Institute of Health Emergencies & Pandemics

Event card with blurred background of a hospital waiting room, the Dalla Lana and IHEP logos. The title of the event is written: Who gets care when systems are under strain? Equity and Primary Care in Public Health Emergencies, Thurs March 12, 2026, and includes further details of the event.

Just weeks to go until the 2026 Vohra Miller Lecture (Mar 12)! Featuring an exceptional panel: Chavon Niles, @kamalkheralib.bsky.social, Liza Arnason.

🔗 Sign up here: bit.ly/4br5M9m

A longitudinal exploration of pandemic stress and family adaptation on child coping: The protective role of caregiver social support - Victoria Parker, Imogen Sloss, Dillon Browne, Mark Wade, 2026 The COVID-19 pandemic posed significant risks to children, yet there is little longitudinal research on children’s coping during this period. The current study ...

📘 Publication Highlight

A new longitudinal study by IHEP member Mark Wade @oiseuoft.bsky.social examines how pandemic stress, family adaptation, & caregiver social support shaped children’s coping over time, with implications for long‑term recovery & family‑level supports.

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We’re pleased to have Professor Arjumand Siddiqi, Canada Research Chair in Population Health Equity, moderating the 2026 Vohra Miller Lecture on Mar 12. Her work examines health inequities & how social policy shapes population health globally.

🔗 Register: bit.ly/4br5M9m

Event card with blurred background of a hospital waiting room, the Dalla Lana and IHEP logos. The title of the event is written: Who gets care when systems are under strain? Equity and Primary Care in Public Health Emergencies, Thurs March 12, 2026, and includes further details of the event.

Just weeks to go until the in-person 2026 Vohra Miller Lecture (Mar 12)! Featuring an exceptional panel: Chavon Niles, @kamalkheralib.bsky.social, Liza Arnason.

🔗 Sign up here: bit.ly/4br5M9m

As #BlackHistoryMonth continues, we’re highlighting reflections from our Collective Futures Roundtable.

Notisha Massaquoi (@utsc.utoronto.ca) underscores that when disparities are visible, systems must respond, yet during COVID‑19, no alarm went off.

🔗 Read more: bit.ly/4cra80q

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We’re excited to have Professor Chavon Niles (@uoftmedicine.bsky.social) join us as a panelist at the 2026 Vohra Miller Lecture on Mar 12, 2026.

Her work centres disability justice, health equity, and systemic change.

🔗 Register: bit.ly/4br5M9m

This seminar explores the pandemic’s lasting impact on children and youth mental health and gender-based violence, including: 🔹 Evaluating Equity-focused Impacts of COVID-19 Pandemic on Childhood… Session 5: Women & Children

📺 Watch our February Catalyst Seminar exploring the pandemic’s lasting impact on children & youth mental health and gender-based violence, with insights from Kuan Liu @uoftdlsph.bsky.social and Beverley Essue @ihpmeuoft.bsky.social.

Available now ⬇️

Effective public health emergency planning must reflect the realities of daily life.

Nouma Hammash on why inclusive, intersectional approaches are essential to preparedness, from the Collective Futures Roundtable.

🔗 Read more: bit.ly/4cra80q

@uoftmedicine.bsky.social

Event card with blurred background of a hospital waiting room, the Dalla Lana and IHEP logos. The title of the event is written: Who gets care when systems are under strain? Equity and Primary Care in Public Health Emergencies, Thurs March 12, 2026, and includes further details of the event.

Join us for the 2026 Vohra Miller Lecture!

We’re honoured to welcome Chavon Niles ( @uoftmedicine.bsky.social ), @kamalkheralib.bsky.social and Liza Arnason for a timely conversation on public health equity.

📅 March 12 | 🕠 5:30–7 PM

🔗 Register: bit.ly/4br5M9m

Schools are shared indoor spaces, making clean air essential to reduce the spread of respiratory viruses. 🏫

In this new video, IHEP Member Sarah Haines (@civmin.bsky.social) shares practical guidance on steps schools can take to improve the air quality.

Watch the video ▶️

#PublicHealth #Health

A promotional graphic for the Vohra Miller Lecture featuring a panelist highlight for Hon. Kamal Khera, P.C. The left panel summarizes her leadership in health, equity, and public policy. Event details note the lecture on March 12, 2026, from 5:30–7:00 PM ET at The Faculty Club. The right side shows a professional portrait beside logos for the University of Toronto, the Institute of Health Emergencies & Pandemics, and the Dalla Lana School of Public Health.

