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Maps

CERB payments across Canada
https://www.datawrapper.de/_/hThsr/

Nova Scotia COVID-19 Dashboard
https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/204d6ed723244dfbb763ca3f913c5cad

COVID-19 in Ottawa Neighbourhoods
https://www.neighbourhoodstudy.ca/covid-19-in-ottawa-neighbourhoods/

Ottawa Neighbourhood Study (ONS) – Neighbourhood Boundaries Gen 2
https://bit.ly/2Xp1MlV

Montreal COVID-19 deaths mapped to income census tracts
https://caj-iij.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=855942deac2043e5b08fa85a95920d82&extent=-12781598.2891%2C6323027.5285%2C-10873730.0631%2C8362978.9394%2C102100

Montreal COVID-19 cases mapped to income census tracts
https://caj-iij.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=be2940a04ba245b0a9e27bd5cb902eac&extent=-8242058.6847%2C5673900.2022%2C-8160958.9977%2C5739941.7947%2C102100

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Montreal: COVID-19 infection rates and median income by neighbourhood
https://caj-iij.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=6249bbb269da4811bb91d4768347f050&extent=-8279407.1305%2C5668637.1371%2C-8132648.0362%2C5740258.6326%2C102100

Toronto neighourhoods
https://open.toronto.ca/dataset/neighbourhoods/

Toronto Property Boundaries
https://open.toronto.ca/dataset/property-boundaries/

Address Points (Municipal) – Toronto One Address Repository
https://open.toronto.ca/dataset/address-points-municipal-toronto-one-address-repository/

Toronto City Wards
https://open.toronto.ca/dataset/city-wards/

Ten Considerations Before You Create Another Chart About COVID-19
https://medium.com/nightingale/ten-considerations-before-you-create-another-chart-about-covid-19-27d3bd691be8

Journalists’s Toolbox: Presented by the Society of Professional Journalists
https://www.journaliststoolbox.org/2020/04/29/flu_and_miscellaneous_medicalhealth_sites/

Canada COVID-19 Situational Awareness Dashboard
https://phac-aspc.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/e968bf79f4694b5ab290205e05cfcda6

Project Pandemic: Canada Reports on COVID-19
https://projectpandemic.concordia.ca/pages/maps-canada-cases

Novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Nova Scotia
https://novascotia.ca/coronavirus/data/

COVID-19 in Ontario
https://covid-19.ontario.ca/

Flatten.ca
https://m.flatten.ca/?utm_expid=._DRLfVr1TKuYFMGoM-O_7g.1&utm_referrer=

Coronavirus: The Road to Economic and Social Recovery
https://www.descarteslabs.com/

Our World in Data
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/daily-cases-covid-19?time=2020-03-17..&country=AUT+CZE+POL

Coronavirus Daily Global Tracker – Tableau
https://www.tableau.com/covid-19-coronavirus-data-resources

Coronavirus Locations: COVID-19 Map by County and State
https://usafacts.org/visualizations/coronavirus-covid-19-spread-map/

Coronavirus in the U.S. : Latest Map and Case Count (NY Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/coronavirus-us-cases.html

Tracking the Coronavirus at U.S. Colleges and Universities (NYTimes)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/covid-college-cases-tracker.html

Access to information

Sessional Papers on COVID-19 released to the standing committee on health
https://www.ourcommons.ca/content/Committee/Motion2020-10-26/index-e.html

Data

COVID-19 vaccination in Canada
https://health-infobase.canada.ca/covid-19/vaccine-administration/

Provisional death counts and excess mortality, January to December 2020
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/210310/dq210310c-eng.htm

Provisional weekly estimates of the number of deaths, expected number of deaths and excess mortality: Interactive Tool
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/71-607-x/71-607-x2020023-eng.htm

Ministry of Health Public Health Unit Boundary
https://geohub.lio.gov.on.ca/datasets/ministry-of-health-public-health-unit-boundary/data?geometry=-168.377%2C38.920%2C-1.122%2C58.787

Ontario COVID-19 Data Tool
https://www.publichealthontario.ca/en/data-and-analysis/infectious-disease/covid-19-data-surveillance/covid-19-data-tool?tab=outbreaks

