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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!
Another exciting series for 2019-20 (Sept - Mar) is being planned!
| 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: 2018-19
| Friday September 21 | ||
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| Advocacy for the Health Care Rights of Prisoners Jennifer Metcalfe, Prisoners’ Legal Services, British Columbia |
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| 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] |
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| Friday November 2 | ||
| Guaranteed Income and Health Kwame McKenzie, Wellesley Institute and University of Toronto Department of Psychiatry [watch] |
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| Friday November 23 | ||
| Of Bricks and Blood: Institutional Conscience Objections to MAID and Abortion Daphne Gilbert, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa [watch] |
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| Friday January 18 | ||
| Cannabis Legislation: Past, Present and Future Robert Strang, Chief Public Health Officer, Nova Scotia [watch] |
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| Friday February 8 | ||
| Advance Requests for Medical Assistance in Dying: Ethical and Legal Considerations Jennifer Gibson, Joint Centre for Bioethics, University of Toronto [watch] |
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| 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] |
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| 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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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]
