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uOttawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics @ottawahealthlaw.ca · 27/08/2026
Registration is open for the University of Ottawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics annual conference: "Health Promotion, Equity and Rights: The Ottawa Charter at 40", happening October 20 and 21. www.ottawahealthlaw.ca/conferences/...
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Health Promotion, Equity and Rights: The Ottawa Charter at 40
Conference October 20 & 21, University of Ottawa
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uOttawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics @ottawahealthlaw.ca · 16/07/2026
Canada has an opportunity to lead on the future of health AI. In this timely @globeandmail opinion piece, @ottawahealthlaw.ca member Dr. Kumanan Wilson, together with Dr. Fahad Razak and Dr. Amol Verma, make the case for Canada to spearhead a middle-power alliance on health AI.
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uOttawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics @ottawahealthlaw.ca · 07/07/2026
The program is now up for the University of Ottawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics annual conference: "Health Promotion, Equity and Rights: The Ottawa Charter at 40". Happening October 20 and 21. Early bird rates until Aug 1! www.ottawahealthlaw.ca/conferences/...
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Health Promotion, Equity and Rights: The Ottawa Charter at 40
Conference October 20 & 21, University of Ottawa
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uOttawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics @ottawahealthlaw.ca · 23/06/2026
Happening today, June 23 @ 3:00pm EDT! @ottawahealthlaw member Dr. Sophie Nunnelley participates in this timely panel discussion on AI and mental health. Organized by Empowerment Cuncil and moderated by Lucy Costa. Link to event: www.eventbrite.ca/e/artificial...
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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE & MENTAL HEALTH
Please join us for a panel discussion that brings together voices to examine the rapidly evolving relationship between AI and Mental Health
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uOttawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics @ottawahealthlaw.ca · 19/06/2026
New from @OttawaHealthLaw member @TeresaScassa: a thoughtful analysis of Canada's proposed privacy reform legislation (Bill C-36) and what it could mean for privacy oversight, governance, and innovation in Canada. Read more: teresascassa.substack.com/p/canadas-ne...
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Canada's new privacy reform bill (Bill C-36): renovation or demolition?
On June 15, 2026, the federal government released its long-awaited, and latest version of reform of Canada’s private sector data protection law, the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Docu...
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uOttawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics @ottawahealthlaw.ca · 18/06/2026
New commentary in The Hill Times from @ottawahealthlaw.ca member @yybrandonc.bsky.social examines how misinformation is shaping public debate on refugee health care in Canada. #RefugeeHealth #HealthPolicy #cdnpoli www.hilltimes.com/2026/06/17/m...
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Misinformation is driving the debate over refugee health care - The Hill Times
In practice, access to care under the IFHP is often far more limited than critics suggest.
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uOttawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics @ottawahealthlaw.ca · 16/06/2026
New @bmj.com commentary from @ottawahealthlaw.ca member Kumanan Wilson, along with colleagues - Fahad Razak & Amol Verma - explores how Canada can help lead global collaboration on health data and AI. A timely contribution to discussions on health data governance, innovation, and health sovereignty.
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uOttawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics @ottawahealthlaw.ca · 08/06/2026
@ottawahealthlaw.ca is excited to introduce HALO with @uottawamed.bsky.social and @cdtsuottawaclts.bsky.social. Bringing together healthcare, innovation, law, and policy, this initiative will support the development of health AI in Canada. www.canadianlawyermag.com/resources/le...
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uOttawa’s health AI and law initiative aims to back feds’ AI healthcare strategy
New endeavour called HALO will draw from knowledge in law and medical schools
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uOttawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics @ottawahealthlaw.ca · 28/05/2026
Congratulations to CHLPE member, Dr. Sophie Nunnelley, and the interdisciplinary team led by Amy McPherson, with @HBKidsHospital, on NFRF funding for “Disrupting Digital Risk Narratives: Co-Designing Inclusive AI Sexuality Guidelines with Disabled Youth.”
