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.
August 2021
IT’S TIME TO START PROPERLY RISK MANAGING OUR COVID CRISIS RESPONSEColleen M. Flood and Martin Pergler | January 11, 2022
CANADA’S DRUG TOXICITY CRISIS: IS THE SOLUTION MORE ADDICTION & RECOVERY RESOURCES?Matthew Bonn, Adrian Guta, Vanessa Gruben, Elaine Hyshka and Carol Strike | October 22, 2021
VULNERABILITY VIA DIGITAL ACCESS— THE CASE FOR FREE UNIVERSAL HIGH-SPEED INTERNETTracy Vaillancourt, Curtis Brown, Miriam Beauchamp and Jess Whitley | October 4, 2021
OVERVIEW
A month after children in Canada went back to school, Canadians have many questions about their safety, the plans for vaccines, and the cumulative impacts of the pandemic on the mental and social well-being of our children. The Royal Society of Canada and the COVID-19 Immunity Task Force are partnering to host a free, virtual town hall available to all Canadians to share the latest insights and likely next steps.
Julia M. Wright | September 1, 2021
Julia M. Wright, George Munro Chair in Literature and Rhetoric, Dalhousie University
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 RSC Policy Briefing entitled “Impact of COVID-19 on Language and Literacy in Canada” is now freely and publicly available here.
