Health Law Institute Schulich School of Law

Seminar Series

Join us for our lunch time Health Law and Policy Seminar Series

The Institute hosts an extremely popular series of seminars that are open to the public and attracts a broad audience from across the university, government, and health care communities. Invited scholars and practitioners share their knowledge and reflections on the latest health law and policy issues. All Welcome!

PLEASE NOTE: NEW TIME

When?	12:30 - 1:45 pm Time is allotted for questions and discussion.
Where?	Room 104, Weldon Law Building Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University 6061 University Ave, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4R2 [map] Light lunch served at 12:10 in the Faculty Lounge, Rm 312
Registration? Cost?	No registration required. No fee. Contact: 902-494-6881

SEMINAR SERIES: 2019-20

Friday September 13
Anti-Black Racism, Homophobia and Canadian Blood Donation Practices OmiSoore Dryden, James R. Johnston Chair in Black Canadian Studies, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University [watch]
Friday October 4
Citizens and Science in a Digitized World Kimberlyn McGrail, School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia [watch]
Friday November 22
The Impact of the Child Welfare System on Maternal Health Meaghan Thumath, Department of Social Policy and Intervention, University of Oxford, United Kingdom [watch]
Friday November 29
Institutional Violence and Disability Memorials Linda Steele, Faculty of Law, University of Technology Sydney, Australia [watch]
Friday January 17
Abortion, Harm Reduction and the New Self-Care Movement Kinga Jelinska, Women Help Women, International Mariana Prandini Assis, Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University [watch]
Friday January 31
Scale-Appropriateness in Food Law: Solution for Community Health Disparities? Catherine L. Mah, Faculty of Health, Dalhousie University Jamie Baxter, Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University [watch]
Friday February 28
Troutville: Where People Discuss Fairness Issues Yukiko Asada, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University [watch]
Friday March 20
Unaffordable Essential Medicines: More Than Just a Rights Violation Nav Persaud, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto [watch]

SEMINAR SERIES: 2018-19 (ARCHIVE)

Friday September 21
Advocacy for the Health Care Rights of Prisoners Jennifer Metcalfe, Prisoners’ Legal Services, British Columbia
Friday October 12
Racing with Testosterone: Regulating Women’s Hormones in Elite Sport Katrina Karkazis, Global Health Justice Partnership, Yale University Carol L. Zicklin Chair in the Honors Academy at Brooklyn College, CUNY [watch]
Friday November 2
Guaranteed Income and Health Kwame McKenzie, Wellesley Institute and University of Toronto Department of Psychiatry [watch]
Friday November 23
Of Bricks and Blood: Institutional Conscience Objections to MAID and Abortion Daphne Gilbert, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa [watch]
Friday January 18
Cannabis Legislation: Past, Present and Future Robert Strang, Chief Public Health Officer, Nova Scotia [watch]
Friday February 8
Advance Requests for Medical Assistance in Dying: Ethical and Legal Considerations Jennifer Gibson, Joint Centre for Bioethics, University of Toronto [watch]
Friday March 1
Mosquito Advocacy: Implementing Evidence-Informed Solutions in Change Resistant Environments Cindy Blackstock, First Nations Child and Family Caring Society and McGill University School of Social Work [watch]
Friday March 15
The Public Sector and Vaccine Development: A Case Study of the Merck [sic] Ebola Vaccine Matthew Herder, Health Law Institute and Department of Pharmacology, Dalhousie University

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Join us for our lunch time Health Law and Policy Seminar Series

SEMINAR SERIES: 2019-20

SEMINAR SERIES: 2018-19 (ARCHIVE)