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  2020-06-29

  Canada Day 2020 — Let’s get active together!

  Government of Canada encourages the public to get active this Canada day. With the help of Canadian athletes to take up the fitness challenge and use the hashtag #ActiveTogether to share their experience.
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  2020-12-16

  À boute

  French comedian Pierre-Yves Roy-Desmarais sings about the difficulties of quarantine and encourages the public to seek help.
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  2020

  Canadian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines For Children and Youth: An integration of Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviour, and Sleep

  The Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology published guidelines to encourage Canadians of all age groups to maintain their health by pursuing a balanced lifestyle. This comprehensive guide emphasizes the importance of sleep, exercise, and reducing sedentary behaviors.
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  2020-12-09

  Indigenous communities to sit tight and wait for vaccine roll out

  Canada will receive up to 249,000 doses of the vaccine by the end of the month. This will vaccinate up to 124,500 people as a person has to take two doses for it to be effective. However, it's up to the provinces and territories to determine how the doses will be distributed. Indigenous communities are on the priority list but they will have to patient, since there aren't enough vaccines and there are difficulties in distributing it to communities who do not have the proper facilities to store it. Most Indigenous communities are disproportionally affected by the disease. First Nations people in Manitoba living off reserve make up 65 per cent of the overall First Nations COVID cases in the province.
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  2020

  Mind Control: Managing Your Mental Health During COVID-19

  The University of Toronto has developed a free course entitled Mind Control: Managing Your Mental Health During COVID-19, in order to equip Canadians with tools to manage our mental health, before it manages you. The course is designed to teach students about anxiety as it presents itself throughout our daily life, from the consumption of news, to the way it is discussed with our children. Understanding how our brains react to crises, students would be more prepared to manage their own mental health.
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  2020

  Interactive Map for COVID-19 in Canada

  Based on the information provided by provincial and territorial COVID tests, the government has compiled the information to map out the country's case numbers. The report contains various maps, infographics, and statistics. Each charting the spread of the virus in all its forms.
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  2020-09-19

  Why contact tracing remains a hurdle for Quebec in containing COVID-19

  Tracking the spread of COVID-19 is reported to be difficult in Quebec because the people are not aware of when they come in contact with the virus. Many don't answer their phones when health officials call to inform them. Up to 30 percent of people contacted due to potential exposure to a COVID-19 case do not answer the call.
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  2020-12-13

  COVID-19 Canada Canadian Outbreak Tracker

  This is an interactive outbreak map that provides information regarding the total number of cases, deaths, and recoveries.
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  2020-05-13

  Mme Benoit fête ses 92 ans au CUSM - Mrs. Benoit celebrates her 92nd birthday at the MUHC

  Pierrette Benoit celebrated her 92nd birthday while in hospital recovering from COVID-19. The staff on C8 at the Royal Victoria Hospital of the MUHC ensured her day was special by presenting her with a cake and singing her Happy Birthday. Gestures like these are just an example of how MUHC staff go above and beyond for their patients.
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  2020

  Chief Public Health Officer Orders

  Orders from the Chief Public Health Officer or Nunavut and video to remind the public to take care of themselves, adapt, and stay safe.
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  2020-07

  Mental Health in Canada: Covid-19 and Beyond

  Mental health is health, this report shows the pandemic is both magnifying and contributing to Canada's mental health crisis. COVID-19 took a toll on the populations mental health, and we are expecting long term mental health effects to burden Canadians. The CAMH demands the government and policy makers step up and make mental health a priority by investing in long-term, system wide response.
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  2020-04-06

  Practicing healthy movement behaviours in the COVID-19 era

  In response to the restrictions put in place by the government, the CSEP believes its important for Canadians to adhere to healthy guidelines in order to maintain a healthy immune system and build a strong defence.
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  2020

  Know the Difference: Self-Monitoring, Self-isolation, and Isolation for COVID-19

  Table created by the Public Health Agency of Canada, for determining the difference between self-monitoring, self-isolation, isolation
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  2020-05-26

  Accessible Testing

  In response to Premier Doug Ford's disappointment about the number of tests being done in Ontario, the County of Renfrew Paramedic Service is mobilizing to offer drive-thru clinics for anybody in the county who wants to be tested for COVID-19 in order to keep up with the provinces' testing demands. Dr. Theresa Tam and chief public health officer of Canada says, "This is a wonderful example of the health-care system coming together to ensure that no one is left behind and it highlights the important role paramedics play in linking communities to health-care settings".
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  2020-11-19

