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Open Letter from Alberta Doctors to Premier Jason Kenney
November 9, 2020 The Honourable Jason Kenney MLA Premier, Province of Alberta Office of the Premier 307 Legislature Building 10800 - 97 Avenue Edmonton, Alberta T5K 2B6 Re: Response to increasing COVID-19 infection rates. Dear Premier Kenney, We are intensive care physicians, emergency physicians, general internists, pulmonologists, infectious disease specialists and family physicians serving the people of Alberta. We are deeply concerned over the state of the COVID-19 pandemic in Alberta. Over the last three weeks, we have watched the numbers of cases, hospitalizations and ICU admissions dramatically increase. Epidemiologic data have suggested exponential growth of COVID-19 cases over the past month and the daily new cases, hospitalizations and ICU admissions are at an all-time high as of November 7, 2020. If this rate of increase continues unabated, our acute care health system will be overrun in the near future. There have been advances in the care of critically ill COVID-19 patients based on research over the last 9 months that have resulted in significant reductions in mortality and time to recovery. However, if the rate of COVID-19 spread continues, the consequences to the people of Alberta will be catastrophic. Acute care beds now used to treat patients with cancers, heart disease and other serious conditions will be occupied by COVID-19 patients. Operating rooms will be converted to overflow ICUs and health care professionals will struggle to provide an acceptable quality of care. While other hospital units can be converted to provide intensive care, there is a very finite number of healthcare professionals with the necessary skills to provide this level of care. -
COVID-19: Recovery and Re-Opening Tracker By: Trevor Lawson, Lara
COVID-19: Recovery and Re-opening Tracker By: Trevor Lawson, Lara Nathans, Meghan Hillstrom, Marco Fimiani, Nicole Naglie As Governments and businesses turn their minds toward the recovery and re-opening of the economy, our team is closely monitoring updates from governments across Canada. The following summarizes the recovery and re-opening measures which have been announced to date in each jurisdiction. We will continue to update this summary as further measures are introduced across the country. This roundup was last updated on May 8,10, 2020. To see what has changed since our last update, please download our blackline, here. Federal May 8, 2020: The Canadian Department of Justice established an Action Committee on Court Operation in Response to COVID-19 which will focus on developing court-specific health and safety guidelines (link). May 4, 2020: The Government of Canada created the COVID-19 Supply Council to advise the government on the procurement of critical goods and services required as part of Canada’s COVID-19 response and recovery (link). April 24, 2020: The Government of Canada released a backgrounder on the fundamentals of return to work plans (link). British Columbia May 7, 2020: The Government of British Columbia announced that Phase 2 of the Restart Plan is scheduled to begin after the May long weekend (link). May 7, 2020: The Government of British Columbia launched a renewal plan for surgeries that were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic (link). May 6, 2020: The Government of British Columbia announced the province’s Restart Plan, which will begin mid-May (link). -
Middlesex-London Board of Health
AGENDA MIDDLESEX-LONDON BOARD OF HEALTH Thursday, February 27, 2020, 7:00 p.m. 399 Ridout Street North, London, Ontario Side Entrance, (recessed door) MLHU Boardroom MISSION - MIDDLESEX-LONDON HEALTH UNIT The mission of the Middlesex-London Health Unit is to promote and protect the health of our community. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH Ms. Maureen Cassidy (Chair) Ms. Aina DeViet (Vice-Chair) Mr. John Brennan Mr. Michael Clarke Ms. Kelly Elliott Ms. Tino Kasi Ms. Arielle Kayabaga Mr. Ian Peer Mr. Bob Parker Mr. Matt Reid SECRETARY-TREASURER Dr. Christopher Mackie DISCLOSURE OF CONFLICTS OF INTEREST APPROVAL OF AGENDA MINUTES Approve: January 23, 2020 – Board of Health meeting Receive: February 6, 2020 – Finance & Facilities Committee Meeting February 13, 2020 - Finance & Facilities Committee Meeting 1 Item Item # Delegation Recommendation Information Link to Report Name and Number Overview and Lead Additional Information Reports and Agenda Items 2020 Annual Service Plan (Final) Finance & Facilities Committee To provide an update on the February 6 Meeting Update: February 6 and February 6, 2020 and 13, 2020 Finance & Facilities 13, 2020 Agenda Committee meetings. 