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Article content A made-in-Ottawa vaccine booking system is winning praise in Nova Scotia, where it is being used for the COVID-19 vaccine rollout, and drawing unfavourable comparisons to Ontario where booking a vaccine has become the source of widespread frustration. The Ottawa company CANImmunize built Nova Scotia’s COVID-19 vaccine booking system. The company grew out an app created by Dr. Kumanan Wilson, a physician and senior researcher at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, and engineer and now chief technology officer Cameron Bell. They created it almost a decade ago after a woman at a playground complained about the paper-based system of keeping track of vaccines using yellow cards. She suggested Wilson create an app to help people do so. The research project expanded and became a company in 2018.

Prince edward islandKumanan wilsonAndrea horwathElizabeth payneChristine elliottSalesforce skeduloKatherine atkinsonAlexandra hilkeneCameron bellOttawa hospital research institutePostmedia network incPublic health agency of canadaOttawa public healthNova scotiaJean levacHealth minister christine elliott