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Evelyn Forget is Professor of Economics and Community Health Sciences at the University of Manitoba, Officer of the Order of Canada, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, and Academic Director of the Manitoba Research Data Centre. Her research examines poverty-health relationships and basic income systems.
Research focuses on guaranteed income models, poverty reduction strategies, health impacts of inequality, and economic policy evaluation. Seminal work analyzes Canada's MINCOME experiment and advocates for comprehensive basic income systems.
Publications include books 'Basic Income for Canadians' (2020) and 'Radical Trust' (2021) documenting lived experiences of poverty. Research demonstrates reduced hospitalization rates and improved mental health outcomes under basic income programs.
Honors include Order of Canada (2021), Royal Society of Canada Fellowship (2021), Thomas F. Divine Lifetime Achievement Award (2020), and Mike McCracken Economic Statistics Award (2014). Documentaries profiling her work include 'The Free Lunch Society' and 'The Manitoba Story'.
Current advocacy promotes basic income for working-age Canadians, emphasizing dignity, health equity, and simplified social support systems.