1 x x x Minutes (Report No. 005-20A & 005-20B) Lead: Kelly Elliott, Chair, Finance & February 13, 2020 Facilities Committee Agenda Minutes To provide an update on the February Governance Committee Meeting 27, 2020 Governance Committee Update: February 27, 2020 February 27, 2020 2 x x x meeting. Agenda (Verbal) Lead: Chair, Governance Committee To request approval to forward the Middlesex-London Health Unit’s Public Public Health Modernization – Health Modernization submission to the Board of Health Submission 3 x x Appendix A Ministry of Health. -
Canadian Tuberculosis Standards 7 Th Edition Appendix E: Contributors
Canadian Tuberculosis Standards 7 th Edition Appendix E: Contributors To promote and protect the health of Canadians through leadership, partnership, innovation and action in public health. — Public Health Agency of Canada Canadian Tuberculosis Standard, 7th edition Également disponible en français sous le titre : Normes canadiennes pour la lutte antituberculeuse, 7ième édition To obtain copy of the report, send your request to: Centre for Communicable Diseases and Infection Control Public Health Agency of Canada E-mail: [email protected] This publication can be made available in alternative formats upon request © Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, 2014 This publication may be reproduced for personal or internal use only without permission provided the source is fully acknowledged. However, multiple copy reproduction of this publication in whole or in part for purposes of resale or redistribution requires the prior written permission from the Minister of Public Works and Government Services Canada, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0S5 or [email protected] PDF Cat.: HP40-18/2014E-PDF ISBN: 978-1-100-23171-6 Pub.: 140216 1 | CANADIAN TUBERCULOSIS STANDARDS – 7TH EDITION TABLE OF CONTENTS Contributors ............................................................................................................................................ 2 Editor….. .................................................................................................................................................. 2 Associate Editors ................................................................................................................................... -
British Columbia's COVID-19 Experience
CLINICAL Sonny Thiara, MD, Bonnie Henry, MD, David Patrick, MD, MHSc, Hussein Kanji, MD, MSc, MPH British Columbia’s COVID-19 experience BC’s success in managing COVID-19 to date can be attributed, in part, to a timely and comprehensive public health response. ABSTRACT: Since the emergence of COVID-19 in than described in initial reports from China, Italy, and an 88.1% mortality rate for patients who late 2019, health care systems around the world and New York. This is likely due, in part, to a timely required mechanical ventilation.6 have been dealing with the pandemic. Mortality public health response that included broad early The experience with COVID-19 in BC rates of patients admitted to ICUs and placed on testing and case and contact management, travel has been different than in other jurisdictions. mechanical ventilators were a concern initially. We and mass gathering restrictions, physical distanc- Although BC has approximately 13.4% of the sought to compare the burden of disease that BC ing measures, and prevention of “superspreader” Canadian population,7 on 20 March 2020, the has experienced with that of other Canadian prov- events. BC has also benefited from decisive action province recorded 29.0% (n = 271) of Canada’s inces and other countries. In March 2020, 66.7% by hospital administrators, and the sharing of data COVID-19 cases and 66.7% (n = 8) of the of the COVID-19 deaths in Canada had occurred and resources such as ventilators and personal country’s COVID-19 deaths.8 However, by 11 in BC, but by 11 July 2020, the proportion had protective equipment. -
Hang in There
