Coronavirus Resources
This page will direct you to a number of reputable resources about COVID-19 and will feature information and news about the actions the Government of Canada, our Provincial Governments and the health research and health innovation communities are taking to address this public health crisis. We will be updating this page regularly as new information becomes available, so please use and share these resources with your networks.
On this page: Government of Canada Resources | Provincial Government Resources |
Other Resources | Research and Information from our Partners |
Health Research on the Frontlines: Research Canada’s Members and Supporters in Action |
Latest Blogs and News Releases
“While we navigate our way through COVID-19, know that Research Canada will honour our commitments to our Members, Supporters and Partners and will continue to be the lighthouse for the health research and innovation sector during these challenging times.”
– Deborah Gordon-El-Bihbety, President and CEO of Research Canada
The Government of Canada’s Update on COVID-19 (led by Health Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada):
- COVID-19 updates: Current cases, risk to Canadians, news and updates
- Prevention and risk: Social distancing, self-isolation, hygiene, how COVID-19 spreads, infection risks, false claims
- Symptoms and treatment: Symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, about coronaviruses
- Travel advice: Travel advisories, returning travellers, safety abroad
- Canada’s response: Economic and financial support, Government of Canada’s actions, Canadian collaboration
- Being prepared: Planning, prescriptions, essentials, caring for those who are ill, communication
Provincial Resources
Other Resources
- CanCOVID – An expert community of Canadian COVID-19 researchers, clinical collaborators, and healthcare stakeholders from across the country. Canada’s Chief Science Officer mandated the creation of CanCOVID to optimize Canada’s research response to the COVID-19 public health crisis.
- COVID-19 Resources Canada – A one-stop-shop for those who need COVID-19 resources and connections to those who have extra capacity (or materials).
- Cognit.ca – Access expertise, facilities and IP at Canada’s post-secondary institutions.
- Innovative Medicines Canada COVID-19 Resource Centre – Features the many contributions IMC’s members are making to test for COVID-19, discover new treatments and vaccines, and support healthcare workers and communities in Canada and around the world, as well as Information on drug shortages.
- Mood Disorders Society of Canada COVID-19 Resources – Caring for your Mental Health during COVID-19
Resources and Information from our Partners
Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada (AFMC)
Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists (CAOT)
Canadian Dental Hygienists Association (CDHA)
Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA)
Canadian Nurses Association (CNA)
Canadian Physiotherapy Association (CPA)
Canadian Society for Medical Laboratory Science (CSMLS)
Colleges and Institutes Canada (CICan)
NEWS FROM TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 2022
N.S. researchers receive nearly $1.5M to study impacts of COVID-19 | CBC News
CBC.ca
“Three researchers at Dalhousie University and the IWK Health Centre have each received nearly $500000 to study the impacts the pandemic has had …”
As wildfire season approaches, new studies show air pollution linked to severe health outcomes
CBC.ca
“Low levels of pollution linked with lung disease. Scientists from the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) found that …”
The COVID vaccination divide: More than four times as many youth protected in some …
Toronto Star
“Dr. Amit Arya, assistant clinical professor in the department of family medicine at McMaster University…“The entire pandemic is driven by socioeconomic issues…”
NEWS FROM THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 2022
Researchers, health-care providers working to better understand, treat long COVID in Manitoba
CBC.ca
“Now, a team of researchers at the University of Manitoba are trying to better understand how long COVID is affecting Manitobans, and health-care …”
Monkeypox warnings ‘went ignored,’ and now world must brace for more outbreaks: scientists – CBC
CBC.ca
“… an infectious diseases specialist at the University Health Network and an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Toronto…”
New study: Montreal researchers identify three drugs that could reduce mortality in severely …
McGill University Health Centre
“To address this therapeutical gap, a team of researchers from the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC)…”
NEWS FROM TUESDAY, MAY 31, 2022
Wastewater surveillance provides crucial COVID data, but also carries privacy concerns: scientists
CBC.ca
“Bioethics, which sort of underlies what health-care providers do, has historically been based upon ‘do no harm’ — and the idea of informed consent,” said Steve Hrudey, a professor emeritus from the University of Alberta‘s department of laboratory medicine and pathology…”
Angus Reid, U of T study shows Omicron triples Canada’s COVID-19 infection count
Angus Reid
“Nearly 30 per cent of Canadian adults – 9 million people – were infected during the Omicron variant wave early in 2022… according to a new study led by Toronto researchers…”
Securing Canada’s sanitization needs for COVID-19 and beyond
Canada.ca
“Since the onset of COVID-19, the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) has been working diligently with partners across government, academia and industry to support the development of innovative solutions…”
Reinventing mental health care to tackle mental illness and support recovery post-pandemic
August 31, 2021
“In Election 2021, our collective priorities seem to be meshing like never before. We are all living through a once in a century pandemic which has killed millions, made hundreds of millions ill, and devastated our individual sense of safety. Intertwined throughout all of this is the mental health toll literarily every household in the country is experiencing”[…]
New national study to evaluate mixing and matching COVID-19 vaccines
June 7, 2021
The Government of Canada, through the COVID-19 Immunity Task Force and the task force’s Vaccine Surveillance Reference Group, is supporting a new, nationwide study that will look at the effects of mixing and matching approved COVID-19 vaccines in adults. Approximately $4.8 million is being provided for this study, which will evaluate the safety and effectiveness of using two different COVID-19 vaccines for the first and second dose and increasing the interval between doses […]
Federal government must support health research for post-COVID economic recovery
April 16, 2021
Fundamental science provided the building blocks for the scientific community’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and was the foundation for the rapid development of diagnostics, therapeutics and vaccines to combat the virus. Fundamental science can also be the foundation for our nation to build back better post-COVID […]
‘I fear that once the crisis of COVID fades, the public will forget us’
March 9, 2021
By Dr. Brad Wouters, University Health Network
The worldwide crisis triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic has placed medical research, and the scientists who carry out this research, front and centre in the public eye. This is unprecedented and has created a once-in-a-generation opportunity. That opportunity is to use this attention as a springboard to develop a stronger connection between science and society so that it will stay front and centre.[…]
Beyond Vaccines: Promising Therapeutics for COVID-19 and Emerging Viruses
March 2, 2021
Research Canada speaks to Dr. Eleanor Fish, a scientific advisor to Canada’s COVID-19 Therapeutics Task Force. The federal government’s COVID-19 Therapeutics Task Force provides advice on the best and most promising treatments for COVID-19 procurement… Dr. Eleanor Fish is among 11 science advisors to the Therapeutics Task Force.[…]
There is no vaccine that will cure health care squabbling
February 12, 2021
By Paul-Émile Cloutier, HealthCareCAN
That 2020 was a rough year for healthcare in Canada is news to no one. Over 20,000 Canadian COVID-19 deaths – over 15,000 in long-term care facilities specifically, at least 500,000 postponed medical interventions, and frontline workers pushed to the brink of exhaustion are just a few of the challenges.[…]
