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CANImmunize

CANImmunize is a Canadian technology company specializing in immunization software based in Ottawa, Ontario. It developed the CANImmunize app, a pan-Canadian digital immunization tracking system—a vaccine passport—that tracks Canadians' vaccinations with a mobile app and web portal.[1]

Development

CANImmunize was developed through the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute in collaboration with the Canadian Public Health Association,[2] with a $3,812,397 grant from the Public Health Agency of Canada's Immunization Partnership Fund.[3]

The company paid the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) for advertising during the COVID-19 period.[4] It also provided funding for the development of a Canadian Association of Gastroenterology clinical practice guideline for immunizing patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), published July 29, 2021.[5]

Partners

CANImmunize's partners page lists government, health agencies, academia and pharmaceutical companies across Canada.[6]

  • Algonquin College
  • Amazon Web Services (AWS)
  • BORN Ontario[7]
  • Bruyère
  • CAN Health Network [8]
  • Canadian Association for Immunization Research and Evaluation (CAIRE)
  • Canadian Immunization Research Network (CIRN)
  • Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS)
  • Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO)
  • Federation of Medical Women in Canada
  • Government of Prince Edward Island
  • Government of Yukon
  • GS1 Canada
  • HELP Eliminate Pain in Kids & Adults (HELPinKids&Adults)
  • Meningitis Research Foundation of Canada
  • Nova Scotia Health Authority
  • The Ottawa Hospital
  • Ottawa Newcomer Health Centre
  • Ottawa Public Health
  • Parenting in Ottawa
  • Sanofi
  • Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada
  • SPARK
  • Toronto Public Health
  • University Health Network Transplant Program

Additionally, CANImmunize has been endorsed by CMA Joule, I Boost Immunity, Immunize Canada, Kids Boost Immunity,[9] Pfizer, and Vaccines411.

CANImmunize is a member organization of the Good Health Pass Collaborative,[10] the Kids Come First Health Team,[11] and the World Health Organization's Vaccine Safety Net.[12]

  1. About. CANImmunize. Retrieved December 10, 2021, from http://archive.today/2021.12.10-083722/https://www.canimmunize.ca/en/about ↩︎

  2. Immunizations. Toronto Western Family Health Team. Retrieved March 26, 2024, from http://archive.today/2024.03.26-162241/https://www.twfht.ca/displayPage.php?page=Immunizations ↩︎

  3. Public Health Agency of Canada. (2022, October 12). Immunization Partnership Fund. Government of Canada. https://web.archive.org/web/20221104154209/https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/immunization-vaccine-priorities/immunization-partnership-fund.html ↩︎

  4. Final Release Package A-2023-00059 CBC, Advertising Companies. CBC/Radio-Canada. Retrieved October 1, 2023, from https://archive.org/details/final-release-package-a-2023-00059-cbc-advertising-companies ↩︎

  5. Jones, J. L., Tse, F., Carroll, M. W., deBruyn, J. C., McNeil, S. A., Pham-Huy, A., Seow, C. H., Barrett, L. L., Bessissow, T., Carman, N., Melmed, G. Y., Vanderkooi, O. G., Marshall, J. K., & Benchimol, E. I. (2021). Canadian Association of Gastroenterology Clinical Practice Guideline for Immunizations in Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)—Part 2: Inactivated Vaccines. Journal of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology, 4(4), e72–e91. https://doi.org/10.1093/jcag/gwab016 ↩︎

  6. Partners. CANImmunize. Retrieved May 28, 2021, from http://archive.today/2021.05.28-193833/https://www.canimmunize.ca/en/partners ↩︎

  7. Partnerships. (2022, September 13). BORN Ontario. https://web.archive.org/web/20221018172920/https://www.bornontario.ca/en/about-born/partnerships.aspx ↩︎

  8. Our Members. CAN Health Network. Retrieved May 14, 2022, from http://archive.today/2022.05.15-052239/https://canhealthnetwork.ca/our-members/ ↩︎

  9. Our Partners. Kids Boost Immunity. Retrieved November 8, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20221108120508/https://kidsboostimmunity.com/about/how-were-funded ↩︎

  10. Members. Good Health Pass Collaborative. Retrieved December 8, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20221208124729/https://www.goodhealthpass.org/members?c1ea8d49_page=1 ↩︎

  11. Member organizations. (2021, October). Kids Come First Health Team. https://web.archive.org/web/20220524222502/https://kidscomefirst.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Member-organizations_ENG-2021.pdf ↩︎

  12. Network. Vaccine Safety Net. Retrieved September 23, 2022, from http://archive.today/2022.09.23-135157/https://www.vaccinesafetynet.org/vsn/network ↩︎