Experiences of the Covid-19 pandemic: From the perspective of an MSW student

Tina Hugo

doi:10.1177/1473325020981092

Experiences of the Covid-19 pandemic: From the perspective of an MSW student

Qual Soc Work. 2021 Mar;20(1-2):604-609. doi: 10.1177/1473325020981092.

Author

Tina Hugo¹

Affiliation

¹ Lyle S. Hallman Faculty of Social Work, Wilfrid Laurier University, 120 Duke St W, Kitchener, Ontario, N2H 6P6, Canada.

Abstract

This reflexive essay offers an uncensored narrative and delves deep into the life of one MSW student during the Covid-19 pandemic. Five themes were uncovered through intense reflexive based practices and these included: parenting and food insecurity, silencing of the voice, grieving the practicum placement, the white gaze and a reduced empathetic capacity. Ultimately, meaning making is achieved through unsettling the concept of the self, identifying and exposing vulnerability and deflowering the power dynamics operating within Canada.

Keywords: Covid-19; Practicum; reflexivity; self-concept.