NCCIH & NCCMT

Rapid Review: What factors may help protect Indigenous peoples and communities in Canada and internationally from the COVID-19 pandemic and its impacts?

October 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated pervasive socio-economic and health inequities, creating additional challenges for Indigenous peoples and communities in Canada and around the world. Indigenous people and communities are responding to COVID-19 using experience, practices, knowledges and assets to provide protection from the pandemic and its impacts.

Produced as part of the COVID-19 Rapid Evidence Service, this rapid review identifies, appraises, and summarizes emerging evidence to support decision making. It includes evidence available up to October 8, 2020, that addresses the following question: what factors may help protect Indigenous peoples and communities in Canada and internationally from the COVID-19 pandemic and its impacts?

This resource was prepared by the National Collaborating Centre for Methods and Tools (NCCMT) and the National Collaborating Centre for Indigenous Health (NCCIH).

Link to this resource (PDF) | Read the NCCMT & NCCIH Media Release - November 3rd, 2020