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.1)

Participants

Members2) 3) 4)
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, Sanofi Pasteur, BIOTECanada, Innovative Medicines Canada, Ontario Genomics, Markham Stoufville Hospital Foundation, Centre for the Advancement of Health Innovation, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Oncolytics Biotech, Acerus Pharmaceuticals, Quest PharmaTech, Public Policy Forum, York University, 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, 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, Sanofi Pasteur, Acambis, VaxDesign, 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 Vanrx Pharmasystems, QLT, International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE)
Benjamin Rovinski Member Lumira Ventures, Sanofi Pasteur, Antiva Biosciences, Antios Therapeutics, Aurinia Pharmaceuticals, Bright Angel Therapeutics, G1 Therapeutics, KAI Pharmaceuticals, Morphotek, 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), 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
1)
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
2)
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
3)
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
4)
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
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