Fault Lines - Expert Panel on the Socioeconomic Impacts of Science and Health Misinformation

Fault Lines Expert Panel on the Socioeconomic Impacts of Science and Health Misinformation Fault Lines Expert Panel on the Socioeconomic Impacts of Science and Health Misinformation The Council of Canadian Academies 180 Elgin Street, Suite 1401, Ottawa, ON, Canada, K2P 2K3 This project was undertaken with the approval of the Board of Directors of the Council of Canadian Academies (CCA). [...] Council of Canadian Academies | vii Expert Panel on the Socioeconomic Impacts of Science and Health Misinformation Under the guidance of its Scientific Advisory Committee, Board of Directors, and founding Academies, the CCA assembled the Expert Panel on the Socioeconomic Impacts of Science and Health Misinformation to undertake this project. [...] Thanks also to the CCA Board of Directors and Scientific Advisory Committee, and the founding Academies — the Royal Society of Canada, the Canadian Academy of Engineering, and the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences — for their guidance and oversight throughout the assessment process. [...] The role of the peer review monitor is to ensure that the Panel gives full and fair consideration to the submissions of the peer reviewers. [...] Council of Canadian Academies | xix The Impacts of Misinformation on Public Trust and Engagement Science and health misinformation is both a product of and contributor to the documented decline in trust, including trust in scientific, government, and healthcare workers and institutions.