  Qikiqtani Inuit Association announces $1.8M for mental wellness during the pandemic

  The Qikiqtani Inuit Association says that it will distribute $1.8 million in federal funding to support the work of the Ilisaqsivik Society, the YWCA Agvik, the Uqutaq Society, the Tukisigiarvik Society, Qikiqtani hamlet recreation departments and the previously announced Qikiqtani Family Support Initiative. (Image courtesy of the Qikiqtani Inuit Association)
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  2020-04-03

  COVID-19 & Mental Health

  Tips from the Edmonton Canadian Mental Health Association on how to manage our mental wellness at this time of uncertainty.
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  2020

  Coalition Poids - COVID-19

  The Québec organization Coalition des Poids is dedicated to creating environments that facilitate healthy life choices. Aware of the potential negative impacts the government lockdown would have on our health, this company produced graphics to inform and help the public maintain their health during the pandemic. The illustrations encourage Canadians to take care of their physical health through proper nourishment, physical activity, and sleep.
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  2020

  Wellness Support Line

  The demands of the pandemic are having a serious impact on the emotional, psychological and physical wellbeing of healthcare workers across the country. The Canadian Medical Association wishes to support frontline workers by providing them with access to a Wellness Support Line to ensure they have high-quality and tailored mental health services for all their needs.
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  2020-12

  COVID-19 and Indigenous Health and Wellness: Our Strength is in our Stories

  This Report, “COVID-19 and Indigenous Health and Wellness: Our Strength is in our Stories” is written as a collection of stories. Indigenous scholars, practitioners and learners, offer this writing to support an improved understanding about how COVID-19 is impacting the health and wellness of Indigenous peoples.
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  2020

  How to stay active at home during COVID-19

  Recommendations from Dr. Linda Li, Senior Scientist at Arthritis Research Canada sharing the best way to exercise in new environment. The importance of exercising during COVID.
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  2020

  How effective is Quebec's contact tracing?

  Public health PhD Carl-Etienne Juneau speaks about difficulties of contact tracing in Quebec.
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  2020-07-04

  Suivre la trace du coronavirus dans les égouts

  In anticipation of a second wave of COVID-19, Canadian scientists are currently working to set up a detection system based on organic waste that ends up in sewers.
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  2020

  COVID-19: Impact on Canada's pharmaceutical and retail pharmacy industry

  The coronavirus pandemic has affected Canada’s pharmaceutical and retail pharmacy industry across four main areas: product sourcing and procurement, product launch and distribution, acquisition and access, and treatment and care management. Based on challenges in these areas, this report offers a perspective on potential solutions and considerations.
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  2020-06

  Restoring Trust: COVID-19 and The Future of Long-Term Care

  Established by the President of the Royal Society of Canada in April 2020, the RSC Task Force on COVID-19 was mandated to provide evidence-informed perspectives on major societal challenges in response to and recovery from COVID-19. The report begins by reviewing the research context and policy environment in Canada’s long-term care sector before the arrival of COVID-19. It summarizes the existing knowledge base for far-sighted and integrated solutions to challenges in the long-term care sector. The report then outlines profound, long-standing deficiencies in the long-term care sector that contributed to the magnitude of the COVID-19 crisis.
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  2020

  COVID Alert App

  The Government of Canada created the COVID Alert App to breaking the cycle of infection. This app can let app users know of possible exposures to the virus before any symptoms can appear. Thanks to this app, we can reduce the spread of infection, take care of ourselves and protect our communities.
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  2020-05-01

  Coronavirus outbreak: Alberta launches contact-tracing app to fight COVID-19 spread

  Alberta's chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw provided an update on the most recent numbers of COVID-19 cases in the province Friday and the government's ongoing response to the pandemic. She also announced the launch of a mobile contact-tracing app for the province, called ABTraceTogether, to help fight the spread of COVID-19.
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  2020

  Indigenous Wellbeing in the Times of COVID-19: Four Directions Virtual Support Hub

  A group of Indigenous women adapted the Medicine Wheel to promoted healthy strategies to cope with the pandemic to the public. This rendition is a holistic approach, inspired by the sacred teaching of their ancestors and the Seven Fire Prophecies, designed to enhance the wellness of the body, spirit, heart, and mind.
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  2020-12-12

  COVID-19 in Quebec

  This is a regional breakdown of COVID-19 cases across Quebec.