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uOttawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics @ottawahealthlaw.ca · 12/05/2026
Excited to see Dr. Sophie Nunnelley CHLPE (@ottawahealthlaw.ca) member and Assistant Professor at uOttawa Faculty of Law, presenting at the Ottawa Applied Medical AI Summit on “LLMs as Software as a Medical Device (SaMD).” #HealthAI #MedicalAI #HealthLaw #AI #LLM
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uOttawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics @ottawahealthlaw.ca · 30/03/2026
Join @ottawahealthlaw.ca April 7 for a free seminar/webinar "Alberta’s Bill 26 and the Notwithstanding Clause: Trans Rights, Health Law, and the Constitution". Feat. John Lee of CMA, Bennett Jensen and Eric Freeman of Egale, and Samuel Singer of uOttawa. www.ottawahealthlaw.ca/events/bill26
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Alberta’s Bill 26 and the Notwithstanding Clause
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uOttawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics @ottawahealthlaw.ca · 05/03/2026
Join @ottawahealthlaw April 9 11:30 am–1:00 pm for a free seminar/webinar "The Gendered Ethics of the Transnational Fertility Industry and the Future of (Assisted) Reproduction". Featuring @rhomanen.bsky.social of the University of Lapland. www.ottawahealthlaw.ca/events/homanen
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The Future of (Assisted) Reproduction
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uOttawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics @ottawahealthlaw.ca · 12/03/2026
Applications are now open for the University of Ottawa Summer Institute in Public Health Law, running online June 1–5. Designed for a wide range of attendees, no experience or legal training is required. www.ottawahealthlaw.ca/institute
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University of Ottawa Summer Institute in Public Health Law
June 1–5, 2026
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uOttawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics @ottawahealthlaw.ca · 23/03/2026
Join @ottawahealthlaw.ca April 15 11:30 am–1:00 pm for a free seminar/webinar "Gender-Responsive Lawmaking for the Twenty-First Century". Featuring Ramona Vijeyarasa of the University of Technology Sydney Faculty of Law. www.ottawahealthlaw.ca/events/ramona
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Gender-Responsive Lawmaking for the Twenty-First Century
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uOttawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics @ottawahealthlaw.ca · 12/03/2026
Applications are now open for the University of Ottawa Summer Institute in Public Health Law, running online June 1–5. Designed for a wide range of attendees, no experience or legal training is required. www.ottawahealthlaw.ca/institute
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University of Ottawa Summer Institute in Public Health Law
June 1–5, 2026
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uOttawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics @ottawahealthlaw.ca · 12/03/2026
New in The Hill Times 📰 @ottawahealthlaw.ca member Dr. Sophie Nunnelley argues that regulating chatbots under online harms legislation requires a different framework. With a new national AI strategy coming, what role should AI play in mental health care? www.hilltimes.com/story/2026/0...
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uOttawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics @ottawahealthlaw.ca · 12/03/2026
Happening now: Bordering Health – Medical Inadmissibility, Disability Rights, & Migrant Health. An interdisciplinary webinar hosted by @OttawaHealthLaw @HIVlegal exploring Canada’s medical inadmissibility regime & its implications for migrant health & disability rights. Join us!
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uOttawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics @ottawahealthlaw.ca · 25/02/2026
Applications are now open for the University of Ottawa Summer Institute in Public Health Law, running online June 1–5. Designed for a wide range of attendees, no experience or legal training is required. www.ottawahealthlaw.ca/institute
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University of Ottawa Summer Institute in Public Health Law
June 1–5, 2026
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uOttawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics @ottawahealthlaw.ca · 06/03/2026
Current JD students: Join us next Tuesday March 10, 10–11 am, in FTX 147A for an info session on the JD Option in Health Law!
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uOttawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics @ottawahealthlaw.ca · 05/03/2026
Join @ottawahealthlaw April 9 11:30 am–1:00 pm for a free seminar/webinar "The Gendered Ethics of the Transnational Fertility Industry and the Future of (Assisted) Reproduction". Featuring @rhomanen.bsky.social of the University of Lapland. www.ottawahealthlaw.ca/events/homanen
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The Future of (Assisted) Reproduction
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uOttawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics @ottawahealthlaw.ca · 27/02/2026
Join @ottawahealthlaw.ca and @hivlegalnetwork.bsky.social March 12 11:30 am–1:00 pm for a free webinar "Bordering Health: Medical Inadmissibility, Disability Rights, and Migrant Health". www.ottawahealthlaw.ca/events/borde...
