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uOttawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics @ottawahealthlaw.ca · 2d

Coming up Oct 23: Research Roundtable to Examine Canada’s Health Care Profitization Problem. Presented by @ottawahealthlaw.ca & Canadian Health Coalition. More info: www.healthcoalition.ca/research-rou...

Canada’s Health Care Privatization Problem: Research Roundtable

Join experts in Ottawa on Oct 23, 2025, to examine how profit-driven models are impacting Canada's public health care system. Submit your proposal by June 15.

www.healthcoalition.ca

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uOttawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics @ottawahealthlaw.ca · 6d

Happening now #ReframingMentalHealthLaw: Session 6 – New Technologies, Mental Health, and Law with Agnieszka Doll – Psychedelics, mental health & the law; Laura Sikstrom – AI & psychiatric violence risk assessment; Sophie Nunnelley – Chatbot “therapists” & service user rights

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uOttawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics @ottawahealthlaw.ca · 6d

Just wrapped up today’s #ReframingMentalHealthLaw conference:
Keynote Address by Tracy Vaillancourt (uOttawa) on the emerging impacts of social media on youth mental health—and how we can respond. 🌐🧠 #YouthMentalHealth

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uOttawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics @ottawahealthlaw.ca · 6d

Happening now at @OttawaHealthLaw’s Mental Health Law Conf.: Criminal Justice, Policing & Mental Health With Sylvia Rich, Anoosheh Majidi, Justice Richard Schneider & Jennifer Chandler, moderated by Robin Whitehead. Topics: NCRMD, high-risk accused, & VR in forensic assessment.

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Roojin Habibi روژین (she/elle) @roojinhabibi.org · Nov 10

A starting line up of global health folks who work across law, policy and ethics. There are many others to add - please share widely and suggest additions!

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uOttawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics @ottawahealthlaw.ca · 6d

Happening now! Session 4 at @OttawaHealthLaw’s Mental Health Law Conf. (Oct 2–3): New Approaches to Care and Coercion
Speakers: Vanessa Gruben, Lisa Oliviero, Archibald Kaiser & Sheila Wildeman. Exploring mandated treatment, restraints, seclusion, and supported decision-making.

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uOttawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics @ottawahealthlaw.ca · 6d

Session 3 at @OttawaHealthLaw’s Mental Health Law Conf. (Oct 2): Unpacking MAiD and Mental Health with Margaret Hall, Mona Gupta & Robin Whitehead, moderated by Jennifer Chandler. Topics: decision-making, clinical language, and equality in MAiD law & policy.

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uOttawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics @ottawahealthlaw.ca · 6d

Yesterday at @OttawaHealthLaw’s Mental Health Law Conf. (Oct 2), keynote speaker Dr. Kwame McKenzie, CEO @WellesleyWI & Professor of Psychiatry @UofT, delivered a powerful talk on Climate Change and Mental Health.
A timely and vital conversation.

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uOttawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics @ottawahealthlaw.ca · 7d

Session 2 at @OttawaHealthLaw’s Mental Health Law Conf. (Oct 2–3): Advancing Mental Health Through Litigation included Anita Szigeti, Jennifer Chambers, Ruby Dhand, Kevin Love & Steve Lorteau. Topics: lived experience in litigation, SCC challenges & climate change impacts.

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uOttawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics @ottawahealthlaw.ca · 7d

Up next at @OttawaHealthLaw’s Mental Health Law Conference: Advancing mental health through litigation. Anita Szigeti, Jennifer Chambers & Ruby Dhand discuss the role of interveners in bringing lived experience to the courts. #MentalHealthLaw #uOttawa

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uOttawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics @ottawahealthlaw.ca · 7d

Emmanuelle Bernheim, Eva Ottawa, Tess Sheldon, Princess Doe, Christina Lee, and Lucy Costa

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uOttawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics @ottawahealthlaw.ca · 7d

Happening today: Session 1 of @OttawaHealthLaw’s Reframing Mental Health Law Conference — panel on new critiques of mental health law & policy. #MentalHealthLaw #uOttawa

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uOttawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics @ottawahealthlaw.ca · 14d

Canadian Health Coalition & @OttawaHealthLaw are co-hosting a Research Roundtable on Canada’s Health Care Profitization Problem Oct 23, 2025; 8am-5pm.

Register now: www.healthcoalition.ca/research-rou...
#HealthJustice #Medicare #HealthPolicy

Canada’s Health Care Privatization Problem: Research Roundtable

Join experts in Ottawa on Oct 23, 2025, to examine how profit-driven models are impacting Canada's public health care system. Submit your proposal by June 15.

www.healthcoalition.ca

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uOttawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics @ottawahealthlaw.ca · 24d

Registration open for @OttawaHealthLaw’s Mental Health Law Conference (Oct 2–3)!
Anita Szigeti, Jennifer Chambers, and Ruby Dhand will explore the role of interveners in bringing lived experience to litigation, Oct. 2@ 11am. www.ottawahealthlaw.ca/conferences/...

Reframing Mental Health Law – Emerging Controversies and Cross-Sector Perspectives

Conference @University of Ottawa October 2/3, 2025

www.ottawahealthlaw.ca

uOttawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics @ottawahealthlaw.ca · 29d

Registration open for @OttawaHealthLaw’s Mental Health Law Conference (Oct 2–3)!
uOttawa Law Prof. Steve Lorteau will speak on the psychological impacts of climate change and the challenges of climate litigation raising claims of eco-anxiety in Session 2.
www.ottawahealthlaw.ca/conferences/...

