Health Canada COVID-19 Task Force
The COVID-19 Task Force (CTF) is a Canadian federal government task force within Health Canada.
Organization
Current and former members of the task force are listed on GOC411,[1] including its Medical Countermeasures and Research Initiatives[2] and Strategy and Integration teams.[3]
| Name | Position | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Heather Jeffrey | Assistant Deputy Minister (Strategy and Integration)[4] | Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), Global Affairs Canada |
| Kaili Levesque | Assistant Deputy Minister, Medical Countermeasures[5] | Privy Council Office, Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) |
| Remmy Ackert-Fraser | - | Employment and Social Development Canada |
| Amira Ahmed | Program Coordinator | - |
| Jaymie Armitage | Administrative Officer | COVID Alert, Radiation Protection Bureau |
| Marwan Badran | Data Scientist | Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) |
| Morgan Beatty | Senior Policy Analyst | Privy Council Office |
| Chantal Best | Executive Assistant to the Director General | National Microbiology Laboratory (NML) |
| Andres Calderon | Data Analyst | Courts Administration Service (CAS) |
| Ilayda Coruk | Communications Officer[6] | North American and Arctic Defence and Security Network (NAADSN) |
| Catherine Couser | Management Administrative Officer | Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat |
| Giordanna Cullen | Digital Communications Advisor[7] | G.M.Cullen Consulting |
| Magda Denasiewicz | Project Manager | Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada |
| Amanda Devost | Chief of Staff, Strategy and Integration team | Office of the Chief Human Resources Officer, Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) |
| Karine Duffy | Strategic Advisor to the Director General | - |
| Corey Duford | Acting Senior Policy Analyst | - |
| Guillaume Dupre-Carriere | Director of Operations | Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) |
| Cailey Dyer | Administrative Assistant | Fednav, Canadian Coast Guard |
| Mariana Essa | Program Officer | Shared Services Canada, Indigenous Services Canada |
| Frederica Fajardo | Senior Program Officer, Strategy and Integration team | Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada |
| Carson Fischl | Summer Student | - |
| Anne-Lotta Frank | Analyst | Environment and Climate Change Canada, Correctional Services Canada |
| Nathalie Guay | Administrator[8] | Drug Shortages Task Force (DSTF), Controlled Substances and Cannabis Branch (CSCB) |
| Nadine Haddad | Strategy and Integration team member | Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) |
| Tristram Harrison | Economist | Employment and Social Development Canada |
| Craig Hawkes | - | Health Canada |
| Hargun Kaur | Medical Countermeasures and Research Initiatives team member | - |
| Alexandra Laham | Project Officer, Strategy and Integration team | Communications Security Establishment (CSE) |
| Amy Lai | Senior Advisor[9] | COVID and Pandemic Response Secretariat, Public Services and Procurement Canada |
| Sonia Le Bris | Director General, Strategy and Integration team | Office of the Chief Human Resources Officer |
| Wilson Leite | Senior Analyst, Strategy and Integration team | Global Affairs Canada |
| Joelle Leroux | Strategic Advisor | Marketplace Framework Policy Branch |
| Andreas Loizou | Data Scientist | COVID Alert, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat |
| Timothy Mackey | Director, Strategy and Integration team | Global Affairs Canada, Privy Council Office |
| Christopher Mackie | Administrative Officer, Strategy and Integration team | Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Sachelle Magloire-Prosper | Executive Director | Strategic Innovation Fund (SIF), Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat |
| Anjelina Mattai | Policy Analyst | Health Canada |
| Nicola Maule | Senior Communications Strategist[10] | Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), Environment and Climate Change Canada |
