/spgh/taxonomy/term/151/all en /spgh/channels/news/how-covid-19-made-canada-comfortable-marginalizing-37-million-people-montreal-gazette-january-14-336546 <p>Phoebe Friesen, Assistant Professor in the Biomedical Ethics Unit, is among the experts quoted by the <em>Montreal Gazette</em>.</p> <p style="margin-left:40px">"After the announcement of Quebec’s tax on the unvaccinated, ƻ����Ժ 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."</p> Mon, 17 Jan 2022 23:06:32 +0000 stephanie.laroche-pierre@mcgill.ca 1156 at /spgh /spgh/channels/news/quebec-tax-unvaccinated-may-be-lawful-sets-risky-precedent-experts-reuters-january-12-2022-336492 <p>Phoebe Friesen, Assistant Professor in the Biomedical Ethics Unit, is among the experts quoted by Reuters.</p> Sat, 15 Jan 2022 00:06:51 +0000 stephanie.laroche-pierre@mcgill.ca 1150 at /spgh /spgh/channels/news/canadas-quebec-plans-anti-vax-tax-fine-unjabbed-independent-january-12-2022-336491 <p>Carolyn Ells, Associate Professor in the Biomedical Ethics Unit, is quoted by the <em>Independent.</em></p> <p style="margin-left:40px">"ƻ����Ժ 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."</p> <p><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/canada-quebec-anti-vax-tax-b1991340.html"><em>Read the article</em></a></p> Sat, 15 Jan 2022 00:00:48 +0000 stephanie.laroche-pierre@mcgill.ca 1149 at /spgh /spgh/channels/news/covid-19-stronger-action-more-vaccinations-urged-quebec-hospitalizations-surge-montreal-gazette-336489 <p>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.</p> Fri, 14 Jan 2022 23:47:27 +0000 stephanie.laroche-pierre@mcgill.ca 1147 at /spgh /spgh/channels/news/stem-cells-and-future-health-care-globe-and-mail-december-8-2021-335460 <p>Professor Jonathan Kimmelman, Director of the Biomedical Ethics Unit, participated in a <em>Globe and Mail</em> panel on stem cells.</p> <p><a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/events/article-stem-cells-and-the-future-of-health-care/"><em>Learn more and watch the recording.</em></a></p> Fri, 10 Dec 2021 00:01:08 +0000 stephanie.laroche-pierre@mcgill.ca 1095 at /spgh /spgh/channels/news/how-canadian-researchers-are-using-stem-cell-advances-transform-medicine-globe-and-mail-december-2-335314 <p>Professor Jonathan Kimmelman, Director of the Biomedical Ethics Unit, is among the experts quoted by <em>The Globe and Mail.</em></p> Fri, 03 Dec 2021 23:55:49 +0000 stephanie.laroche-pierre@mcgill.ca 1080 at /spgh /spgh/channels/news/pandemic-exposed-montreals-inequalities-and-residents-say-its-time-tackle-root-causes-cbc-november-3-334570 <p>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.</p> Thu, 04 Nov 2021 14:11:53 +0000 stephanie.laroche-pierre@mcgill.ca 1047 at /spgh /spgh/channels/news/philanthropist-funded-study-prestigious-hospital-raises-thorny-questions-about-clinical-research-334324 <p>Professor Jonathan Kimmelman, Director of the Biomedical Ethics Unit is among the experts quoted by STAT.</p> Thu, 21 Oct 2021 16:31:03 +0000 stephanie.laroche-pierre@mcgill.ca 1020 at /spgh /spgh/channels/news/peut-parler-de-deces-acceptables-de-la-covid-19-radio-canada-october-10-2021-334071 <p>Dr. Nicholas King, Associate Professor in the Biomedical Ethics Unit, is among the experts quoted by Radio-Canada.</p> <p style="margin-left:40px">"Toutefois, pour Nicholas King, professeur d’éthique biomédicale à l’Université ƻ����Ժ, 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."</p> Tue, 12 Oct 2021 19:00:42 +0000 stephanie.laroche-pierre@mcgill.ca 996 at /spgh /spgh/channels/news/some-shelter-users-yellowknife-were-offered-20-get-vaccine-was-ethical-cbc-september-15-2021-333368 <p>Dr. Nicholas King, Associate Professor in the Biomedical Ethics Unit, is among the experts quoted by CBC.</p> Wed, 15 Sep 2021 22:47:54 +0000 stephanie.laroche-pierre@mcgill.ca 921 at /spgh /spgh/channels/news/when-stop-hoping-covid-19-miracle-cure-fivethirtyeight-august-4-2021-332254 <p>Professor Jonathan Kimmelman, Director of the Biomedical Ethics Unit is among the experts quoted by FiveThirtyEight.</p> Thu, 05 Aug 2021 21:12:26 +0000 stephanie.laroche-pierre@mcgill.ca 861 at /spgh /spgh/channels/news/concerns-raised-over-travel-based-type-covid-19-vaccine-received-global-news-july-22-2021-332101 <p>Dr. Nicholas King, Associate Professor in the Biomedical Ethics Unit, is among the experts quoted by Global News.</p> <p style="margin-left:40px">"…Nicholas King, a professor in the bioethics and epidemiology department at ƻ����Ժ, said inequalities start to present themselves when travel is determined by the type of vaccine a person received."</p> <p><em><a href="https://globalnews.ca/news/8053372/covid-vaccine-travel-inequality-coronavirus/" target="_blank">Read the full story</a>.</em></p> Mon, 26 Jul 2021 16:21:18 +0000 stephanie.laroche-pierre@mcgill.ca 854 at /spgh /spgh/channels/news/why-credibility-astrazenecas-vaccine-data-matters-yahoo-news-march-24-2021-330017 <p>Professor Jonathan Kimmelman, Director of the Biomedical Ethics Unit is among the experts quoted in this piece about the AstraZeneca vaccine.</p> <p style="margin-left:40px">"…“It’s one thing for a drug company or sponsor to bungle this on the first go but this is the second time this company has released information that was inaccurate and confusing, and it’s incredibly frustrating,” said Jonathan Kimmelman, a bioethicist at ƻ����Ժ."</p> Thu, 25 Mar 2021 13:55:00 +0000 stephanie.laroche-pierre@mcgill.ca 735 at /spgh