====== Masks4Canada ======

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**Masks4Canada** is a Canadian volunteer initiative focused on promoting the use of [[masking_to_prevent_sars-cov-2_transmission|masks and face coverings]] to prevent the transmission of [[SARS-CoV-2]], including the imposition of mask mandates.

===== History =====

==== COVID-19 ====

Masks4Canada was formed by a group of doctors and dentists in [[canada:British Columbia]] during the early days of the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].((Bullock, C. (2020, October 15). //Masks4Canada group calls for federal mask mandate to slow spread of COVID-19.// Chilliwack Progress. https://web.archive.org/web/20221031024902/https://www.theprogress.com/news/masks4canada-group-calls-for-federal-mask-mandate-to-slow-spread-of-covid-19/))

On August 4, 2020, the group published an open letter to [[Bonnie Henry]], [[Adrian Dix]] and Premier [[John Horgan]] asking for the implementation of "mandatory mask wearing (or use of face coverings)".((Harper, T. (2020, August 5). //Kootenay doctor among 82 physicians, dentists calling on province for mandatory mask rule.// Cranbrook Daily Townsman. https://web.archive.org/web/20210925125539/https://www.cranbrooktownsman.com/news/kootenay-doctor-among-82-physicians-dentists-calling-on-province-for-mandatory-mask-rule/)) They additionally recommended "the implementation of a public education initiative on the benefits of mask wearing and its proper usage in limiting the spread of [[COVID-19]]." They cited the following studies:

  * June 1, 2020: [[https://www.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/lancet/PIIaS0140-6736(20)31142-9.pdf|Physical distancing, face masks, and eye protection to prevent person-to-person transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis]]
  * May 13, 2020: [[https://www.preprints.org/manuscript/202004.0203/v2|Face Masks Against COVID-19: An Evidence Review]] (pre-print)
    * Later peer-reviewed and published: [[https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2014564118|An evidence review of face masks against COVID-19]]

===== Organization =====

^ Name  ^ Affiliation(s)  ^
| [[Rehana Ahmed]]  | -  |
| [[Jamil Bashir]]  | [[Providence Health Care]]  |
| [[Warren Bell]]  | [[Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment]] (CAPE), [[University of British Columbia]]  |
| [[Andrea Butler]]  | [[University of British Columbia]], [[Providence Health Care]]  |
| [[Myra Butler]]  | [[University of British Columbia]]  |
| [[Andy Chan]]  | [[Vancouver General Hospital]]  |
| [[Nathan Chan]]  | -  |
| [[Salina Chan]]  | -  |
| [[Lydia Chen]]  | [[University of British Columbia]]  |
| [[Heywood Choi]]  | [[Abbotsford Regional Hospital]]  |
| [[Wayne Choi]]  | [[Royal Columbia Hospital]]  |
| [[Lica Chui]]  | -  |
| [[Jean Chuo]]  | [[University of British Columbia]]  |
| [[Roy Cline]]  | [[University of British Columbia]]  |
| [[Roberta Dionello]]  | [[Mount Saint Joseph Hospital]]  |
| [[Peter Dolman]]  | [[University of British Columbia]]  |
| [[Mark Fok]]  | -  |
| [[Jane Gardiner]]  | [[University of British Columbia]]  |
| [[Suzana Gilmour]]  | -  |
| [[Marla Gordon]]  | -  |
| [[Paula Gordon]]  | [[University of British Columbia]]  |
| [[Christina Han]]  | [[University of British Columbia]]  |
| [[James Heilman]]  | [[East Kootenay Regional Hospital]]  |
| [[Juliya Hemmett]]  | -  |
| [[Adelyn Ho]]  | [[Richmond Generaal Hospital]]  |
| [[Alice Ho]]  | -  |
| [[Catherine Ho]]  | -  |
| [[Cindy Huang]]  | -  |
| [[Norman Hwang]]  | -  |
| [[Alfonso Iovieno]]  | [[University of British Columbia]]  |
| [[Mary Lou Jackson]]  | [[University of British Columbia]]  |
| [[Dan Kalla]]  | [[St. Paul's Hospital]]  |
| [[Olivia Kei]]  | -  |
| [[Ross Kennedy]]  | [[University of British Columbia]]  |
| [[Amit Khosla]]  | [[University of British Columbia]]  |
| [[Ashley Ko]]  | [[University of British Columbia]]  |
| [[Yume Kohno]]  | -  |
| [[Salim Lalini]]  | [[University of British Columbia]]  |
| [[Benny Lau]]  | [[University of British Columbia]]  |
| [[Amanda Lau]]  | -  |
| [[Angela Law]]  | -  |
| [[Alison Lee]]  | [[BC Children's Hospital]], [[University of British Columbia]]  |
| [[Anika Lee]]  | -  |
| [[Cindy Lee]]  | -  |
| [[Jason Lee]]  | -  |
| [[John Lee]]  | -  |
| [[Melissa Lem]]  | -  |
| [[Ruozhou Tom Liu]]  | [[University of British Columbia]]  |
| [[Ann Lu]]  | -  |
| [[Jillian Lusina]]  | -  |
| [[Christopher Lyons]]  | [[University of British Columbia]]  |
| [[Marion Mackay-Dunn]]  | [[University of British Columbia]], [[Vancouver General Hospital]]  |
| [[Venitia S.J. Mah]]  | [[University of British Columbia]], [[Mount Saint Joseph Hospital]]  |
| [[Sean McCarthy]]  | -  |
| [[Amie Padilla-Thornton]]  | [[Mount Saint Joseph Hospital]]  |
| [[Andrea Gonzalez Patterson]]  | -  |
| [[Farah Ramji]]  | -  |
| [[Roop Randhawa]]  | [[University of British Columbia]]  |
| [[Megan Rees]]  | [[University of British Columbia]]  |
| [[Robert Schertzer]]  | [[University of British Columbia]]  |
| [[Claire Sheldon]]  | [[University of British Columbia]]  |
| [[Andrew Thamboo]]  | [[University of British Columbia]]  |
| [[Karen Tran]]  | [[University of British Columbia]]  |
| [[Giorgia Tropini]]  | [[University of British Columbia]]  |
| [[Mihaela Van Idour]]  | [[University of British Columbia]]  |
| [[Chris Waite]]  | [[University of British Columbia]]  |
| [[Elisabeth Waterman]]  | -  |
| [[Alina Webber]]  | -  |
| [[Julia Wei]]  | -  |
| [[Tiffany Winstone]]  | -  |
| [[Steph Wise]]  | [[Providence Health Care]]  |
| [[Anna Wolak]]  | [[University of British Columbia]]  |
| [[Judith Wolfe]]  | [[St. Paul's Hospital]]  |
| [[Bryan Wong]]  | -  |
| [[Gloria Wong]]  | [[University of British Columbia]]  |
| [[Karen Wong]]  | [[University of British Columbia]], [[Nanaimo Regional General Hospital]]  |
| [[Xing Wong]]  | -  |
| [[Ka Wai Yam]]  | -  |
| [[Matthew Yeung]]  | -  |
| [[Sonia Yeung]]  | [[University of British Columbia]], [[Eye Bank of British Columbia]]  |
| [[Eric Yoshida]]  | [[University of British Columbia]], [[Vancouver Medical, Dental and Allied Staff Association]] (VMDSA), [[Vancouver Physicians Staff Association]] (VPSA)  |
| [[Gloria Yuen]]  | [[University of British Columbia]]  |