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Episode 72: The Toxic Drug Crisis Podcast Series: The Role of Safer Supply

Dignity, Human Rights – Nov 02, 2023
Three interrelated topics related to the toxic drug crisis will be addressed over the course of three episodes. This second episode focuses on the role of safe supply. Host: Sarah Rowe. Guests: public health researcher and postdoctoral fellow Gillian Kollaand, and addiction medicine physician Sukhpreet Klaire.

Episode 70: The Toxic Drug Crisis Podcast Series: Is Harm Reduction Enough?

Dignity, Human Rights – Sep 21, 2023
Three interrelated topics related to the toxic drug crisis will be addressed over the course of three episodes. This first episode focuses on harm reduction and the impact of stigma on people who use drugs. Host: Sarah Rowe Guests: Dr. Geoff Bardwell and Craig Marshall.

Episode 69: Transgender and Non-Binary Asylum Seekers in Canada

Dignity, Human Rights – Sep 07, 2023
In 1991, Canada was “the first country to accept refugee petitions based on persecution due to sexual orientation or gender identity.” Over the years, recognition of 2SLGBTQIA+ vulnerability has caused the number of sexual orientation and gender identity refugee claims to increase in the country. Does Canada’s identity as a safe haven allow for an easy entry system for these claimants? In this podcast, host Sarah Rowe addresses this question and more with guests Kelly Ernst and Jay De Santi.

Episode 63: Trust and Dignity: What Do Citizens Want and Need in a Modern Justice System?

Access to Justice, Dignity, Human Rights – Feb 02, 2023
In this excerpt from CIAJ's 2022 Conference on dignity, CIAJ Lawyer Nathan Afilalo welcomes Rheanne Scott (Director, Justice and Community Safety, PwC Canada) for a special interactive session including testimonials.

Episode 62: Accessibility and Accommodations in Law Schools

Access to Justice, Dignity, Human Rights – Dec 01, 2022
In this episode, Lan Keenan, President of the Schulich Disability Alliance and JD candidate at Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University, provides an overview of accessibility and accommodation issues and solutions in law schools.

Episode 37: With the Best of Intentions: Are Courts and Tribunals Really Providing Accessible Service to People With Disabilities?

Access to Justice, Human Rights – Nov 04, 2021
Are courts and tribunals really providing accessible service to people with disabilities? Michael Gottheil, Chief of the Commission and Tribunals of the Alberta Human Rights Commission, and Michael McNeely, Family Lawyer at Rogerson Law Group and first deaf-blind lawyer to graduate from Osgoode Hall Law School at York University, are seeking to answer this question in the third and last episode of our series on disability.

Episode 35: Disability Inclusion: Access to Administrative Justice, Post-Secondary Education and Community Activism

Access to Justice, Human Rights – Oct 21, 2021
In this episode, Laverne Jacobs, a professor at the University of Windsor Faculty of Law and a person with physical disabilities, interviews Michael McNeely, who is the first deaf-blind lawyer to graduate from Osgoode Hall Law School at York University.

Episode 34: Barriers to Access to Administrative Justice for People with Disabilities

Access to Justice, Human Rights – Oct 14, 2021
In this episode, Professor Emeritus Philip Bryden meets with human rights advocate and accessibility consultant Michael McNeely to discuss barriers to access to administrative justice for people with disabilities.

Episode 32: Dignity Part VIII

Access to Justice, Dignity, Human Rights – Sep 23, 2021
An eight-part series on dignity. In this eighth episode, we will be exploring the impact of medical aid in dying legislation on people with cognitive conditions.

Episode 31: Dignity Part VII

Access to Justice, Dignity, Human Rights – Sep 16, 2021
An eight-part series on dignity. In this seventh episode, we will be exploring how the concept of dignity, mental illness and medical aid in dying interrelate.

Episode 30: Dignity Part VI

Access to Justice, Dignity, Human Rights – Sep 09, 2021
An eight-part series on dignity. In this sixth episode, we will be exploring the connection between the concept of dignity and mental illness.

Episode 29: Dignity Part V

Access to Justice, Dignity, Human Rights – Aug 31, 2021
An eight-part series on dignity. In this fifth episode, we will be exploring what changes were made to medical aid in dying legislation from Bill C-14 to Bill C-7.

Episode 28: Dignity Part IV

Access to Justice, Dignity, Human Rights – Aug 17, 2021
An eight-part series on dignity. In this fourth episode, we will be exploring the concept of dignity and the history of medical aid in dying (MAID) legislation and jurisprudence.

Episode 27: Institutions and A2J: From Barriers to Open Doors

Access to Justice, Administrative Law, Human Rights, Indigenous Peoples – Jun 30, 2021
In this episode, Senior Legal Counsel Athanasios Hadjis welcomes Professor Patricia M. Barkaskas, who presents some conclusions of CIAJ's 2021 National Roundtable on Administrative Law entitled "All the Voices We Don't Hear."

Episode 26: Testimony of a Human Rights Advocate With Lived Experience of Disability

Access to Justice, Administrative Law, Human Rights – Jun 23, 2021
In this episode, Professor Philip Bryden, TransCanada Chair in Administrative and Regulatory Law at the University of Alberta Faculty of Law is interviewing lawyer, human rights advocate, and accessibility consultant Michael McNeely, on his own experience with the justice system as a deaf-blind person.

Episode 11: Dignity Part III

Access to Justice, Dignity, Human Rights – Feb 25, 2021
An eight-part series on dignity. In this third and last episode, we will be exploring how the judiciary should address the impact of systemic discrimination and oppression, as well as indignity, on an individual’s ability to access end-of-life ethics.

Episode 10: Dignity Part II

Access to Justice, Dignity, Human Rights – Feb 18, 2021
An eight-part series on dignity. In this second episode, we will be looking at the current landscape of dignity in the judiciary, namely in jurisprudence, the impact of systemic discrimination and oppression on dying with dignity, as well as the current legislation and short-comings of end-of-life ethics.

Episode 9: Dignity Part I

Access to Justice, Dignity, Human Rights – Feb 11, 2021
An eight-part series on dignity. In this first episode, we will be exploring whether dignity exists in the Canadian constitution, what the working definition of dignity entails, and how we explore dignity in an academic and legal context.