The plan was to support 20,000 people. Overnight, 80,000 registered. Conrad Sauvé @redcrosscanada.bsky.social on how Fort McMurray forced the organization to rebuild its response — and move $50M directly to evacuees in five days. Ep. 6 of One Crisis After Another: youtu.be/ltJ6qKm8m3I?...

How do you transform an organization to meet one crisis after another? Conrad Sauvé, CEO of the @redcrosscanada.bsky.social, on how rising risks are reshaping humanitarian response in Canada. New episode of One Crisis After Another out now: youtu.be/ltJ6qKm8m3I?... @drejoanneliu.bsky.social

We're hiring! McGill's Pandemic & Emergency Readiness Lab (PERL) is looking for a Program Manager to support PERL & the Nkabom Collaborative. Full-time in Montreal, apply by Aug 14 👉 mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/McGill_Caree... @drejoanneliu.bsky.social @madhupai.bsky.social

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@picardonhealth.bsky.social has covered crises on the ground — from cholera camps in Congo to earthquakes to hurricanes. The one thing nobody prepares you for? How still everything is. 🎙 Ep. 5 of One Crisis After Another: youtu.be/9ufDTckCjpw?...

After SARS, Canada stockpiled masks. Then let them rot. COVID hit, and they had nothing. @picardonhealth.bsky.social: "When public health is successful, you're invisible." We never seem to learn that lesson. Do we ever? 🎙 Ep 5 of One Crisis After Another: youtu.be/9ufDTckCjpw?...

In 1905 Montréal, 20,000 marched against vaccines out of 100,000 people. During COVID, cities like Toronto saw 60. @picardonhealth.bsky.social on why anti-vax isn’t new and why 91% of kids being vaccinated is worth celebrating. 🎙️ Ep. 5 of One Crisis After Another: youtu.be/9ufDTckCjpw?...

He shook a patient’s hand. The man burst into tears — no one had touched him in a week. @picardonhealth.bsky.social on the story that changed a hospital overnight. 🎙️ Ep. 5 of One Crisis After Another: youtu.be/9ufDTckCjpw?... #publichealth #journalism #aids #hiv #healthcare

@mcgillperl.bsky.social is hosting @picardonhealth.bsky.social on our "One crisis after another" podcast. t is so humbling to listen to such a Canadian monument of health news. A must to listen episode. youtu.be/9ufDTckCjpw?...

One Crisis After Another | Andre Picard

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@picardonhealth.bsky.social has spent 40 years covering health crises for The Globe and Mail — from AIDS to COVID to the long-term care disaster that killed 30,000 Canadians. His take: When public health works, nobody notices. 🎙Ep. 5 of One Crisis After Another: youtu.be/9ufDTckCjpw?...

One Crisis After Another | When Public Health Succeeds, Nobody Notices

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Dr. Veasna Duong represented PERL at the 6th Annual McGill AMR Symposium (June 8). He presented his work on the NS1 antigen rapid test and its impact on antibiotic use in dengue patients across three Cambodian hospitals. #AMR #OneHealth

“We spent billions on Operation Warp Speed, but nothing on a communications plan.” @jessicamalaty.bsky.social on why trust isn’t a slogan. It’s work you have to earn. 🎙 Ep. 3 of One Crisis After Another: youtu.be/zxeEaKp0taE?... @drejoanneliu.bsky.social @madhupai.bsky.social

She tracked COVID data for The Atlantic. In return, she got death threats and an FBI safety briefing. @jessicamalaty.bsky.social on the real cost of public health communication. 🎙 Ep. 3 of One Crisis After Another: youtu.be/zxeEaKp0taE?... @drejoanneliu.bsky.social @madhupai.bsky.social

Big news from PERL 🎉 Our project to design a Pan-Canadian Civilian Emergency Reserve is one of 14 teams funded under CIHR's new STEPS initiative, as part of a $10M+ federal investment! Led by Deputy Director Prativa Baral, it'll build the models to strengthen Canada's public health surge capacity.

The Gold Mines at the Heart of This Ebola Outbreak - this article captures many of the challenges of this Ebola outbreak in Uturi. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/05/w...

The Gold Mines at the Heart of This Ebola Outbreak

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Nina Schwalbe on why more public health experts need to step into politics. 🎙️ Ep. 2 of One Crisis After Another: youtu.be/Qc3XVSmvYh0 @drejoanneliu.bsky.social @madhupai.bsky.social

Jessica Malaty Rivera, MS on why AI-generated content is making it more difficult to distinguish real science from fabrication & why even a list of citations doesn’t mean what you think it means-Great interview on our podcast One crisis after another @mcgillperl.bsky.social youtu.be/zxeEaKp0taE?...

One Crisis After Another | Jessica Malaty Rivera

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En rattrapage mon entrevue à Midi Info sur l'Ébola en RDC ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/premie...