We are delighted that @kamalkheralib.bsky.social, P.C., will be speaking at the 2026 Vohra Miller Lecture on Mar 12, 2026.

Her work advancing inclusive and community‑driven health policy has had lasting impact across Canada and internationally.

🔗 Register your place: bit.ly/4br5M9m

The impact of COVID-19 vaccine distribution channels on equity-deserving populations: a Canadian population-based cohort study using administrative data - BMC Public Health BMC Public Health - Uptake of COVID-19 vaccines among equity-deserving populations was a challenge throughout the Canadian vaccination campaign. This necessitated the implementation of vaccine...

📘 Recent publication by IHEP members Ross Upshur, Jeffrey C. Kwong & Monica Aggarwal examines how COVID‑19 vaccine distribution channels affected equity‑deserving populations across Canada.

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As we continue sharing reflections during #BlackHistoryMonth, hear Raihanna Hirji Khalfan (Race & Disability Canada), calling for courageous dialogue on race and disability to shape more equitable emergency planning.

🔗 Learn more about the Collective Futures Roundtable: bit.ly/4cra80q

With presentations from Lance T. McCready @oiseuoft.bsky.social and Li Shu @engineering.utoronto.ca .

📵 Please note this webinar will NOT be recorded.

Graphic promoting the Catalyst Seminar Series, Session 6: Social Networks and Misinformation. Includes event details—March 11, 2026, from 12–1 pm online—and lists speakers Lance McCready and Li Shu. A button at the bottom reads “Register now at pandemics.utoronto.ca,” with University of Toronto and Institute of Health Emergencies & Pandemics branding.

 🗓️ Join us for our final Catalyst webinar: Social Networks & Misinformation on Mar 11 at 12PM ET.

This session brings together research on strengthening community resilience, improving health literacy, and building resistance to misinformation.

🔗 Sign up: bit.ly/44VL7WD

A Vohra Miller Lecture graphic highlighting panelist Liza Arnason and her community‑based work in equity and disability advocacy. Event details note the lecture on March 12, 2026, from 5:30–7:00 PM ET at The Faculty Club, alongside University of Toronto, Institute of Health Emergencies & Pandemics, and Dalla Lana School of Public Health logos.

Liza Arnason, joins us as a panelist at the 2026 Vohra Miller Lecture. Her leadership in Black feminism, disability justice & critical race theory is shaping policy and research across Canada.

Hear from Liza on March 12 | 🕠 5:30–7 PM

🔗 Register: bit.ly/4br5M9m

Effective emergency preparedness means planning with communities, not reacting after the fact.

Dr. Michelle Murti (Toronto Public Health) shares more on proactive, risk‑based public health planning at the Collective Futures Roundtable.

🔗 Read more: bit.ly/4cra80q

Event card with blurred background of a hospital waiting room, the Dalla Lana and IHEP logos. The title of the event is written: Who gets care when systems are under strain? Equity and Primary Care in Public Health Emergencies, Thurs March 12, 2026, and includes further details of the event.

Join us in person on March 12 for the 2026 Vohra Miller Lecture, featuring an exceptional panel: Chavon Niles, @kamalkheralib.bsky.social, Liza Arnason.

🔗 Sign up here: bit.ly/4br5M9m

A person wearing academic regalia stands outdoors in a green, rural landscape. To the right, a quote reads: “As we move toward an increasingly algorithmically mediated world, I believe my research can help ensure that technological systems support equitable crisis response.” - Dipto Das. Logos for the University of Toronto and the Institute of Health Emergencies & Pandemics appear above the quote, with a link below reading “Read the Spotlight → pandemics.utoronto.ca.”

How do YouTube and Reddit shape what we see during a health crisis?

Meet @diptodas.bsky.social, IHEP postdoc who studies algorithmic fairness and crisis communication. His work reveals how digital platforms influence public health, and how we can design for equity and resilience.

bit.ly/4qNXXzs

Event card with blurred background of a hospital waiting room, the Dalla Lana and IHEP logos. The title of the event is written: Who gets care when systems are under strain? Equity and Primary Care in Public Health Emergencies, Thurs March 12, 2026, and includes further details of the event.

Registration is now open for the 2026 Vohra Miller Lecture.

