Access and Equity: Indigenous Health and Law in Canada
The McGill Journal of Law and Health () is pleased to invite you to attend its ninth annual Colloquium entitled Access and Equity: Indigenous Health and Law in Canada. The aim of this bilingual and student-based initiative is to foster interdisciplinary dialogue on issues that lie at the intersection of health and law. It is our hope that such dialogue will have a positive influence on health and social policy-making in Canada.
La discussion sera divisĂ©e en deux panels. Le premier portera sur des enjeux gĂ©nĂ©raux traitant de l’accessibilitĂ© et de l’équitĂ© des soins de santĂ© pour les Autochtones au Canada. Le deuxième sera axĂ© sur la santĂ© mentale dans les communautĂ©s autochtones Ă travers le Canada.Â
Admission: Free, but attendees must .
Lunch and snacks will be provided.
Le panel de cette année réunit:
Dr. Cindy Blackstock, PhD - Professor at Ď㽶ĘÓƵ’s School of Social Work; Executive Director of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada.
- Professeur à la Faculté de droit de l’Université d’Ottawa.
- Registered Psychologist; Co-Founder and former Director of the First Nations and Inuit Suicide Prevention Association of Quebec and Labrador.
- Professeur de psychologie à l’Université de Victoria.
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research Applied Public Health Research Chair in Indigenous Health Knowledge and Information at St. Michael’s Hospital; Director of Well Living House Action Research Centre for Indigenous Infant, Child and Family Health and Wellbeing.
Dr. Ronald Niezen, PhD - Professeur à la Faculté de droit et au département d’anthropologie de la Faculté des Arts de l’Université McGill; Titulaire de la Chaire Katharine A. Pearson en société civile et politiques publiques.
This seminar is accredited by a recognized provider for 4 hours of continuing legal education (CLE).