 Vaccine Hunters Canada Logo | |
| Abbreviation | VHC |
|---|---|
| Nickname | VaxHuntersCan |
| Formation | March 19, 2021 |
| Founder | Andrew Young |
| Founded at | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Dissolved | March 19, 2022 |
| Type | Nonprofit Organization |
| Purpose | Humanitarian, Health Resources, COVID-19 vaccines |
Official language | English French |
Key people | Sabrina Craig Andrew Young |
| Website | vaccinehunters |
Vaccine Hunters Canada was a Canadian volunteer-run nonprofit organization with a mandate of "helping eligible Canadians find vaccines" during the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada. The group was involved in helping Canadians navigate various booking systems and their eligibility requirements, and providing residents with information such as appointment and vaccine availability at mass-vaccination sites, hospitals, pharmacies, family doctors and pop-up COVID-19 vaccine clinics involved in the Canadian rollout of COVID-19 vaccines. The group used its website, Twitter,[1] Discord[2] and its Facebook page to communicate information to the general population.[3][4][5][6] In March 2022, exactly one year after its launch, Vaccine Hunters Canada announced that it would be closing its operations.[7]
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