Grand Challenges in Health Law and Policy 

Schedule  (PDF)

October 2nd

8H30 AM Opening Remarks

• Robert P. Kouri & Catherine Régis

8H45 AM Opening panel:

Grand Challenges in Health Law and Policy 

Chair: Jocelyn Downie (Faculty of Law and Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University)

• Angus Dawson

• Stéphane Bernatchez

10H15 AM Break

10H30 AM First panel: 

Grand Challenges Regarding Vulnerable or Marginalized Groups 

Chair: Robert P. Kouri (Faculté de droit, Université de Sherbrooke)

• Francine Ducharme

• Joanna Erdman

12H00 PM Lunch

1H15 PM Second Panel: 

Grand Challenges Regarding Oversight and Accountability in Health Systems (part 1)

Chair: Lara Khoury (Faculty of Law, McGill University)

• Suzanne Philips-Nootens

• William Lahey

2H45 PM Break

3H00 PM Grand Challenges Regarding Oversight and Accountability in Health Systems (part 2)

• Trudo Lemmens

4H30 PM End of the first day

6H00 PM Banquet - Keynote Speaker:

The Honourable Madam Justice Marie Deschamps

October 3rd

8H45 AM Third Panel: 

Grand Challenges regarding Innovation, Technology and Information 

Chair: Elaine Gibson (Health Law institute, Faculty of Law, Dalhousie University)

• Timothy Caulfield

• Jennifer Chandler & Vanessa Gruben

10H15 AM Break

10H30 AM Forth Panel: 

Grand Challenges regarding Experts and Evidence in Health Policy 

Chair: Roxanne Mykitiuk (Osgoode Hall Law School, York University)

• Tania Bubela

• Jean-Frédéric Lévesque

12H00 PM Lunch

1H15 PM Fifth Panel: 

Grand Challenges regarding Public Health and Social Health Determinants 

Chair: Tracey M. Bailey (Health law Institute, University of Alberta)

• Daniel Weinstock

• Barbara von Tigerstrom

2H45 PM Break

3H00 PM Sixth Panel: 

Grand Challenges regarding Privitization and Commodification 

Chair: Joan Gilmour (Osgoode Hall Law School, York University)

• Colleen Flood

• Ian Kerr

4H30 End of the conference