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Schulich School of Law

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Join us for our Health Law and Policy Seminar Series

The ´ºÓêÖ±²¥ Health Justice 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.

When 12:10±è³¾â€“1:20±è³¾
Time is allotted for questions and discussion.
Where
 In Person Only
Room 104, Weldon Law Building, 6061 University Ave
Who All are welcome to attend
Registration/Cost

No registration required. No fee.
Contact dhji@dal.caÌýor 902-494-6881


SEMINAR SERIES: 2025-2026

Friday September 19*
It’s Not a Policing Matter: Decriminalizing Mental Health CrisesÌý
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*Cancelled due to ´ºÓêÖ±²¥ University's labour disruption		 Ìý
Friday October 17
Not Lawless at all: Abortion in CanadaÌý

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Friday October 24
Making the Technical Political: The Long Road to the Pandemic Agreement

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Friday November 7*
Making the State Do the Right Thing: A Decade of Jordan’s Principle Litigation

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*Co-Hosted with the Chancellor's Chair in Aboriginal Law and Policy		 Ìý
Friday January 16
Connecting Mental Health and Justice: Scaling up Health Justice Partnerships in Mental Health Settings

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Friday February 13*
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John R. Sylliboy, Vice-Provost Indigenous Relations, ´ºÓêÖ±²¥ University
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*Co-Hosted with the Chancellor's Chair in Aboriginal Law and Policy		 Ìý
Friday February 27Ìý
Reflections from Canada's Federal Housing Advocate

[watch]		 Ìý
Friday March 20
Fail Better: Health Justice Lessons from Nova Scotia's Deinstitutionalization and Prison Abolition Movements
Sheila Wildeman, ´ºÓêÖ±²¥ Health Justice Institute, Schulich School of Law
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SEMINAR SERIES: 2024-25 (ARCHIVE)



Friday September 13
Reclaiming Scientific Expertise to Protect Public Health and Health Justice

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Friday October 18
Imposing Health and Social Services Without Consent: BC's Legislative Frameworks

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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, ´ºÓêÖ±²¥ University
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*Co-Hosted by the ´ºÓêÖ±²¥ Healthy Populations Institute

 
Friday November 22

No Health Justice Without Black Justice: Systemic Discrimination in Canada's Prisons and Jails


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*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

[watch]		  
Friday January 31

'Safe Harbours of Health, Wealth and Desirable Possibilities': Navigating Nova Scotia's Eugenic History

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*Co-Hosted by the ´ºÓêÖ±²¥ Feminist Seminar Series

  
Friday February 28 
'Becoming Legal' and Self-Managed Abortion in 1970s Italy

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Friday March 7
Medicial-Legal Partnerships in Pursuit of Health Justice
                       
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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, ´ºÓêÖ±²¥ University
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Friday September 29
Understanding and Addressing the Climate Vulnerability of People with Disabilities

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Friday November 3

The Hidden History of the American Insanity Defense

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*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?

[watch]		  
Friday January 12

Partnership with T1 International on 'Public Pharma' Initiatives in the United States

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*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? 

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Friday March 8 
World Ending & Mending: An Indigenous Feminist Perspective on Suicide, Climate Change, and Health Justice

[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, ´ºÓêÖ±²¥ University                                                           [watch]		  

 

 



SEMINAR SERIES: 2022-23 (ARCHIVE)

Friday September 23
Social and Structural Determinants: Where Health Really Comes From

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Friday October 14  
Health and Social Justice: Charter Rights and Charter Wrongs

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Friday November 4    

Operationalizing Health Justice through the Health Capability Profile

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*ONLINE ONLY via Zoom Webinars
Friday November 25  
Using Law to Secure Reproductive Dignity

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Friday January 20  

Decarcerating Disability through the Courts: Deinstitutionalization and Prison Abolition

