I think the biggest thing that has happened with any of the social issues we address is that social isolation has been real and also that there's not necessarily an ability to reach out for crisis services. At some point Alberta women shelters actually had fewer residents because women weren't able to access the resources.
One of the things that we look at the most in the work we do is who is socially isolated, what are the social determinants of health that are keeping people from being able to access services, and what can we do as a community to ensure that people not only have professional supports, but also have some natural supports in their lives so that they can reach out to someone in their lives who can help them. I think if nothing else has been learned, we need strong support systems so that we can get through crises whether they be a pandemic, or the ongoing social issues that persist in our society.