Throughout the pandemic, CoVaRR-Net’s Public Health, Health Systems & Social Policy Impacts Pillar (Pillar 8) provided practical support to decision makers, including through public health recommendations, which they called Situation, Background, Assessment, and Recommendation (SBAR) briefs. These were routinely submitted to Canada’s COVID-19 Leadership Group, chaired by the Deputy Minister of Health, offering concise and evidence-backed guidance on critical health policy decisions.