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Medical Inadmissibility, Disability Rights, and Migrant Health
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uOttawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics @ottawahealthlaw.ca · 25/02/2026
Applications are now open for the University of Ottawa Summer Institute in Public Health Law, running online June 1–5. Designed for a wide range of attendees, no experience or legal training is required. www.ottawahealthlaw.ca/institute
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University of Ottawa Summer Institute in Public Health Law
June 1–5, 2026
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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Vaccines, Trust and Misinformation. Of you missed the Café scientifique on Jan. 28, 2026, here is a video. Featuring @tivabaral.bsky.social, @deonandan.bsky.social, @picardonhealth.bsky.social, Kumanan Wilson, @vgruben.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0Ik... via @ottawahealthlaw.ca
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Vaccines, Trust and Misinformation – Café scientifique
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uOttawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics @ottawahealthlaw.ca · 17/02/2026
🎉 Congratulations to Assiciate Professor Y.Y. Chen (@OttawaHealthLaw - CHLPE member) on being named Dean’s Research Professorship in Migrant Health Equity! An impactful scholar advancing equity in health law and policy. www.uottawa.ca/faculty-law/...
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Yin-Yuan Chen | Faculty of Law
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uOttawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics @ottawahealthlaw.ca · 12/02/2026
Join @ottawahealthlaw.ca & @RJSurvivors today @3pm EST for a powerful conversation on Assisted Reproduction & Reproductive Justice: Survivor Perspectives and Experiences. Learn more & register: www.ottawahealthlaw.ca/events/survi...
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Assisted Reproductive Services to Restore Fertility to Forcibly Sterilized Indigenous
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uOttawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics @ottawahealthlaw.ca · 27/01/2026
Join @ottawahealthlaw.ca January 28 5:30–8:00 pm over food and drink at Café Nostalgica Pub for "Vaccines, Trust and Misinformation". Featuring @picardonhealth.bsky.social, Kumanan Wilson, Raywat Deonandan, and Prativa Baral. All welcome! RSVP required. www.ottawahealthlaw.ca/events/vacci...
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Vaccines, Trust and Misinformation – Café scientifique
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uOttawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics @ottawahealthlaw.ca · 27/01/2026
Joignez-vous à @ottawahealthlaw.ca le 28 janvier de 11 h 30 à 13 h pour « La santé mentale en prison ». Avec le Dr Ivan Zinger, Enquêteur correctionnel sortant du Canada, et Tania Roussel, Lynda Khelil, et Alexandra Larose. Tout le monde est bienvenu ! www.ottawahealthlaw.ca/events/menta...
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La santé mentale en prison
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uOttawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics @ottawahealthlaw.ca · 13/01/2026
Join us for Vaccines, Trust & Misinformation – Café scientifique!
Wed Jan 28 @ 5:30–8:00 PM; Café Nostalgica Pub. A lively, interactive discussion with experts André Picard, Kumanan Wilson, Raywat Deonandan, & Prativa Baral. RSVP & details: ottawahealthlaw.ca/events/vaccines-trust
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Vaccines, Trust and Misinformation – Café scientifique
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uOttawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics @ottawahealthlaw.ca · 08/01/2026
Five ways that medicine moved the needle in 2025. From AI scribes for doctors to a new remedy for hot flashes, health science took big steps forward this year. Feat. CHLPE's Kumanan Wilson. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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2025 was a year of breakthroughs in health and medicine. Here are five
Easing hot flashes, treating rare genetic diseases and a made-in-Canada vaccine among the year’s notable developments
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uOttawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics @ottawahealthlaw.ca · 06/01/2026
Joignez-vous à @ottawahealthlaw.ca le 28 janvier de 11 h 30 à 13 h pour « La santé mentale en prison ». Avec le Dr Ivan Zinger, Enquêteur correctionnel sortant du Canada, et Tania Roussel, Lynda Khelil, et Alexandra Larose. Tout le monde est bienvenu ! www.ottawahealthlaw.ca/events/menta...
