Health Law, Policy and Ethics Seminar: Catherine Regis and Louise Bernier

HEALTH LAW, POLICY AND ETHICS SEMINAR SERIES

presents

Catherine Regis
Associate Professor
Faculty of Law, University of Montreal

Louise Bernier
Associate Professor
Faculty of Law, University of Sherbrooke

A Relational Autonomy Perspective on Advance Medical Directives for

Health Law, Policy and Ethics Seminar Series: Aaron Kesselheim

Faculty of Law Health Law, Ethics & Policy Seminar Series

and

WHO Collaborating Centre for Governance, Transparency
& Accountability in the Pharmaceutical Sector 

present 

Aaron Kesselheim MD JD MPH
Associate Professor
Harvard University Medical School 

Expedited Regulatory Review of Prescription Drugs:
The Impact of the FDA’s New Breakthrough Therapy Designation

Commentator: Megan Bettle

Health Law, Policy and Ethics Seminar Series: Vardit Ravitsky

Faculty of Law Health Law, Ethics & Policy Seminar Series

presents 

Vardit Ravitsky
Associate Professor, Bioethics Program
School of Public Health, University of Montreal 

The Shifting Landscape of Prenatal Testing:
Ethical and Social Implications of Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing 

Thursday, November 23, 2017
12:30 – 2:00
Solarium (Room FA2), Falconer Hall

Health Law, Policy and Ethics Seminar Series: Marta Machado

Health Law, Ethics & Policy Seminar Series 
presents 

Marta  Rodriguez de Assis Machado
Getulio Vargas Foundation Law School
Sao Paulo, Brazil 

The Battle Over Abortion Rights in Brazil’s State Arenas, 1995-2006

Commentator:
Rebecca Cook
University of Toronto Faculty of Law 

Thursday, October 26, 2017
12:30 - 2:00
Solarium (room FA2), Falconer Hall

Health Law, Policy and Ethics Seminar Series: Rebecca Dresser

HEALTH LAW, POLICY AND ETHICS SEMINAR SERIES

presents


Rebecca Dresser, D.N.
Kirby Professor of Law and Professor of Ethics in Medicine
Washington University Saint Louis

Should the Law Permit Physician-Assisted Death for Dementia?


Thursday, October 12, 2017
12:30 - 2:00
Solarium (room FA2), Falconer Hall

Health Law, Policy and Ethics Seminar Series: Larry Chartrand

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.

Health Law, Policy and Ethics Seminar: Irehobhude Iyioha

HEALTH LAW, POLICY AND ETHICS SEMINAR SERIES

presents

Irehobhude O. Iyioha, Ph.D.
Visiting Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law and
Adjunct Professor, John Dossetor Health Ethics Centre
University of Alberta

Theorizing Effectiveness: Law, Women's Health and the

Prof. Trudo Lemmens co-authors "Time for full transparency on pharmaceutical money"

Thursday, July 13, 2017

In a commentary in the Toronto Star, Prof. Trudo Lemmens and journalist and former U.S. Senate staffer Paul D. Thacker argue that Ontario and Canada needs to establish new rules to ensure payments by pharmaceutical companies not only to physicians and but also to all health-care providers, academic institutions, medical researchers, patient groups, PR agencies, professional societies, and media outlets ("Time for full transparency on pharmaceutical money," July 7, 2017).

Read the full commentary on the Toronto Star website, or below.

JD/MBA student Alec Yarascavitch wins first National Health Law School Essay Competition

Wednesday, June 7, 2017

JD/MBA student Dr. Alec Yarascavitch is the winner of the inaugural Law School Essay Competition from the Canadian Bar Association National Health Law Section for his paper entitled Assisted Dying for Mental Disorders: Why Canada’s Legal Approach Raises Serious Concerns.

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