Reframing Mental Health Law – Emerging Controversies and Cross-Sector Perspectives

Conference @University of Ottawa October 2/3, 2025

www.ottawahealthlaw.ca

uOttawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics @ottawahealthlaw.ca · Sep 9

uOttawa Law Prof. and @ottawahealthlaw.ca member, Jennifer Chandler, on CBC’s Ottawa Morning discussing the ethics of brain implants after two Canadians received Neuralink chips in Toronto. 🔗 www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

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uOttawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics @ottawahealthlaw.ca · Sep 9

Registration open for @OttawaHealthLaw’s Mental Health Law Conference (Oct 2–3)!
Anita Szigeti, Jennifer Chambers (Empowerment Council), & Prof. Ruby Dhand (TRU) will discuss the role of interveners in bringing lived experience to litigation in Session 2.
www.ottawahealthlaw.ca/conferences/...

Reframing Mental Health Law – Emerging Controversies and Cross-Sector Perspectives

Conference @University of Ottawa October 2/3, 2025

www.ottawahealthlaw.ca

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uOttawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics @ottawahealthlaw.ca · Sep 2

Registration open @OttawaHealthLaw’s Mental Health Law Conference (Oct 2–3)! Lucy Costa, Deputy Exec., Empowerment Council, will discuss the importance of patient voices and the past and future roles of the Psychiatric Patient Advocate Office (Oct. 2). www.ottawahealthlaw.ca/conferences/...

Reframing Mental Health Law – Emerging Controversies and Cross-Sector Perspectives

Conference @University of Ottawa October 2/3, 2025

www.ottawahealthlaw.ca

uOttawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics @ottawahealthlaw.ca · Aug 27

Registration open @OttawaHealthLaw’s Mental Health Law Conference (Oct 2–3)!
uOttawa’s Prof. Emmanuelle Bernheim & Prof. Eva Ottawa will explore how Indigenous concepts of wellness can be used to evaluate mental health law and service provision on Oct. 2: www.ottawahealthlaw.ca/conferences/...

Reframing Mental Health Law – Emerging Controversies and Cross-Sector Perspectives

Conference @University of Ottawa October 2/3, 2025

www.ottawahealthlaw.ca

uOttawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics @ottawahealthlaw.ca · Aug 26

Join @ottawahealthlaw.ca Mental Health Law Conf. (Oct2/3). One of our panelists, Tess Sheldon, will discuss the need for an equality lens to challenge structural sanism, focusing on exclusion of mental health from the Canada Health Act.
Registration open: ottawahealthlaw.ca/conferences/mentalhealth

Reframing Mental Health Law – Emerging Controversies and Cross-Sector Perspectives

Conference @University of Ottawa October 2/3, 2025

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uOttawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics @ottawahealthlaw.ca · Aug 18

Join @ottawahealthlaw.ca Mental Health Law Conference (Oct2/3). Check out Session 2: New Approaches to Care & Coercion w/ Sheila Wildeman (supported decision-making),Vanessa Gruben (mandated treatment & rights) & Archibald Kaiser (restraints/seclusion) www.ottawahealthlaw.ca/conferences/mentalhealth

Reframing Mental Health Law – Emerging Controversies and Cross-Sector Perspectives

Conference @University of Ottawa October 2/3, 2025

www.ottawahealthlaw.ca

uOttawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics @ottawahealthlaw.ca · Aug 15

Join @ottawahealthlaw.ca Oct 2–3 Mental Health Law Confernece. Don’t miss the Advancing Mental Health Through Litigation session with Kevin Love, Steve Lorteau, Anita Szigeti, Jennifer Chambers & Ruby Dhand. Student rates available. Register now!
🔗 www.ottawahealthlaw.ca/conferences/mentalhealth

Reframing Mental Health Law – Emerging Controversies and Cross-Sector Perspectives

Conference @University of Ottawa October 2/3, 2025

www.ottawahealthlaw.ca

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Vanessa Gruben @vgruben.bsky.social · Aug 14

Registration is now open!

uOttawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics @ottawahealthlaw.ca · Jul 20

Join @ottawahealthlaw.ca Oct 2–3 for a national conference: Reframing Mental Health Law: Emerging Controversies and Cross-Sector Perspectives. Keynotes: @Kwame_McKenzie & Dr. Tracy Vaillancourt. Student rates available. Hope to see you there! www.ottawahealthlaw.ca/conferences/...

Reframing Mental Health Law – Emerging Controversies and Cross-Sector Perspectives

Conference @University of Ottawa October 2/3, 2025

www.ottawahealthlaw.ca

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uOttawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics @ottawahealthlaw.ca · Jul 20

Join @ottawahealthlaw.ca Oct 2–3 for a national conference: Reframing Mental Health Law: Emerging Controversies and Cross-Sector Perspectives. Keynotes: @Kwame_McKenzie & Dr. Tracy Vaillancourt. Student rates available. Hope to see you there! www.ottawahealthlaw.ca/conferences/...

Reframing Mental Health Law – Emerging Controversies and Cross-Sector Perspectives

Conference @University of Ottawa October 2/3, 2025

www.ottawahealthlaw.ca

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uOttawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics @ottawahealthlaw.ca · Jul 16

Registration is OPEN! Join us Oct 2–3, hosted by @OttawaHealthLaw, for a national conference on Reframing mental health law: Emerging controversies and cross-sector perspectives. Keynotes: @Kwame_McKenzie & Dr. Tracy Vaillancourt.  www.ottawahealthlaw.ca/conferences/...

Reframing Mental Health Law – Emerging Controversies and Cross-Sector Perspectives

Conference @University of Ottawa October 2/3, 2025

www.ottawahealthlaw.ca

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