CEWS Registry Results
https://apps.cra-arc.gc.ca/ebci/hacc/cews/srch/pub/bscSrch?dsrdPg=1&q.srchNm=car&q.ordrClmn=NAME&q.ordrRnk=ASC

CEWS downloadable
https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/wage-rent-subsidies/emergency-wage-subsidy/cews-statistics.html

CERS and Lockdown Support claims – detailed data
https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/wage-rent-subsidies/emergency-rent-subsidy/cers-statistics/cers-detailed-data.html

ccodwg/Covid19Canada
https://github.com/ccodwg/Covid19Canada

Cumulative COVID-19 vaccination does administered per 100 people – Our World in Data
https://bit.ly/3v1JfH3

COVID-19 Vaccination Tracker
https://covid19tracker.ca/vaccinationtracker.html

Policing The Pandemic Mapping Project
https://www.policingthepandemic.ca/

Policing The Pandemic Mapping Project – Scholars Portal Dataverse
https://dataverse.scholarsportal.info/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=doi:10.5683/SP2/KNJLWS

COVID-19 in Ontario – A Focus on Diversity
https://www.publichealthontario.ca/-/media/documents/ncov/epi/2020/06/covid-19-epi-diversity.pdf?la=en

Peel Health Surveillance – COVID-19
https://www.peelregion.ca/coronavirus/_media/COVID-19-race-and-occupation.pdf

Changes made by businesses to adapt to the COVID-19 pandemic, by business characteristics
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/cv.action?pid=3310025001

Download today’s data on the geographic distribution of COVID-19 cases worldwide
https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications-data/download-todays-data-geographic-distribution-covid-19-cases-worldwide

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19): Outbreak update
https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/2019-novel-coronavirus-infection.html?topic=tilelink#a1

Ontario COVID-19 Data Catalogue
https://data.ontario.ca/en/group/2019-novel-coronavirus

Ontario public school contact information
https://data.ontario.ca/en/dataset/ontario-public-school-contact-information

Ontario COVID-19 Data
https://covid-19.ontario.ca/index.html

Ontario COVID-19 Data Tool
https://www.publichealthontario.ca/en/data-and-analysis/infectious-disease/covid-19-data-surveillance/covid-19-data-tool

Nova Scotia Data Visualization
https://dalspatial.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/f783d6c1568b4c40baa3de148f66810c

Global Deaths Due to Various Causes and COVID-19
https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/2944635/?fbclid=IwAR2uImxJhd3Taz7YAei88Wh8xfhdFjeG9lcp6qsBHOpIBLRVs3_1NTfaAu0

The COVID Tracking Project
https://covidtracking.com/

SANTÉ MONTRÉAL
https://santemontreal.qc.ca/en/public/coronavirus-covid-19/situation-of-the-coronavirus-covid-19-in-montreal/#c41383

COVID-19: Status of Cases in Toronto
https://www.toronto.ca/home/covid-19/covid-19-latest-city-of-toronto-news/covid-19-status-of-cases-in-toronto/

Region of Peel – COVID-19 Mapping Dashboard
https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/e21b45996d0b4f77a045447ff65b9831

Region of Peel Population Growth
https://www.peelregion.ca/strategicplan/20-year-outcomes/population-growth.asp

Population estimates on July 1st, by age and sex
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=1710000501

Census Profile, 2016 Census
https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E

How GIS is giving CBRE a competitive advantage
https://www.cbre.ca/en/about/advantage-insights/articles/how-gis-is-giving-cbre-a-competitive-advantage

Ottawa Neighbourhood Equity Index
https://www.neighbourhoodequity.ca/

Schools COVID-19 data
https://data.ontario.ca/dataset/summary-of-cases-in-schools

COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage in Ottawa Neighbourhoods
https://www.neighbourhoodstudy.ca/covid-19-vaccination-coverage-in-ottawa-neighbourhoods/

Ottawa Neighbourhood Study (ONS) – Neighbourhood Boundaries Gen 2
https://bit.ly/2Xp1MlV

COVID-19 Outbreaks in Ottawa Healthcare, Childcare and Educational Establishments
https://open.ottawa.ca/datasets/covid-19-outbreaks-in-ottawa-healthcare-childcare-and-educational-establishments/explore

