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Vanessa Gruben
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa
Director, Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics
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Thanks to Tracy Vaillancourt for an amazing presentation on the emerging impacts of social media on youth mental health! #ReframingMentalHealthLaw
ottawahealthlaw.ca uOttawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics @ottawahealthlaw.ca · Oct 3
Just wrapped up today’s #ReframingMentalHealthLaw conference:
Keynote Address by Tracy Vaillancourt (uOttawa) on the emerging impacts of social media on youth mental health—and how we can respond. 🌐🧠 #YouthMentalHealth
October 3, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Registration is now open!
ottawahealthlaw.ca uOttawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics @ottawahealthlaw.ca · Sep 9
Registration open for @OttawaHealthLaw’s Mental Health Law Conference (Oct 2–3)!
Anita Szigeti, Jennifer Chambers (Empowerment Council), & Prof. Ruby Dhand (TRU) will discuss the role of interveners in bringing lived experience to litigation in Session 2.
www.ottawahealthlaw.ca/conferences/...
Reframing Mental Health Law – Emerging Controversies and Cross-Sector Perspectives
Conference @University of Ottawa October 2/3, 2025
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September 9, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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ottawahealthlaw.ca uOttawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics @ottawahealthlaw.ca · Aug 26
Join @ottawahealthlaw.ca Mental Health Law Conf. (Oct2/3). One of our panelists, Tess Sheldon, will discuss the need for an equality lens to challenge structural sanism, focusing on exclusion of mental health from the Canada Health Act.
Registration open: ottawahealthlaw.ca/conferences/mentalhealth
Reframing Mental Health Law – Emerging Controversies and Cross-Sector Perspectives
Conference @University of Ottawa October 2/3, 2025
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August 27, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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ottawahealthlaw.ca uOttawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics @ottawahealthlaw.ca · Jul 20
Join @ottawahealthlaw.ca Oct 2–3 for a national conference: Reframing Mental Health Law: Emerging Controversies and Cross-Sector Perspectives. Keynotes: @Kwame_McKenzie & Dr. Tracy Vaillancourt. Student rates available. Hope to see you there! www.ottawahealthlaw.ca/conferences/...
Reframing Mental Health Law – Emerging Controversies and Cross-Sector Perspectives
Conference @University of Ottawa October 2/3, 2025
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August 14, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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Join @ottawahealthlaw.ca Oct 2–3 for a national conference: Reframing Mental Health Law: Emerging Controversies and Cross-Sector Perspectives. Keynotes: @Kwame_McKenzie & Dr. Tracy Vaillancourt. Student rates available. Hope to see you there! www.ottawahealthlaw.ca/conferences/...
Reframing Mental Health Law – Emerging Controversies and Cross-Sector Perspectives
Conference @University of Ottawa October 2/3, 2025
www.ottawahealthlaw.ca
July 20, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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Justice K. Barnes, Judge of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, delivering an address at #LEPH2025 at uOttawa — hosted by @GLEPHA and @OttawaHealthLaw.

A powerful conversation at the intersection of law and public health.