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La santé mentale en prison
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uOttawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics @ottawahealthlaw.ca · 07/12/2025
Applications are now open for the University of Ottawa Online Institute in Health Law – Flexible Format, running January–March 2026. Combining pre-recorded lectures with live Zoom discussion sessions. No experience or legal training is required. www.ottawahealthlaw.ca/online-insti...
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University of Ottawa Online Institute in Health Law
January–March 2026 – Flexible Format
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AMS Healthcare @amshealthcare.ca · 05/12/2025
Interested in exploring legal issues in health and healthcare? The Online Institute in Health Law is a program designed to help participants understand legal issues in healthcare. No prior legal experience is required. More here at @ottawahealthlaw.ca: buff.ly/xMTOWon
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uOttawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics @ottawahealthlaw.ca · 02/12/2025
Happening now! Join us for the Information Session - Graduate Studies in Health Law at University of Ottawa! With @OttawaHealthLaw director, Vanessa Gruben, and Vice Dean, Grad Studies, Joao Velloso. www.ottawahealthlaw.ca/events/grad-...
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Graduate Studies in Health Law
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uOttawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics @ottawahealthlaw.ca · 27/11/2025
Join us today!!!
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uOttawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics @ottawahealthlaw.ca · 24/11/2025
Join us Nov 27, 1–2pm (ET) for a joint webinar with @chwn-rcps.bsky.social & @ottawahealthlaw.ca! The Legal Context Enabling the Standardization of Health Workforce Data in Canada: It’s possible! Featuring Alexandra Lyn (MacEwan Univ.)
Moderated by Vanessa Gruben. www.ottawahealthlaw.ca/events/lyn
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The Legal Context Enabling the Standardization of Health Workforce Data in Canada
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uOttawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics @ottawahealthlaw.ca · 23/11/2025
Teresa Scassa says the case exposed how vulnerable institutions are to breaches as the use of AI tools becomes more widespread. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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AI bot recorded doctors’ meeting, sent patient info to current and former hospital staff, watchdog says
The transcription tool recorded the meeting on behalf of a physician who no longer worked at the hospital
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uOttawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics @ottawahealthlaw.ca · 21/11/2025
Join @ottawahealthlaw.ca Tuesday December 2 12–1 pm for an information session on graduate studies in health law at the University of Ottawa. Featuring Professors @vgruben.bsky.social and @vellosojgv.bsky.social. All welcome! www.ottawahealthlaw.ca/events/grad-studies
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Graduate Studies in Health Law
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uOttawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics @ottawahealthlaw.ca · 12/11/2025
Applications are now open for the University of Ottawa Online Institute in Health Law – Flexible Format, running January–March 2026. Combining pre-recorded lectures with live Zoom discussion sessions. No experience or legal training is required. www.ottawahealthlaw.ca/online-insti...
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University of Ottawa Online Institute in Health Law
January–March 2026 – Flexible Format
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uOttawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics @ottawahealthlaw.ca · 20/11/2025
Delighted to be participating at today’s High-Level Roundtable on Black Health organized by uOttawa’s Interdisciplinary Centre for Black Health www.uottawa.ca/research-inn...
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uOttawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics @ottawahealthlaw.ca · 20/11/2025
Such an engaging and thought-provoking talk by Rick Westhead, co-hosted by @OttawaHealthLaw & Greenberg Chair (Women & Legal Profession). Powerful insights on accountability, culture and justice. www.ottawahealthlaw.ca/events/westh...
