McGill Journal of Law and Health Podcast McGill Journal of Law and Health

In this episode, editors Sonia Hajo, Hailey Laxer and Faye Nikolettos invite guests Lisa Teryl, Senior Legal Counsel at Teryl Scott Lawyers Inc in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and Bibhas Vaze, barrister at Bibhas Vaze Law Corporation working in Vancouver, British Columbia, to discuss some aspects of health care in the Canadian correctional system from a defendant's perspective. Stay tuned for Part 2!

Here, we discuss a very interesting question, do we own the rights to our own cells? Prof. Richard Gold helps answer some questions relating to our rights over our own excised tissues, and the legal and ethical implications of using these tissues, touching upon notions of intellectual property and patents.

In this episode of the McGill Journal of Law and Health Podcast Series, Hailey Laxer invites guests Me Miriam Clouthier, associate at IMK and Chris Macleod, lawyer at Cambridge LLP and Chair of the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Treatment Society, to discuss the PMPRB – the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board – and how the recent proposed reforms to the PMPRB affect the pharmaceutical industry in Canada and access to medications, particularly, concerning innovative therapies for Canadian patients.

In a Special 40th Charter Anniversary episode, McGill Journal of Law and Health Editor, Catherine Dunne, and McGill Law Journal Editor, Hanna Rioseco, interviewed Professor Martha Jackman of the University of Ottawa on the status of the Right to Health in Canada. They discussed the evolution of section 7 and section 15 and contemporary legal challenges to realizing the Right to Health in Canada. 



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In this episode, Sonia and Catherine discuss the ongoing criminalization of HIV non-disclosure in Canada with Richard Elliott, who has been a prominent advocate and expert in HIV, human rights and health law and policy for over twenty years. They discussed how HIV is criminalized within Canada's legal framework, common myths and misconceptions that contribute to stigma and discrimination for people living with HIV, and how HIV criminalization creates barriers to the realization of human rights for all. 

In this episode, Hailey and Sonia interviewed Dr. Nicholas B. King about health ethics and the law. Dr. King shared insights related to the ethics of requiring COVID-19 vaccination for medical procedures, like organ transplants, the ethics of vaccine distribution and pandemic resources, as well as the evolving ethics surrounding artificial intelligence, technology and health.