====== COVID-19 Vaccine Task Force ====== The **COVID-19 Vaccine Task Force (VTF)** was a Canadian public-private advisory board convened by the [[National Research Council of Canada]] (NRC) and [[Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada]] (ISED). ===== History ===== [[Navdeep Bains]], Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, announced the membership of the COVID-19 Vaccine Task Force on August 5, 2020. Bains also announced the membership of the [[COVID-19 Therapeutics Task Force]].((Jagric, A., Roy, C., Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, & Public Services and Procurement Canada. (2020, August 5). //Government of Canada announces major steps in treating and preventing COVID-19 through vaccines and therapies.// Government of Canada. http://archive.today/2022.12.16-235932/https://www.canada.ca/en/innovation-science-economic-development/news/2020/08/government-of-canada-announces-major-steps-in-treating-and-preventing-covid-19-through-vaccines-and-therapies.html)) ===== Participants ===== ^ Members((National Research Council of Canada. (2020, August 5). //COVID-19 Vaccine Task Force.// Government of Canada. https://web.archive.org/web/20200808224638/https://nrc.canada.ca/en/corporate/covid-19-vaccine-task-force)) ((National Research Council of Canada. (2020, September 22). //COVID-19 Vaccine Task Force.// Government of Canada. http://archive.today/2020.12.01-031831/https://nrc.canada.ca/en/corporate/covid-19-vaccine-task-force)) ((National Research Council of Canada. (2020, September 22). //COVID-19 Vaccine Task Force.// Government of Canada. http://archive.today/2022.02.07-080206/https://nrc.canada.ca/en/corporate/covid-19-vaccine-task-force)) ^^^ ^ Name ^ Position ^ Affiliation(s) ^ | [[Joanne Langley]] | Co-chair | [[IWK Health Centre]], [[Dalhousie University]], [[Canadian Centre for Vaccinology]], [[Canadian Immunization Research Network]] (CIRN), [[Chief Science Advisor of Canada's COVID-19 Expert Panel]], [[Canadian Task Force on Preventative Health Care]], [[National Advisory Committee on Immunization]] (NACI) | | [[Mark Lievonen]] | Co-chair | [[JML Advisory Services]], [[pharmaceutical_companies:Sanofi Pasteur]], [[BIOTECanada]], [[Innovative Medicines Canada]], [[Ontario Genomics]], [[Markham Stoufville Hospital Foundation]], [[Centre for the Advancement of Health Innovation]], [[Ontario Institute for Cancer Research]], [[pharmaceutical_companies:Oncolytics Biotech]], [[pharmaceutical_companies:Acerus Pharmaceuticals]], [[pharmaceutical_companies:Quest PharmaTech]], [[Public Policy Forum]], [[York University]], [[pharmaceutical_companies:OncoQuest Pharmaceuticals]], [[Biome Grow]], [[Gairdner Foundation]], [[Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario]] | | [[Alan Bernstein]] | Member | [[Canadian Institute for Advanced Research]] (CIFAR), [[Global HIV Vaccine Enterprise]], [[Canadian Institutes of Health Research]] (CIHR), [[Imperial Cancer Research Fund]] (ICRF), [[Ontario Cancer Institute]], [[lunenfeld-tanenbaum_research_institute|Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute]], [[Stand Up to Cancer Canada]], [[Sabin-Aspen Vaccine Science & Policy Group]], [[Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation]] | | [[Robert Brunham]] | Member | [[University of British Columbia]] (UBC), [[UBCCDC Vaccine Research Laboratory]], [[BC Centre for Disease Control and Prevention]] (BCCDC) | | [[Michel de Wilde]] | Member | [[MDWConsultant]], [[pharmaceutical_companies:Sanofi Pasteur]], [[pharmaceutical_companies:Acambis]], [[pharmaceutical_companies:VaxDesign]], [[pharmaceutical_companies:GlaxoSmithKline]] | | [[Bartha Knoppers]] | Member | [[Centre of Genomics and Policy]] (CGP), [[International Canger Genome Consortium]], [[World Anti-Doping Agency]] (WADA), [[Global Alliance for Genomics and Health]] (GA4GH), [[Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development]] (OECD), [[American Association for the Advancement of Science]] (AAAS), [[Hastings Center]], [[Canadian Academy of Health Sciences]] (CAHS), [[Royal Society of Canada]], [[International Commission on the Clinical Use of Human Germline Genome Editing]] | | [[Gary Kobinger]] | Member | [[Infectious Diseases Research Centre]] (IDRC), [[National