This seminar series brings guest speakers to the Faculty of Law to stimulate the discussion of issues related to the intersection of law with health care and related ethical and social issues.

All Seminars are held at 84 Queen’s Park, Falconer Hall, Solarium, from 12:30 to 2:00 PM unless otherwise indicated.

Lunch will be provided.

2018 FALL SCHEDULE

Date of Seminar

Speaker

Title

September 20
Thursday		Bill Bogart
Emeritus Professor
Faculty of Law
University of Windsor		Regulating Cannabis -
A Prelude to Legalizing All Recreational Drugs

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October 4
Thursday		Donrich W. Thaldar
Professor
School of Law, University of 
KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa)

Tradition and Justice: Legal Developments Relating to New Reproductive Technologies in South Africa

 

October 18 
Thursday		Alana Klein
Associate Professor
Faculty of Law, McGill University

The Renewal of the Judicial Function in the Protecting of Health:  Contrasting Visions in Constitutional, Criminal and Private Law

 

November 22
Thursday

Josephine Johnston
Research Scholar
The Hastings Center

Genetics, Parents, and Children: How Novel Technologies Challenge Ideas about Parental Responsibility

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November 22 Thursday
(7PM)		Debate on the Commercialization of Assisted Human Reproduction

Details and program to follow.

November 23
Friday
(all-day event)

Symposium on Legal and Ethical Issues of Assisted Human Reproduction

Details and program to follow.

January 24
Thursday

Jonas-Sébastien Beaudry, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law and Institute for Health and Social Policy, McGill University

What is Disability? Theoretical Strategies to Define a Contested Concept

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February 7
Thursday

Quinn Grundy, Assistant Professor, Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto

Conflicts of interest in clinical settings: Understanding marketing to nurses, the most trusted profession

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March 7
Thursday

Beverly Jacobs, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, Windsor University

Practicing Indigenous Laws Protects Wholistic Health

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