We’re honoured to welcome Chavon Niles ( @uoftmedicine.bsky.social ), @kamalkheralib.bsky.social and Liza Arnason for a timely conversation on public health equity.

📅 March 12 | 🕠 5:30–7 PM

🔗 Register: bit.ly/4br5M9m

Advancing Equity in Public Health Emergencies: Collective Futures Roundtable | Institute of Health Emergencies and Pandemics The ACCESS Lab, with support from an IHEP Knowledge Mobilization grant, recently launched the inaugural Collective Futures Roundtable, an initiative to embed equity into public health emergency planni...

Notisha Massaquoi (@utsc.utoronto.ca) at the Collective Futures Roundtable, reflected on the need for public health systems to respond to disparities affecting Black people with disabilities and other racialized communities.

🔗 Read more: pandemics.utoronto.ca/advancing-eq...

This #BlackHistoryMonth, we’re sharing reflections from our Collective Futures Roundtable, conversations at the intersections of race, disability, and public health. Starting with insights from Notisha Massaquoi see thread 🧵

Event card including the details: University of Toronto’s Institute of Health Emergencies & Pandemics Catalyst Seminar Series. Session 5: Women and Children. February 10, 2026, 12–1 pm, online. Speakers from Dalla Lana School of Public Health and Rotman School of Management. Register at pandemics.utoronto.ca

Only a week to go! Join us on Feb 10 as we explore the pandemic’s lasting impact on children & youth mental health & gender-based violence, with insights from Kuan Liu @uoftdlsph.bsky.social, Beverley Essue @ihpmeuoft.bsky.social & Sarah Kaplan @rotmanschool.bsky.social.

Sign up ➡️ bit.ly/4pWLnwH

February is National Care About Your Indoor Air Month, a reminder of how much the air we share shapes our health.

IHEP member, Jeff Siegel (@engineering.utoronto.ca), shares how improving indoor air quality can reduce the spread of respiratory viruses.

Watch the video ▶️

#PublicHealth #CleanAir

Who Gets Care When Systems Are Under Strain? Equity and Primary Care in Public Health Emergencies | Institute of Health Emergencies and Pandemics The discussion will propose strategies that contribute to the creation of a more inclusive and equitable healthcare system.

This year’s lecture, “Who Gets Care When Systems Are Under Strain? Equity and Primary Care in Public Health Emergencies", examines how inequities shape access to primary care during public health emergencies.

🔗Register here: bit.ly/4br5M9m

Event card with blurred background of a hospital waiting room, the Dalla Lana and IHEP logos. The title of the event is written: Who gets care when systems are under strain? Equity and Primary Care in Public Health Emergencies, Thurs March 12, 2026, and includes further details of the event.

We are pleased to announce the 2026 Vohra Miller Lecture, in collaboration with IHEP.

📅 Mar 12 | 🕠 5:30–7 PM 📍 U of T (in person)

Panelists include Arjumand Siddiqi (Canada Research Chair), Chavon Niles, @kamalkheralib.bsky.social, P.C. and Liza Arnason.

🔗 Register: bit.ly/4br5M9m

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A person wearing academic regalia stands outdoors in a green, rural landscape. To the right, a quote reads: “As we move toward an increasingly algorithmically mediated world, I believe my research can help ensure that technological systems support equitable crisis response.” - Dipto Das. Logos for the University of Toronto and the Institute of Health Emergencies & Pandemics appear above the quote, with a link below reading “Read the Spotlight → pandemics.utoronto.ca.”

How do YouTube and Reddit shape what we see during a health crisis?

Meet @diptodas.bsky.social, IHEP postdoc who studies algorithmic fairness & crisis communication. His work reveals how digital platforms influence public health.

🔗 Read the Spotlight: bit.ly/4qNXXzs

Session 4: Supporting Vulnerable Populations This seminar explores how social and economic conditions heightened vulnerability during COVID-19. Featured speakers: 🔹 Andrew Pinto (St. Michael's Hospital)) – shared research on the social…

📺 Watch our Jan 13 Catalyst Seminar exploring how social and economic conditions heightened vulnerability during COVID-19 with expert insights from @andrewpinto.bsky.social @upstreamlab.bsky.social and Shaun Morris (The Hospital for Sick Children).

Available now ⬇️

Including presentations from Kuan Liu @uoftdlsph.bsky.social and Beverley Essue @ihpmeuoft.bsky.social and @sarahkaplan.bsky.social @rotmanschool.bsky.social