Faculty of Law Health Law, Ethics & Policy Seminar Series
presents
Debating Migrants’ Inclusion in Health Care Solidarity
Y.Y. Brandon Chen
University of Ottawa Faculty of Law
Commentator:
Dr. Joanna Anneke Rummens
Visiting Scholar of Practice, Centre for Refugee Studies
Senior Scholar, CERIS - The Ontario Metropolis Centre, York University
Associate Professor, Equity, Gender and Population & Child and
Youth Mental Health, Psychiatry, University of Toronto
Thursday, February 15, 2018
12:30 – 2:00
Solarium (Room FA2), Falconer Hall
84 Queen’s Park
Watch the video of this seminar
Social solidarity is often said to undergird universal health care systems. However, the nature and scope of such health care solidarity is highly contested. This presentation explores probable sources of health care solidarity in Western liberal democracies — including nationalism, cosmopolitanism and constitutional patriotism — and considers their implications for international migrants’ health care coverage.
Y.Y. Brandon Chen is an Assistant Professor at the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Law, Common Law Section. He holds Master of Social Work and Juris Doctor degrees from the University of Toronto, and is currently completing Doctor of Juridical Science at the same university. His research leverages socio-legal studies, action research, and community engagement to critically examine health inequities facing noncitizens and racialized minorities. His published work has touched on such topics as health rights litigation, migrant and refugee health care, medical tourism and social determinants of health. Between 2009 and 2011, Y.Y. was publicly appointed to the Ontario Ministerial Advisory Committee on HIV/AIDS. From 2014 to 2016, he served as the Co-Chair of the Toronto-based Committee for Accessible AIDS Treatment. He is currently a Board member of the Canadian Centre on Statelessness.
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 information about this workshop, please contact Nadia Gulezko at n.gulezko@utoronto.ca
