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11 ways to take the fear out of jabs for children

| Ireland Live | April 24, 2023

“Trying to make money off your vagina”: Gyno on lies in women’s wellness

| Daily Hive | Nikitha Martins and Claire Fenton | March 8, 2023

Stopping the Spread of Women’s Health Misinformation

| CTV News Vancouver | March 7, 2023

Moving the needle on childhood immunizations in Canada

| Halifax Examiner | Yvette d’Entremont | February 22, 2023

Sault’s Entomica joins campaign to address misinformation

| CTV News Northern Ontario | Mike McDonald | February 10, 2023

February 23 is National Kids and Vaccines Day

| Press Release | February 7, 2023

Une vraie riposte à la mésinformation

| La Presse | Philippe Mercure | February 5, 2023

Canadian researchers aim to uncover misinformation on social media and how to curb it

| CityNews Montréal | Diona Macalinga | February 2, 2023

La désinformation, fléau de société

| Le Devoir | Pauline Gravel | February 2, 2023

Digital Policy Rounds: Health Communications

| Centre for Media, Technology & Democracy | January 19, 2023

How to address vaccine misinformation with ScienceUpFirst

| CanVax | Emerging Topics Podcast | December 14, 2022

ScienceUpFirst Continues Its Fight Against Misinformation Online By Going Right to the Source – Social Media Communities

| Press Release | November 28, 2022

Qu’est-ce qui pousse les gens ver les pseudosciences ?

| Radio-Canada | Moteur de recherche | November 24, 2022

What to know about bivalent vaccines

| healthy debate | Denis Chmoulevitch, Stéphanie Guernon, Rachel Salt, Krishana Sankar | November 20, 2022

TikTok Traffic on Monkeypox Conspiracy Theories Swelled After WHO’s Alert

| MedPage Today | Ingrid Hein | October 18, 2022

Navigating this Pandemic – Hard Conversations

| WISEST STEM Podcast | August 29, 2022

How universities are navigating COVID-19 and the return to campus

| CBC News | The National | August 28, 2022

Pandemics as portals: What monkeypox teaches us about medical apartheid and resistance

| Healthy Debate | Malika Sharma and Nanky Rai | August 24, 2022

Mois national de promotion à la vaccination

| Immunize Canada on Instagram | August 20, 2022

Éviter un empoisonnement alimentaire cet été

| Radio-Canada | La croisée | avec Benoit Michaud | July 11, 2022

Debunked: Common COVID-19 booster myths

| Glacier Media | Pippa Norman | July 5, 2022

Les mythes entourant l’avortement

| Radio-Canada | La croisée | avec Benoit Michaud | July 4, 2022

Elyas Aissia, La Science d’Abord

| Tête-à-tête avec la science | Myriam Beaudry| June 14, 2022

COVID-19 has equipped us with a toolbox to tackle future pandemics

| World Economic Forum | Kathy Bloomgarden | May 10, 2022

Vaccine skeptics co-opt the AIDS crisis

| .coda | Masho Lomashvili | April 15, 2022

With proven COVID-19 treatments, why some still opting for unproven drugs?

| CityNews Calgary | Carly Robinson | April 14, 2022

Event addressing vaccine hesitancy

| CTV News Winnipeg | March 7, 2022

Rosalyn Boucha from the Ma Mawi Wi Chi Itata Centre gives info about an event addressing vaccine hesitancy in urban Indigenous communities.

National Kids and Vaccines Day

| CTV News Vancouver | January 27, 2022

On CTV Morning Live, Pediatrician and Canadian Medical Association President, Dr. Katharine Smart speaks about vaccinations for children.

Interior Health encouraging pediatric COVID-19 vaccines by Family Day

| Castlegar News | Trevor Crawley | January 27, 2022

National day of education for vaccinating kids

| Global News Saskatoon | Chris Carr | January 27, 2022

Renewed Focus on NWT Vaccine Uptake, New Tools and Resources for 5-11 Group

| Government of Northwest Territories | January 26, 2022

Learn about kids and vaccines from health experts

| East Kootenay Online News Weekly | January 26, 2022

Online forum hopes to help boost COVID-19 vaccination rate among Canadian kids

| CityNews Vancouver | Lisa Steacy | January 25, 2022

Only about half of Canadian kids aged 5-11 have been vaccinated; what’s going on?

| Halifax Examiner | Yvette d’Entremont | January 24, 2022

National Kids & Vaccines Day aims to give parents and children peace of mind

| CHAT News Today | Chris Brown | January 21, 2022

More in-school clinics could be key to raising vaccination rates for kids: doctors

| The Canadian Press | Camille Bains | January 20, 2022

National Kids and Vaccination Day aims to ease concerns for parents and children

| Medicine Hat News | Kendall King | January 20, 2022

Dr. Bonnie Henry takes aim at vaccine misinformation Facebook posts

| Daily Hive | Sarah Anderson | January 18, 2022

Thursday, January 27 is National Kids and Vaccines Day

| Press Release | January 13, 2021

How to treat yourself at home if you get COVID-19

| CBC News PEI | Sara Fraser | January 6, 2022

Four health and fitness trends to watch in 2022

| The Globe and Mail | Alex Hutchinson | December 27, 2021

Science Up First Continues The Fight Against Disinformation With Dr. Krishana Sankar

| Canadian Psychological Association | Mind Full: The CPA podcast | December 1, 2021

Q&A: COVID vaccine for kids with Dr. Janine McCready

| Today’s Parent on Instagram | November 24, 2021

Provinces, parents prepare for kids’ COVID-19 vaccine rollout

| CBC News: The National | November 22, 2021

Vaccines OK’d for kids 5-11

| The Toronto Star | November 22, 2021

Fight against misinformation as COVID-19 vaccine for kids nears

| Global News | Emad Agahi, HOUR AT 6 BC | November 6, 2021

Children and COVID-19 Vaccines

| TVO | The Agenda | October 29, 2021

Vaccines and COVID-19 Symptoms with Dr. Krishana Sankar

| Senator Stan Kutcher | October 20, 2021

COVID-19 Vaccines and Immunity with Dr. Krishana Sankar

| Senator Stan Kutcher | October 18, 2021

Science Literacy Week Live Discussion Panel with Anthony Morgan and Dr. Marianne Mader

| Periscope | Hosted by Senator Stan Kutcher | September 22, 2021

New initiative aims to disrupt flow of misinformation, amplify science-based content online

| CBC Radio One | Mainstreet NS with Jeff Douglas | September 21, 2021

Back to school science

| CBC Radio One | The Early Edition with Stephen Quinn | August 31, 2021

New campaign tackling COVID misinformation

| Global News | August 28, 2021

A New Resource for Fighting Vaccine Misinformation

| Scientific American | August 19, 2021

EXCLUSIVE: A Doctor Told Us Everything Canadians Need To Know About Mixing And Matching COVID-19 Vaccines Before Getting A Second Dose

| 6ixBuzz | June 30, 2021

The doc is on TikTok: how physicians are using social media to build vaccine confidence

| The Canadian Medical Association | May 5, 2021

Meet the team battling COVID-19 misinformation

| CBC Metro Morning | January 25, 2021