Fast-forward 35 years and we find isolation and loneliness have become a significant social and health problem, even before the COVID-19 pandemic made the creation of these important connections much more difficult.
So I was happy to be involved in an online event put on recently by the City of Victoria’s Neighbourhood Team. They showed The Great Disconnect, a one-hour documentary made by Tamer Soliman, an Ottawa-based health practitioner, and released in 2018.
I was one of the experts featured in the film, which I am happy to say recently won the Best Feature Award at the Better Cities Film Festival. The city invited Tamer, his partner Sarah (who was the writer and editor) and me to discuss the film after it was shown.