T & M Cluster members Barbara Layne, Kathleen Vaughan, Aaron McIntosh, Miranda Smitheram, Alex Bachmayer, Etta Sandry, Cecilia McKinnon, Marie-Christine Lariviére, Molly-Claire Gillett and Lauren Osmond make up half of a team of volunteers who are sewing surgical facemasks to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic. Other volunteers include Concordia alumni, staff, faculty members and members of the Montreal community. The project is led by Barbara Layne and Frederic Guilhem (EHS) with the goal of producing 2500 masks for donation.
You can find more information here:
Milieux Website
https://milieux.concordia.ca/volunteers-sewing-masks-during-covid-19-pandemic/
Concordia Website
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