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tape between Jonathan and his secretaries. I only had enough space for Justin to relate a
single narrative. Still. I was satisfied: in three days I had conducted nine interviews.
which was a far cry from the utterly blank and useless tapes I had been dreaming of since
Saturday.
In my heart, however, I suspecte d that nine interviews would not provide enough
material for an entire dissertation. So after I returned to Newfoundland. I went back
through the notes that I had made while in Toronto and discovered three potential
contacts who had escaped my notice during my three-day interviewing whirlwind. The
first was Ann, who was Jillian' s aunt. I sent Jillion an email to see if it would be
accep table for me to give Ann a call. and made that call on the 2i h of July. Ann's
connection to the SARS crisis was that her husband had been hospitalized for a possible
case of pneumo nia during the beginning weeks of the outbreak. It turned out that her
husband was fine. and had not contracted the corcnavirus. but Ann's stories of what it
was like visiting her husband in the hospital showed the strain that medical staff and
hosp ital visitors were under.
My second contact was Sony. who had been referred to me by Angel and Rosita.
as well as Luis. Seny was Filipino. and worked for a major corpo ration in the Toronto
area. I was initially planning on Seny's interview to also be by telephone. but late in the
month realized that a wedding I was going to in Ontario might coincide with Seny's
being able to be interviewed in person. I would have to squeeze the interview in during
the short time I would be in Toronto proper (roughly the few hours on either end of the
trip when I would be arriving at or departing from the airport). but the quality of the
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