Biology:COVID-19 Immunity Task Force

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Short description: Canadian government task force

The COVID-19 Immunity Task Force (CITF) is one of the Government of Canada's early efforts to track the 2020 coronavirus pandemic.[1] An external, dedicated secretariat was established in order to maximize the efficiency of the CITF's work.[2]

Task Force membership

The CITF Board is composed of doctors, infectious disease experts, and policy makers.[1][3]

Leadership Group

Executive Committee

  • David Naylor, Co-chair
  • Catherine Hankins, Co-chair
  • Timothy Evans, Executive Director
  • Heather Hannah
  • Mona Nemer
  • Howard Njoo
  • Gina Ogilvie
  • Jutta Preiksaitis
  • Gail Tomblin Murphy
  • Paul Van Caeseele

Government of Canada representatives

  • Theresa Tam, Chief Public Health Officer of Canada
  • Mona Nemer, Chief Science Advisor of Canada
  • Stephen Lucas, Deputy Minister of Health of Canada

Members

The CCITF leadership group expanded on 2 May 2020.[4] Its additional members as of March 2022 are:


Provincial & Territorial representatives

  • Shelly Bolotin, Ontario
  • Marguerite Cameron, Prince Edward Island
  • Catherine Elliott, Yukon
  • Richard Garceau, New Brunswick
  • Heather Hannah, Northwest Territories
  • Mel Krajden, British Columbia
  • Christie Lutsiak, Alberta
  • Richard Massé, Quebec
  • Jessica Minion, Saskatchewan
  • Michael Patterson, Nunavut
  • Gail Tomblin Murphy, Nova Scotia
  • Paul Van Caeseele, Manitoba

Purpose and goals

The CITF was to use a serology "to survey representative samples of the population for the presence of antibodies to the virus".[5] Trudeau's press release on 23 April 2020, on the initiation of the CCITF listed several goals it would help to achieve notably that it would:[2]

A Vaccine Surveillance Reference Group (VSRG) was also established within the CITF to monitor the safety and effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines made available in Canada.[6]

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