In March 2020, the RSC President and the Board of Directors determined that the RSC ought to do what it can to ensure that Canada emerges as a better society coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic than it was going into it.
Established by the President of the Royal Society of Canada in April 2020, the RSC Task Force on COVID-19 was mandated to provide evidence-informed perspectives on major societal challenges in response to and recovery from COVID-19.
The response of nurses to the pandemic has been unprecedented. However, as the pandemic has shed light on multiple vulnerabilities within the Canadian health care system, it also has laid bare a range of nursing workforce issues that are longstanding and severe, and that they contribute to the critical nursing shortages impacting access for care.
The RSC Policy Briefing entitled “Investing in Canada’s Nursing Workforce Post-Pandemic: A Call to Action” is now freely and publicly available here.
Colleen Flood, Bryan Thomas and Kumanan Wilson | March 22, 2022
MASKS ARE COMING OFF—IT’S TIME TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION WITH CHILDRENTracy Vaillancourt and Wendy Craig | March 14, 2022
TIME TO PROTECT EXPERT ADVICEWendy Hui Kyong Chun, Amanda Clarke, Matthew Herder, Howard Ramos and Julia M. Wright | March 3, 2022
Wendy Hui Kyong Chun, Professor, Canada 150 Research Chair in New Media, School of Communication, Simon Fraser University
OTTAWA / February 28 / Meltwater /
The Royal Society of Canada (RSC) has formed an Expert Panel to prepare a Policy Briefing on the applications, limitations and potential of wastewater surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 in Canada. Dr. Steve Hrudey, Professor Emeritus at the University of Alberta, will serve as Chair of the Panel.
