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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!
| When? | 12:10 - 1:30 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 noon in the Faculty Lounge, Rm 312 |
| Registration? Cost? |
No registration required. No fee. |
SEMINAR SERIES: 2017-18
| Friday September 29 | |
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| Matters of Life and Death: Public Health Issues in Canada André Picard, Health Columnist, The Globe and Mail |
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| Friday October 13 | |
| Decolonizing Feminism: From Reproductive Abuse to Reproductive Justice Karen Stote, Women and Gender Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University Co-sponsored with the Chancellor's Chair in Aboriginal Law and Policy, Dalhousie University |
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| Friday November 3 | |
| Panacea to Panopticon: Prescription Drug Monitoring in the Opioid Crisis Leo Beletsky, School of Law and Bouvé College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University |
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| Friday December 1 | |
| The Use of Research in Veterans' Health Policy-Making Alice Aiken, Vice-President Research, Dalhousie University (as of Sept 1/17) |
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| Friday January 12 | |
| Addressing Chronic Illness in Prison: Law, Policy and Reality Adelina Iftene, Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University |
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| Friday February 9 | |
| A Matter of Survival: Health Rights from the Bottom Up Pascale Allotey, United Nations University International Institute for Global Health (as of Sept 13/17) Co-sponsored with the McBain Chair in Health Law and Policy, Dalhousie University |
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| Friday February 16 | |
| Fostering an Effective Relationship with the Medical Expert Amy Ornstein, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University |
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| Friday March 2 | |
| The Challenge of Migration and Health Care Solidarity in Liberal Democracies Y.Y. Brandon Chen, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa |
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SEMINAR SERIES: 2015-16 (ARCHIVE)
Friday September 18
Rethinking Legal Capacity from a Disability Rights Perspective: Pitfalls and Possibilities
Michael Bach, Executive Vice-President, Canadian Association for Community Living; and Managing Director, Institute for Research and Development on Inclusion and Society
[watch]
Friday October 30
Punishing Women's Unruly Bodies: Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Mother-Baby Separation Under Conditions of Imprisonment
Julie Bilotta, Prisoner Rights Advocate; Emma Halpern, Regional Advocate - Atlantic Elizabeth Fry Society of Cape Breton; Sheila Wildeman, Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University [watch]
Statement of Claim
Friday November 6
When Social Justice and Science Clash Over Questions of Sexual and Gender Identity, Who Wins, Who Loses?
Alice Dreger, Historian of Medicine and Science, Sex Researcher
Friday November 27
Is it Time to Adopt a No-Fault Scheme to Compensate Injured Patients?
Elaine Gibson, Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University
[watch]
Friday January 15
Historical Trauma Among Aboriginal Peoples: Implications for Improving Well-Being
Amy Bombay, Department of Psychiatry and School of Nursing, Dalhousie University
[watch]
Friday January 29
Superbugs Attack! How the World Can Win the War on Antimicrobial Resistance
Steven Hoffman, Director, Global Strategy Lab, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa
[watch]
Friday February 26
Patenting Outside the Law in Canadian Medical History
Tina Piper, Faculty of Law, McGill University
[watch]
Friday March 11
Marketing Restrictions on Tobacco and Alcohol Products: International Human Rights and Comparative Law Perspectives
Oscar Cabrera, Executive Director, O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, Georgetown University
[watch]
