Resource Library

A guide for a community-based COVID-19 recovery

This guide from the Tamarack Institute focuses on community-based response to recovery from COVID-19.

Equity-centred COVID-19 response

This webinar from Making Health Happen explores the operations of the equity officer role in Washington County, Oregon, during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Social participation: Synergies in systems strengthening & emergency response

This webinar from the World Health Organization focuses on the importance of social participation and investing in mechanisms to dialogue with people and communities in relation to COVID-19. More specifically, it explores these topics as they relate to strengthening emergency responses.

From risk to resilience: An equity approach to COVID-19

Released in October 2020, this annual report of the Chief Public Health Officer (CPHO) of Canada reviews how the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated inequities across the country. This year’s edition builds on the CPHO’s 2019 report, titled Addressing stigma towards a more inclusive health system.

Enablers and barriers to community engagement in public health emergency preparedness: A literature review

This journal article from Ramsbottom et al. presents the findings from a literature review identifying enablers and barriers to collaboration between communities and institutions for emergency preparedness.

Ten considerations for effectively managing the COVID-19 transition

This journal article from Habersaat et al. proposes 10 considerations for governments to ensure they include the perspectives and engagement of populations in the COVID19 transition.

Responding to COVID-19: Cities reducing poverty

This report from Vibrant Communities and the Tamarack Institute describes community-based initiatives to meet community needs related to inequities in housing, food, access to services and other social determinants of health during COVID-19.

Public health and Covid-19: Shifting to recovery

This webpage from the Public Health Association of BC offers links to resources, discussions, and consultation opportunities around COVID-19 advocacy and planning.

Broadbent Institute resources and responses to COVID-19

This website repository from the Broadbent Institute is a resource-sharing site to support worker and community advocacy for protections during COVID-19 .