Microbiology Laboratory]] (NML), [[University of Manitoba]], [[University of Pennsylvania]], [[World Health Organization]] (WHO) | | [[Christopher Procyshyn]] | Member | [[pharmaceutical_companies:Vanrx Pharmasystems]], [[pharmaceutical_companies:QLT]], [[International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering]] (ISPE) | | [[Benjamin Rovinski]] | Member | [[Lumira Ventures]], [[pharmaceutical_companies:Sanofi Pasteur]], [[pharmaceutical_companies:Antiva Biosciences]], [[pharmaceutical_companies:Antios Therapeutics]], [[pharmaceutical_companies:Aurinia Pharmaceuticals]], [[pharmaceutical_companies:Bright Angel Therapeutics]], [[pharmaceutical_companies:G1 Therapeutics]], [[pharmaceutical_companies:KAI Pharmaceuticals]], [[pharmaceutical_companies:Morphotek]], [[pharmaceutical_companies:Notch Therapeutics]], [[Life Sciences Ontario]], [[Ontario Genomics]] | | [[Lorne Tyrrell]] | Member | [[Li Ka Shing Institute of Virology]], [[University of Alberta]], [[Canadian Institutes of Health Research]] (CIHR), [[pharmaceutical_companies:GlaxoSmithKline]], [[KMT Hepatech]], [[Institute of Health Economics]], [[Health Quality Council of Alberta]], [[Gairdner Foundation]], [[Canadian Institute for Advanced Research]] (CIFAR), [[Health Canada Science Advisory Board]] (SAB), [[Alberta Precision Laboratories]], [[Royal Society of Canada]] | | [[Sylvia van den Hurk]] | Member | [[University of Saskatchewan]], [[VIDO-InterVac]], [[Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation]], [[Canadian Institutes of Health Research]] (CIHR), [[Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada]] (NSERC) | | [[André Veillette]] | Member | [[Université de Montréal]], [[Montreal Clinical Research Institute]] (IRCM), [[Royal Society of Canada]], [[American Society for Clinical Investigation]] | | [[Mona Nemer]] | Ex-officio | [[University of Ottawa]], [[Molecular Genetics and Cardiac Regeneration Laboratory]], [[Royal Society of Canada]], [[American Association for the Advancement of Science]] (AAAS), [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]] | | [[Tina Namiesniowski]] | Ex-officio | [[Public Health Agency of Canada]] (PHAC), [[Canada Border Services Agency]] (CBSA), [[Agriculture Canada]], [[Public Safety Canada]], [[Privy Council Office]] (PCO) | | [[Simon Kennedy]] | Ex-officio | [[Innovation, Science and Development Canada]] (ISED), [[Health Canada]], [[Privy Council Office]] (PCO), [[Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada]], [[Beyond the Border Working Group]] (BBWG), [[Institute of Corporate Directors]] (ICD), [[Mental Health Commission of Canada]], [[Canadian Institute for Health Information]] (CIHI), [[Canadian Institutes of Health Research]] (CIHR) | | [[Stephen Lucas]] | Ex-officio | [[Health Canada]], [[Environment and Climate Change Canada]] (ECCC), [[Privy Council Office]] (PCO), [[Natural Resources Canada]], [[Health Foods and Products Branch]] (HFPB), [[Geological Survey of Canada]] | | [[Roger Scott-Douglas]] | Secretary | [[National Research Council of Canada]] (NRC), [[Treasury Board of Canada]], [[Employment and Social Development Canada]] (ESDC), [[Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development]] (OECD), [[World Bank]], [[International Monetary Fund]] (IMF) | | [[Iain Stewart]] | Ex-officio | [[Public Health Agency of Canada]] (PHAC), [[National Research Council of Canada]] (NRC), [[Treasury Board of Canada]], [[Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada]] (ICED), [[Atlantic Canada Opportunity Agency]] (ACOA), [[Dalhousie University]] | | [[Harpreet Kochar]] | Ex-officio | [[Public Health Agency of Canada]] (PHAC), [[Health Canada]], [[Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada]] (IRCC), [[Canadian Food Inspection Agency]] (CFIA), [[World Organization for Animal Health]], [[Ontario Veterinary College]], [[Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation]] (JDRF), [[Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada]], [[Canadian Liver Foundation]] | ===== External links ===== * [[http://covidtruthinitiative.ca/Organizations/Government-of-Canada/Innovation-Science-and-Economic-Development-Canada/National-Research-Council-Canada/COVID-19-Vaccine-Task-Force|COVID Truth Initiative]]