Special Bulletin COVID-19

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COVID-19 - CIRANO Community Mobilization

Dear colleagues, partners and collaborators,

The past few weeks have been challenging for many of you both personally and professionally. Your organizations, both public and private, continue to face an unprecedented situation. Whether in terms of the current management of the COVID-19 crisis, solutions for exiting the crisis or recommendations to promote recovery, the CIRANO community has mobilized to help governments and our partners in their decision-making.

A special COVID-19 committee of experts was set up to respond to the requests received and to suggest recommendations on six major projects: (1) Health, (2) Education, (3) Labour, (4) Economy, (5) Public Finance and (6) Role of the State. In such a context, expert advice is crucial and our research teams are working hard to help make informed decisions.

In order to help me coordinate and direct the work of the committee of experts and to liaise with governments and partners, a coordinating committee was formed consisting of Roxane Borgès Da Silva, Main Researcher of the theme Health, Jean-Denis Garon, Main Researcher of the theme Economic and Fiscal Policy, and Claude Montmarquette, CIRANO Fellow in Public Policy.

The mobilization of our researchers and fellows is reflected in the number of CIRANO publications related to COVID-19. In addition, we have launched the new Perspectives/Insights series of short articles to allow our researchers to convey informed opinions on various issues. CIRANO researchers are also very present in the media.

You can follow all the contributions on our website dedicated to COVID-19 which is updated regularly. Do not hesitate to contact us for any questions related to our activities.

In closing, I would like to thank all my colleagues and all our partners who are committed to CIRANO's mission. In these times of crisis, "Knowledge Into Action" takes on even more meaning.

Good luck to you all.

Nathalie de Marcellis-Warin
President and CEO of CIRANO

Dedicated website


Creation of a special COVID-19 committee of experts
	CIRANO has set up a special COVID-19 committee of experts made up of CIRANO researchers to assist its partners and governments in their decision-making in the context of emerging from the crisis and the recovery of economic activities. More information
Launch of a new format of publication: COVID-19 Insights series
	CIRANO launched in mid-April a new series of publications called COVID-19 Insights. This new format allows CIRANO researchers to share their thoughts through short texts presenting an informed and rigorous analysis. A dozen opinion articles have already been published and address issues related to health, employment, public finances, the economy and digital transformation, always in connection with COVID-19. More information

Our researchers in the media
	In the current pandemic context, our researchers, fellows and invited fellows also speak out in the press to share their expertise in understanding the issues and suggest possible solutions. More information

OUTREACH


Nathalie de Marcellis-Warin participates in the special committee COVID-19 of the Observatoire international sur les impacts sociétaux de l’IA et du numérique (OBVIA)
	Nathalie de Marcellis-Warin, CEO of CIRANO and Full Professor at Polytechnique Montréal, is participating in this special committee of researchers that will assess the effects that artificial intelligence (AI) systems and digital tools deployed to combat the spread of COVID-19 could have on our societies. More information

Virtual meeting of the 2020 Cohort of Avant-Garde@CIRANO
	The 2020 Cohort of Avant-Garde@CIRANO met virtually on 22 April 2020 on the theme "What renewed role for the State in the context of COVID-19 and post-COVID-19?". More information

Mélanie Bourassa Forcier member of the special working committee on the use of a mobile application integrating artificial intelligence for COVID-19 monitoring in Quebec
	Mélanie Bourassa Forcier, Professor at the Université de Sherbrooke, CIRANO Researcher and Fellow, participated in this special committee whose mandate was to analyze proposals for mobile applications processing geolocation, Bluetooth and other data to support, in principle, public health interventions. More information

SELECTED COVID-19 PUBLICATIONS


Burgundy Report by Henri-Paul Rousseau
	This text by Henri-Paul Rousseau, CIRANO Invited Fellow, proposes ideas for economic policies for managing and emerging from the crisis for Quebec and Canada that would have the triple effect of helping to manage the health crisis, supporting our economies in the short term and helping to build a better economic infrastructure in the longer term. More information
HEALTH: Working Paper by Simona Bignami-Van Assche, Daniela Ghio and Ari Van Assche
	This text highlights the importance of demographic factors in strategies to flatten both the infections curve and the economic recession curve. More information
LABOUR: Working Paper by Paul Gomme
	What are the likely effects of coronavirus-related restrictions on the labour market and macroeconomics? What are the likely effects of government policies on the unemployment rate and output? More information
AGRICULTURE: Working Paper by Maurice Doyon
	The study examines the impact of COVID-19 on agriculture in Canada (analysis by agricultural sector) and discusses the capacity of the Canadian Agricultural Partnership's risk management tools to respond to the negative effects of the pandemic. More information