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Écoutez l’extrait de l’émission Midi info : Ebola en Afrique centrale : La situation au Canada avec la Dre Johanne Liu

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RDC et Ebola: Mauvais déjà vu. Mon article basé sur mon expérience en Afrique de l’Ouest et aussi en République Démocratique du Congo www.ledevoir.com/opinion/idee...?

RDC et Ebola, un mauvais déjà-vu

Finaliser l’annexe 12 ne sauvera pas les patients d’Ituri, mais pourrait sauver ceux de la 18e épidémie.

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The Current with Matt Galloway: More Canadians are filing for insolvency; latest on the ebola outbreak; and a conversation with Scott Galloway The Current with Matt Galloway: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

"Closing your border won't keep you safe." Dr. Joanne Liu (former MSF International President) on the counterintuitive truth about border closures during outbreaks and why exit screening matters more. Watch here: youtu.be/kGp18whsNiY @drejoanneliu.bsky.social @madhupai.bsky.social

Canada has PPE in storage. Ebola responders in the DRC are running out. Dr. Joanne Liu says in the Montreal Gazette that the best way to keep Ebola out is to help contain it at the source. Read the article: montrealgazette.com/news/health/... @drejoanneliu.bsky.social @madhupai.bsky.social

Here's why Canadians shouldn't panic after Ebola-linked flight diversion to Montreal

Quebec's foremost expert on pandemics is assuring Quebecers that the chance of the deadly disease reaching the province is highly unlikely.

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"The best way to not have cases here is to make sure we are controlling it where it is happening right now." Dr. Joanne Liu on the DRC Ebola outbreak and why US-style travel bans miss the mark. Listen here: globalnews.ca/video/118618... @drejoanneliu.bsky.social @madhupai.bsky.social

Canadian health officials on high alert amid rapidly spreading Ebola outbreak | Watch News Videos Online

Watch Canadian health officials on high alert amid rapidly spreading Ebola outbreak Video Online, on GlobalNews.ca

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Dr. Joanne Liu (former MSF International President) on what makes the current DRC Ebola outbreak especially worrisome. Full interview here: youtu.be/kGp18whsNiY?... @drejoanneliu.bsky.social @madhupai.bsky.social

Dr. Joanne Liu on CBC's The Current on the DRC Ebola outbreak and why travel bans miss the point. "If we don't want cases to come here, it's by making sure it's under control where it's happening right now." Listen here: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-... @drejoanneliu.bsky.social @madhupai.bsky.social

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Dr. Joanne Liu in Le Devoir on the DRC's Ebola outbreak, echoing the 2014 West Africa crisis she led MSF through. Her ask at the World Health Assembly: finalize Annex 12 of the Pandemic Agreement. Read here: www.ledevoir.com/opinion/idee...? @drejoanneliu.bsky.social @madhupai.bsky.social

RDC et Ebola, un mauvais déjà-vu

Finaliser l’annexe 12 ne sauvera pas les patients d’Ituri, mais pourrait sauver ceux de la 18e épidémie.

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Nina Schwalbe on the unresolved fight over pathogen access and benefit sharing, and why the pandemic treaty still leaves the Global South behind. 🎙️ Ep. 2 of One Crisis After Another: youtu.be/Qc3XVSmvYh0 @drejoanneliu.bsky.social @madhupai.bsky.social

Hantavirus: A cruise ship, a deer mouse, and the fictional line between human and animal health @tivabaral.bsky.social @drejoanneliu.bsky.social @mcgillperl.bsky.social theconversation.com/hantavirus-a...

Hantavirus: A cruise ship, a deer mouse, and the fictional line between human and animal health

The hantavirus outbreak that began on a cruise ship is a reminder of something we keep having to relearn: When humans push into ecosystems they don’t normally inhabit, they are exposed to viruses.

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#Ebola outbreak in Ituri, DRC, combines an uncertain strain of Ebola, a conflict zone, cross border mobility. To be watched over the next few days. We might not have specific medical countermeasures to offer. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Ebola in Congo Linked to 65 Deaths, Spurring Regional Alarm

An Ebola outbreak in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo linked to 65 deaths and hundreds of suspected infections has spread across the border to Uganda, triggering concern that it will be even ...

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Hantavirus on a cruise ship isn't the next pandemic. It's a stress test. PERL's Joanne Liu, Prativa Baral and Veasna Duong in The Conversation on what the MV Hondius outbreak reveals about One Health and a brittle global response. @madhupai.bsky.social @drejoanneliu.bsky.social

Hantavirus: A cruise ship, a deer mouse and the fictional line between human and animal health

The hantavirus outbreak that began on a cruise ship is a reminder of something we keep having to relearn: When humans push into ecosystems they don’t normally inhabit, they are exposed to viruses.

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Nina Schwalbe spent decades leading global health initiatives at Gavi, UNICEF, and USAID. Now she's running for U.S. Congress to bring a public health lens to the systems that failed us. 🎙️ Watch the full ep here: youtu.be/Qc3XVSmvYh0?... @drejoanneliu.bsky.social @madhupai.bsky.social