This webinar discusses some of the specific challenges for vaccine uptake amongst First Nations, Inuit and Métis populations, including their negative historic and contemporary experiences with mainstream healthcare systems, health care professionals, and vaccine providers in Canada.
Webcasts
COVID-19 Testing Technologies
This webinar will inform health care professionals on the latest COVID-19 testing and testing technologies in Canada.
Recommendations of the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) on the use of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine
This webinar is to inform health care and vaccine providers on the NACI recommendations on the use of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.
Recommendations of the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) on the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine
This webinar is to inform health care providers on the NACI recommendations on the use of this COVID-19 vaccine.
TB Talks, S2: Episode 4 – What it Takes
In the final episode of this series, TB program staff reflect on their lessons from the outbreak, including what worked well, and what is still needed for TB elimination.
TB Talks, S2: Episode 3 – Get Away from Me
Our third episode looks deeper into the impact of stigma, particularly on the experiences of one young woman whose life had been repeatedly up-ended by the disease.
TB Talks, S2: Episode 2 – My Four-Year-Old Son
Episode two describes the TB journey of a young mother and her four year old son after learning he had contracted a rare form of the disease.
TB Talks, S2: Episode 1 – The Face of the First Case
Our first episode takes us to the beginning – the story of how a young adult fell through the cracks of a strained health system to become the outbreak’s index case.
One Infection, Four Continents & Eight Countries: the psychosocial implications of the COVID-19 pandemic
A Canadian-led collaboration of research in eight countries aims to measure the role communication strategies and media discourse play in shaping psychological and behavioural responses of the populations during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Measuring what counts in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic: Equity indicators for public health
In this webinar, speakers will discuss the development and application of a public health emergency preparedness framework, corresponding indicators and health equity prompts.
Seasonal Influenza 2020-2021 Recommendations in the Context of COVID-19
Learn about this year’s recommendations for the prevention and treatment of seasonal influenza, the use of antivirals, the recommended vaccinations, and infection and prevention control measures to reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission at the time of flu vaccine administration.
COVID-19 Vaccine Outlook & Opportunities for Modelling
Immunization by vaccine is one of the most successful public health interventions for the prevention and control of both endemic infectious diseases and emerging pathogens.
Join us and Dr. Joanne Langley who will present an overview of current vaccine development for COVID-19.