Ottawa Residents Tested for COVID-19 by ONS Neighbourhood
https://open.ottawa.ca/datasets/ottawa::ottawa-residents-tested-for-covid-19-by-ons-neighbourhood/about

Halifax Partnership
https://halifaxpartnership.com/

Halifax Partnership COVID-19 Economic Recovery Tracker
https://halifaxpartnership.com/research-strategy/economic-response-and-recovery-plan/economy-covid-19-recovery/

Community Data Program
http://communitydata.ca/

Real-time foot traffic analytics
https://www.getblix.com/foot-traffic-analytics

Footfall Measurement Studies – Mobile Advertising
https://datarade.ai/data-products/footfall-measurement-studies-mobile-advertising-tamoco

GraphHopper Open Traffic Collection
https://github.com/graphhopper/open-traffic-collection

opentraffic: A free, global traffic speed data set linked to OpenStreetMap
https://github.com/opentraffic

Data Visualizations

Interactive data visualizations of COVID-19 – Government of Canada
https://health-infobase.canada.ca/covid-19/visual-data-gallery/

Vols intérieurs : quand les provinces s’infectent les unes les autres
https://bit.ly/3w6vfg7

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2021/04/26/emily-victoria-viegass-death-puts-spotlight-on-increasing-spread-of-covid-19-in-younger-people-in-third-wave.html

WHO pandemic timeline
https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/interactive-timeline#event-72

Two parts of a pandemic: How the coronavirus spread in Canada
https://ici.radio-canada.ca/info/2020/12/pandemie-vagues-covid-19-coronavirus-rassemblements-noel-carte-3D/index-en.html

Cumulative COVID-19 vaccination does administered per 100 people — Our World in Data
https://bit.ly/3gfGKvr

Coronavirus World Map: Tracking the Global Outbreak
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/world/coronavirus-maps.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage

Research

The Consequences of Remote_Centre for Educational Policy Research
https://cepr.harvard.edu/files/cepr/files/5-4.pdf?m=1651690491

Picking up the Tab – Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
https://www.policyalternatives.ca/multimedia/picking-tab

COVID-19 death comorbidities in Canada
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/45-28-0001/2020001/article/00087-eng.htm

COVID-19 mortality rates in Canada’s ethno-cultural neighbourhoods
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/45-28-0001/2020001/article/00079-eng.htm

Economic Equality in A Changing Word: Removing Barriers To Employment For Women  (Public Policy Forum)
https://www.ryerson.ca/diversity/reports/RemovingBarriersToEmploymentForWomen_EN.pdf

COVID-19 Policy Portal (iPolitics has removed the paywall on this portal as a public service to Canadians.)
https://ipolitics.ca/covid-19/

ICES COVID-19 Dashboard
https://www.ices.on.ca/DAS/AHRQ/COVID-19-Dashboard

Impacts of COVID-19 on Canadians: First results from crowdsourcing
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/200423/dq200423a-eng.htm?HPA=1

Ontario-specific COVID-19 Analysis
https://howsmyflattening.ca/#/analysis

Alberta – Economic Recovery Council: Providing expert advice to guide Alberta through the economic downturn as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and the energy price crash.
https://www.alberta.ca/economic-recovery-council.aspx

The computer algorithm that was among the first to detect the coronavirus outbreak
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/coronavirus-outbreak-computer-algorithm-artificial-intelligence/?fbclid=IwAR2e1E0vxJWa72aE1IY3Ih_LlcSC-aknnvEaWsyPnHxD7BTFgMpFfL3gOto

COVID-19 – The Tipping Point
https://www.cebm.net/

Task Force delivers solutions for the future of natural resources in Canada
https://www.resourceworks.com/task-force

Are Hospitals Near Me Ready for Coronavirus? Here Are Nine Different Scenarios
https://projects.propublica.org/graphics/covid-hospitals

Covering the Pandemic – Columbia Journalism Review
https://www.cjr.org/covering-the-pandemic?utm_source=CJR+Daily+News&utm_campaign=fb133176fd-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_06_26_01_32_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_9c93f57676-fb133176fd-174520961&mc_cid=fb133176fd&mc_eid=074a1d1b89

