The Public Health Agency of Canada issued a statement: “The Public Health Agency of Canada has been working to improve access to immediate suicide prevention and mental health crisis support. This includes examining the service delivery needs for a national three-digit suicide prevention number, as well as understanding anticipated demand. This number would be faster … Read more
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion Irek Kusmierczyk (Windsor-Tecumseh, Ont.) announced $4.2 million for the Corporation of the County of Essex to continue to administer a safe voluntary isolation site for temporary foreign agri-workers in the Windsor-Essex region. The full release is available online. Call 613-957-0200.
Dr. Theresa Tam, Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer, announced that Health Canada has authorized the 10 mcg Pfizer-BioNTech Comirnaty COVID-19 vaccine for use as a booster dose in children aged 5 to 11 years and NACI released national guidance for its use in Canada. This booster dose provides a great option to restore protection for this … Read more
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health Élisabeth Brière (Sherbrooke, Que.) announced an investment of $150,000 toward Tel-Aide Montréal to support its crisis line during the COVID-19 pandemic. This funding is part of a $50 million investment first announced in the 2020 Fall Economic Statement to support distress centres across Canada … Read more
On behalf of Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos (Québec, Que.), Liberal MP Hedy Fry (Vancouver Centre, B.C.) announced a total of $550,000 from the HIV and Hepatitis C Community Action Fund to the Community Based Research Centre, H.I.M Health Initiative for Men Society in Vancouver, and the Queer and Trans Health Collective in Edmonton. This funding will help community-based organizations in the … Read more
Dr. Theresa Tam, Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer, issued a statement on COVID-19: “COVID-19 disease activity in Canada is showing early signs of stabilisation at the national level, but disease activity indicators (case incidence, laboratory test positivity, wastewater signals) and severity trends (hospitalisations) are variable regionally. Similar to previous waves, lagging severity indicators are slower … Read more
Liberal MP Patrick Weiler (West Vancouver–Sunshine Coast–Sea to Sky Country, B.C.) announced an investment of $834,060 to the Gathering Voices Society. This funding will help improve access to health programs for Indigenous peoples in British Columbia as it will enable the Gathering Voices Society to create innovative and integrated approaches to promoting healthy living and addressing the common … Read more
On August 2, Canada closed out events at AIDS 2022, the 24th International AIDS Conference. Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos (Québec, Que.) delivered closing remarks for the conference reaffirming Canada’s commitment to reaching global HIV targets. Duclos and Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health Carolyn Bennett (Toronto-St. Paul’s, Ont.) announced nearly $18 million in funding to … Read more
Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos (Québec, Que.) announced a total of $17.9 million for the distribution of HIV self-testing kits and other methods of HIV testing that will improve access for populations most affected by HIV across the country, including people living in northern, remote, or isolated (NRI) communities. $8 million from this funding will go … Read more
Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos (Québec, Que.) and Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health Carolyn Bennett (Toronto-St. Paul’s, Ont.) announced Canada’s endorsement for a global declaration on Undetectable = Untransmittable (U=U). This builds on Canada’s leadership as the first country to formally endorse the U=U campaign in 2018. The U=U message is … Read more
