“ The COVID-19 vaccine is a global public good with clear benefits to all countries.”
Jillian Clare Kohler

Insights

Timely Access to Child and Adolescent Mental Healthcare Matters Now More Than Ever

Rob Meeder and Nadiya Sunderji

COVID-19 has amplified what was already a growing problem – children struggling with their mental health and inadequate access to specialized mental healthcare, especially physician-delivered care.

Off the Cuff

Watch the time lapse showing the spread of COVID-19 cases in Canada and the U.S.

COVID-19 Tracker Canada

Manitoba now holds Canada's highest per capita COVID-19 infection rate

Alberta ICUs treating more patients than at any time in history, AHS says

All adults in Ontario now eligible to book vaccine appointments

Canada’s COVID-19 cases continue to plunge, but some provinces still struggling

Ottawa is putting up almost $200 million to help a Mississauga company mass produce vaccines

‘Game-changer’: How mRNA COVID-19 vaccine technology could help fight other diseases

Thanks to the good sense of Canadians, we’re about to out-vaccinate the Americans

COVID-19 vaccines providing much needed mental health boost after troublesome year

More from the Longwoods Archives:

• An Evidence-Based Strategy to Scale Vaccination in Canada by Anne W. Snowdon, Alexandra Wright and Michael Saunders (Healthcare Quarterly, 2021)
• Eliminating Religious and Philosophical Exemptions: The Next Step in Ontario’s Campaign against Vaccine Hesitancy by Bryan Thomas and Colleen M. Flood
• Weathering Pandemic Turbulence: It’s All about Relationships by Mary McAllister

Events

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News

• In a pandemic world, Japan’s Olympic Games must not go on: André Picard
• Biden commits to sharing 80M COVID-19 vaccine doses with world in coming weeks
• Canada’s Indigenous communities at greater risk post-surgery, study shows
• Canada to get 4.5M vaccine doses as questions swirl around immunization effort
• You can now buy a rapid COVID-19 test at Ontario Shoppers Drug Mart locations
• A Vision for Canada’s Children, Youth and Families Released Today
• Partially vaccinated Canadians can socialize outdoors this summer, Tam says
• In many countries, including Canada, dissatisfaction with governments’ pandemic response is growing, study finds
• Medical exemption letter now required for Albertans who don't wear masks in public 
• Canada reports 28 cases of rare blood clots following AstraZeneca vaccinations
• Canada is now vaccinating a higher proportion of its population daily than the U.S. But are we going to hit a wall?
• More provinces turn away from AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine
• Mixing COVID-19 vaccine doses leads to more reactions, study finds
• International Nurses Day: New ICN report says ‘COVID-19 shows nurses must be architects of future healthcare systems’
• Health Canada silent on COVID-19 home tests as other countries push forward
• Nurses upset, frustrated by higher pay rate for doctors performing same tasks at COVID-19 vaccination clinics 

Conferences

• May 19-21, 2021: Virtual. Hindsight, Insight and Foresight - 2021 Annual CAHSPR Conference
• May 26-27, 2021: Virtual. COVID-19 The Road to Recovery
• May 26-27, 2021: Virtual. e-Health 2021
• May 27, 2021: Virtual. Goal Management Training® Train-the-Trainer Online Workshop
• June 2, 7, 9, 14, 16, 21, & 23, 2021: Online. NIHI-McMaster University Artificial Intelligence in Health Care Module 3
• June 9, 2021: Online. Home and Community Care Conference
• June 9, 2021: Webinar. Healthcare and Life Sciences Leadership in Unprecedented Times
• June 15, 2021: Virtual. Canada Health Infoway: Improving Patient / Caregiver Digital Health Literacy
• July 20, 2021: Virtual. Canada Health Infoway: Partnering for Success
• October 4-6, 2021: Toronto. North American Conference on Integrated Care

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Featured Jobs

• Director, Centre for Laboratory Proficiency Testing, IQMH - Health Standards Organization, Toronto, ON
• Executive Director, Long Term Care Home - Yee Hong Centre for Geriatric Care, Scarborough, ON 
• Vice President, Chief Financial Officer - Kensington Health, Toronto, ON
• Treliving Chair in Women’s Mental Health - CAMH, Toronto, ON
• Clinical Educator, Nursing Emergency - Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, ON
• Senior Improvement Lead  - Healthcare Excellence Canada, Ottawa, and/or Remote
• Nurse Practitioner - Street Health, Toronto, ON

Transitions

• Kim Mumford to Director of Communications, First Nations Health Managers Association, Akwesasne, ON
• Annie Kim to Manager Patient Recruitment and Retention, Abbvie, Toronto, ON
• Allison Mirotchnik to Department Manager, Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB
• Judy Linton to CNO, Clinical Institute and Quality Programs Executive, Ontario Health, Toronto, ON
• Sarah Funnell to Head, Centre for Indigenous Health Research and Education, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON
• Mann Muhsin to Chief Medical Officer, Medicenna Therapeutics, Toronto, ON
• Paul Gibson to Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program, Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB
• Wendy Kennelly to Executive Director, High River District Health Care Foundation, High River, AB
• Bonaventure Otshudi to Interim Executive Director, Hamilton/ Niagara Community Health Centre, Hamilton, ON
• Sacha Bhatia to Population Health and Value Based Care Executive, Ontario Health, Toronto, ON
• Catalina Guran to Sr. Manager Public Relations, William Osler Health System, Brampton, ON
• Bradley Campbell to Chief Operating Officer, Lawson Health Research Institute, London, ON