Colleen Flood and Jane Philpott on the principle of accessibility in health care
Join the Canadian Health Coalition’s Anne Lagacé Dowson in conversation with thinkers of each of the 5 principles of the Canada Health Act in a webinar series.
Our next webinar of the series features Colleen Flood and Jane Philpott on the principle of accessibility on June 11 at 7:00 PM EST on Zoom.
Colleen Flood is the Dean of Queen’s University Faculty of Law. Previously, Dr. Flood was a Professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Ottawa and University Research Chair in Health Law and Policy. She was also the Director of the University of Ottawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics. Flood has also served as a Professor at the University of Toronto and Scientific Director of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences.
Jane Philpott is a physician, dean of the Queen’s University Faculty of Health Sciences and director of the Queen’s School of Medicine, and the former Minister of Health. Prior to entering politics, Philpott was a family physician known for promoting medical education in Africa, HIV/AIDS fundraising, refugee advocacy, and her work on the social determinants of health. She is the author of the new book, Health Care for All: A Doctor’s Prescription for a Healthier Canada.
In cased you missed one of our previous webinars, you can watch the webinars on our Youtube channel.
The webinar series will set the stage for the Canada Health Act at 40 Research Roundtable, co-hosted by the Canadian Health Coalition and the University of Ottawa’s Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics, happening on June 20 at the University of Ottawa. Register for the Research Roundtable here.
Tracy Glynn is the National Director of Projects and Operations for the Canadian Health Coalition
