Item - 2021.DI17.3

Tracking Status

This item was considered by Toronto Accessibility Advisory Committee on September 2, 2021 and was adopted with amendments.

DI17.3 - Update on COVID-19 Vaccination

Decision Type:: ACTION

Status:: Amended

Wards:: All

Committee Decision

The Toronto Accessibility Advisory Committee:

1. Recommends that City Council request the Medical Officer of Health, in consultation with the Toronto Accessibility Task Force on COVID-19 Vaccines, people with disabilities, support persons, and other equity deserving groups, to ensure that any mandatory vaccination policy or program recognizes legislated or regulatory exemptions or a Human Rights Code related accommodation request for exemption and report back to the next meeting of the Toronto Accessibility Advisory Committee on November 15, 2021.

2. Recommends that City Council direct the General Manager, Parks, Forestry, and Recreation to make any public printers at community and recreation centres available at no cost to residents to print their provincial vaccine receipts to ensure equitable access.

3. Recommends that City Council request the Toronto Public Library Board to make any public printers at libraries available at no cost to residents to print their provincial vaccine receipts to ensure equitable access.

4. Recommends that City Council write a letter to the Ontario Ministry of Health to encourage them to expand the accessibility of the Ontario Vaccine booking portal directly and to make it possible for disabled Ontarians to be able to book the accommodations they need to be vaccinated.

5. Requested the Program Manager, Accessibility Unit to invite representatives from the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) to give a presentation or to provide a report to the Toronto Accessibility Advisory Committee on the challenges of disaggregated data on people with disabilities and COVID-19 infection and vaccination rates to date, including issues in collecting the data and what can be done to expedite the collection of disaggregated data similar to other jurisdictions.

Decision Advice and Other Information

The Associate Medical Officer of Health gave a presentation on the status of COVID-19 vaccination in the City of Toronto.

Summary

Dr. Eileen de Villa, Medical Officer of Health will give a presentation on the status of COVID-19 vaccination in the City of Toronto.

Background Information

Presentation from the Medical Officer of Health on Update on COVID-19 Vaccination
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/di/bgrd/backgroundfile-169927.pdf

Motions

1 - Motion to Amend Item moved by Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam (Carried)

That Toronto Accessibility Advisory Committee recommend that:

1. City Council request the Medical Officer of Health, in consultation with the Toronto Accessibility Task Force on COVID-19 Vaccines, people with disabilities, support persons, and other equity deserving groups, to ensure that any mandatory vaccination policy or program recognizes legislated or regulatory exemptions, or a Human Rights Code related accommodation request for exemption, and report back to the next meeting of the Toronto Accessibility Advisory Committee on November 15, 2021.

2. City Council direct the General Manager, Parks, Forestry, and Recreation to make any public printers at community and recreation centres available at no cost to residents to print their provincial vaccine receipts to ensure equitable access.

3. City Council request the Toronto Public Library Board to make any public printers at libraries available at no cost to residents to print their provincial vaccine receipts to ensure equitable access.

2 - Motion to Amend Item moved by Wendy Porch (Carried)

The Toronto Accessibility Advisory Committee recommends that:

1. City Council write a letter to the Ontario Ministry of Health to encourage them to expand the accessibility of the Ontario Vaccine booking portal directly and to make it possible for disabled Ontarians to be able to book the accommodations they need to be vaccinated.

3 - Motion to Amend Item moved by Liv Mendelsohn (Carried)

That:

1. The Program Manager, Accessibility Unit invite representatives from the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) to give a presentation or to provide a report to the Toronto Accessibility Advisory Committee on the challenges of disaggregated data on people with disabilities and COVID-19 infection and vaccination rates to date, including issues in collecting the data and what can be done to expedite the collection of disaggregated data similar to other jurisdictions.