Prairie Piecemakers Quilters' Guild Inside the Guild Website: www.prairiepiecemaker.com Issue 2020-11 WIND COVID Hang COLD in there - together ! Captain & the Crew Guild Officers and Directors President: Vice President: Secretary: Treasurer: Sharon G Tannis F Shelley K Marlene SC Guild Committees with Directors* Guild Committees Library Committee: Bonnie R* Linda W; 2 pending 50/50 Draw Committee: Sheree S; Betty U Newsletter/Advertising: [email protected] Retreats: Deena A* Shannon B* Frances L Jacquie B. Proofreading: Frances L & Mary F UFO’s: Program Committee: Too soon?? Renee B Shelby L* Connecting Threads: Website/Promotions Committee: Marlene SC Jymmi Kaye D [email protected] Facebook Page: Jymmi Kaye D Workshop Committee: Heather I* Meeting Dates Membership Committee: 2020-2021 January 5, 2021 Cheryl A* February 2, 2021 Aline M September 1, 2020 March 2, 2021 October 6, 2020 April 6, 2021 November 3, 2020 May 4, 2021 December 1, 2020 June 1, 2021 Want to join the Guild? Information on last page. Currently meeting online only. Monthly Meetings Website: www.prairiepiecemaker.com First Tuesday of month: Facebook: Prairie Piecemaker Quilters' Guild September to June, 7 to 9 pm Newsletter: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Good Shepherd Lutheran Church 3825 Hillsdale Street Copyright: Prairie Piecemakers Quilters' Guild Inc. Regina SK S4S 3Y5 Prairie Piecemakers Quilters' Guild, Box 33043, Cathedral P.O. Regina, SK S4T 7X2 2 Issue 2017-11 Copyright: Prairie Piecemakers Quilters' Guild Inc. President's Pearls President's Message October 2020 5JCTQP) Sometimes my brain is a bit like a quilt-of-the-month calendar.Depending on the month, I find myself thinking about what kind of quilt I’d like to make that particular month. -
Alberta Hansard
Province of Alberta The 30th Legislature Second Session Alberta Hansard Thursday afternoon, October 22, 2020 Day 56 The Honourable Nathan M. Cooper, Speaker Legislative Assembly of Alberta The 30th Legislature Second Session Cooper, Hon. Nathan M., Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills (UCP), Speaker Pitt, Angela D., Airdrie-East (UCP), Deputy Speaker and Chair of Committees Milliken, Nicholas, Calgary-Currie (UCP), Deputy Chair of Committees Aheer, Hon. Leela Sharon, Chestermere-Strathmore (UCP) Neudorf, Nathan T., Lethbridge-East (UCP) Allard, Hon. Tracy L., Grande Prairie (UCP) Nicolaides, Hon. Demetrios, Calgary-Bow (UCP) Amery, Mickey K., Calgary-Cross (UCP) Nielsen, Christian E., Edmonton-Decore (NDP) Armstrong-Homeniuk, Jackie, Nixon, Hon. Jason, Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville (UCP) (UCP), Government House Leader Barnes, Drew, Cypress-Medicine Hat (UCP) Nixon, Jeremy P., Calgary-Klein (UCP) Bilous, Deron, Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview (NDP) Notley, Rachel, Edmonton-Strathcona (NDP), Carson, Jonathon, Edmonton-West Henday (NDP) Leader of the Official Opposition Ceci, Joe, Calgary-Buffalo (NDP) Orr, Ronald, Lacombe-Ponoka (UCP) Copping, Hon. Jason C., Calgary-Varsity (UCP) Pancholi, Rakhi, Edmonton-Whitemud (NDP) Dach, Lorne, Edmonton-McClung (NDP) Panda, Hon. Prasad, Calgary-Edgemont (UCP) Dang, Thomas, Edmonton-South (NDP) Phillips, Shannon, Lethbridge-West (NDP) Deol, Jasvir, Edmonton-Meadows (NDP) Pon, Hon. Josephine, Calgary-Beddington (UCP) Dreeshen, Hon. Devin, Innisfail-Sylvan Lake (UCP) Eggen, David, Edmonton-North West (NDP), Rehn, Pat, Lesser Slave Lake (UCP) Official Opposition Whip Reid, Roger W., Livingstone-Macleod (UCP) Ellis, Mike, Calgary-West (UCP), Renaud, Marie F., St. Albert (NDP) Government Whip Rosin, Miranda D., Banff-Kananaskis (UCP) Feehan, Richard, Edmonton-Rutherford (NDP) Rowswell, Garth, Vermilion-Lloydminster-Wainwright (UCP) Fir, Tanya, Calgary-Peigan (UCP) Rutherford, Brad, Leduc-Beaumont (UCP) Ganley, Kathleen T., Calgary-Mountain View (NDP) Sabir, Irfan, Calgary-McCall (NDP), Getson, Shane C., Lac Ste. -
April 7, 2020 Volume 54, Number 11 News Publication of the Alberta Teachers’ Association
