Pat Armstrong

Armstrong is a member of the board for the Canadian Health Coalition, a lobbying organization interacting with government to increase socialized healthcare in Canada.^{1) 2)} Armstrong notes that this is a potential conflict of interest in her disclosures to the Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table.

Armstrong held a Canada Health Services Research Foundation/Canadian Institute of Health Research Chair in Health Services.³⁾

Armstrong sits on the Congregate Care Setting Working Group of the Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table.⁴⁾

In 2011, Armstrong was elected as a Fellow to the Royal Society of Canada.⁵⁾

Armstrong received a grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) to study families and COVID-19 in long-term care.^{6) 7)}

Armstrong is Distinguished Research Professor in the Department of Sociology at York University.⁸⁾ She is the principal investigator for the school’s Re-imagining Long-Term Care project.⁹⁾

Armstrong is the author, co-author, or editor of over 25 books.¹⁰⁾ While she does retain some royalties from her books, most of the money goes to charities.^{11) 12)}

• December 18, 2021: Excess Mortality in Long-Term Care Residents With and Without Personal Contact With Family or Friends During the COVID-19 Pandemic¹³⁾
  • Funded by Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES), which is itself funded by the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. ICES' Board of Directors includes representatives from Ontario Health, Statistics Canada, University Health Network, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR), Hamilton Health Sciences, and the Vector Institute for Artificial Intelligence.^{14) 15)}