The U.S. Just Signed A $450 Million Coronavirus Vaccine Contract With Johnson & Johnson
https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2020/03/30/the-us-just-signed-a-450-million-coronavirus-vaccine-contract-with-johnson–johnson/#6eb2aede2946

AstraZeneca teams up with Oxford University to develop coronavirus vaccine — first results from human trials expected in June or July
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/astrazeneca-teams-up-with-oxford-university-to-develop-coronavirus-vaccine-first-results-from-human-trials-expected-in-june-or-july-2020-04-30

Canadian Magazines Face Layoffs and Closures in the Wake of COVID-19
https://magsbc.com/2020/04/14/covid-19-devastates-magazine-publishing-sector/

COVID-19 INFORMATION

Infotagian
https://infotagion.com/about/

The COVID Tracking Project
https://covidtracking.com/

Federal government – Coronavirus disease (COVID-19): Outbreak update
https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/2019-novel-coronavirus-infection.html

Government of Ontario – Think you might have COVID-19 (coronavirus)?
https://covid-19.ontario.ca/

Montreal Public Health: Coronavirus COVID-19
https://santemontreal.qc.ca/en/public/coronavirus-covid-19/

COVID-19: Status of Cases in Toronto
https://www.toronto.ca/home/covid-19/covid-19-latest-city-of-toronto-news/covid-19-status-of-cases-in-toronto/

COVID-19 US state policy database (CUSP)
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zu9qEWI8PsOI_i8nI_S29HDGHlIp2lfVMsGxpQ5tvAQ/edit#gid=973655443

Articles

Fourth COVID vaccine doses aren’t making it into arms in these GTA neighbourhoods
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2022/08/09/fourth-covid-vaccine-doses-arent-making-it-into-arms-in-these-gta-neighbourhoods.html

Private schools, large firms won big in Ontario’s rapid testing program, while hot spots lost out, Star analysis finds
https://www.thestar.com/news/investigations/2022/04/10/just-20-of-rapid-tests-went-to-ontarios-covid-19-hot-spots-star-analysis-finds.html

Two members of military counter-terrorism unit under investigation for allegedly taking part in convoy protests
https://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/defence-watch/two-members-of-military-counter-terrorism-unit-under-investigation-for-allegedly-taking-part-in-convoy-protests

This Toronto gym owner got $250,000 in aid and says he needs more. But are subsidies just keeping ‘zombie’ businesses alive?
https://www.thestar.com/business/2022/01/29/this-toronto-gym-owner-received-250000-in-pandemic-aid-he-says-he-needs-more-but-others-say-generous-aid-is-subsidizing-businesses-that-would-ultimately-have-failed.html

The Kindergarten Exodus (PDF)
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21179694-pandemic_exodus

Health Care

They Were the Pandemic’s Perfect Victims
https://www.propublica.org/article/they-were-the-pandemics-perfect-victims

They Were Loved
https://www.macleans.ca/they-were-loved/

We broke down the hospitalization risk of going unvaccinated in Ontario. Here’s what the numbers say (Toronto Star)
https://bit.ly/3xXlO3g

How Ontario taxpayers likely lost almost $10 million on COVID-19 tests they’ll never see
https://www.thestar.com/business/2021/07/15/how-ontario-taxpayers-likely-lost-almost-10-million-on-covid-19-tests-theyll-never-see.html

Stephen Lecce said COVID-19 wasn’t spreading in schools. Internal documents show Ontario’s education ministry did not know if this was true
https://bit.ly/3fJqEv4

These are the Toronto neighbourhoods that have the highest and lowest vaccination rates so far
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2021/05/16/these-are-the-toronto-neighbourhoods-that-have-the-highest-and-lowest-vaccination-rates-so-far.html

Why COVID-19 may come calling at your door but not your neighbour’s
https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/why-covid-19-may-knock-at-your-door-and-not-others

These top CEOs pledged to take pandemic pay cuts — but a Star analysis found some ended up getting millions more
https://www.thestar.com/business/2021/05/08/many-of-canadas-top-ceos-promised-to-take-pandemic-pay-cuts-but-star-analysis-finds-that-some-actually-earned-millions-more.html

