COVID-19 Immunity Task Force

The COVID-19 Immunity Task Force (CITF) is one of the Government of Canada's early efforts to track the 2020 coronavirus pandemic.^[1] An external, dedicated secretariat was established in order to maximize the efficiency of the CITF's work.^[2]

The CITF was to use a serology "to survey representative samples of the population for the presence of antibodies to the virus".^[3] Trudeau's press release on 23 April 2020, on the initiation of the CCITF listed several goals it would help to achieve notably that it would:^[2]

A Vaccine Surveillance Reference Group (VSRG) was also established within the CITF to monitor the safety and effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines made available in Canada.^[4]

The CITF Board is composed of doctors, infectious disease experts, and policy makers.^[1][5]

Executive Committee

• David Naylor, Co-chair
• Catherine Hankins, Co-chair
• Timothy Evans, Executive Director
• Heather Hannah
• Mona Nemer
• Howard Njoo
• Gina Ogilvie
• Jutta Preiksaitis
• Gail Tomblin Murphy
• Paul Van Caeseele

Government of Canada representatives

• Theresa Tam, Chief Public Health Officer of Canada
• Mona Nemer, Chief Science Advisor of Canada
• Stephen Lucas, Deputy Minister of Health of Canada

Members

The CCITF leadership group expanded on 2 May 2020.^[6] Its additional members as of March 2022 are:

Provincial & Territorial representatives

• Shelly Bolotin, Ontario
• Marguerite Cameron, Prince Edward Island
• Catherine Elliott, Yukon
• Richard Garceau, New Brunswick
• Heather Hannah, Northwest Territories
• Mel Krajden, British Columbia
• Christie Lutsiak, Alberta
• Richard Massé, Quebec
• Jessica Minion, Saskatchewan
• Michael Patterson, Nunavut
• Gail Tomblin Murphy, Nova Scotia
• Paul Van Caeseele, Manitoba

• Covid-19 Test Kits

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