See pages 4-11. While schools remain closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the ATA News will be available in a digital format only. Visit bit.ly/2Subscribe_Now and sign up for the ATA eNews to receive an email when a new issue is available. The most recent issue is always available at teachers.ab.ca > News and Info > ATA News. April 7, 2020 Volume 54, Number 11 News Publication of The Alberta Teachers’ Association We will get through this together An open letter to teachers from ATA president Jason Schilling ATA president Jason Schilling composes a message to teachers from his home in Edmonton. JASON SCHILLING Dear Colleagues, everal years ago, while doing my master’s not to be okay. It’s okay to mourn the loss of our My only advice, take it or not, is not to rush it Sdegree, my cohort watched a TED talk in school year in the traditional way we know it. and put too much pressure on yourself. This new our class by Kathryn Schulz entitled On Being I keep reminding myself, it’s only been a few challenge of teaching will not be solved in a few Wrong. She commented that the stories we weeks. My friends and family are safe, and that’s days. We are turning an ocean liner on a dime. know and live often don’t work out the way what matters most. We know teaching and schools are complex, we plan because “we think this one thing is It still seems like there are more questions and the concerns we will have moving forward going to happen and something else happens than answers right now, and a lot of mixed will require complex solutions. -
Contraception and Abortion in BC Experience Guiding Research Guiding Care
Contraception and Abortion in BC Experience guiding research guiding care Report of Proceedings, March 9th, 2018 Acknowledgements The Contraception and Abortion in BC: Experience Guiding Research, Guiding Care Conference was made possible by the efforts of numerous individuals and organizations. The conference organizers, British Columbia Women’s Hospital and Health Centre, the Contraception & Abortion Research Team (CART), and Options for Sexual Health BC, would like to thank the following organizations for their sponsorship and support of this conference: The Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research The Rural Coordination Centre of BC (RCCbc) The National Abortion Federation (NAF) Women’s Health Research Institute (WHRI) The conference would not have been possible without the diligent efforts of the Organizing Committee, including conference chair, Cheryl Davis, Chief Operating Officer of BC Women’s Hospital and Health Centre, CART leads Dr. Wendy Norman and Dr. Bonnie Henry, BC’s Chief Provincial Health Officer, Dr. Tamil Kendall – Interim Provincial Executive Director, Perinatal Services BC; Michelle Fortin, Executive Director, Options for Sexual Health BC; Kim Campbell, Midwifery faculty member, Department of Family Practice, University of British Columbia (UBC); Dr. Natasha Prodan-Bhalla, Nurse Practitioner lead, Provincial Health Services Authority and BC Ministry of Health, and Dr. Sarah Munro, Post-doctoral Fellow, Department of Family Practice, UBC. Thank you to graphic facilitator and recorder, Lisa Edwards. Above all, CART wishes to thank the 94 policy makers, government strategists, health care providers, front-line health care staff, hospital administrators, health authority leaders, students, patients, community organization representatives, and researchers who attended the conference and provided critical input into the contraception and abortion health system gaps and opportunities in British Columbia. -
PANDEMIC LEADERS: Dr. Theresa Tam and Dr. Bonnie Henry
MARCH 2021 PANDEMIC LEADERS: Dr. Theresa Tam and Dr. Bonnie Henry TABLE OF CONTENTS Video Summary & Related Content 3 Video Review 4 Before Viewing 5 Talk Prompts 6 Digging Deeper 8 Activity: Knowledge Building 13 Sources 14 News in Review is produced by Visit www.curio.ca/newsinreview for an CBC NEWS and Curio.ca archive of all previous News In Review seasons. As a companion resource, go to GUIDE www.cbc.ca/news for additional articles. Writer: Jennifer Watt Editor: Sean Dolan CBC authorizes reproduction of material VIDEO contained in this guide for educational Host: Michael Serapio purposes. Please identify source. Senior Producer: Jordanna Lake News In Review is distributed by: Supervising Manager: Laraine Bone Curio.ca | CBC Media Solutions © 2021 Canadian Broadcasting Corporation PANDEMIC LEADERS: Dr. Theresa Tam and Dr. Bonnie Henry Video duration – 20:20 Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, Canadians have relied on the advice and knowledge of health officers, both provincial and federal. Of the 14 provincial and national health officers across the country, seven are women. Steering the federal response through this unprecedented time has been Dr. Theresa Tam, Canada’s chief public health officer. She provides advice to the Minister of Health, and her knowledge and experience helps decide policy for the response. Provincially, Dr. Bonnie Henry has led British Columbians with her quiet voice and compassion throughout the crisis, which has won her the hearts and minds of the public. Both women are considered to be Canada’s pandemic leaders. Related Content on curio.ca • News in Review, November 2020 – COVID-19: Social Inequities Exposed by the Pandemic • News in Review, October 2020 – COVID-19 Update: What Have We Learned? • The COVID-19 Pandemic in Canada (Curio.ca collection) • Luck and sound decisions helped B.C. -