‘This was preventable’: As Toronto hits 3,000 COVID-19 deaths, some wonder how many more are still to come
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2021/04/22/this-was-preventable-as-toronto-hits-3000-covid-19-deaths-some-wonder-how-many-more-are-still-to-come.html

A risk-averse premier, an epic cabinet meeting, a wave of anger: The inside story of Doug Ford’s disastrous announcement
https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/2021/04/23/a-risk-averse-premier-an-epic-cabinet-meeting-a-wave-of-anger-the-inside-story-of-doug-fords-disastrous-announcement.html

A tale of two neighbourhoods: Jane and Finch with the lowest vaccination rate, Moore Park with the highest
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2021/04/11/a-tale-of-two-neighbourhoods-jane-and-finch-with-the-lowest-vaccination-rate-moore-park-with-the-highest.html

The Toronto and Peel neighbourhoods that need the COVID vaccine the most aren’t getting it, new data reveals
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2021/04/06/the-toronto-and-peel-neighbourhoods-that-need-the-covid-vaccine-the-most-arent-getting-it-new-data-reveals.html

Union group says documents show Alberta government prioritized Cargill plant operation over worker safety
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/union-group-says-documents-show-alberta-government-prioritized-cargill-plant-operation-over-worker-safety-1.5968428?cmp=rss

Disabled Canadians face uphill struggle for regular care as COVID-19 drains resources
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-disabled-canadians-face-uphill-struggle-for-regular-care-as-covid-19/

Apres les mesures sanitaires s’enchainent les sos en sante mentale
https://ici.radio-canada.ca/recit-numerique/2189/covid-19-appel-aide-sante-mentale?fbclid=IwAR0vi_YI5vYyyLsEIiYoevOon8j3lsQdk4zIfqK5BuIf8K6EhNqE0U5y72w

Documents reveal the Trudeau government warned Donald Trump not to cut off Canada’s supply of critical COVID-19 masks — or else
https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/2021/03/10/documents-reveal-the-trudeau-government-warned-donald-trump-not-to-cut-off-canadas-supply-of-critical-covid-19-masks-or-else.html

For-profit nursing homes in Ontario say ownership has nothing to do with their higher COVID-19 death rates. A Star analysis finds that’s not the case
https://www.thestar.com/business/2021/02/26/for-profit-nursing-homes-say-ownership-has-nothing-to-do-with-their-higher-covid-19-death-rates-a-star-analysis-finds-thats-not-the-case.html

More than $395M sent to Manitoba through CERB at start of pandemic, data shows
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-cerb-data-1.5932741

A rural-urban divide: Data gives most detailed look yet at where CERB went
https://www.nationalnewswatch.com/2021/02/15/a-rural-urban-divide-data-gives-most-detailed-look-yet-at-where-cerb-went/#.YCqOUY9KhEY

‘Document dump’ of thousands of pages reveals federal government’s behind-the-scenes scramble on COVID-19
https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/2021/02/14/document-dump-of-thousands-of-pages-reveals-federal-governments-behind-the-scenes-scramble-on-covid-19.html

‘Critical’ Global Affairs Canada services disrupted amid coronavirus cases at offices
https://globalnews.ca/news/7632416/global-affairs-canada-coronavirus-cases-service-disruption/

Senior Liberal staffers discussed withholding details about COVID-19 response: Internal emails
https://globalnews.ca/news/7625016/coronavirus-ppe-government-emails-withheld-information/?utm_source=notification

Internal emails reveal tensions with PHAC, provinces as Trudeau’s office responds to COVID-19
https://globalnews.ca/news/7612950/coronavirs-emails-prime-minister-office-trudeau-internal-frustrations/

Ontario rejected its own public health agency’s advice when it launched its colour-coded plan for COVID-19 restrictions
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2020/11/11/ontario-rejected-its-own-public-health-agencys-advice-when-it-launched-its-colour-coded-plan-for-covid-19-restrictions.html

