Dalhousie Health Justice Institute

Schulich School of Law

Seminar Series

Join us for our Health Law and Policy Seminar Series

The Institute hosts a 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 - 1:20 pm
Time is allotted for questions and discussion.

Where?

In Person Only

Room 104, Weldon Law Building, 6061 University Ave

Registration? Cost?

No registration required. No fee.
Contact: dhji@dal.ca or 902-494-6881

SEMINAR SERIES: 2024-25

Friday September 13
Reclaiming Scientific Expertise to Protect Public Health and Health Justice Reshma Ramachandran, Yale Collaboration for Regulatory Rigor, Integrity, & Transparency; Deptartment of Internal Medicine, Yale University [watch]
Friday October 18
Imposing Health and Social Services Without Consent: BC's Legislative Frameworks Laura Johnston, Allard School of Law at UBC, University of Victoria Legal Director, Health Justice [watch]
Friday November 1
Seeking Substantive Equality in First Nations Social Development... The Next Part of the Journey Naiomi Metallic, Chancellor's Chair in Aboriginal Law and Policy Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University [watch] *Co-Hosted by the Dalhousie Healthy Populations Institute
Friday November 22
No Health Justice Without Black Justice: Systemic Discrimination in Canada's Prisons and Jails El Jones, Department of Politics, Economics, & Canadian Studies, Mount Saint Vincent University Zilla Jones, Jones Law Office, Winnipeg Randolph Riley, Prison Activist, Community Researcher, Inmate Committee Ex-Chair, Atlantic Institution [watch] *Co-Hosted by the African Nova Scotian Justice Institute & East Coast Prison Justice Society
Friday January 17
The Determinants of Planetary Health: Health Justice and the Intersections of People and Planet Nicole Redvers, Western Research Chair & Director, Indigenous Planetary Health, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario [watch]
Friday January 31
'Safe Harbours of Health, Wealth and Desirable Possibilites': Navigating Nova Scotia's Eugenic History Leslie Digdon, Department of History and Divison of Engineering, Saint Mary's University [watch] *Co-Hosted by the Dalhousie Feminist Seminar Series
Friday February 28
What Does a 'Good' Abortion Law Look Like? Elena Caruso, Department of Political Science, University of Waterloo; International Reproductive & Sexual Health Program, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto [watch]
Friday March 7
Medicial-Legal Partnerships in Pursuit of Health Justice Yael Cannon, Director, Health Justice Alliance Law Clinic, Georgetown University Law Center [watch]

SEMINAR SERIES: 2023-24 (ARCHIVE)

Friday September 15
A Human Rights-Based Approach to Plastic Pollution: Implications for Health Justice Sara Seck, Yogis and Keddy Chair in Human Rights Law, Marine & Environmental Law Institute, Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University [watch]
Friday September 29
Understanding and Addressing the Climate Vulnerability of People with Disabilities Sébastien Jodoin, Canada Research Chair in Human Rights, Health and the Environment, Faculty of Law, McGill University [watch]
Friday November 3
The Hidden History of the American Insanity Defense Rabia Belt, Stanford Law School, Standford University [watch] *ONLINE ONLY via Zoom Webinars with closed captioning (CART) Webinar Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85479154644
Friday November 24
Accessibility Legislation: Catalyst for Culture Change in Mental Health Care? Katie Aubrecht, Canada Research Chair Health Equity and Social Justice, Department of Sociology, St. Francis Xavier University [watch]
Friday January 12
Partnership with T1 International on 'Public Pharma' Initiatives in the United States Christopher Morten, Columbia Law School, Columbia University [watch] *ONLINE ONLY via Zoom Webinars with closed captioning (CART) Webinar Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85479154644
Friday February 9
How is the Health System Responding to Violence Against Women in Nova Scotia? Alexa Yakubovich, Department of Community Health & Epidemiology, Dalhousie University, Affiliate Scientist, Nova Scotia Health & MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions, St. Michael's Hospital [watch]
Friday March 8
World Ending & Mending: An Indigenous Feminist Perspective on Suicide, Climate Change, and Health Justice Jeffrey Ansloos, Canada Research Chair in Critical Studies in Indigenous Health, Indigenous Health & Social Policy, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto [watch]
Friday March 22
The Pathogen's Terrain: A Case Study of the mRNA Technology Transfer Programme in South Africa Matthew Herder, CIHR-PHAC Chair in Applied Public Heath, Health Justice Institute & Department of Pharmacology, Dalhousie University [watch]

SEMINAR SERIES: 2022-23 (ARCHIVE)

Friday September 23
Social and Structural Determinants: Where Health Really Comes From Gaynor Watson-Creed, Associate Dean, Serving and Engaging Society, Community Health & Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University [watch]
Friday October 14
Health and Social Justice: Charter Rights and Charter Wrongs Martha Jackman, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa [watch]
Friday November 4
Operationalizing Health Justice through the Health Capability Profile Jennifer Jean Prah, Health Equity, Economics, & Policy; Founder, Health Equity & Policy Lab, University of Pennsylvania [watch] *ONLINE ONLY via Zoom Webinars
Friday November 25
Using Law to Secure Reproductive Dignity Alisa Lombard, Lawyer/Principal at Lombard Law, Ottawa [watch]
Friday January 20
Decarcerating Disability through the Courts: Deinstitutionalization and Prison Abolition Liat Ben-Moshe, Criminology, Law & Justice, University of Illinois at Chicago [watch] *ONLINE ONLY via Zoom Webinars
Friday February 10 - RESCHEDULED
Abortion Rights after the Fall of Roe v Wade Joanna Erdman, Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University, MacBain Chair in Health Law and Policy [watch]
Friday March 3
Abortion Rights after the Fall of Roe v Wade Joanna Erdman, Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University, MacBain Chair in Health Law and Policy [watch]
Friday March 24
Access to Essential Medicines: More Than Just a Human Right Nav Persaud, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Canada Research Chair in Health Justice [watch]

