Is MAID (Medical Assistance in Dying) the new eugenics?
The University of Manitoba RADY Faculty of Health Sciences invites you to join them for the following panel discussions presented by the College of Rehabilitation Sciences.
Date: Wednesday, March 1
Time: 12:00 – 3:30 p.m. CST (2:00 - 5:30 p.m. AST, 2:30 pm - 6:00 pm in NL)
Format: Presented via Zoom
No registration or fees required
The Zoom Meeting can be accessed at the link below
https://lnkd.in/gGqDjyUd...
Meeting ID: 665 6570 2686 | Passcode: 844340
PANEL ONE:
MAID IS NOT THE FINAL SOLUTION FOR A BROKEN SOCIAL SYSTEM
Moderator: Dr. Reg Urbanowski, professor and dean, College of Rehabilitation Sciences, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba
Panelists:
The Honourable Marilou McPhedran, C.M.,
Senator, human rights lawyer, professor, activist
Courchene, Elder and Knowledge Keeper, Sagkeeng Anicinabe First Nation
Alicia-Ann Pauld, activist, writer, artist
Professor Ameil J. Joseph, Faculty of Social Work and Faculty of Social Sciences, McMaster University
PANEL TWO: IS MAID THE NEW EUGENICS?
Human Rights Obligations to Prevent and Protect Against Inequality and Vulnerability
Moderator: Professor Mary J. Shariff,
Faculty of Law, University of Manitoba
Panelists:
Krista Carr, Executive Director of Inclusion Canada
Kerri Joffe, Human Rights Lawyer, ARCH Disability Law Centre
Professor Emerita Catherine Frazee, Disability Studies,
Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson)
Professor Trudo Lemmens, Faculty of Law and Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
Event Summary
This event is intended to raise awareness and challenge current perceptions and paradigms surrounding Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) in Canada, in order to explore whether and how MAID is negatively impacting and jeopardizing the lives of historically marginalized groups, including disabled people, older persons and Indigenous, Black and racialized peoples.
This event seeks to examine MAID through the lenses of ableism, ageism, colonialism and other forms of discrimination through a discussion of lived experiences and an examination of the human rights dimensions of those experiences as they intersect with Canadian MAID policy, law and practice. It will help people to critically consider MAID in the context of support for “assistance in living” and the impact the lack of support or means to address – for example, poverty, inadequate housing, social isolation (and other social determinants of health) – can have on a wish or request to die.
Event flyer can be accessed here: MAID (Medical Assistance in Dying) social inequalities and structural vulnerabilities: why it matters
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