What happens when scholars of medicine study topics that are controversial, legally incendiary, or politically polarizing? Join us next week for reflections on this experience and process at "Writing on Medicine in Climates of Controversy". More info: www.mcgill.ca/ssom/upcomin...

Op Ed in the Toronto Star: Nonconsensual sensitive exams continue to take place on anesthetized bodies in Canadian medical schools www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

NEW: Part 2 of my series on Edmonton police Taser use, including a look at EPS procedure documents. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

NEW: Here's the first story in my two-part series on Edmonton police Taser use. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

🧵In this new op-ed in the Edmonton Journal, @pinglamjoeip.bsky.social and I debunk the myth that EDI hiring and “reverse discrimination” happened at University of Alberta. In actuality, the U of A has not made any advancement in EDI hiring.

New Paper! (Although one I've been working on for a few years..) "The Ghosts of Psychedelic Science: Haunting and Moral Repair", out in @neuroethicsj.bsky.social, explores how appropriation, abuse, and the war on drugs haunt the domain of psychedelic science. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

We're hiring at McGill! Tenure track, funded position, cross-appointed to Philosophy, and to Equity, Ethics, and Policy. Please share widely! mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/mcgill...

Important discussion of the potential impact of SSRIs on teen sexuality by Daniel Bergner www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/m...

Sarah Wright on the importance of informed consent in @statnews.com - how can we move away from seeing this process as an obstacle, as a box to tick? www.statnews.com/2025/10/08/i...

Fantastic opportunity to work as a research fellow on our new and fascinating Wellcome Trust funded project "Between deception and dissent: regulating unproven, disproven and misleading health-related claims" - elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

I wrote about the day the president attended the opening of an American concentration camp:

NEW: More women have nearly bled to death during miscarriage under Texas’ abortion ban. Experts say the trend paints a troubling picture of the harms of unnecessary delays in care. “This is striking,” one doctor said. “The trend is very clear.”

“For protests to succeed, they must be backed by movements with the ability to promise to withhold—labor, debt payments, rent payments, or consumer support—and to follow through if demands aren’t met.” @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social author of Elite Capture, in @time.com

Alberta’s Chief Medical Officer says they don’t use the term excited delirium anymore - so why is included in the autopsy report of Mazin Zaim, who died tragically after being restrained by Edmonton police? A correction is in order. theijf.org/excited-deli...

unethical and deeply disturbing VA policy shift. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Today in Alberta - May 28: The Canadian Medical Association files a constitutional challenge to Alberta’s Bill 26, which directs doctors on how to deliver gender-affirming care to people under 18. The CMA calls the bill an “unprecedented intrusion into the physician–patient relationship.” #ABpoli

Great piece on the current destruction of higher ed under the Trump administration by @debthompsonphd.bsky.social - universities are a lot of things, both good and bad, but are still worth fighting for. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

Inuit, Métis and First Nations women in Canada are sharing their experiences of being forced or coerced to undergo surgical sterilization. Advocates say the practice is still happening and they want it criminalized, by Kate Kyle, Juanita Taylor www.cbc.ca/newsinteract... via @cbcnews.ca

My opinion piece in today’s @nytimes.com . I discuss how clinical neglect of medication-related harms has made RFK Jr’s stance on antidepressants appealing to so many and moving the public conversation in a productive direction requires us to remedy this neglect. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/03/o...

Nearly a decade after Ottawa pledged safe drinking water for all First Nations, promise remains unfulfilled, by Willow Fiddler, Patrick White www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com #sdoh

ICYMI, some thought-provoking reading before we head into the weekend. Bruce Robbins, author of Atrocity, wrote about Mahmoud Khalil on @thenation.com

“If we just sit back and allow ourselves to shrink back in the face of darkness and denialism, then we don’t deserve the jobs that we have." @jondoesscience.bsky.social on the need for researchers to speaking out. w/ @hollylynchez.bsky.social + Melissa Simon. Story: www.statnews.com/2025/03/21/r...

Powerful TEDx talk by @samir0s-h.bsky.social on Confronting Medical Colonialism in Canada www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dwn...