SEMINAR SERIES: 2021-22 (ARCHIVE)

Friday September 17
Lessons in Access and Equity: The Global COVID-19 Response Fifa Rahman, Civil Society Representative for the WHO Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator [watch]
Friday October 8
Using Restorative Approaches to Reveal and Remove Professional and Institutional Barriers to Human Flourishing Holly Northam, Faculty of Health, School of Nursing, Midwifery & Public Health, University of Canberra, Australia [watch]
Friday October 29
Troubled Waters" The Health & Mental Health Impacts of Environmental Racism Ingrid R.G. Waldron, Professor & HOPE Chair in Peace & Health, Global Peace & Social Justice Program, Dept. of History, Faculty of Humanities, McMaster University [watch]
Friday November 19
ARV's, COVID-19 Vaccine Equity and Intellectual Property Protections Marlise Richter, Senior Researcher, Health Justice Initiative, South Africa [watch]
Friday January 21
On Policing Pandemics: Resistance to Medico-Legal Surveillance & Enforcement Alexander McClelland, Institute of Criminology & Criminal Justice (ICCJ), Carleton University [watch]
Friday February 11
Realizing Human Rights and Social Justive in Mental Health Marina Morrow, Professor & Chair, School of Health Policy & Management, Faculty of Health, York University [watch]
Friday March 4
Foregrounding Justive in the Use of Novel Artificial Womb Technologies Claire Horn, Killam Postdoctoral Fellow, Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University [watch]
Friday March 18
Guardian Angels and Sacrificial Lambs: COVID-19 and Migrant Workers Constance MacIntosh, Acting Scholarly Director, MacEachern Institute for Public Policy, Professor, Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University [watch]

Friday September 17
Lessons in Access and Equity: The Global COVID-19 Response Fifa Rahman, Civil Society Representative for the WHO Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator [watch]
Friday October 8
Using Restorative Approaches to Reveal and Remove Professional and Institutional Barriers to Human Flourishing Holly Northam, Faculty of Health, School of Nursing, Midwifery & Public Health, University of Canberra, Australia [watch]
Friday October 29
Troubled Waters" The Health & Mental Health Impacts of Environmental Racism Ingrid R.G. Waldron, Professor & HOPE Chair in Peace & Health, Global Peace & Social Justice Program, Dept. of History, Faculty of Humanities, McMaster University [watch]
Friday November 19
ARV's, COVID-19 Vaccine Equity and Intellectual Property Protections Marlise Richter, Senior Researcher, Health Justice Initiative, South Africa [watch]
Friday January 21
On Policing Pandemics: Resistance to Medico-Legal Surveillance & Enforcement Alexander McClelland, Institute of Criminology & Criminal Justice (ICCJ), Carleton University [watch]
Friday February 11
Realizing Human Rights and Social Justive in Mental Health Marina Morrow, Professor & Chair, School of Health Policy & Management, Faculty of Health, York University [watch]
Friday March 4
Foregrounding Justive in the Use of Novel Artificial Womb Technologies Claire Horn, Killam Postdoctoral Fellow, Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University [watch]
Friday March 18
Guardian Angels and Sacrificial Lambs: COVID-19 and Migrant Workers Constance MacIntosh, Acting Scholarly Director, MacEachern Institute for Public Policy, Professor, Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University [watch]

SEMINAR SERIES: 2020-21 (ARCHIVE)

Friday September 18
Algorithmic Racism, Healthcare & The Law:'Race-Based' Data Another Trojan Horse? LLana James, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto [watch]
Friday October 2
Can Health Law Help Protect Trans Youth from Conversion Therapy? Florence Ashley, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto [watch]
Friday November 6
The Impact of COVID-19 on People with Disabilities Michael Ashley Stein, Executive Director, Harvard Law School Project on Disability, Extraordinary Professor, Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, South Africa [watch] *ASL Interpretation Available
Friday November 20
The Mifepristone Policy and Regulatory Journey: Addressing Inequitable Abortion Access in Canada Wendy V. Norman, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Faculty of Public Health & Policy, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine [watch]
Friday January 15
The Health of People who Experience Imprisonment in Canada Fiona Kouyoumdjian, Department of Family Medicine, McMaster University [watch]
Friday January 29
The Matters of Black Health - Resilience and Determination Sharon Davis-Murdoch, Co-President of the Health Association of African Canadians, Nova Scotia [watch]
Friday February 26
Mental Health and Criminal Courts in the Arctic Priscilla Ferrazzi, Partnerships & Innovation, Queen's University, Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine & School of Public Health, University of Alberta
Friday March 19
AIDS Quarantine in BC: Metaphor or Reality? Eli Manning, School of Social Work, Dalhousie University, Research Scholar, Health Law Institute, Dalhousie University [watch]

SEMINAR SERIES: 2019-20 (ARCHIVE)

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
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 CANCELLED

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 [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 [watch]

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