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Jonathan Jarry
Jonathan Jarry, MSc is a Canadian science communicator based in Montreal, Québec.1) He is frequently quoted in local, national and international media on issues of science and pseudoscience and is a regular on CTV News Montreal.
Career
Jarry works at the McGill Office for Science and Society, where he writes on the topics of science and pseudoscience.2) He is the co-host of the Body of Evidence podcast alongside Dr. Christopher Labos.3)
In July 2022, the OSS published an article written by Jarry “debunking” the documentary Infertility, A Diabolical Agenda.4) James Lyons-Weiler wrote a response in September 2022, arguing Jarry had omitted key facts and describing the piece as “condescending” and “embarrassing.”5)
Media
Jarry has appeared as a guest and contributed to a number of media outlets and fact-checking platformsincluding BBC News, CBC News, CJAD, CTV News, Global News, The Guardian, National Post, PolitiFact, Toronto Star, Wall Street Journal and WIRED.
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Home. Jonathan Jarry. Retrieved September 8, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20220908135532/https://www.jonathanjarry.com/
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Profiles List. Office for Science and Society. Retrieved September 19, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20220919182159/https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/people
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About. The Body of Evidence. Retrieved September 19, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20220919191256/https://bodyofevidence.ca/about
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Jarry, J. (2022, July 12). Infertility: A Diabolical Agenda Is Anti-Vaxx Sleight-of-Hand Propaganda. McGill Office for Science and Society. https://web.archive.org/web/20220919182056/https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/covid-19-critical-thinking-pseudoscience/infertility-diabolical-agenda-anti-vaxx-sleight-hand-propaganda
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Lyons-Weiler, J. (2022, September 19). McGill University Evidently Needs to Hire an Immunologist and a Bioethicist - and Work on Their Academic Hegemony. Substack; Popular Rationalism. https://web.archive.org/web/20220919182814/https://popularrationalism.substack.com/p/mcgill-university-evidently-needs