Giang, Elissa https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9335-2309
Wong, Louis
Anderson, Maureen https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6487-2620
Halliday, Barrett
Hopkins, Jessica https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6587-9130
Lin, Chia-Yu A. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3873-729X
Ndubuka, Nnamdi https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1200-5787
Rajab, Aateka
Sinn, Chi-Hang Jonathan https://orcid.org/0009-0005-7960-2868
Smolina, Kate
Soucy, Jean-Paul R. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8422-2326
Chester, Tammy Stuart
Wong, Jason https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7681-7573
Zheng, Sarry
Buckeridge, David L. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1817-5047
Funding for this research was provided by:
Public Health Agency of Canada
Article History
Received: 15 April 2026
Accepted: 18 August 2026
First Online: 18 September 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval: The Health Canada and Public Health Agency of Canada’s Research Ethics Board determined that this project did not meet the definition of ‘research’ under the Tri-Council Policy Statement (TCPS): Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans. This work is a quality assurance and quality improvement exercise and is therefore exempt from REB review pursuant to Article 2.5 of the TCPS.
Consent to participate: Experts consented to participate as part of their role and duties of the Surveillance Expert Round Table.
Consent for publication: Not applicable.
Conflict of interest: The authors declare no competing interests.