Happening now! @OttawaHealthLaw, Bruyère Health Research Institute, and AMS Healthcare’s exciting event on Health Data in the Age of AI! Drs. Anderson Chuck, Paul Hébert, Amol Verma & Kumanan Wilson. Moderated by Helen Angus.

Build your knowledge in health law! Apply now for the @OttawaHealthLaw Online Health Law Institute (Jan–Mar 2026) — flexible format with lectures + live discussions. No legal background needed. 👉 www.ottawahealthlaw.ca/online-insti...

Congratulations to @ottawahealthlaw.ca members on their CRC renewals! Dr. Monnica Williams – Tier 2 in Mental Health Innovation & Equity; Dr. Jason Millar – Tier 2 in Ethical Engineering of Robotics & AI; Dr. Tracy Vaillancourt, FRSC – Tier 1 in Youth MH & Violence Prevention

New report with @RJSurvivors & @ottawahealthlaw.ca: Assisted Reproductive Technology for Survivors of Forced and Coerced Sterilization Examining fertility restoration, costs, and culturally safe care for Indigenous survivors. 📘 drive.google.com/file/d/1DeXb... #ReproductiveJustice #HumanRights

Félicitations à la professeure @roojinhabibi.org, qui a été nommée directrice de recherche du programme de droit de la santé mondiale nouvellement lancé au Global Strategy Lab (laboratoire de stratégie mondiale) @gstrategylab.bsky.social @ottawahealthlaw.ca w.ca En savoir plus : bit.ly/3JgQpEH

Congratulations to Professor @roojinhabibi.org, who has been appointed as the inaugural Research Director of the newly launched Global Health Law Program at the Global Strategy Lab @gstrategylab.bsky.social. @ottawahealthlaw.ca Learn more: bit.ly/4om44ZX

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...

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

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

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.

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! go.bsky.app/Qj9GcA1

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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/...

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/...

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-...

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/...

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/...

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/...

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

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

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

Registration is now open!

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/...

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/...

Justice K. Barnes, Judge of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, delivering an address at #LEPH2025 at uOttawa — hosted by @GLEPHA and @OttawaHealthLaw. A powerful conversation at the intersection of law and public health. #LEPH #LawEnforcement #PublicHealth

Canada is falling behind on Alzheimer’s disease treatments. From @ottawahealthlaw.ca Fulbright Scholar Katherine Pearson & Dr. Andrew Frank, Bruyère Health Research Institute. 🔗 quoimedia.com/canada-is-fa... 
#Alzheimers #cdnpoli #AAIC2025 #HealthEquity

Just released: the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences’ report on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) in Canada, a complex public health and legal issue. Chaired by CHLPE @Ottawahealthlaw member, Jennifer Chandler. cahs-acss.ca/fasdassessme... 
#FASD #PublicHealth #HealthLaw

Now accepting applications for the Fulbright Canada Research Chair in Health Law, Policy and Ethics at @OttawaHealthLaw for 2026-27! Join a vibrant, interdisciplinary community at one of the world’s leading centres for health law. Details: www.fulbright.ca/programs/ame...

Check out @ottawahealthlaw.ca member @TeresaScassa’s latest op-ed in the Toronto Star on the urgent need for clear, enforceable AI regulation — and what’s missing from Canada’s current approach.
🔗 www.thestar.com/politics/fed... #AIRegulation #TechLaw #CHLPE

Happening now @OttawaHealthLaw Summer Institute on Mental Health Law: Human Rights with Prof. Tess Sheldon and Princess Doe. Exploring the intersection of mental health law, disability rights, and justice in legal systems. #CHLPE #MentalHealthLaw #HumanRightsLaw

Happening now at the CHLPE Summer Institute on Mental Health Law: Regulation of Healthcare Professionals with Sonia Ouellet & Family Law and Mental Health with Kate Wright. Examining oversight, accountability, and legal intersections in mental health. www.ottawahealthlaw.ca/institute

The Economic Benefits of Canada’s Public Health Care System
As G7 leaders meet in Kananaskis, 270+ economists & health experts send an urgent message:
Universal public health care is not just compassionate—it’s smart economics. Read the open letter:
🔗 centreforfuturework.ca/2025/06/17/t...

Happening now @ottawahealthlaw.ca Summer Institute on Mental Health Law. Privacy with Prof. Barbara von Tigerstrom & Torts with Prof. Lorian Hardcastle. Exploring privacy, the duty of care, and civil liability in mental healthcare. #HealthLaw #CHLPE #MentalHealthLaw

Congratulations to CHLPE member @roojinhabibi.org on successfully defending her PhD! Her contributions to the field of global health law have been truly impressive, and we look forward to all that she will accomplish in the years to come. 👏🎓 #PhDDefense #CHLPE

Happening now at the CHLPE Summer Institute: Prof. Jennifer Chandler is leading a session on the foundations and current landscape of mental health law in Canada. An essential overview to kick off the week. #CHLPE #MentalHealthLaw #HealthLaw

Happening now! Join our virtual Webinar on Health Data at a Crossroads: Integration, Innovation & Privacy in Canada with Dr. Kumanan Wilson, Dr. Fahad Razak, Dr. Michael Geist & moderator Kimberlyn McGrail. Hosted by @uOttawaHealthLaw
🔗 www.ottawahealthlaw.ca/events/healt...

Happening today!

Join @ottawahealthlaw Summer Institute in Mental Health Law, June 16–20! Engage with leading experts like @vgruben, Sophie Nunnelley, Marta Maslej, Eva Ottawa, Emmanuelle Bernheim, Robin Whitehead, Barbara von Tigerstrom, Sonia Ouellet, Kate Wright, and @paige365: www.ottawahealthlaw.ca/institute

New BMJ editorial by CHLPE members Roojin Habibi (@roojinhabibi.org) & Kumanan Wilson highlights how Canada’s balanced approach between globalism and populism may offer the leadership global health needs. 📄 www.bmj.com/content/bmj/...
#GlobalHealth #CHLPE #HealthEquity #DecolonizingGlobalHealth

Join @ottawahealthlaw and Bruyère Health 9 June 11:30 am for a Zoom webinar: "Health Data at a Crossroads: Integration, Innovation, and Privacy in Canada" with Kumanan Wilson, Fahad Razak, @mgeist.bsky.social, @kimchspr.bsky.social. All welcome! www.ottawahealthlaw.ca/events/healt...

Don’t miss the CHLPE #SummerInstitute on Mental Health Law, June 16–20! Thursday afternoon (Jun 19) features Robin Whitehead on MAID & Mental Illness—examining legal and ethical complexities around access, safeguards, and autonomy. www.ottawahealthlaw.ca/institute

New recommendations for regulating neurotechnology in Canada include protecting Indigenous rights. theconversation.com/new-recommen...

Happening now: A vital conversation on psychiatry and the law—exploring coercion, care, and justice in civil and criminal systems. Moderated by CHLPE member Emmanuelle Bernheim. 🔗 www.ottawahealthlaw.ca/events/psych... #MentalHealthLaw #ForensicPsychiatry #HealthJustice @uOttawaHealthLaw

@OttawaHealthLaw members - @yybranchonc.bsky.social for FCJ Refugee Centre & Madhu Verma Migrant Justice Centre & Martha Jackman for the Charter Committee on Poverty Issues - will appear before the Supreme Court of Canada in the Kanyinda hearing. More on the case: www.scc-csc.ca/cases-dossie...