Health Law The Head of the Bio Ethics Department at SickKids is 3 students Ethics seeking 3 students to co-author academic papers Background in Bioethics/ Legal research and and posters on the following topics: Philosophy/Biology/Ethics writing Milk banks legal and ethical issues preferred – associated with human milk banks - issues Course in Health Law such as who should and should not have preferred (indicate if you access to the milk, cultural implications of have taken this course, or giving milk from another woman to one’s will be taking it during baby, legal implications of donating milk if Winter semester) milk might be at risk ie. if one has a Interest in Health Law communicable disease Genetics Genome Sequencing and – Consent Review of guidelines in other – jurisdictions re nature of the consent, how address issue of incidental findings. Explore whether or not there is a duty to re-contact patients when current understanding of genetics test results are different from the one patient was given in the past (c ) Framework for funding very expensive off label medications when no options left for – treating child for example with cancer and physician would like to try off label use of very expensive drug and ethical – issues to consider for hospital, physician, patient. RANK Nunavut Human Rights Tribunal: Review of NHRT Decisions Project Area of Law & Description # Students & Type of Project Qualifications Human Rights The student will review, select, summarize and 1 student Legal research and redact representative NHRT decision to illustrate a Interest in human rights or writing variety of human rights or administrative law issues administrative law is an asset that have appeared before the Tribunal. The student will help develop the criteria for selection, which may require research into the appropriate balance between privacy and the public’s right to transparent proceedings. The student may also compare the Rules of Procedure of the NHRT to those of the OHRT and BCHR, and suggest potential revisions, if time permits. RANK Immigration and Refugee Detention Centers Project (IRDC) Area of Law & Description # Students & Type of Project Qualifications Immigration and The student will deliver a pre-approved presentation 6 UY students who have Refugee Law in teams of two, to detainees at detention centres taken or are currently taken
Health Law Ethics Legal research and writing The Head of the Bio Ethics Department at SickKids is seeking 3 students to co-author academic papers and posters on the following topics: Milk banks – legal and ethical issues associated with human milk banks - issues such as who should and should not have access to the milk, cultural implications of giving milk from another woman to one’s baby, legal implications of donating milk if milk might be at risk ie. if one has a communicable disease Genetics – Genome Sequencing and Consent – Review of guidelines in other jurisdictions re nature of the consent, how address issue of incidental findings. Explore whether or not there is a duty to re-contact patients when current understanding of genetics test results are different from the one patient was given in the past (c ) Framework for funding very expensive off label medications – when no options left for treating child for example with cancer and physician would like to try off label use of very expensive drug – and ethical issues to consider for hospital, physician, patient. 3 students Background in Bioethics/ Philosophy/Biology/Ethics preferred Course in Health Law preferred (indicate if you have taken this course, or will be taking it during Winter semester) Interest in Health Law RANK Nunavut Human Rights Tribunal: Review of NHRT Decisions Project Area of Law & Type of Project Description # Students & Qualifications Human Rights Legal research and writing The student will review, select, summarize and redact representative NHRT decision to illustrate a variety of human rights or administrative law issues that have appeared before the Tribunal. The student will help develop the criteria for selection, which may require research into the appropriate balance between privacy and the public’s right to transparent proceedings. The student may also compare the Rules of Procedure of the NHRT to those of the OHRT and BCHR, and suggest potential revisions, if time permits. 1 student Interest in human rights or administrative law is an asset RANK Immigration and Refugee Detention Centers Project (IRDC) Area of Law & Type of Project Description # Students & Qualifications Immigration and Refugee Law The student will deliver a pre-approved presentation in teams of two, to detainees at detention centres 6 UY students who have taken or are currently taken
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