Health Law, Ethics & Policy Seminar Series
presents
Larry Chartrand
Professor and Director, Native Law Centre
University of Saskatchewan College of Law
Aboriginal Rights and the Best Interests of the Child:
The Hamilton Health Sciences v. D.H.
In his presentation, Professor Chartrand will comment on the 2014 Ontario Court of Justice decision in Hamilton Health Sciences v. DH in which Justice Edward ruled that a mother acting on behalf of her 11 year old child did not have to comply with provisions under s. 40(4) of the Child and Family Services Act which allows for an applicant (in this case the Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation) to obtain a court order for apprehension of a child in “need of protection”. It was alleged in this case that this was needed to provide continued needed medical care, which the parents and the child objected to. The Six Nations of Grand River intervened intervened in the case on behalf of the parents. Professor Chartrand will discuss this case and the implications for indigenous rights. Commentators include Dorothy Peters, a Grandmother from Northern Ontario who worked for several years with Anishhnawbe Health Toronto, and two counsels involved in the case (for Hamilton Health Sciences and for the Six Nations)
Commentators:
Dorothy Peters, Grandmother from Northern Ontario
Daphne G. Jarvis, Partner, Bordner Ladner Gervais
Eliza Montour, Counsel/Owner, Montour Law
12:30 – 2:00
Thursday, September 28, 2017
Solarium (room FA2) – Falconer Hall
84 Queen’s Park
A light lunch will be served. We will start promptly at 12.30 so in order to take your lunch, please come on time.
For more workshop information, please contact Nadia Gulezko at n.gulezko@utoronto.ca.
