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James Iveniuk, Kwame McKenzie

Monitoring progress: Race and vaccine equity

vaccine equity

In mid-April, Wellesley Institute reported that areas in Ontario with higher rates of COVID-19 had lower rates of vaccination, and that this pattern was greatest in the City of Toronto. Since the publication of that report, a follow-up bulletin described a movement towards greater equity, where the mismatch between vaccination rates and COVID-19 infection rates in Ontario seemed to be diminishing, particularly in the City of Toronto where the disparity was greatest. The change in equity of vaccination followed Ontario’s pivot in strategy which increased the proportion of vaccines available to hot spots, areas with highest rates of COVID-19 infection.

This paper revisits the topic of racial inequity, investigating whether associations between racial composition, vaccination rates, and COVID -19 infection rates have changed over time.

Monitoring progress Race and 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.