Greater COVID-19 Education and Expanded COVID-19 Vaccine Choices for all Canadians

Ontario School Safety was invited to work with a group of concerned stakeholders advocating for broader access to diverse COVID-19 vaccine options for Canadians, particularly those beyond the mRNA vaccines currently dominating the public.

The group wrote a letter to the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), all the provinces/territories, and immunization providers, to address the pressing need for enhanced COVID-19 awareness and education, and increased availability and access to protein-based vaccines, such as Novavax, which are currently limited in distribution.

Although vaccination is not a specific part of OSS’ mandate, we are honoured to have contributed to this letter as it aligns with much of what we stand for: encouraging and expecting government and Public Health agencies to provide robust public health education to ensure adequate understanding and clear up misconceptions, address equity issues, and improve population level health.

One letter is addressed to federal recipients, available in both French and English. One letter is addressed to provincial recipients, available in English only.

We hope you will read the letter and contact your MP, MPP, PHU, and CMOH Moore in support of it (contact info provided below), insisting that they give it the attention it deserves.

Time is of the essence.

Federal Letter - English:

Federal Letter - French:

Provincial Letter:

Click here to find your MP: Find Members of Parliament - Members of Parliament - House of Commons of Canada (ourcommons.ca)

Click here to find your MPP: Current MPPs | Legislative Assembly of Ontario (ola.org)

Click here to find your local Public Health Unit: Public Health Unit Locator (gov.on.ca)

Contact CMOH Dr. Kieran Moore here: Kieran.Moore@ontario.ca