Evelyn Forget, OC, PhD, FRSC

  • Evelyn Forget portrait.


  • Community Health Sciences
    Room R322a – 771 McDermot Avenue
    University of Manitoba
    Winnipeg, MB R3E 0T6

    Phone: 204-894-1301  
    evelyn.forget@umanitoba.ca

Cross appointments

Holds cross appointments with:

Economics, Faculty of Arts (Adjunct)

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.

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:

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:

Her career highlight is that she was featured in a comic book from Finland.

Education

Doctor of Philosophy in Economics, University of Toronto (1986)

Master of Arts in Political Economy, University of Toronto (1979)

Bachelor of Arts with Honours, Glendon College, York University (1978)

Awards

2021:

  • Officer, Order of Canada
  • Fellow, Royal Society of Canada

2020:

  • Thomas F. Divine Award for Lifetime Achievement, Association of Social Economics

2014:

  • Mike McCracken Award in Economic Statistics, Canadian Economic Association

2012:

  • Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal

Dr. Evelyn Forget In the news

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

chsinfo@umanitoba.ca
204-789-3655