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Join the ³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ Pandemic and Emergency Readiness Lab (PERL) and ³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ Global Health Programs (GHP) for a special fireside conversation with Jason Gale, Senior Editor at Bloomberg News and author of After Covid, a close examination of the pandemic’s enduring legacy.

• Date: Wednesday, March 11, 2026
• Time: 6:00 - 7:30PM
• In-person: ³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ School of Population & Global Health, 2001 ³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ College Ave., 11^th floor, Room 1140
• Online: Registrants will receive the link closer to the event

For event-related questions please email: globahealthteam.dgph [at] mcgill.ca

Description:

In After Covid, Gale explores what the world is still living with: the hidden toll of Long Covid, the strain on health systems, the rise of chronic illness, the deepening mental health crisis, and the dangerous spread of anti-science extremism. Drawing on decades of reporting on medical science and global health, he examines the pandemic’s realities — the panic, the misinformation, the political infighting, and the extraordinary efforts of scientists and health care workers — while asking what went wrong, what worked, and what continues to threaten us.

Gale will be joined in conversation by Dr. Joanne Liu, Director of PERL, Professor in the Department of Global and Public Health at ³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ, and a practicing paediatric emergency physician at Ste-Justine hospital. Dr. Liu is the former International President of Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders and has engaged world leaders at the highest level on medical humanitarian crises and pandemic response.

Also joining the discussion, Prativa Baral, PhD, Deputy Director of PERL and Assistant Professor in the Department of Global and Public Health. An infectious disease epidemiologist, Baral’s work examines how health systems can prepare for and respond to crises, with a focus on public trust in science, misinformation, surge capacity during emergencies, and strengthening data infrastructure.