Last updated on:
7/9/2018 |
Author: ProCon.org
André Picard Biography
- Title:
- Health Columnist at The Globe and Mail
- Position:
- Pro to the question "Should Euthanasia or Physician-Assisted Suicide Be Legal?"
- Reasoning:
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“It’s not enough to have a law saying patients have a right to assisted death. Physicians, institutions and lawmakers must ensure that right can be exercised.
If a patient’s constitutional rights are to be real, not merely theoretical, self-serving obstructionism cannot be tolerated.”
“Assisted-Dying Laws Are Only the Beginning of the Debate,” theglobeandmail.com, May 16, 2018
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Organizations/VIPs/Others
Individuals and organizations that do not fit into the other star categories. - Involvement and Affiliations:
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- Staff reporter and Health Columnist, The Globe and Mail, 1987-present
- Honoree, Kiwanis DIA Walk of Fame, 2017
- Recipient, Honorary Degrees, University of Manitoba and University of Toronto, among others
- Public Health Hero, Canadian Public Health Association
- CIBC Scholar-in-Residence, Conference Board of Canada, 2011-2012
- Recipient, Michener Award for Meritorious Public Service Journalism
- Recipient, Canadian Policy Research Award
- Recipient, Atkinson Fellowship for Public Policy Research
- Six-time finalist, National Newspaper Awards (Canada’s Pulitzer Prize)
- Recipient, Canadian Nurses’ Association Award of Excellence for Health Care Reporting
- Recipient, Nursing in the Media Award of the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario
- Recipient, International Media Prize of Sigma Theta Tau (Nursing Honour Society)
- Recipient, Science and Society Book Prize
- Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal
- Education:
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- Graduated, University of Ottawa
- Graduated, Carleton University
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- Twitter handle: @picardonhealth
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