Vaccine Safety Surveillance in Canada: Opportunities for Equity

This NCCID-CAIRE webinar will feature experts from Canada who discuss different approaches to vaccine safety surveillance currently used in Canada. Speakers will discuss the strengths and limitations of these systems through an equity lens, and explore ways to address current challenges in this regard.

Types of Vaccines

This infographic describes the types of vaccines, including live attenuated vaccines, inactivated vaccines, toxoid vaccines, nucleic acid vaccines, viral vector vaccines, and more.

Global Immunization Programs: A Summary and Consideration of Polio Vaccine Programs

This document provides a summary of the significant progress made in immunization globally, and a history of efforts towards polio eradication. The aim of this project is to explore various strategies used by other parts of the world and provide recommendation to improve Canada immunization programs, particularly following the COVID-19 pandemic. There are lessons to be learned for Canada from the experiences of other countries in providing mass immunization programs.

Supporting Vaccine Confidence in Indigenous Peoples

The National Collaborating Centre for Indigenous Health (NCCIH), in collaboration with the National Collaborating Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCCID), has produced several resources to support vaccine confidence amongst First Nations, Inuit and Métis people and communities. These resources include five fact sheets as well as an immunization guide and related 18-month calendar.  

PHAC Webinar: Seasonal Influenza Immunization 2022-2023

This moderated, live webinar discusses the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) recommendations on seasonal influenza vaccine use for the 2022-2023 season. The webinar addresses the role of health care providers in vaccine uptake and will include an overview of antiviral treatment of influenza. The presentations are followed by a question and answer period.