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James Iveniuk, Scott Leon

An uneven recovery: Measuring COVID-19 vaccine equity in Ontario

COVID-19 vaccine vials

A recent report released by the Institute for Clinical and Evaluative Sciences (ICES) demonstrated a serious inequity in the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines. Areas of Ontario with the highest cumulative incidence of COVID-19 are the areas with the lowest levels of vaccination. This finding has received widespread media attention, and suggests that social inequalities in Ontario are driving who gets vaccinated and who does not.

This paper quantifies inequities in vaccination within Ontario, displaying a baseline to help monitor our progress towards vaccine equity.

 

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Acknowledgement of Traditional Land

We wish to acknowledge this land on which the Wellesley Institute operates. For thousands of years, it has been the traditional land of the Huron-Wendat, the Seneca, and the Mississaugas of the Credit. Today, this meeting place is still the home to many Indigenous people from across Turtle Island and we are grateful to have the opportunity to work on this land.

Revised by the Ceremonial Committee at the University of Toronto Office of Indigenous Initiatives in April 2021.