| Nadia Mawhib | Strategy and Integration team member | Canadian Transportation Agency |
| Caitlin McCann | Program Manager | Transport Canada |
| Sohaib Mohammad | Policy Advisor | Borden Ladner Gervais (BLG), Fineberg Ramamoorthy |
| Tammy Nguyen | Manager | - |
| Lisa Oliver | Senior Policy Analyst | Statistics Canada, Centre for Population Health Data |
| Alana Paquette | Analyst, Strategy and Integration team | Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat |
| Sasha Hanson Pastran | Policy Analyst, Medical Countermeasures and Research Initiatives team | Public Health Agency of Canada Vaccine Rollout Taskforce |
| Kanya Rajendra | Junior Analyst, Medical Countermeasures and Research Initiatives team | World Health Organization (WHO) |
| Rhea Rivilla | Committee Coordinator, Medical Countermeasures and Research Initiatives | Official Delegations and Strategic Integration Division (ODSID), Information Management Group (IM Gp) |
| Curtis Salati | Policy Analyst, Strategy and Integration team | Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC) |
| Leticia Samano | Strategic Policy Advisor | - |
| Mathieu Sargent | Senior Policy Analyst | Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada |
| Sean Seeley | Digital Communications Advisor | City of Ottawa, seoplus+ |
| KayCee Southorn | Administrative Officer, Strategy and Integration team | Natural Resources Canada, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat |
| Tessa St. Arnaud | Chief of Staff | Courts Administration Service (CAS), Canada's Free Agents |
| Sara Tolba | IT Support Specialist[11] | Workplace Wellness Service Centre (WWSC), Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) |
| Maurice Turcot | Director, Integrated Services | - |
| Sarah Vaughan | Administrative Assistant | Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) |
| Katrina Vermeeren | Chief of Staff | - |
| Lynne Wasyliw | Senior Policy Analyst, Strategy and Integration team | Employment and Social Development Canada, Indigenous Services Canada |
| Tolga Yalkin | Assistant Deputy Minister, Strategy and Integration team | Consumer and Hazardous Products Safety Directorate (CHPSD), Canadian International Council (CIC) |
Subsidiaries
External links
COVID-19 Task Force. GOC411. Retrieved February 19, 2025, from https://www.goc411.ca/en/Employees/IndexByUnit/C%3Dca%2CO%3Dgc%2COU%3Dhc-sc%2COU%3Dcovidtf-gtcovid ↩︎
Medical Countermeasures and Research Initiatives. GOC411. Retrieved February 20, 2025, from https://www.goc411.ca/en/Employees/IndexByUnit/c%3Dca%2Co%3Dgc%2Cou%3Dhc-sc%2Cou%3Dcovidtf-gtcovid%2Cou%3DMCRI-CMMIR ↩︎
Strategy and Integration. GOC411. Retrieved February 20, 2025, from https://www.goc411.ca/en/Employees/IndexByUnit/c%3Dca%2Co%3Dgc%2Cou%3Dhc-sc%2Cou%3Dcovidtf-gtcovid%2Cou%3DSI-SI ↩︎
Public Health Agency of Canada. (2023, February 27). President of the Public Health Agency of Canada. Government of Canada. http://archive.vn/2024.04.10-001308/https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/corporate/organizational-structure/president.html ↩︎
Kaili Levesque. (2022, October 12). Prime Minister of Canada. http://archive.vn/2024.04.09-231029/https://www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/backgrounders/2022/10/12/kaili-levesque ↩︎
Ilayda Coruk. North American and Arctic Defence and Security Network. Retrieved February 19, 2025, from https://www.naadsn.ca/people/ilayda-coruk/ ↩︎
Experience | Giordanna C. LinkedIn. Retrieved February 19, 2025, from https://www.linkedin.com/in/giordy-cullen/details/experience/ ↩︎
Experience | Nathalie Guay. LinkedIn. Retrieved February 19, 2025, from https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathalie-guay-69007b13/details/experience/ ↩︎
Amy Lai. LinkedIn. Retrieved February 19, 2025, from https://www.linkedin.com/in/amy-lai-57a55616/ ↩︎
Nicola Maule. LinkedIn. Retrieved February 19, 2025, from https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolamaule1968/ ↩︎
Sara Tolba. LinkedIn. Retrieved February 19, 2025, from https://www.linkedin.com/in/sara-tolba-b35b97168/ ↩︎