Liam Sturgess

William Chamberlain Sturgess, known publicly as Liam Sturgees, is a Canadian musical artist, producer and audio engineer based in Vancouver, British Columbia.¹⁾ His work has been featured on several mainstream media outlets including CTV, the Georgia Straight, and the North Shore News.^{2) 3) 4) 5)}

Sturgess was given the Kind Heart Award by City of North Vancouver Mayor Linda Buchanan in the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic.^{6) 7)}

Discussing local governments' actions in the first wave of shutdowns resulting in the widespread cancellation of artistic and youth events, Sturgess noted “even though the world was drastically changing, we [can] still take a moment to be thankful for our successes and joys from the past while we prepare for the uncertain future.”⁸⁾

In September 2021, Sturgess co-authored the Canadian Covid Care Alliance (CCCA) policy statement alongside several other CCCA members.⁹⁾

In October 2021, Sturgess co-authored a paper for the CCCA on the topic of natural immunity to COVID-19 alongside Drs. Bonnie Mallard, Niel Karrow, Byram Bridle, David Speicher, Chris Shaw and Steven Pelech, reviewing a collection of 15 studies compiled by Daniel Horowitz at Blaze Media.¹⁰⁾

In June 2022, Sturgess travelled to Toronto, Ontario to participate as secretary in A Citizens' Hearing.¹¹⁾

Sturgess authors “COVID-19 Reports”, a Substack series primarily investigating conflicts of interest in Canada's COVID-19 response.¹²⁾ A second series titled “The COVID Blacklist” began in in June 2022, with investigations into Margaret Hamburg and Afsaneh Beschloss.^{13) 14)}

In May 2022, Sturgess self-published National Advisory Committee on Immunization: COVID-19 Report. As of January 2023, the book was ranked #16 in Amazon's list of best-selling “Medical Drug Guides”, #17 in “Drug Guides (Books)” and #79 in “Public Health Administration”.¹⁵⁾

Sturgess is a writer/editor for the Canadian Covid Care Alliance (CCCA), where he also briefly served as Chair of the group's External Communications Committee.¹⁶⁾