Marc‐André Gagnon
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L'observatoire québécois des inégalités embauche un économiste:
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Économiste (chercheuse ou chercheur) - Observatoire québécois des inégalités
L'Observatoire québécois des inégalités cherche à recruter un.e économiste, pour postuler, c'est par ici !
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Aaaah! Charlevoix!!!
The Flavor of Quebec Is Sweet, Savory and Worth the Trip www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/t...
The Flavor of Quebec Is Sweet, Savory and Worth the Trip www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/t...
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Call for Papers:
Capitalism, Crisis, and Global Reordering
Conference and Special Issue Call For Papers
When: June 23-24, 2026
Where: Feltrinelli Foundation, Viale Pasubio 5, Milan, Italy
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Capitalism, Crisis, and Global Reordering
Conference and Special Issue Call For Papers
When: June 23-24, 2026
Where: Feltrinelli Foundation, Viale Pasubio 5, Milan, Italy
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Current Call For Papers
| Alternate Routes: A Journal of Critical Social Research
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Eric Hoskin's take on the current Pharmacare program in Canada (for diabetes products and contraceptives).
www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health-...
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Pharmacare law cannot be implemented in inequitable way, former advisory council chair says
Eric Hoskins had called upon provinces and territories to try and reach agreements before the election campaign
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Prosecutors Fail to Obtain Indictment Against Man Who Threw Sandwich at Federal Agent www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/u...
Prosecutors Fail to Obtain Indictment Against Man Who Threw Sandwich at Federal Agent www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/u...
Prosecutors Fail to Obtain Indictment Against Man Who Threw Sandwich at Federal Agent
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Good reminder in JAMA that providing comprehensive and confidential access to prescription contraceptives is associated with increased dispensations among Ontario youth.
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Universal Pharmacare and Contraceptive Dispensations Among Youth
This time-series analysis study evaluates the association between a publicly funded pharmacare program for individuals younger than 25 years and an increase in prescription contraceptive dispensations...
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Elbows up!
Great up to date factbook about the Canadian Economy!
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Great up to date factbook about the Canadian Economy!
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Building a Sovereign, Value-Added, and Sustainable Economy - CCPA
U.S. President Donald Trump has confronted Canadians with unprecedented threats to our sovereignty and prosperity. From his inauguration speech, when he resuscitated the imperial doctrine of ‘Manifest...
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Japanese death metal band Broken by the Scream just released a new album this week: 4 female singers, fantastic musicians, maximum dynamo.
Try to survive through this 15 minutes song, you will realize how epic this music is and start asking for more...
You have been warned.
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Try to survive through this 15 minutes song, you will realize how epic this music is and start asking for more...
You have been warned.
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Tsuioku no Nazca
YouTube video by Broken By The Scream - Topic
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I think I found my new hero.
Everytime the State send soldiers against their own population, we should throw sandwiches at them!!!
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Everytime the State send soldiers against their own population, we should throw sandwiches at them!!!
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Man Charged With Assaulting Federal Agent With Sandwich in D.C.
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When experts recommending drug reimbursement are on the payroll of drug companies.
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U.S. Batten disease experts who lobbied B.C. to reinstate drug in Charleigh Pollock case had relationships with drug company
U.S. disease experts have consulted for, been paid by, or received grants from California-based BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. Find out more.
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The F.D.A.’s Panel on Antidepressants During Pregnancy Was Alarmingly Biased www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/o...
Opinion | The F.D.A.’s Panel on Antidepressants During Pregnancy Was Alarmingly Biased
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In the new Trump world, this is a good example of how far-right conspiracy theorists and conflicts of interests among policymakers ends up shutting down the remaining voices for evidence-based decision-making.
In the new Trump world, this is a good example of how far-right conspiracy theorists and conflicts of interests among policymakers ends up shutting down the remaining voices for evidence-based decision-making.
Top F.D.A. Official Resigns Under Pressure
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Because we are simply so well served by wasteful and inefficient private drug plans. Why provide better access at lower cost?
Because we are simply so well served by wasteful and inefficient private drug plans. Why provide better access at lower cost?
Health advocates shocked as Carney Liberals back away from pharmacare program
Health advocates say they’re shocked to hear the federal government may not sign more pharmacare funding deals, which would leave coverage uneven across the country.
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More accessible choices mean better outcomes... What a surprise! ...or not!
More accessible choices mean better outcomes... What a surprise! ...or not!
Thousands more B.C. women chose top-tier birth control after patient costs eliminated - UBC News
New UBC research shows a 49-per-cent jump in long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) use after B.C. made contraception free.
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Today, @cmorten.bsky.social illuminates one major reason that Americans spend too much on health care with dubious or even negative value: powerful companies control and distort the informational environments around their products.
What’s Value in Health Care? Powerful Companies Make It Hard To Know
Powerful health care companies shape the informational environments around their products. As part of this playbook, companies avoid or thwart the generation and dissemination of accurate information…
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This was one of the most helpful pieces I read after watching the FDA panel last week.
The FDA Panel on Hormone Therapy was a Trojan Horse for Disinformation
Marty Makary is gunning for Feminine Forever 2.0
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Prescription drug costs are forcing Canadians to make dangerous trade-offs
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Prescription drug costs are forcing Canadians to make dangerous trade-offs
Many are taking drastic steps to alleviate pressure while they wait for a national drug plan — with serious health consequences
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Health Insurers Are Denying More Drug Claims, Data Shows www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/h...
Health Insurers Are Denying More Drug Claims, Data Shows
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The next Global Conference on Transparency Research will be held in June 2026 at the School of Journalism and Communication of the Carleton University in Ottawa. Have a look at the call for paper here!
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GNTR
Welcome to the new website of the Global Network on Transparency Research!
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