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As per the provincial direction based on the Ontario ethical framework, anyone looking to book an appointment for the second COVID-19 vaccine
MUST WAIT 16 WEEKS from their first shot, unless they qualify for a specific exemption. Anyone booking, and showing up at a clinic for there second vaccine, before the 16-week wait will be turned away and not receive the shot.
The provincial direction and the ethical framework for Ontario are based on the National Advisory Committee on Immunization’s (NACI) scientific recommendations extending dose intervals for COVID-19 vaccines to optimize early vaccine rollout and population protection in Canada.
Representatives of 20 startups delivered minute-long elevator pitches in a Thursday matchmaking event hosted by The Garage, allowing students interested in entrepreneurship to interact with Northwestern-based companies.
The Garage is home to many student-founded organizations that belong to two tiers Residency and the Tinker programs. The Tinker program is for students in the ideation phase, while the Residency offers more access to The Garage’s resources.
Melissa Kaufman, The Garage’s executive director, introduced the event as an opportunity for student startups in The Garage to find teammates.
“We’ve tried a number of different formats for connecting students.” Kaufman said. “Everything from a website to putting stuff on the fridge in The Garage, and we found that this format works really, really well.”
Last summer, Communication freshman Asha Yearwood’s Instagram direct messages were flooded with drawings, photographs, creative writing and Notes app poetry. She has since used that content in “From the Homies with Love,” an interactive literary magazine supporting multiple racial justice organizations.
Yearwood was inspired to start the project during protests in response to George Floyd’s death. In the following months, she worked with The Garage at Northwestern to edit and publish the final 100-page magazine, complete with QR codes linking to additional content.
“This issue of racial injustice and inequality is bigger than just me,” Yearwood said. “I was thinking about ways to use creative energy to enact positive change in a way that felt really authentic to me.”