Newsletter - December 2024

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A Clear-Eyed Look at Quebec's Healthcare System

In a new video produced as part of the 2024-2025 theme year: Efficiency at the heart of the Quebec health care system, Roxane Borgès Da Silva (Université de Montréal), Carl-Ardy Dubois (Université de Montréal), Pierre-Carl Michaud (HEC Montréal), and Erin Strumpf (McGill University), main researchers in the Health theme and CIRANO Pole on the Efficiency of Health Services and Policies provide a clear and in-depth perspective on the major challenges facing the healthcare system.

Improving access to care and equality in access to care, putting people at the heart of the healthcare system, rebalancing treatment versus prevention, caring for people losing their autonomy and enabling them to age with dignity are some of the key topics that the researchers discuss in the video. They invite us to embrace a broad range of perspectives to drive meaningful transformation in the healthcare system.

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CIRANO NEWS


Quebec’s Housing Shortage: A Day Rich in Dialogue
	About 100 attendees from diverse backgrounds gathered on November 7 at Espace Canal for a conference organized by CIRANO in collaboration with the Ivanhoé-Cambridge Urban and Real Estate Development Observatory, the research group on Economic Development and Territorial Inequalities and CMHC. Read more and video

Employment, disability and inclusion: Focus on the DEPPI initiative
	On November 8, CIRANO was pleased to welcome nearly 40 people from community, government and academic organizations to a public event dedicated to employment, disability and inclusion. CIRANO researchers and members of the DEPPI team shared key research findings to better understand the challenges and identify concrete solutions to integrating people with disabilities into the job market. Read more

CIRANO study on public policies for funding assisted reproduction
	In this study, Marie-Louise Leroux, Full Professor at ESG UQAM and Researcher and Fellow at CIRANO, proposes a normative theoretical model of non-linear taxation to determine the conditions under which a government, such as Quebec's, would have an interest in funding ART. If applicable, the study seeks to determine in which forms the state should intervene and which groups of the population should be prioritized. Read more

CIRANO at the Heart of a Reflection on Skills and the Labor Market in Quebec
	CIRANO, in collaboration with the ministère de l’Emploi et de la Solidarité sociale (MESS), is engaged in a partnership to develop a Government-Oriented Research Program (GORP) involving seven ministries. Various activities took place during November, including a meeting of the Interministerial Committee and the presentation of a CIRANO report during the GORP lunch conferences. Read more

Bourstad 2025: Challenge and Activities!
	The Bourstad stock market simulation encompasses a series of activities that take place throughout the year. The promotional simulation On the Road to the Contest runs from December 9 to January 14 and serves as preparation for the Bourstad Contest, which will be held this year from February 10 to April 11, 2025. A launch event will also be organized in early January as part of the contest. Read more

Two delegations at CIRANO to discuss AI, data, transport, and global economy
	During November, CIRANO had the pleasure of hosting Logistics in Wallonia as well as the Delegation of the Government of Catalonia to the United States and Canada to discuss artificial intelligence, innovations in transport and logistics, and the global economy. On this occasion, CIRANO presented its Pole on Data Science for Trade and Intermodal Transportation, also known as GVCdtLAB. Read more

CIRANO members at the forefront of an event on the global economy in times of polycrisis.
	Julien Martin, Full Professor at ESG-UQAM and main researcher of the World Economy theme at CIRANO and Sarah Elimam, Attachée of the CEO - Academic Partnerships and Special Projects CIRANO participated in the conference « The Global Economy in Times of Polycrisis: What Are the Impacts for Canada and Quebec? » organized by the ’Institut d’études internationales de Montréal (IEIM) and UQAM. Read more

Discover the special edition of CIRANO's Perspectives journal
	Discover the special edition of CIRANO Perspectives 2023-2024! This edition includes 2 new exclusive articles providing a comprehensive portrait of Quebec's biofood sector and offering future prospects for a sustainable and resilient transition. Read more

OUTREACH


Roxane Borgès Da Silva appointed to the Scientific Committee of the Fonds de recherche du Québec (FRQ)
	Roxane Borgès da Silva, Professor at École de santé publique of the University of Montreal, Main researcher of the Health theme and Vice-President Research Funding at CIRANO, has been appointed to the Scientific Committee for the Health sector. This committee will address public health, neurology, and medical imaging issues and will propose perspectives on health innovation and interdisciplinary collaboration. Read more

Publication of a book chapter by Réjean Hébert in the « Handbook of Integrated Care »
	Réjean Hébert, former Minister of Health and CIRANO researcher, wrote the chapter « Canada: Application of a Coordinated-Type Integration Model for Vulnerable Older People in Québec: The PRISMA Project ». This chapter presents the PRISMA model and shows that it is feasible and efficacious to improve integration functionally without—or in spite of—structural integration and merging of organizations. Read more

Robert Lacroix keynote speaker at La Grande Rencontre Trajectoires 2024.
	Robert Lacroix, a Fellow researcher at CIRANO, Professor and Emeritus Rector at the University of Montreal, was the keynote speaker at the opening conference of La Grande Rencontre Trajectoires 2024 on November 7. The presentation, titled « La sous-scolarisation des hommes » summarized the main conclusions of a study published in 2023 in the form of a book: La sous-scolarisation des hommes et le choix de profession des femmes. Read more

Thierry Warin, member of the « Innovative Ports in Europe » mission in Belgium and the Netherlands
	Thierry Warin, Full Professor at HEC Montréal, Fellow and responsible of the GVCdtLab at CIRANO, participated to the mission « Innovative Ports in Europe» organized by the Québec Government Office in Brussels (QGOB) and the Ministère des Relations Internationales et de la Francophonie (MRIF). Read more

Alejandro Romero-Torres appointed Chairholder of the Project Management Chair at ESG UQAM.
	Congratulations to Alejandro Romero-Torres, Professor in the Department of Management and Technology at ESG UQAM and CIRANO researcher, for his appointment as the Chairholder of the Project Management Chair at ESG UQAM! Read more

UPCOMING EVENTS

Webinar: Territorial brands in the biofood sector - A tool to encourage local purchasing

Thursday, December 12, 2024

In its 2018-2025 Biofood Policy, the Quebec government aims, among other things, to make local purchasing one of the cornerstones of economic and social prosperity. Territorial brands are strongly favored to encourage local purchasing. These include initiatives such as Maïs sucré de Neuville, Agneau de Charlevoix, Saveurs du Bas-Saint-Laurent and Aliments du Québec. But have these initiatives really achieved the desired success?

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