This special presentation by Barbara Fallon of the University of Toronto and Delphine Collin-Vezina of McGill University is the first in a series of free ISPCAN webinars focused on the effects of COVID-19 on children, families, and systems of care. Dr. Fallon shares information from the new University of Toronto Policy Bench report, Child Welfare and Pandemics Literature Scan, including current knowledge of child welfare and pandemics, the impact on children in the Canadian child welfare system, potential policy solutions, and the measures taken to control the spread of disease, and then Dr. Collin-Vezina leads a Q&A.