Indigenous Services Min. on COVID-19, Racism in Health Care – Jan. 27, 2021
In a news conference on Parliament Hill, Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller provides an update on the federal government’s response to COVID-19 (coronavirus disease), focusing on the pandemic’s impact on Indigenous communities in Canada. He also responds to questions about systemic racism in the health-care system. The update comes as the federal government begins two days of virtual meetings with Indigenous leaders, provincial and territorial health ministers, and health experts aimed at addressing the issue. The minister is joined by Valerie Gideon (the senior assistant deputy minister for the First Nations and Inuit Health Branch of Indigenous Services Canada) and Dr. Tom Wong (the chief medical officer of public health for Indigenous Services Canada).
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Federal Update on COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution – December 23, 2020
On Parliament Hill, Dr. Howard Njoo, Canada’s deputy chief public health officer, conducts a technical briefing concerning Canada’s distribution of COVID-19 vaccines. He also discusses Health Canada’s approval of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine. This is the second COVID-19 vaccine to be approved for use in Canada. The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine was approved on December 9 and the first vaccinations in the country began on December 14. Dr. Njoo is joined by Major-General Dany Fortin (vice-president of logistics and operations at the Public Health Agency of Canada and head of the country’s vaccine distribution efforts); Dr. Supriya Sharma (a senior medical advisor with Health Canada); Dr. Marc Berthiaume (the director of the Bureau of Medical Science at Health Canada); Dr. Tom Wong (the executive director and chief medical officer of public health at Indigenous Services Canada); and Arianne Reza (assistant deputy m
Federal Update on COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution – December 16, 2020
On Parliament Hill, Dr. Howard Njoo, Canada’s deputy chief public health officer, conducts a technical briefing concerning Canada’s distribution of COVID-19 vaccines. He is joined by Major-General Dany Fortin, the vice-president of logistics and operations at the Public Health Agency of Canada and head of the country’s vaccine distribution efforts, Dr. Tom Wong, chief medical officer of public health for Indigenous Services Canada, and Dr. Evan Adams, deputy chief medical officer of public health for Indigenous Services Canada.