This report from the Institut national de santé publique du Québec describes the influence of housing as a social determinant of risk and impact due to COVID-19.
This document from the Direction régionale de santé publique de Montréal provides an overview of the distribution of COVID-19 cases among racialized groups in Montreal.
This report produced by Social Policy and Projects Research Team for the City of Vancouver puts a spotlight on systemic inequities during COVID-19.
This report by the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) presents data from the Health Inequalities Reporting Initiative (HIRI) on COVID-19 mortality rates during the first eight months of 2020 in Canada.
This commentary by Katrina Hoernke describes how low-income neighbourhoods in urban centres have suffered from the COVID-19 pandemic response.
This rapid review of literature by Upshaw et al. describes the discrepancies between social determinants and pandemic incidence and health outcomes.
This web page from the Canadian Drug Policy Coalition and partners provides resources for frontline health, harm reduction and service providers. Its goal is to support best practices for management of both the epidemic of overdoses and COVID-19. The resources include guidance documents, research articles, advocacy resources, statistics and webinars.
This webinar from the Canadian Public Health Association explores the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on immigrants and refugees in Canada. It highlights risk factors such as poverty, language barriers, fear of deportation, poor health literacy, racism/discrimination, occupational exposures and poor housing conditions.
This report from the African-Canadian Civic Engagement Council and Innovative Research Group presents the results of a research study exploring perceptions of Black Canadians about the health and economic impacts of COVID-19, demonstrating poorer health outcomes, greater occupational exposure and greater financial impact of COVID-19 for Black Canadians.
This report from ICES (formerly the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences) examines COVID-19 testing rates and test positivity for immigrants and refugees in Ontario up to June 13, 2020. Their results demonstrate a higher impact on those living in lower-income areas with high proportions of both immigrants and racialized populations.