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Event: AFTERSHOCK – Looking back at 1918 for a view of Vancouver’s future Event Description The first victim in Vancouver of the 1918 influenza epidemic Annie Sachs a mother of three young children – died on October 8, 1918. By October 27, 1918, 24 people in Vancouver died in a single day. Before the disease’s fury was spent, almost one per cent of Vancouver’s population had died. In the following decade, Vancouver underwent extraordinary changes in urban planning, design and architecture as World War One ended, the economy shuddered, protests filled the streets and cities re-invented themselves. A century later, Vancouver is once again grappling with the effects of a pandemic. The boundaries between past and present begin to blur when we look closely at what happened in 1918 and where we are now.

British columbiaKelley leeUytae leeAnnie sachsAmary roweJohn atkinCanadian society for international healthVancouver city planning commission chronologyCanada researchTieri professor of public healthSimon fraser universityBc council for internationalCanadian urban instituteWorld war oneVancouver city planning commissionChronology project