Monday, October 4 2021 | 2:00 pm EDT
A month after children in Canada went back to school, Canadians have many questions about their safety, the plans for vaccines, and the cumulative impacts of the pandemic on the mental and social well-being of our children. The Royal Society of Canada and the COVID-19 Immunity Task Force are partnering to host a free, virtual town hall available to all Canadians to share the latest insights and likely next steps.
Speakers
Moderator | Shannon Proudfoot
Ottawa Bureau Chief, Maclean’s
Jim Kellner, MD
Pediatric Infectious Diseases Specialist, Professor, Pediatrics, University of Calgary, Member, CITF Leadership Group, Leader, CITF Pediatric Network
Caroline Quach-Thanh, PhD
Canada Research Chair in Infection Prevention, Professor in the Depts of Microbiology, Infectious diseases & Immunology and of Pediatrics, Université de Montréal/CHU Sainte-Justine, Co-Chair of the Vaccine Surveillance Reference Group (VSRG)
Curtis Brown, PhD
Superintendent at South Slave Divisional Education Council and President, Canadian Association of School System Administrators
Tracy Vaillancourt, PhD
Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in School-Based Mental Health and Violence Prevention, Counselling Psychology, Faculty of Education, University of Ottawa