Vaccine+, a branch of the Wellness Hub research program, is an initiative designed to support long-term care home (LTCH) and retirement home (RH) staff and leaders to address vaccine confidence.
Recently, Vaccine+ received funding from the Public Health Agency of Canada’s Immunization Partnership Fund to design and develop evidence-based, online and open access COVID-19 and Influenza resources to be used by the LTCH and RH community to improve vaccine confidence and uptake.
In addition to the 2025/26 Vaccine Champions Course, resources included virtual vaccine town halls and other educational resources such as one-pagers tailored to LTCH and RH settings.
Enrollment in the project and the course is now closed. However, other project resources continue to be available and can be found below.
Vaccine+ Town Halls
Recording of the ““From “Should” to “How”: Practical Vaccine Championing in LTC and RHs” Town Hall for long-term care home and retirement home leader and staff, hosted on January 7, 2026 by the Wellness Hub’s Vaccine+ Project, with Sophia Ikura (Speaker) and Dr. Vincenza Gruppuso (moderator).
Link to recording: https://youtu.be/pNpYVGw7EMo
Recording of the Vaccines 101 Town hall for long-term care home and retirement home leader and staff, hosted on December 10th, 2025 by the Wellness Hub’s Vaccine+ Project, with Dr. Allison McGeer (Speaker) and Dr. Vincenza Gruppuso (moderator).
Link to recording: https://youtu.be/mSbiALexHvo
Recording of the Vaccines 101 Town hall for long-term care home and retirement home leaders and staff, hosted on October 24th, 2025 by the Wellness Hub’s Vaccine+ Project, with Dr. Allison McGeer (Speaker) and Dr. Christine (Tina) Fahim (moderator).
Link to recording: https://youtu.be/fgGZxXqCd0I
Raffle Winners
We are excited to announce the winners of the project’s raffles:
Leader Baseline Raffle
- $125 prize: Grove Park Home
- $100 prize: Extendicare Kawartha Lakes
- $75 prize: Caressant Care Retirement Home Woodstock
Vaccine Champions 1st Session (August – November 2025): Staff Initial Raffle
- $100 prize: Erin S. (Central Ontario)
- $75* prize: Amanpreet A. (Central Ontario)
- $25 prize: Jason D. (East Ontario)
Vaccine Champions 1st Session (August – November 2025): Staff Final Raffle
- $60 prize: Mathusa S. (Central Ontario)
- $40 prize: Elizabeth Z. (Central Ontario)
- $25 prize: Debra L. (East Ontario)
Vaccine Champions 2nd Session (November 2025 – January 2026): Staff Initial Raffle
- $100 prize: Christina M. (West Ontario)
- $75* prize: Kirandeep N. (Central Ontario)
- $25 prize: Kokila C. (East Ontario)
*Note that this second prize was advertised incorrectly with either of the two values, $50 or $75. The value for the second prize is $75.