Updated*** on 6 August 2020, 1:30 p.m.
This list is intended to provide parliamentarians and their staff with trustworthy, reliable and accurate Canadian and international resources related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
All resources have been carefully selected by the Library of Parliament’s subject matter experts. Every effort is made to ensure that content is accurate. All resources will be continuously monitored and updated as necessary as this situation continues to evolve within Canada and internationally.
***Economics and Finance
***Environment
Gender and Sexuality
Government Policy and Legislation
Health and Population
Immigration and Citizenship
***Indigenous Peoples
Justice and Human Rights
National and International Security
Technology and Research
Travel and Transport
Economics and Finance
- Canada Energy Regulator – Market Snapshots
- Fisheries and Oceans Canada – Fishery openings and closures
- ***Fisheries and Oceans Canada – Information for workers in the fisheries industry related to COVID-19
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations – COVID-19: Impact on global fish trade
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations – How is COVID-19 affecting the fisheries and aquaculture food systems
- Government of Canada – Canada’s COVID-19 Economic Response Plan
- International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation – COVID-19 Hub
- International Energy Agency – An unprecedented global health and economic crisis
- McKinsey & Company – The Next Normal
- Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer – Latest Reports
- ***Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development – Tackling Coronavirus (COVID-19): Contributing to a global effort
- Trade Commissioner Service – COVID-19 and Canada’s international trade
- World Bank – Commodity Markets Outlook
Environment
- Carbon Brief – Analysis: Coronavirus set to cause largest ever annual fall in CO2 emissions
- International Energy Agency (IEA)
- ***International Renewable Energy Agency – Renewable Energy Can Support Resilient and Equitable Recovery
- ***Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development – Building Back Better: A Sustainable, Resilient Recovery after COVID-19
- ***United Nations Conference on Trade and Development – Why a sustainable blue recovery is needed
- ***United Nations COVID-19 Response – Climate Change and COVID-19: UN urges nations to ‘recover better’
- ***United Nations Development Programme – The ocean and COVID-19
- United Nations Environment Programme – COVID-19 updates from the United Nations Environment Programme
- ***United Nations – International Mother Earth Day 22 April – Secretary-General’s Message
- ***UNEP Finance Initiative – Sustainable Recovery
- ***World Economic Forum – The COVID-19 recovery can be the vaccine for climate change
- ***World Economic Forum – The Great Reset
Gender and Sexuality
- Inter-Parliamentary Union – Gender and COVID-19: A guidance note for parliaments
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development – Women at the core of the fight against COVID-19 crisis
- The Lancet – COVID-19: the gendered impacts of the outbreak
- UN Women – COVID-19 and ending violence against women and girls
- UN Women – UN Secretary-General’s policy brief: The impact of COVID-19 on women
Government Policy and Legislation
- European Parliamentary Research Service Blog – Coronavirus (COVID-19)
- Inter-Parliamentary Union – Parliaments in a time of pandemic
- Intrepid – Repository of Canadian COVID-19 Emergency Orders
Health and Population
- Canadian Institute for Health Information – COVID-19 resources
- Government of Canada – Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): Epidemiology update
- Government of Canada – Coronavirus disease (COVID-19): Guidance documents
- Government of Canada – Coronavirus disease (COVID-19): Outbreak update
- Humanitarian Data Exchange – COVID-19 Pandemic in Locations with a Humanitarian Response Plan
- Johns Hopkins University – COVID-19 Dashboard by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE)
- National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health – Equity-informed responses to COVID-19
- Nextstrain – Real-Time Tracking of Pathogen Evolution
- Public Health Agency of Canada – Canada COVID-19 Situational Awareness Dashboard [accessible via Google Chrome]
- Royal Society of Canada – COVID-19 Resources
- Statistics Canada – StatCan COVID-19: Data to Insights for a Better Canada
- The Lancet – COVID-19 Resource Centre
- Worldometer – COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic
- World Bank – Understanding the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic through data
- World Health Organization – Coronavirus disease (COVID-2019) situation reports
Immigration and Citizenship
- Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada – Practice notice – Special measures due to covid-19
- International Organization for Migration – COVID-19 Analytical Snapshots
- Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada – How the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is affecting immigration, refugees, citizenship and passport services
- Migration Policy Institute – Coronavirus (COVID-19) Resources
- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees – Covid-19 Situation
Indigenous Peoples
- ***Arctic Council – Covid-19 in the Arctic: Briefing Document for Senior Arctic Officials
- Assembly of First Nations – COVID-19
- Government of Canada – Coronavirus (COVID-19) and Indigenous communities
- Government of Quebec – Coronavirus COVID19 – Information for indigenous communities
- Inuit Circumpolar Council – Ongoing Coronavirus Pandemic Highlights Infrastructure Gaps Across Circumpolar Regions Related to Inuit Health – Demonstrates Strength of Inuit Culture
- Inuit Tapiirit Kanatami – COVID-19
- Métis National Council – Métis Nation COVID-19
- Native Women’s Association of Canada – COVID-19 Information
- Policy Options – Priority pandemic response needed for First Nations
- Radio Canada International – Roundup of COVID-19 Responses Around the Arctic
- Statistics Canada – First Nations people, Métis and Inuit and COVID-19: Health and social characteristics
- The Lancet – Inuit communities can beat COVID-19 and tuberculosis
- United Nations – COVID-19 and Indigenous peoples
- ***Yellowhead Institute – COVID-19 & Indigenous Communities: Information and Resources
Justice and Human Rights
- Correctional Service Canada – Inmate COVID-19 testing in federal correctional institutions
- Office of the Correctional Investigator – COVID-19 Impact on Service and Operations
- Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights – COVID-19 and its human rights dimensions
- Physicians for Human Rights – COVID-19
- Tracking the Politics of Criminalization and Punishment in Canada – Carceral Depopulation During the COVID-19 Pandemic
National and International Security
- Canadian Centre for Cyber Security – Staying Cyber-Healthy During COVID-19
- Canadian Global Affairs Institute – Pages tagged “COVID-19”
- Conference of Defence Associations Institute – COVID-19 and the Canadian Armed Forces: Overview, Analysis, and Next Steps
- European Leadership Network – The coronavirus pandemic hits NATO: Five potential implications
- European Union Agency for Cybersecurity – COVID19
- International Institute for Strategic Studies – Defence spending and plans: will the pandemic take its toll?
- 45eNord – Covid-19 – résultats de la recherche [en français seulement]
Technology and Research
- Canadian Institute For Advanced Research (CIFAR) – Action on COVID-19
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research – COVID-19
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada – NSERC program information in relation to COVID-19
- OpenMedia – The Latest
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development – AI Policy Observatory
- Vector Institute – Covid-19 Updates
Travel and Transport
- Canadian Airports Council – COVID-19 Advocacy, Resources and Information
- Government of Canada – COVID-19 measures, updates, and guidance issued by Transport Canada
- International Air Transport Association – COVID-19: Resources for Airlines & Air Transport Professionals
- International Civil Aviation Organization – Aviation and COVID-19
- International Maritime Organization – COVID-19: Member States and Associate Members Communications
- International Transport Forum – Transport and COVID-19: responses and resources
- Public Health Agency of Canada – Coronavirus disease (COVID-19): Travel restrictions, exemptions and advice