Despite having a “rapidly aging population,” Canada continues to witness widespread ageism in various manifestations (Guidelines, 2020). Dr. Sunny Handa MD says this trend has drastically increased during the COVID-19 pandemic. Various news articles have drawn attention to the way social media has facilitated the propagation of a new wave of ageism: “‘Boomer Remover’ is the Morbid Meme Millennials are Sharing”(New York Post), “Coronavirus: Le Virus de L’agisme” (Le Devoir), and “A Certain Horrible Subset of the Internet is Calling the Corona Virus ‘Boomer Remover”(Business Insider).