Wednesday, January 25, 2023
12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. EST
Social and economic inequities have contributed to how certain communities in Canada have been disproportionately affected by COVID-19. For the 12th seminar in our Research Results & Implications series we have gathered CITF-funded experts to present their findings on how those factors – income or material deprivation, employment, education, and racialization, among others – have led to a higher likelihood of becoming infected and/or suffering more severe outcomes (hospitalization and death) from COVID-19. Furthermore, these social determinants have had a measurable effect on access to vaccines and vaccine uptake across the country.
Casting light on these social drivers of COVID-19 disease risk and vaccine coverage clarifies the urgent need for policies and practices to redress these inequities.
Moderator
![Catherine Hankins](https://www.covid19immunitytaskforce.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Catherine-Hankins.png)
CATHERINE HANKINS, MD, PHD
Former Co-Chair, COVID-19 Immunity Task Force; Professor and Interim Chair, Department of Global and Public Health at McGill’s School of Population and Global Health
Panelists
![Allen Upton](https://www.covid19immunitytaskforce.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Allen-Upton.png)
Upton Allen O.Ont., MBBS, MSc, FAAP, FRCPC, Hon FRCP (UK), FIDSA
Professor, Department of Paediatrics and Institute of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto; Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids); Senior Associate Scientist, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids)
![Sonia Anand Sonia Anand](https://www.covid19immunitytaskforce.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Sonia-Anand.png)
Sonia Anand MD, PhD, FRCPc, FRSC
Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology and Associate Chair Equity, Diversity, Department of Medicine, McMaster University; Vascular Medicine Specialist, Hamilton Health Sciences; Senior Scientist, Population Health Research Institute
![Simona Bignami](https://www.covid19immunitytaskforce.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Simona-Bignami.png)
Simona Bignami PhD
Professor, Department of Demography, Université de Montréal
![Jack Jedwab Jack Jedwab](https://www.covid19immunitytaskforce.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Jack-Jedwab.png)
Jack Jedwab PhD
President and CEO Metropolis Institute and the Association for Canadian Studies
![Sheila O’Brien](https://www.covid19immunitytaskforce.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Shiela-OBrien.png)
Sheila O’Brien PhD
Associate Director, Epidemiology & Surveillance, Canadian Blood Services; Adjunct Professor, School of Epidemiology & Public Health, University of Ottawa