COVID-19

An RSC Webinar: Investing in Canada’s Nursing Workforce Post-Pandemic: A Call to Action

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.

RSC Appoints Expert Panel on Wastewater Surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 in Canada

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.

RSC Task Force on COVID-19 Testifies Before the Senate

On February 9, three representatives of the RSC Task Force on COVID-19 testified before the Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology on the potential for establishing a National Day of Observance for the COVID-19 Pandemic.

The Chair of the RSC Task Force, Dr. Tracy Vaillancourt, read the opening statement and then was joined by Dr. Julia M. Wright (Member of the Task Force and President of the Academy of Arts and Humanities) and Dr. Sharon Straus (Member of the Task Force) in responding to questions from Senators. 

How books, movies and TV help us understand the infodemic, anti-vax messages and conspiracy theories

The World Health Organization defines an infodemic as “too much information including false or misleading information in digital and physical environments during a disease outbreak.”

While the term is new, the problem is not. For centuries, writers have recognized that disease outbreaks spur the spread of incorrect information, or misinformation.

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