Bravo Paul for determinedly following up on this! We talked about this exercise months ago, so I am glad your efforts finally bore fruit. Despite the weird secrecy around the whole thing, It is a very useful report based on my read. It mirrors some of my own conclusions leading the Manitoba government's pandemic response as Clerk and Cab…
Bravo Paul for determinedly following up on this! We talked about this exercise months ago, so I am glad your efforts finally bore fruit. Despite the weird secrecy around the whole thing, It is a very useful report based on my read. It mirrors some of my own conclusions leading the Manitoba government's pandemic response as Clerk and Cabinet Secretary, particularly on Indigenous health concerns.
Page 81 of the Report states: "The pandemic, however, did spur some jurisdictions to collect and share distinctions-based Indigenous health data. For example, the Manitoba government began collecting First Nations, Métis, and Inuit identifiers in April 2020.159 Individuals who tested positive for COVID-19 were asked to volunteer information about their Indigenous status. This data collection stemmed from the establishment of a data sharing agreement between Manitoba Health and the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs, which recognized and abided by the principles of First Nations self-governance and data sovereignty (ownership, control, access, and possession)."
We also pushed data boundaries to get a better handle on what we called "COVID hot spots" to see where we had to prioritize vaccine administration in vaccine-resistant populations. The report states on page 79: "For example, the Manitoba government was able to prioritize vaccination by postal code area during the pandemic."
What remains missing for the country is a true Lessons Learned inquiry on how ALL our institutions - not just health and research - performed during COVID times and what we can apply for better governance overall.
Bravo Paul for determinedly following up on this! We talked about this exercise months ago, so I am glad your efforts finally bore fruit. Despite the weird secrecy around the whole thing, It is a very useful report based on my read. It mirrors some of my own conclusions leading the Manitoba government's pandemic response as Clerk and Cabinet Secretary, particularly on Indigenous health concerns.
Page 81 of the Report states: "The pandemic, however, did spur some jurisdictions to collect and share distinctions-based Indigenous health data. For example, the Manitoba government began collecting First Nations, Métis, and Inuit identifiers in April 2020.159 Individuals who tested positive for COVID-19 were asked to volunteer information about their Indigenous status. This data collection stemmed from the establishment of a data sharing agreement between Manitoba Health and the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs, which recognized and abided by the principles of First Nations self-governance and data sovereignty (ownership, control, access, and possession)."
We also pushed data boundaries to get a better handle on what we called "COVID hot spots" to see where we had to prioritize vaccine administration in vaccine-resistant populations. The report states on page 79: "For example, the Manitoba government was able to prioritize vaccination by postal code area during the pandemic."
What remains missing for the country is a true Lessons Learned inquiry on how ALL our institutions - not just health and research - performed during COVID times and what we can apply for better governance overall.
Thanks, David. This all started, for me, with that IoG/IRPP conference.