Lung Health Foundation and Canada’s Global Nexus for Pandemics and Biological Threats present: COVID-19 Policy Forum Series
POLICY FORUM 2: THE CANADIAN/GLOBAL POLICY RESPONSE
Governments across the globe struggled with striking the appropriate balance between mitigating economic costs while protecting public health. Was Canada’s response sufficient to curbing the spread of COVID-19? How did existing socio-political contexts exacerbate the effects of COVID-19 on marginalized communities?
In this discussion, our panel delves into the economic and social measures that were taken during the pandemic and explore how government responses could have been improved.
PANEL
Dr. Steven Hoffman
Dr. Steven J. Hoffman is the Dahdaleh Distinguished Chair in Global Governance & Legal Epidemiology and a Professor of Global Health, Law, and Political Science at York University, the Director of the Global Strategy Lab, the Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre on Global Governance of Antimicrobial Resistance, and the Scientific Director of the CIHR Institute of Population & Public Health at the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.
Dr. Hoffman also holds a courtesy appointment as a Professor of Health Research Methods, Evidence & Impact (Part-Time) at McMaster University. He is an international lawyer licensed in both Ontario and New York who specializes in global health law, global governance and institutional design.
His research leverages various methodological approaches to craft global strategies that better address transnational health threats and social inequalities. Past studies have focused on access to medicines, antimicrobial resistance, health misinformation, pandemics and tobacco control.
Dr. Michael Wilson
Mike Wilson is the assistant director of the McMaster Health Forum, an Associate Professor in the Department of Health Evidence and Impact, and a member of the Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis at McMaster University.
His research focuses on supporting the use of research evidence by policymakers. Mike leads the McMaster Health Forum’s rapid-response program, which provides evidence syntheses to respond to pressing policy issues within hours, days or weeks.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Mike co-led a COVID-19 evidence support model through COVID-END (COVID-19 Evidence Network to support Decision-making – an international network of 50+ evidence synthesis and guideline groups in the world).
Using this model, he has also coordinated with 40+ evidence synthesis teams across Canada to respond to urgent requests from Canadian decision-makers that address public-health measures, clinical management, health-system arrangements, and/or economic and social responses related to COVID-19.
Dr. Chandrima Chakraborty
Chandrima Chakraborty is a Professor in the Department of English and Cultural Studies and Director of the Centre for Peace Studies. She was awarded the title of University Scholar at McMaster University in 2017 and was elected to the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists in 2019.
Dr. Chakraborty’s research is on public memory, nationalist history, masculinity and religion, with a focus on the literature and cultures of South Asia and the South Asian diaspora. Her current research is on the differentiated effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on racialized and religious minorities with a focus on South Asian and East Asian Canadians, and Indian Muslims.
She is working on a co-edited book on COVID-19 and anti-Asian racism. Dr. Chakraborty is one of the research co-leads for Canada’s Global Nexus for Pandemics and Biological Threats.
MODERATOR
Heather Bakken, Publisher at iPolitics
Heather is the publisher and vice president of business development at iPolitics and QP Briefing. She currently serves as the president for World Press Freedom Canada, the past-president for the Canadian Club of Ottawa and the founding president of the Ottawa Debating Society. Heather is a graduate of Ryerson University and received her certification in digital communications management strategy from the University of Toronto. Prior to joining iPolitics she taught media law at Algonquin College and was a broadcast journalist with CBC News.
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