Evelyn Louise Forget (born 1956) is a Canadian health economist with expertise in the feasibility of basic income. She is a professor in Community Health Sciences at the Max Rady College of Medicine at the University of Manitoba, and the academic director at the Manitoba Research Data Centre.^[1] In 2021, Forget was appointed as a Fellow in the Royal Society of Canada, and an Officer of the Order of Canada for "advancing anti-poverty initiatives in Canada and around the world."^[2][3][1]

Education

Forget received her master's degree and PhD from the University of Toronto.^[4]

Publications

She is the author of the 2018 book "Basic Income for Canadians: The Key to a Healthier, Happier and More Secure Life for All", which was shortlisted for the 2018/19 Donner Prize.^[5] In 2020, Forget updated the book to focus on the impact of the pandemic, titled "Basic Income for Canadians: From the COVID-19 Emergency to Financial Security for All."^[6][7]

Selected academic publications

• Lavoie, J. G., Forget, E. L., Prakash, T., Dahl, M., Martens, P., & O’Neil, J. D. (2010). Have investments in on-reserve health services and initiatives promoting community control improved First Nations’ health in Manitoba?. Social science & medicine, 71(4), 717-724.
• Forget, E. L. (2011). The town with no poverty: The health effects of a Canadian guaranteed annual income field experiment. Canadian Public Policy, 37(3), 283–305.
• Forget, E. L. (2013). New questions, new data, old interventions: the health effects of a guaranteed annual income. Preventive Medicine, 57(6), 925–928.
• Cui, Y., Shooshtari, S., Forget, E. L., Clara, I., & Cheung, K. F. (2014). Smoking during pregnancy: findings from the 2009–2010 Canadian Community Health Survey. PLOS ONE, 9(1), e84640.
• Dimand, R., Dimand, M. A., & Forget, E. (2000). A biographical dictionary of women economists. Edward Elgar Publishing.