====== CANVax ======

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The **Canadian Vaccination Evidence Resource and Exchange Centre (CANVax)** is "an online database of curated resources to support immunization program planning and promotional activities to improve [[vaccine_hesitancy|vaccine acceptance]] and uptake in Canada. Resources, products and tools are curated for the website's Canadian and international audiences.((//About CANVax.// Retrieved December 10, 2021, from https://www.canvax.ca/about-canvax))

===== Content =====

Notable resources linked from CANVax include:((https://www.canvax.ca/covid-19-resources))

  * [[ScienceUpFirst]] - "Together Against Misinformation"((https://www.scienceupfirst.com/))
  * [[BC Centre for Disease Control]] - {{ :language-guide.pdf |"COVID-19 Language Guide - Guidelines for inclusive language for written and digital content"}}((Collins, L., Ford, G., Haag, D., Janzen, S., Jiwa, S., Pederson, H., & Rayek, S. (2020, July). //BC CDC COVID-19 Language Guide - Guidelines for inclusive language for written and digital content.// BC Centre for Disease Control. http://www.bccdc.ca/Health-Info-Site/Documents/Language-guide.pdf))
  * [[Media Smarts]] - Check First. Share After.((https://checkthenshare.ca/))
  * [[MedPage Today]] - Op-Ed: Should Those Who Recovered From COVID Take the Vaccine? — A bioethical perspective((Loike, J. (2021, January 3). //Op-Ed: Should Those Who Recovered From COVID Take the Vaccine?// MedPage Today. https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/covid19/90476))
  * Words Matter for [[https://www.campfire.wiki/doku.php?id=Vaccine_Hesitancy|Vaccine Acceptance]]((Macdonald, N., & Taddio, A. (2021). //Words Matter for Vaccine Acceptance.// CANVax. https://canvax.ca/sites/default/files/2021-03/CANVax_Words%20Chart_2021.pdf))

===== Funding and Partnerships =====

CANVax was developed and funded by the [[Canadian Public Health Association]]. Additional partners are:

  * [[Immunize Canada]]
  * [[Institut national de santé publique]]
  * [[IWK Health Centre]] at [[Dalhousie University]]
  * [[Public Health Agency of Canada]]

CANVax is also a member of the [[Vaccine Safety Net]], a network of websites that provides [[vaccine]] information that is deemed "reliable" by the [[World Health Organization]] (WHO).

The resources page shares content from [[Johns Hopkins University]], the [[National Institute on Ageing]], [[University of British Columbia]] (UBC), [[Public Health Agency of Canada]] (PHAC), [[Centre québécois d’éducation aux médias et à l’information]] [Québec Centre for Education in Media and Information], [[ScienceUpFirst]], [[BC Centre for Disease Control]] (BCCDC), [[Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement]] (CFHI), [[Centre for Effective Practice]] (CEP), [[CUPA-tea]], [[Doctors Manitoba]], [[Future Learn]], [[Health Canada]], [[Indigenous Services Canada]], [[Immunize Canada]], [[Media Smarts]], [[MedPage Today]], [[Ontario Family Physicians]], [[Ontario Health West]] – [[SW Non-Hospital Pandemic Response Table]], the [[Royal Society of Canada]], United States [[Center for Disease Control and Prevention]] (CDC), and the WHO.

===== External links =====

  * [[https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/canadian-vaccination-evidence-resource-and-exchange-centre/|White Rose Wiki]]