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*ONLINE ONLY via Zoom Webinars
Friday February 10 - RESCHEDULED  
Abortion Rights after the Fall of Roe v Wade 
Joanna Erdman, Schulich School of Law, ´ºÓêÖ±²¥ University, MacBain Chair in Health Law and Policy
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Friday March 3   
Abortion Rights after the Fall of Roe v Wade 
Joanna Erdman, Schulich School of Law, ´ºÓêÖ±²¥ University, MacBain Chair in Health Law and Policy
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Friday March 24  
Access to Essential Medicines: More Than Just a Human Right
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SEMINAR SERIES: 2021-22 (ARCHIVE)

Friday September 17
Lessons in Access and Equity:  The Global COVID-19 Response

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Friday October 8
Using Restorative Approaches to Reveal and Remove Professional and Institutional Barriers to Human Flourishing

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Friday October 29
Troubled Waters"  The Health & Mental Health Impacts of Environmental Racism
 
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Friday November 19
ARV's, COVID-19 Vaccine Equity and Intellectual Property Protections

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Friday January 21
On Policing Pandemics: Resistance to Medico-Legal Surveillance & Enforcement

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Friday February 11
Realizing Human Rights and Social Justice in Mental Health

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Friday March 4
Foregrounding Justice in the Use of Novel Artificial Womb Technologies
Claire Horn, Killam Postdoctoral Fellow, Schulich School of Law, ´ºÓêÖ±²¥ University
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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, ´ºÓêÖ±²¥ University                                                    [watch]		  

 

 

SEMINAR SERIES: 2020-21 (ARCHIVE)

Friday September 18

Algorithmic Racism, Healthcare & The Law: 'Race-Based' Data Another Trojan Horse?                                                                                                                       

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Friday October 2  
Can Health Law Help Protect Trans Youth from Conversion Therapy?

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Friday November 6    

The Impact of COVID-19 on People with Disabilities

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*ASL Interpretation Available

  
Friday November 20  
The Mifepristone Policy and Regulatory Journey: Addressing Inequitable Abortion Access in Canada 

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Friday January 15  
The Health of People who Experience Imprisonment in Canada

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Friday January 29  
The Matters of Black Health - Resilience and Determination 

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Friday February 26  
Mental Health and Criminal Courts in the Arctic

  
Friday March 19  
AIDS Quarantine in BC: Metaphor or Reality? 
Eli Manning, School of Social Work, ´ºÓêÖ±²¥ University, Research Scholar, Health Law Institute, ´ºÓêÖ±²¥ University                                                                                   []		  

 

 

SEMINAR SERIES: 2019-20 (ARCHIVE)

Friday September 13
Anti-Black Racism, Homophobia and Canadian Blood Donation Practices

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Friday October 4
Citizens and Science in a Digitized World

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Friday November 22
The Impact of the Child Welfare System on Maternal Health

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Friday November 29
Institutional Violence and Disability Memorials

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Friday January 17
Abortion, Harm Reduction and the New Self-Care Movement
                                                           		  
Friday January 31
Scale-Appropriateness in Food Law: Solution for Community Health Disparities?
Catherine L. Mah, Faculty of Health, ´ºÓêÖ±²¥ University                                               Jamie Baxter, Schulich School of Law, ´ºÓêÖ±²¥ University 
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Friday February 28
Troutville: Where People Discuss Fairness Issues

[watch]		  
Friday March 20
Unaffordable Essential Medicines: More Than Just a Rights Violation
       CANCELLED		  

 

 

 

SEMINAR SERIES: 2018-19 (ARCHIVE)

Friday September 21
Advocacy for the Health Care Rights of Prisoners
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Friday October 12
Racing with Testosterone: Regulating Women’s Hormones in Elite Sport
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Friday November 2
Guaranteed Income and Health
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Friday November 23
Of Bricks and Blood: Institutional Conscience Objections to MAID and Abortion

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Friday January 18
Cannabis Legislation: Past, Present and Future

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Friday February 8
Advance Requests for Medical Assistance in Dying: Ethical and Legal Considerations

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Friday March 1
Mosquito Advocacy: Implementing Evidence-Informed Solutions in Change Resistant Environments
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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, ´ºÓêÖ±²¥ University
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