Is anyone taking the second wave of COVID-19 seriously? This data shows we’re shopping and travelling like it’s practically 2019
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2020/10/08/is-anyone-taking-the-second-wave-of-covid-19-seriously-this-data-shows-were-shopping-and-travelling-like-its-practically-2019.html

Have we normalized the COVID-19 death toll?https://www.cjr.org/the_media_today/coronavirus_death_count_normalize.php?utm_source=CJR+Daily+News&utm_campaign=02893bc858-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_10_31_05_02_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_9c93f57676-02893bc858-174520961&mc_cid=02893bc858&mc_eid=074a1d1b89

Ont. nursing homes have had 22 years to do safety upgrades. COVID-19 reveals deadly cost of delay
https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/covid-19-coronavirus-long-term-care-homes-ontario-1.5604009

Inquiry into coronavirus nursing home deaths needs to include discussion of workers and race
https://theconversation.com/inquiry-into-coronavirus-nursing-home-deaths-needs-to-include-discussion-of-workers-and-race-139017

2,000 COVID-19 cases missing from Toronto’s map of hot spots
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/covid-19-data-toronto-public-health-hot-spots-1.5598844?fbclid=IwAR0YCo65N1AltvM8kztaV9pQqY4zhh674m1TXZI6Q0nNVd_qN9JRJX_HKLk

The Countries Hit Hardest By COVID-19
https://safehaven.com/news/Breaking-News/The-Countries-Hit-Hardest-By-COVID-19.html?utm_source=browser&utm_medium=push_notification&utm_campaign=vwo_notification_1591320404&_p_c=1

Four ways Ontario has made it harder to know how COVID-19 is hitting the province
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2020/05/31/four-ways-ontario-has-made-it-harder-to-know-how-covid-19-is-hitting-the-province.html

Here are the latest COVID-19 statistics for Alberta — and what they mean
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-covid-19-data-statistics-numbers-cases-hospitalizations-1.5514947

Being poor shouldn’t be deadly
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2020/05/12/opinion/being-poor-shouldnt-be-deadly

COVID-19 hits poorer Montreal boroughs hardest, data reveals, with Montreal North bearing the brunt
https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/covid-19/covid-19-hits-poorer-montreal-boroughs-hardest-data-reveals-with-montreal-north-bearing-the-brunt-1.4935066

Liberals can salvage the broken ATIP system if they muster the political will: CAJ
https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/liberals-can-salvage-the-broken-atip-system-if-they-muster-the-political-will-caj-861299100.html

A study urged better standards for migrant workers’ housing. Nothing was done. Now COVID-19 has struck
https://www.thestar.com/business/2020/05/11/a-study-urged-better-standards-for-migrant-workers-housing-nothing-was-done-now-covid-19-has-struck.html?li_source=LI&li_medium=thestar_recommended_for_you

As economy reopens, Ontario is missing crucial details about COVID-19 spread, epidemiologists warn
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2020/05/11/as-economy-reopens-ontario-is-missing-crucial-details-about-covid-19-spread-epidemiologists-warn.html

Quebec to collect data on race, economic status of COVID-19 patients, director of public health says
https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/quebec-to-collect-data-on-race-economic-status-of-covid-19-patients-director-of-public-health-says-1.4927486

Analysis of billions of cellular data: the Quebec break has catalyzed the epidemic
https://ici.radio-canada.ca/info/2020/05/geolocalisation-deplacements-provinces-regions-quebec-montreal-distanciation-sociale/?fbclid=IwAR3xWHUt-VZvu8J7gByBDHLFdiHa1OzrI1t4t395E0QuRthVgCLYxTpOAug

Hazardous material: Dealing with the vast medical waste of the Covid-19 pandemic
https://www.france24.com/en/20200429-hazardous-material-dealing-with-the-vast-medical-waste-of-the-covid-19-pandemic

Coronavirus leaves China with mountains of medical waste
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3074722/coronavirus-leaves-china-mountains-medical-waste

COVID-19 is not the great leveller, it’s the great revealer
https://www.broadbentinstitute.ca/milescorak/covid_19_is_not_the_great_leveller_it_s_the_great_revealer

Issue 25: COVID-19 is the ‘Great Unequalizer’
https://maxpolicy.substack.com/p/issue-25-covid-19-is-the-great-unequalizer?r=4qxzc&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email&utm_source=twitter

