Community Health Sciences
Room R322a – 771 McDermot Avenue
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, MB R3E 0T6
Evelyn Forget, OC, PhD, FRSC
Cross appointments
Holds cross appointments with:
Economics, Faculty of Arts (Adjunct)
Keywords
- Antipoverty policies
- Basic income / guaranteed income
- Cost
- Health economics
- History and philosophy of economics
- Poverty and health
Research themes
- Health economics
- Health
- History and philosophy of economics
- Marginalization
- Poverty
- Public policy
Research affiliations
Research affiliations include:
- Adjunct scientist, Manitoba Centre for Health Policy (MCHP)
- Academic director, Manitoba Research Data Centre
Research summary
Dr. Forget’s research examines the health and social implications of poverty and inequality and she is often called upon by governments, First Nations and international organizations to advise on poverty, inequality, health and social outcomes.
Her most recent books are Basic Income for Canadians: from the COVID-19 emergency to financial security for all (Lorimer and Co., 2020) and (with Hannah Owczar) Radical Trust: Basic Income for Complicated Lives.
Biography
Dr. Forget is a professor of economics and community health sciences at the University of Manitoba, an Officer of the Order of Canada, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.
Her work on basic income was profiled in three full-length documentaries:
- The Manitoba Story
- The Free Lunch Society, which opened at the Geneva International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights in 2018
- Gratis Geld (in Dutch, with an English introduction)
Her career highlight is that she was featured in a comic book from Finland.
Education
- PhD (Economics), University of Toronto (1986)
- MA (Political Economy), University of Toronto (1979)
- BA (Hons), Glendon College (York U) (1978)
Awards
- Officer, Order of Canada (2021)
- Fellow, Royal Society of Canada (2021)
- Thomas F. Divine Award for Lifetime Achievement, Association of Social Economics (2020)
- Mike McCracken Award in Economic Statistics, Canadian Economic Association (2014)
- Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal (2012)
Contact us
Community Health Sciences
Max Rady College of Medicine
Room S113 - 750 Bannatyne Avenue
University of Manitoba (Bannatyne campus)
Winnipeg, MB R3E 0W3 Canada
204-789-3655