This event is presented by Coastal Research, Education and Advocacy Network (CREAN) and Support Network for Indigenous Women and Women of Color (SNIWWOC).
Join us on September 15, as we meet with healthcare experts to discuss Covid-19 health care measures and the drive for information on Vaccines. This event is an opportunity to engage in critical conversations with medical professionals about vaccine safety and efficacy.
Dr. Alyson Ann Kelvin, PhD is a virologist and vaccinologist at the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization (VIDO) in Saskatoon, Canada. She holds an adjunct Professorship with the Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Immunology and the University of Saskatchewan. Her research focuses on the diseases caused by emerging respiratory viruses and the design of vaccines to prevent emerging virus infection. She is very interested in providing improved vaccines that can protect vulnerable high-risk groups such as older individuals, the young, immunocompromised, and underserved communities. She has previously been involved in international response efforts to emerging viruses with organization such as the WHO (World Health Organization). Dr. Kelvin currently contributes to the WHO Working Group on COVID-19 vaccines
John North has a PhD in Immunology from Cambridge University and spent most of his working life doing medical research and developing new medical devices & pharmaceuticals in UK, USA and BC. John will talk about the science behind the new vaccines against the virus that causes Covid-19. He will explain the technology developed by scientists in Vancouver, that enabled the novel “mRNA” vaccine from Pfizer/BioNTech to win the race to become the first Covid-19 vaccine available in most of the world.
Take this opportunity to clear your concerns and ask any questions that are holding you back from getting vaccinated, while learning from the professionals.
Event link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEtfu-grTstEtMJtD47MxmArYQUIAoxr_zR
For media enquiries, please contact domi@sniwwoc.ca at least 48 hours prior to the event.
We acknowledge that this event is hosted from the traditional territory of the Lekwungen people, currently and specifically the Esquimalt and Songhees Nations.