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Our 2022 Newsletter is now available online at www.deveber.org

Read it today to learn about two new exciting projects already underway!

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Have you read the new opinion piece on why one of the deVeber Institute's summer interns chose to boycott the Beijing Olympics?

Read it here!

https://www.deveber.org/2022/03/18/opinion-piece-why-i-boycotted-the-beijing-olympics/

Opinion Piece: Why I Boycotted the Beijing Olympics China’s Uighurs and the Beijing Olympics: When Confronting Genocide is Inconvenient An opinion piece, submitted by a deVeber Institute research intern I boycotted the Beijing Olympics. I boycotted by refusing to watch the live coverage and the playbacks on websites such as YouTube. To some, this m...

The final night of the deVeber Institute's March Lecture Series on palliative care and MAiD is this evening at 8pm (ET).

Join us to hear from two psychiatrists, Dr. Sephora Tang and Dr. John Maher, as they discuss mental health and MAiD.

Register now on our website www.deveber.org

The deVeber Institute presents a three-night lecture series on palliative care in the face of MAiD featuring doctors, lawyers, and psychiatrists at the forefront of the conversation.

Tuesday, March 1
Thursday, March 10
Wednesday, March 16

Learn more and register today at https://www.deveber.org/2022/02/14/march-lecture-series/

Our latest newsletter "Perspectives" in now available online here: https://www.deveber.org/newsletter/

Please read and share this important article from the CBC on the potential risks of contracting Covid-19 while pregnant.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/covid-pregnancy-risk-icu-hospitalization-1.6176742

COVID-19 during pregnancy means 10 times higher risk of ICU admission, Canadian data suggests | CBC News Canadian data suggests people who are pregnant face significantly higher risks of serious COVID-19 requiring hospitalization, ICU admission, or life support — a particular concern because pregnant people tend to have lower rates of vaccination.

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“We were very fortunate that we actually got to stay with our siblings because a lot of the time you either get regrouped from home to home to home or you and your siblings get split up," she said in a June episode of her Facebook Watch series, “Simone vs. Herself.”

Biles and her younger sister, Adria, were adopted by her maternal grandfather, Ron Biles, and his second wife, Nellie, in 2000. Biles has spoke of that as a crucial part of her life that helped set her up for success.

https://www.today.com/news/simone-biles-fires-back-critic-who-misconstrued-her-stance-abortion-t227786

Simone Biles fires back at critic who ‘misconstrued’ her stance on abortion The gymnastics superstar tweeted that people will twist her words "however it feels fitting to spew hate."

Summer Research...What We've Learned So Far! http://p0.vresp.com/cT7fYJ

Summer Research...What We've Learned So Far!

Summer Research, What We've Learned So Far!

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We have a fantastic team of summer researchers with us this year working on some incredible projects. These are some of the exciting projects that are already underway....

PALLIATIVE CARE IN CANADA
How many Canadians truly have access to palliative care services? Are doctors and nurses able to receive this crucial training and learn to properly care for patients at the end-of-life?
The deVeber Institute will find answers to these questions to shape arguments for the legal rights to palliative care in Canada.

ABORTION: INFORMED CONSENT
Scientifically, what are the mental health implications of abortion? Professionally, how do doctors conduct post-abortion risk assessment? Ethically, is informed consent properly offered and discussed?
Join Dr. Zeni and the researchers in updating her original research presentation.

COMPLICATIONS
The 2021 vision of the impact of abortion on women and girls. Breanna continues her research to update two important sections of Complications: Abortion’s Impact on Women.
• It is often argued that legalizing abortion is necessary to limit maternal mortality. However, the research suggests otherwise.
• Over 160 million girls are missing worldwide, largely due to sex-selective abortion.

WELCOME THE SUMMER RESEARCH TEAM! To learn more, please click here: https://www.deveber.org/summer-research/

We're hiring two summer research associates! Please see the full job posting at www.deveber.org and share this posting with anyone who might be interested.

This article by Dr. Kiely Williams and lawyer Faye Sonier examines how the expansion of MAiD threatens to silence doctors. https://www.convivium.ca/articles/open-wide-and-say-law/

Open Wide and Say Law When the Supreme Court decriminalized assisted su***de in 2015, many physicians lamented that lawyers could practice medicine in Canada without a license.

If you or a woman you know is pregnant, please share this crucial information.

As stated in The Globe and Mail, "pregnant women who contract COVID-19 are at higher risk of having a severe case of the disease." In Ontario, pregnant mothers have been added to the list of at-risk populations and have priority for the vaccine.

Please take the time to read the warnings from Toronto's top doctors and research where the COVID-19 vaccine is available.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-doctors-advocate-for-higher-vaccine-priority-for-pregnant-people-as-icu-rates-climb-1.5992628

Toronto doctors advocate for higher vaccine priority for pregnant people as ICU rates climb | CBC News Doctors who work with pregnant people are advocating for them to be put at a higher priority for receiving a COVID-19 vaccine, as more become sick with the virus during the third wave.

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-pregnant-women-sick-with-coronavirus-face-higher-risks/

Pregnant women sick with coronavirus face higher risks Increase in number of ill expectant mothers prompts call for priority access to COVID-19 vaccine