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How COVID-19 made Canada comfortable with marginalizing 3.7 million people - Montreal Gazette, January 14, 2022

webfull — Mon, 17 Jan 2022 23:06:32 +0000

Phoebe Friesen, Assistant Professor in the Biomedical Ethics Unit, is among the experts quoted by the Montreal Gazette.

"After the announcement of Quebec’s tax on the unvaccinated, �㽶��Ƶ biomedical ethicist Phoebe Friesen told Reuters that it would make just as much sense to start levying a tax on obese people. “If you want to be consistent and logical, you should charge all sorts of people for their hospitalization if it’s based on behaviour that they’re ‘responsible’ for,” she said."

Published: 17 January 2022

Quebec tax on unvaccinated may be lawful but sets risky precedent - experts - Reuters, January 12, 2022

webfull — Sat, 15 Jan 2022 00:06:51 +0000

Phoebe Friesen, Assistant Professor in the Biomedical Ethics Unit, is among the experts quoted by Reuters.

Published: 14 January 2022

Canada’s Quebec plans anti-vax tax to fine the unjabbed - The Independent, January 12, 2022

webfull — Sat, 15 Jan 2022 00:00:49 +0000

Carolyn Ells, Associate Professor in the Biomedical Ethics Unit, is quoted by the Independent.

"�㽶��Ƶ medicine and health sciences professor Carolyn Ells said that while the financial penalty may be essential in a health emergency, whether it survives a court challenge would depend on the details."

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Published: 14 January 2022

COVID-19: Stronger action, more vaccinations urged as Quebec hospitalizations surge - Montreal Gazette, January 10, 2022

webfull — Fri, 14 Jan 2022 23:47:27 +0000

Dr. Catherine Hankins, Professor at the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health and co-chair of Canada's COVID-19 Immunity Task Force and Nicholas King, Associate Professor in the Biomedical Ethics Unit, and Dick Menzies, Professor at the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, are among the experts quoted by the Montreal Gazette.

Published: 14 January 2022

Stem cells and the future of health care - The Globe and Mail, December 8, 2021

webfull — Fri, 10 Dec 2021 00:01:09 +0000

Professor Jonathan Kimmelman, Director of the Biomedical Ethics Unit, participated in a Globe and Mail panel on stem cells.

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Published: 9 December 2021

How Canadian researchers are using stem cell advances to transform medicine - The Globe and Mail, December 2, 2021

webfull — Fri, 03 Dec 2021 23:55:49 +0000

Professor Jonathan Kimmelman, Director of the Biomedical Ethics Unit, is among the experts quoted by The Globe and Mail.

Published: 3 December 2021

The pandemic exposed Montreal's inequalities, and residents say it's time to tackle root causes - CBC, November 3, 2021

webfull — Thu, 04 Nov 2021 14:11:54 +0000

Dr. Nicholas King, Associate Professor in the Biomedical Ethics Unit, is among the experts quoted by CBC. Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health alumna Mabel Carabali is also quoted in this piece.

Published: 4 November 2021

Philanthropist-funded study at a prestigious hospital raises thorny questions about clinical research - STAT, October 20, 2021

webfull — Thu, 21 Oct 2021 16:31:04 +0000

Professor Jonathan Kimmelman, Director of the Biomedical Ethics Unit is among the experts quoted by STAT.

Published: 21 October 2021

Peut-on parler de « décès acceptables » de la COVID-19? - Radio-Canada, October 10, 2021

webfull — Tue, 12 Oct 2021 19:00:43 +0000

Dr. Nicholas King, Associate Professor in the Biomedical Ethics Unit, is among the experts quoted by Radio-Canada.

"Toutefois, pour Nicholas King, professeur d’éthique biomédicale à l’Université McGill, la question des risques que nous sommes prêts à assumer en vivant avec le virus, y compris une part de décès, est légitime et doit être posée. Cependant, établir un nombre de morts acceptable n’est pas la manière dont les sociétés et les gouvernements procèdent habituellement."

Published: 12 October 2021

Some shelter users in Yellowknife were offered $20 to get the vaccine. Was that ethical? - CBC, September 15, 2021

webfull — Wed, 15 Sep 2021 22:47:54 +0000

Dr. Nicholas King, Associate Professor in the Biomedical Ethics Unit, is among the experts quoted by CBC.

Published: 15 September 2021