Establishing Priorities Among Effective Clinical Prevention Services in British Columbia: Reference Document and Key Assumptions
Establishing Priorities among Effective Clinical Prevention Services in British Columbia Reference Document and Key Assumptions October 2019 Update Acknowledgments This project was completed under the guidance of the Lifetime Prevention Schedule Expert Committee. Current committee members are: • Stephen Smith (chair) - Director, Life Course Prevention, Population and Public Health Division, BC Ministry of Health • Ann Wang, Policy Analyst, Lifetime Prevention Schedule, Population and Public Health Division, BC Ministry of Health • Richard Birtwhistle - Director, Centre for Studies in Primary Care, Department of Family Medicine, Queen's University • Bruce Brady - Senior Economist, Health Sector Information, Analysis and Reporting Division, BC Ministry of Health • Jane Buxton - Public Health and Preventive Medicine Specialist, University of British Columbia • Diana Dawes - Clinical Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Physical Therapy, UBC • Martin Dawes - Professor of Family Practice, Department of Family Practice, Faculty of Medicine, UBC • Brian Emerson – A/Deputy Provincial Health Officer, Office of the Provincial Health Officer, BC Ministry of Health • Tijana Fazlagic – A/Executive Director, Pharmacare Benefits, Pharmaceutical Therapies & Pharmacare Division, BC Ministry of Health • Shannon Gibson – Manager, Guidelines and Protocols and Patients as Partners, Primary Care Division, BC Ministry of Health • Bonnie Henry – Provincial Health Officer, BC Ministry of Health • Zahra Hussein – Provincial Lead, Primary Care, -
Addendum: Board of Health Meeting
Addendum: Board of Health Meeting Thursday, October 17, 2019 ADDENDUM – SIXTH MEETING BOARD OF HEALTH OCTOBER 17, 2019 7.0 ADDENDUM DECLARATIONS OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST i) Vaping and Vapour Products Letter from the Board of Health Chair, Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox & Addington Public Health to the Minister of Health dated October 11, 2019 Public Health Agency of Canada News Release Re Statement from the Council of Chief Medical Officers of Health on vaping in Canada dated October 11, 2019 ii) Expansion of Alcohol Retail Outlets Letter from the Board of Health Chair, Southwestern Public Health to the Minister of Health dated September 11, 2019 iii) Public Health Modernization – North East Public Health Transforamtion Initiative PUBLIC HEALTH MODERNIZATION – NORTH EAST PUBLIC HEALTH TRANSFORMATION INITIATIVE MOTION: WHEREAS in its April 2019 budget, the Government of Ontario announced transformations to the public health system; and WHEREAS on September 12 and on October 10, 2019, respectively, Deputy Minister Helen Angus announced the new roles of Executive Lead (Assistant Deputy Minister Alison Blair) and of Special Advisor (Mr. Jim Pine) for public health modernization; and WHEREAS it was communicated that the Special Advisor will play a key role in facilitating discussions between the Ministry of Health, municipal elected officials and administrative leadership on public health and on emergency health services; and WHEREAS the five Boards of Health in North East Ontario*, having been engaged since 2017 in identifying opportunities for collaboration and potential shared services, remain committed to continued collaboration; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Board of Health for Public Health Sudbury & Districts support the request of the Chairs of the five Boards of Health in the North East, namely that the Ministry of Health hold public health consultation sessions that are separate and distinct from the emergency health services consultation sessions; AND FURTHER THAT the July 2019 submission to Deputy Helen Angus and Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr.