Day 2 − 2022 Annual Conference on The Right to Dignity in Canadian Law (3:43:45)

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2022

1:00 – 2:30 pm: PANEL FOUR | Reconciliation: Restorative Approaches to Preserving Dignity

Panel Chair

  • Adam O. Letourneau, K.C., Founder & Managing Partner, Letourneau LLP

Speakers

  • Barbara Fallon, Ph.D., Full Professor, Associate Vice-President, Research & Canada Research Chair in Child Welfare, Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto
  • Amber Crowe, Executive Director, Dnaagdawenmag Binnoojiiyag Child and Family Services (DBCFS), Hiawatha, ON

2:30 – 3:45 pm: PANEL FIVE | The Systemic Ableism Within the Context of COVID-19 and Medical Assistance in Dying

Panel Chair

  • The Honourable Justice James W. O’Reilly, Federal Court; Past President, CIAJ

Speakers

  • Michael McNeely, Government Lawyer; Self-Advocacy Instructor, Canadian Helen Keller Centre; Accessibility Consultant and Project Developer, Inside Out
  • Dr. Heidi Janz, Ph.D., Associate Adjunct Professor, John Dossetor Health Ethics Centre, University of Alberta
  • Dr. Nancy Hansen, Ph.D., Associate Professor & Director, Interdisciplinary Master’s Program in Disability Studies, University of Manitoba

4:00 – 5:15 pm: PANEL SIX | Prisoner Justice: Dignity Through Decarceration

Panel Chair

  • Emma Halpern, Executive Director & Manager of Legal Services, Elizabeth Fry Society of Mainland Nova Scotia

Speakers

  • Patricia Whyte, Indigenous Peer Support Worker & Residential Manager, Elizabeth Fry Society of Mainland Nova Scotia
  • Jennifer Metcalfe, Lawyer & Executive Director, Prisoners’ Legal Services/West Coast Prison Justice Society, BC

2022 I  46th Annual Conference on The Right to Dignity in Canadian Law (October 26-28, 2022 in Halifax and Online)