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uOttawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics @ottawahealthlaw.ca · 19/11/2025
Join @ottawahealthlaw.ca and @chwn-rcps.bsky.social 27 Nov 1:00–2:30 pm for a webinar "The Legal Context Enabling the Standardization of Health Workforce Data in Canada", featuring Alexandra Lyn. All welcome! www.ottawahealthlaw.ca/events/lyn
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The Legal Context Enabling the Standardization of Health Workforce Data in Canada
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uOttawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics @ottawahealthlaw.ca · 14/11/2025
Join @ottawahealthlaw.ca and the Greenberg Chair for Women and the Legal Profession on 19 Nov 11:30 am–1:00 pm for We Breed Lions: Confronting Canada's Troubled Hockey Culture, featuring investigative journalist Rick Westhead, moderated by Daphne Gilbert. www.ottawahealthlaw.ca/events/westh...
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We Breed Lions: Confronting Canada’s Troubled Hockey Culture
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uOttawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics @ottawahealthlaw.ca · 18/11/2025
Amazing session on Noma today — a powerful discussion on a neglected tropical disease and the worst violations of the rights of the Child. Cohosted by @OttawaHealthLaw, MSF, and CN.NTD. Thank you Mulikat Okanlawon, Claire Jeantet & CHLPE member Jason Nickerson.
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uOttawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics @ottawahealthlaw.ca · 18/11/2025
2025 IRPP Fall Lecture with Timothy Caulfield: How to Escape the Fake — Making Good Policy in the Age of Misinformation. A vital conversation for anyone working in public policy, health, and evidence-based decision-making.
Details & registration: irpp.org/irpp-event/f...
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How to Escape the Fake: Making Good Policy in the Age of Misinformation - IRPP
Join us for an evening of dialogue and networking with Canada’s dynamic public policy community.   This year’s IRPP fall lecture will feature Canadian author and scholar Timothy Caulfield, one of Nort...
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uOttawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics @ottawahealthlaw.ca · 18/11/2025
This morning, Bill S-228 was introduced in the House of Commons. This legislation strengthens Canada’s Criminal Code to ensure that no individual is subjected to sterilization without their consent. Honoured to stand with @RJSurvivors and @SenatorBoyer. parlvu.ca
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uOttawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics @ottawahealthlaw.ca · 17/11/2025
Join @ottawahealthlaw.ca and @msf.ca 18 Nov 11:30 am–1:00 pm for "Noma – The Worst Violations of the Rights of the Child: Documentary Screening and Talk with Advocates". All welcome! www.ottawahealthlaw.ca/events/noma
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Noma – The Worst Violations of the Rights of the Child
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uOttawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics @ottawahealthlaw.ca · 14/11/2025
Join @ottawahealthlaw.ca and the Greenberg Chair for Women and the Legal Profession on 19 Nov 11:30 am–1:00 pm for We Breed Lions: Confronting Canada's Troubled Hockey Culture, featuring investigative journalist Rick Westhead, moderated by Daphne Gilbert. www.ottawahealthlaw.ca/events/westh...
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We Breed Lions: Confronting Canada’s Troubled Hockey Culture
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uOttawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics @ottawahealthlaw.ca · 13/11/2025
Join CHLPE and the Canadian Health Workforce Network on 27 Nov 1:00–2:30 pm for a webinar: The Legal Context Enabling the Standardization of Health Workforce Data in Canada, featuring Alexandra Lyn of MacEwan University School of Business. All welcome! www.ottawahealthlaw.ca/events/lyn
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The Legal Context Enabling the Standardization of Health Workforce Data in Canada
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uOttawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics @ottawahealthlaw.ca · 12/11/2025
Applications are now open for the University of Ottawa Online Institute in Health Law – Flexible Format, running January–March 2026. Combining pre-recorded lectures with live Zoom discussion sessions. No experience or legal training is required. www.ottawahealthlaw.ca/online-insti...
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University of Ottawa Online Institute in Health Law
January–March 2026 – Flexible Format
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uOttawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics @ottawahealthlaw.ca · 12/11/2025
📣 Registration is open for the 2026 @ottawahealthlaw.ca Online Institute in Health Law — a 12-week program featuring pre-recorded expert lectures and live Zoom discussions on key issues in health law, policy & ethics. Learn more 🔗 www.ottawahealthlaw.ca/online-insti...
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University of Ottawa Online Institute in Health Law
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