been a consistent mask-wearer throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. She wears masks when entering stores, such as grocery stores or coffee shops. When eating in a restaurant, she wears her mask until the food comes. “I haven’t had COVID yet and I’m hoping to continue my track record.”
Kartik Talwar, co-founder of ETHGlobal, photographed at Wilfred Laurier’s Lazaridis School of Business and Economics in Waterloo, Ontario on June 23, 2023
Debra Mattson, who lives with cystic fibrosis, photographed in Whitby, ON, May 23, 2022
Mehreen Shahid, communications specialist, writer, and editor. July 2020
Canadian singer-songwriter Jerry Leger in October 2021
Christa and her daughter Sona, May 30, 2019
Christa Couture is a Queer, disabled, Cree non-fiction writer, singer-songwriter, broadcaster, and filmmaker.
Ted Hawkins, vocalist and drummer for Canadian band Thelonious Hank, September 2017
Ahmed Moneka and his daughter Sina at their home in Toronto on January 23, 2020. Originally from Baghdad, Ahmed is a performing artist, vocalist, drummer, and actor. He is one of the founders of the band Moskitto Bar and the creator and leader of Moneka Arabic Jazz.
Canadian singer-songwriter Doug Paisley, November 2017
Canadian musician and artist Steve Caston in 2012
Canadian musician Andrew Barker, January 2017