#LEPH #LawEnforcement #PublicHealth
July 14, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Congratulations @roojinhabibi.org !
ottawahealthlaw.ca uOttawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics @ottawahealthlaw.ca · Jun 17
Congratulations to CHLPE member @roojinhabibi.org on successfully defending her PhD! Her contributions to the field of global health law have been truly impressive, and we look forward to all that she will accomplish in the years to come. 👏🎓 #PhDDefense #CHLPE
June 18, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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Happening today!
ottawahealthlaw.ca uOttawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics @ottawahealthlaw.ca · May 27
Join @ottawahealthlaw and Bruyère Health 9 June 11:30 am for a Zoom webinar: "Health Data at a Crossroads: Integration, Innovation, and Privacy in Canada" with Kumanan Wilson, Fahad Razak, @mgeist.bsky.social, @kimchspr.bsky.social. All welcome! www.ottawahealthlaw.ca/events/healt...
Health Data at a Crossroads
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June 9, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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Don’t miss the CHLPE #SummerInstitute on Mental Health Law, June 16–20!
Thursday afternoon (Jun 19) features Robin Whitehead on MAID & Mental Illness—examining legal and ethical complexities around access, safeguards, and autonomy.
www.ottawahealthlaw.ca/institute
University of Ottawa Summer Institute in Mental Health Law
June 16–20, 2025
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May 20, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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Join the @ottawahealthlaw Summer Institute in Mental Health Law, June 16–20! Engage with leading experts like @vgruben.bsky.social, Sophie Nunnelley, Emmanuelle Bernheim, Robin Whitehead, Barbara von Tigerstrom, Kate Wright, and @paige365.bsky.social. Apply now: www.ottawahealthlaw.ca/institute
University of Ottawa Summer Institute in Mental Health Law
June 16–20, 2025
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May 8, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Registration is still open!
May 6, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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Rejoignez @ottawahealthlaw.ca le 14 mai de 12 h à 15 h HE pour « La psychiatrie dans le civil et dans le pénal : Regards croisés Suisse francophone, Ontario et Québec » avec Cristina Ferreira, Jean-Laurent Domingue et Pierre Pariseau-Legault. www.ottawahealthlaw.ca/events/psych...
La psychiatrie dans le civil et dans le pénal
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May 6, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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ottawahealthlaw.ca uOttawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics @ottawahealthlaw.ca · Apr 23
Don’t miss the CHLPE #SummerInstitute on Mental Health Law, June 16–20!
Wednesday morning (Jun 18) features Barbara von Tigerstrom exploring privacy in mental healthcare: duty to warn, and confidentiality. Balancing rights, risks & relationships. www.ottawahealthlaw.ca/institute
University of Ottawa Summer Institute in Mental Health Law
June 16–20, 2025
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April 24, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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ottawahealthlaw.ca uOttawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics @ottawahealthlaw.ca · Apr 15
Don’t miss the CHLPE #SummerInstitute on Mental Health Law, June 16–20! Tuesday afternoon features Consent & Capacity with Sam Boyle, where we’ll explore CTOs, advance directives, mature minors and navigating capacity in mental healthcare. www.ottawahealthlaw.ca/institute
University of Ottawa Summer Institute in Mental Health Law
June 16–20, 2025
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April 15, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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Come learn with us! Applications now open.
ottawahealthlaw.ca uOttawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics @ottawahealthlaw.ca · Apr 8
Applications are now open for the University of Ottawa Summer Institute in Mental Health Law, running online June 16–20. Designed for a wide range of attendees, no experience or legal training is required. www.ottawahealthlaw.ca/institute
University of Ottawa Summer Institute in Mental Health Law
June 16–20, 2025
www.ottawahealthlaw.ca
April 9, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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Come learn with us!
ottawahealthlaw.ca uOttawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics @ottawahealthlaw.ca · Apr 1
Join us June 16–20 for our #SummerInstitute on Mental Health!
Don’t miss Hospital and Facility Regulation (Tues am) with @paige365.bsky.social, diving into patient rights, involuntary hospitalization & institutional accountability in mental healthcare.
🔗 www.ottawahealthlaw.ca/institute
University of Ottawa Summer Institute in Mental Health Law
June 16–20, 2025
www.ottawahealthlaw.ca
April 2, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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Applications now open!
ottawahealthlaw.ca uOttawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics @ottawahealthlaw.ca · Mar 25
Join us this June (16-20) for our #SummerInstitute on Mental Health! Explore legal + ethical issues in mental healthcare & uncover emerging challenges during the session - Overview of Mental Health Law - with Prof. Jennifer Chandler (@jnfrchandler).
🔗 www.ottawahealthlaw.ca/institute
University of Ottawa Summer Institute in Mental Health Law
June 16–20, 2025
www.ottawahealthlaw.ca
March 25, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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Join us today for "Beyond the Science-Politics Divide in Public Health"!
March 24, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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An important editorial in The Lancet on health care in Canada. Well worth reading.

However it overstates the role of the federal gov't. Ottawa funds less than 25% of health care costs & P/T gov'ts do much more than "administer" the system.
Percentage of Public Health Expenditures Covered by the Canada Health Transfer, 2012-2019 ... from 21% to 23.5%
March 14, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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ottawahealthlaw.ca uOttawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics @ottawahealthlaw.ca · Mar 12
Applications are now open for the University of Ottawa Summer Institute in Mental Health Law, running online June 16–20. Designed for a wide range of attendees, no experience or legal training is required. www.ottawahealthlaw.ca/institute
University of Ottawa Summer Institute in Mental Health Law
June 16–20, 2025
www.ottawahealthlaw.ca
March 14, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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Registration now open!
March 11, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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ottawahealthlaw.ca uOttawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics @ottawahealthlaw.ca · Feb 12
Join @ottawahealthlaw.ca at the University of Ottawa on Tuesday February 25 at 11:30 am–1:00 pm for "Migrant Workers’ Right to Health Care: Lived and Frontline". Featuring Kerian Burnett, Stacey Gomez, Gabriel Allahdua, and Y.Y. Chen. All welcome! www.ottawahealthlaw.ca/events/migrants
Migrant Workers’ Right to Health Care
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February 25, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Canada should stand firm against assault on WHO. In @TheHillTimes, CHLPE member Roojin Habibi highlights why global health governance matters now more than ever. www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/0...
#GlobalHealth #WHO #HealthPolicy
Canada should stand firm against the assault on the World Health Organization
Despite its imperfections, the WHO has delivered historic successes, which are only possible through the concerted efforts of all nations.
www.hilltimes.com
February 12, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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Our brilliant colleague @roojinhabibi.org in the @hilltimes.com on why Canada should stand firm against assault on the WHO.
February 12, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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Join @ottawahealthlaw.ca at the University of Ottawa on Tuesday February 25 at 11:30 am–1:00 pm for "Migrant Workers’ Right to Health Care: Lived and Frontline". Featuring Kerian Burnett, Stacey Gomez, Gabriel Allahdua, and Y.Y. Chen. All welcome! www.ottawahealthlaw.ca/events/migrants
Migrant Workers’ Right to Health Care
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February 12, 2025 at 6:33 PM