Federal health agencies block journalists’ access to COVID-19 experts & information
https://www.healthnewsreview.org/2020/03/federal-health-agencies-block-reporters-access-to-covid-19-experts-information/

Low-income neighbourhoods at higher risk of coronavirus
https://toronto.citynews.ca/2020/04/20/low-income-neighbourhoods-at-higher-risk-of-covid-19/

Toronto to begin tracking racial and socio-economic data in COVID-19 patients
https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/toronto-to-begin-tracking-racial-and-socio-economic-data-in-covid-19-patients-1.4926220

Quebec to collect data on race, economic status of COVID-19 patients, director of public health says
https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/quebec-to-collect-data-on-race-economic-status-of-covid-19-patients-director-of-public-health-says-1.4927486

The difficulty of seeing the coronavirus
https://www.cjr.org/the_media_today/coronavirus_images_hospitals_journalism.php

Documents reveal glimpse into Canada’s early COVID-19 plans
https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/documents-reveal-glimpse-into-canada-s-early-covid-19-plans-1.4886560

City of Toronto recalls defective masks to long-term care homes; Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Canada tests positive for COVID-19; Alberta releases projections
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2020/04/07/uk-pm-boris-johnson-spent-the-night-at-the-icu-3m-will-continue-to-send-masks-to-canada-japan-declares-state-of-emergency.html

Covering the Pandemic – Columbia Journalism Review
https://www.cjr.org/covering-the-pandemic?utm_source=CJR+Daily+News&utm_campaign=fb133176fd-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_06_26_01_32_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_9c93f57676-fb133176fd-174520961&mc_cid=fb133176fd&mc_eid=074a1d1b89

This Coronavirus Is Unlike Anything in Our Lifetime, and We Have to Stop Comparing It to the Flu
https://www.propublica.org/article/this-coronavirus-is-unlike-anything-in-our-lifetime-and-we-have-to-stop-comparing-it-to-the-flu?utm_source=pardot&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=majorinvestigations

Why the Coronavirus Is So Confusing: A guide to making sense of a problem that is now too big for any one person to fully comprehend
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/04/pandemic-confusing-uncertainty/610819/?campaign_id=9&emc=edit_nn_20200505&instance_id=18228&nl=the-morning&fbclid=IwAR2g0ZYQYwJFEYdiw150VuItUbd9kZ3hoPgr2GiRsxYJUbKDjpT4KFbmOZM

A Man Shared A Shocking Photo Of What COVID-19 Did To Him After Six Weeks In A Hospital
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/davidmack/man-shares-photo-before-after-covid-19?bftwnews&utm_term=4ldqpgc#4ldqpgc

Laval, l’autre épicentre de la pandémie au Canada
https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1704710/deces-laval-covid-resident-chsld-donnees-epicentre?fbclid=IwAR3Um3bOobluo2dgT826f0_RJ-kyq-0GN1yGqDuE6JzpchJzu3OHXPI0WYA

Early ‘excess death’ data for Canada suggests decrease in deaths in early days of pandemic
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/excess-death-january-to-march-statistics-canada-1.5568040?fbclid=IwAR2yb3ymUwse_JqitPfzKTtAcvkxgpj76UvbFjGVCzKbJ4SlSf8GewGqbow

More Than 100,000 U.S. Coronavirus Deaths Are Linked to Nursing Homes
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/coronavirus-nursing-homes.html

Business

Insolvency Insider
https://insolvencyinsider.ca/

Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy
https://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/bsf-osb.nsf/eng/home

Contacts

Dalla Lana School of Public Health – Live Updates on COVID-​​19 from DLSPH
http://www.dlsph.utoronto.ca/

University of Ottawa – Need an expert? COVID-19 and seniors
https://media.uottawa.ca/news/need-expert-covid-19-and-seniors

Dalhousie University – COVID-19 Expertise
https://www.dal.ca/news/media/experts/newsletter/2020/04/20/april_8__2020.html

State & Territorial Health Department Websites
https://www.cdc.gov/publichealthgateway/healthdirectories/healthdepartments.html