Canadians are increasingly expressing worries about the collection and use of their data. Institutional and legislative measures exist to offer protection for our personal information. But traditional data governance practices have gaps that we will need to close if we want to be able to use data to improve the fairness of health systems. As […]
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Tracking COVID-19 through race-based data
Developed in partnership with Ontario Health, this report examines race-based data collected between June 26, 2020 and April 21, 2021, by Ontario public health units. The data show that COVID-19’s impact has been highly racialized. The analysis found that racialized populations had 1.2- to 7.1-fold higher rates of COVID-19 infection compared with white Ontarians. The […]
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