Today Sajneet and Ilesh sit down with John and Annika to discuss how accessing gender affirming care works, and break down some (of the many) issues that arise in the process.

In this episode, Editor Nada Farag and Dr. Ma'n Zawati - Research Director at the Centre of Genomics and Policy, discuss the ethical and legal challenges of crowdsourced data from Mobile Health (mHealth) applications. The use of mHealth applications that collect sensitive user data is growing rapidly. From the advent of AI to privacy and consent concerns - this episode explores the greatest challenges posed by crowdsourced data collection from mHealth apps.

In episode 10 of Covid Conversations, Catherine Dunne spoke with Dr. Eccleston-Turner, a lecturer in Law at Keele University. Dr. Eccleston-Turner's research focuses on the field of pandemic influenza preparedness and access to vaccines, and the law of international organizations in the context of global health.

In this episode, Catherine and Dr. Eccleston-Turner discussed global disparities with respect to vaccine procurement. They explored the limitations and opportunities of a TRIPS waiver and technology transfer within the current economic and legal frameworks to decrease vaccine inequality around the world. 

In this episode, editor Faye Nikolettos and Dr. Schwarcz - host of the Dr. Joe Show and Director of the Office for Science and Society, demystify the disclosure, disposal, and 'hazards' in everyday beauty products.

In this episode, editors Sonia Hajo, Hailey Laxer and Faye Nikolettos invite guests Lisa Teryl, Senior Legal Counsel at Teryl Scott Lawyers Inc in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and Bibhas Vaze, barrister at Bibhas Vaze Law Corporation working in Vancouver, British Columbia, to discuss some aspects of health care in the Canadian correctional system from a defendant's perspective. Stay tuned for Part 2!

Here, we discuss a very interesting question, do we own the rights to our own cells? Prof. Richard Gold helps answer some questions relating to our rights over our own excised tissues, and the legal and ethical implications of using these tissues, touching upon notions of intellectual property and patents.

In this episode of the McGill Journal of Law and Health Podcast Series, Hailey Laxer invites guests Me Miriam Clouthier, associate at IMK and Chris Macleod, lawyer at Cambridge LLP and Chair of the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Treatment Society, to discuss the PMPRB – the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board – and how the recent proposed reforms to the PMPRB affect the pharmaceutical industry in Canada and access to medications, particularly, concerning innovative therapies for Canadian patients.

In a Special 40th Charter Anniversary episode, McGill Journal of Law and Health Editor, Catherine Dunne, and McGill Law Journal Editor, Hanna Rioseco, interviewed Professor Martha Jackman of the University of Ottawa on the status of the Right to Health in Canada. They discussed the evolution of section 7 and section 15 and contemporary legal challenges to realizing the Right to Health in Canada. 

Check out the rest of the McGill Law Journal's episodes on their website or wherever you get your podcasts. 

In this episode, Sonia and Catherine discuss the ongoing criminalization of HIV non-disclosure in Canada with Richard Elliott, who has been a prominent advocate and expert in HIV, human rights and health law and policy for over twenty years. They discussed how HIV is criminalized within Canada's legal framework, common myths and misconceptions that contribute to stigma and discrimination for people living with HIV, and how HIV criminalization creates barriers to the realization of human rights for all. 

In this episode, Hailey and Sonia interviewed Dr. Nicholas B. King about health ethics and the law. Dr. King shared insights related to the ethics of requiring COVID-19 vaccination for medical procedures, like organ transplants, the ethics of vaccine distribution and pandemic resources, as well as the evolving ethics surrounding artificial intelligence, technology and health.