Canada Says It ’s Un‐Freezing Protestors’ Accounts. The Controversy Isn’t Going Away.
Walter OlsonThe government of Canada on Wednesdayrevoked its invocation of the Emergencies Act, under which it had acted to financially incapacitate, by freezing bank and payments accounts, persons associated with protests that had disrupted the capital Ottawa and other locations for weeks. Two days earlier it had prevailed in a Parliamentary vote sustaining its use of the Act, with the leftist New Democratic Party coming to the aid of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ’s Liberal Party. The payments freeze, along with a suspension of some other liberties, had raised an outcry both at home and abroad. (See last week...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - February 25, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Walter Olson Source Type: blogs
Legal Redress for Persons with Disabilities in Pandemic Situation
Chidi Oguamanam (University of Ottawa), Legal Redress for Persons with Disabilities in Pandemic Situation, SSRN (2021): In normal times, persons with disabilities are most vulnerable. They struggle to function through diverse states of inequality in relation to others. As its... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - February 12, 2022 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
National Focal Points and Implementation of the International Health Regulations
Kumanan Wilson (University of Ottawa), Sam Halabi (University of Missouri), Helge Hollmeyer (World Health Organization), Lawrence O. Gostin (Georgetown University), David P. Fidler (Indiana University), Corinne Packer (University of Ottawa), Lindsay A. Wilson (University of Ottawa), Ronald Labont é (University of... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - January 30, 2022 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Striving For Perfection, Rather Than Excellence, Can Kill Creativity
By Emily Reynolds
Perfectionism can be a useful trait: striving always to do better, perfectionists may be more likely to thrive academically or accomplish other achievements. But it comes with downsides, too: links with suicidal ideation, burnout, and reduced engagement at work.
One common critique of perfectionism is that it kills creativity, and it’s this question Jean-Christophe Goulet-Pelletier and team from the University of Ottawa, Ontario, explore in a paper in the British Journal of Psychology. They find that shooting for greatness, rather than perfection, can lead to higher creativity and increased o...
Source: BPS RESEARCH DIGEST - November 24, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: BPS Research Digest Tags: Creativity Personality Source Type: blogs
Living in an Era of Emerging Pandemics
Christopher Zambakari, Rajan Menon (City College of New York), Robert Sanders, Ian Scoones (University of Sussex), Michele Nori (European University Institute), Gregory E. Kaebnick, Nina Burleigh, Suresh Kumar(University of Delhi), Rose Jaji, Richard Atimniraye Nyelade (University of Ottawa), Andrew Enaifoghe(University... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - October 1, 2021 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Towards a New Intergovernmental Agreement on Early Pandemic Management
Michael Da Silva (University of Ottawa), Maxime St-Hilaire (University of Sherbrooke), Towards a New Intergovernmental Agreement on Early Pandemic Management, Nat ’l J. Const. L. (Special Issue) (2021): The Canadian response to COVID-19 produced several problems that are at least partially... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - July 6, 2021 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Health technology assessment and judicial deference to priority-setting decisions in healthcare: Quasi-experimental analysis of right-to-health litigation in Brazil
Daniel Wang (Funda ção Getulio Vargas Law School), Natalia Pires de Vasconcelos (Yale University), Mathieu Poirier (University of Ottawa), Ana Chieffi, Cauê Mônaco (Centro Universitário), Lathika Sritharan (University of Ottawa), Susan Rogers Van Katwyk, Steven Hoffman (York University), Health technology assessm ent... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - March 5, 2021 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
The Right of Citizens Abroad to Return During a Pandemic
Yves LeBouthillier (University of Ottawa), Delphine Nakache (University of Ottawa), The Right of Citizens Abroad to Return During a Pandemic, The Law, Policy& Ethics of Covid-19 (2020): To prevent the spread of COVID-19 Canada has, like most other states,... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - January 24, 2021 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Fragmented Law & Fragmented Lives: Canada ’s Mental Health Care System
Colleen M. Flood (University of Ottawa), Bryan Thomas (University of Toronto), Fragmented Law& Fragmented Lives: Canada ’s Mental Health Care System, Law& Mind: Mental Health Law and Policy in Canada (2017): This chapter focuses on the role of law... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - December 31, 2020 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
COVID-19 in Canada: The Division of Powers Over Quarantine and Borders
David Robitaille (University of Ottawa), COVID-19 in Canada: The Division of Powers Over Quarantine and Borders, Nat. J. of Const. L. (2020-21, Forthcoming): The Canadian Constitution rests on the principle of federalism and its underlying principles of coordinated interpretation, balance... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - August 21, 2020 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
The Role of the Defense Attorney in Relation to Biological Interventions As Rehabilitative Strategies
We present a qualitative analysis, employing semi-structured interviews and grounded theory, on the perceptions... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - August 21, 2020 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Diets, Diseases, and Discourse: Lessons from COVID-19 for Trade in Wildlife, Public Health, and Food Systems Reform
Angela Lee (Ryerson University), Adam Houston (University of Ottawa), Diets, Diseases, and Discourse: Lessons from COVID-19 for Trade in Wildlife, Public Health, and Food Systems Reform, Forthcoming in Food Ethics (2020): The COVID-19 pandemic has brought to light significant failures... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - August 20, 2020 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Privacy, Ethics, and Contact-tracing Apps
Teresa Scassa (University of Ottawa), Jason Millar (Stanford University), Kelly Bronson, Privacy, Ethics, and Contact-tracing Apps, SSRN: Data and analytics are being enlisted to play a role in understanding and preventing the spread of COVID-19. This chapter focuses on digital... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - August 19, 2020 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Deleting Health Research Data Under the GDPR and the Law of Confidence of England and Wales
Khaled El Emam (University of Ottawa), Ruth Boardman, Phil Bradley-Schmieg, Deleting Health Research Data Under the GDPR and the Law of Confidence of England and Wales, SSRN: Health researchers and public health professionals need to understand when they have to... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - August 18, 2020 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Pandemic Data Sharing: How the Canadian Constitution Turned Into a Suicide Pact
Amir Attaran (University of Ottowa), Adam Houston (University of Ottowa), Pandemic Data Sharing: How the Canadian Constitution Turned Into a Suicide Pact, Vulnerable: The Policy, Law and Ethics of COVID-19, University of Ottawa Press, Forthcoming (2020): For decades, public health... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - July 20, 2020 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
