Professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa
Welcome and Opening Remarks “Best Brain Consultation: Improving Chronic Disease Management and Prevention with Electronic Health Records”, Hosted by: CIHR Institute of Health Services and Policy Research and the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care e-Health Team. February 4, 2008, Toronto, Ontario.
Sustainability, quality, and accessibility are vital questions in Canadian health care. All Canadian governments, concerned about the growing share of the public budget absorbed by health care, are questioning the sustainability of the present system. How can we maintain and improve access to health care services of appropriate quality while ensuring sustainability? If there is one consolation to Canadian governments as they wrestle with the future of Medicare, it is...
This edition draws together the legal and policy issues that are relevant to human health, sheds new light on emerging and continuing trends, and serves as a resource for anyone seeking an understanding of the developing and critical issues in health law and policy.
Invited speaker to conference on health services research, hosted by the Health Council of the Netherlands /Advisory Council on Health Research. The topic of the conference was the communication between researchers and users of knowledge such as policy makers and health care professionals. January 22-23, 2008, the Netherlands.
Opening remarks for Access to Care Research Synthesis Workshop, hosted by: Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Conference of Provincial and Territorial Deputy Ministers of Health and Health Canada. January 15, 2008, Toronto, Ontario.
Opening remarks at the “Of What Difference: Reflections on the Judgment and Abortion in Canada Today” symposium to mark the 20th Anniversary of R v. Morgentaler, sponsored by the Faculty of Law, University of Toronto and the National Abortion Federation at the University of Toronto. January 25, 2008, Toronto, Ontario.
Presentation on “Courts vs. Medicare” for the Dr. Duncan G. Sinclair Lectureship in Health Services and Policy Research at Queen’s University, November 26, 2007, Kingston, Ontario.
Plenary presentation at The World Affairs Forum at the Stamford, CT Campus of the University of Connecticut “Universal Health Care—What Other Countries Do”. November 14, 2007, Stamford, Connecticut, USA.
Plenary presenter on “Building on the Evidence – Putting Healthcare Innovations to Work (Lessons learned from Europe)”, sponsored by Hospital Employees’ Union. November 6, 2007, Vancouver, British Columbia.
