Health Law Institute
In 1977 Justice Ellen Picard launched the Faculty of Law’s Health Law Institute (HLI), establishing the very first research institute in Canada in the health law field.
Over the past four decades it has evolved from a resource center, to an internationally recognized centre for evidence based health law and science policy research, and is fittingly home to several of Canada's leading health law scholars, including Professors Timothy Caulfield, Gerald Roberston, Peter Carver, Erin Nelson, and Ubaka Ogbogu, among others. To read more, click here.
Timothy Caulfield; Health Law and Policy; Biotechnology and Science Policy; Bioethics
Erin Nelson; Health Law; Health Care Ethics; Health Policy; Women's Health Law and Policy; Reproductive Health Law and Policy; Tort Law
Ubaka Ogbogu; Health Law and Science Policy Studies, Law and Bioethics, Legal History of Science/Medicine, Pharmacy Law and Ethics, and the Law of Torts
Alessandro Marcon; Bioethics; Health Communications; Social Media
Blake Murdoch; Health Law and Policy; Bioethics; Science Policy
Robyn Hyde-Lay
Executive Director
Phone: 780-492-7577
Email: rhydelay@ualberta.ca
Candice Kozak
Research Administrative Coordinator
Phone: 780-492-6127
Email: hliadmin@ualberta.ca
Mailing address:
Health Law Institute
Office 470, Faculty of Law
University of Alberta, Edmonton AB T6G 2H5
Quick Links
News and Media
Science Up First
25 January 2021
#ScienceUpFirst is a social media movement developed by a team of independent scientists, health care providers and science communicators to stop the spread of misinformation around COVID-19. Our goal is to put science first and we need your help!
Canada SynBio 2024
27 September 2024
Timothy Caulfield is the Keynote Speaker for the 2024 Canada SynBio - Canada’s premier engineering biology event - and will take place in Toronto on October 7-9 https://www.canadasynbio.ca/
CBC Listen: Day 6 How vaccine misinformation became entrenched in Canadian politics
27 September 2024
In a video released this week by the B.C. NDP, B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad says he regrets getting COVID-19 vaccines and that vaccine mandates were at least partly about "shaping opinion and control of the population." Timothy Caulfield, research director of the Health Law Institute at the University of Alberta, says this is just one example of the way vaccine misinformation has become entrenched in Canadian politics.
CBC Listen Just Asking with Saroja Coelho: How to talk about conspiracy theories with friends and family
21 September 2024
Our guest expert answer your questions about how to talk to your friends and family about conspiracy theories. Timothy Caulfield
Speakers Spotlight: Timothy Caulfield on the Allure of Pseudoscience and How to Break its Spell
20 September 2024
What is the wildest health propaganda out there today? You can bet we asked the master debunker of health misinformation himself, Professor Timothy Caulfield, when he joined us “Inside Our Boardroom”.
Current Research
The interdisciplinary research conducted by the Health Law Institute is funded by a number of organizations.
Current research projects include:
Publications
Health Law Journals
From 1991-2014 the Health Law Institute produced quarterly publications. These -- specifically the Health Law Journal and Health Law Review - have contributed significantly to the development and discussion of Canadian health law and science policy, and have served as invaluable resources for entities such as the Supreme Court of Canada, as well as publication outlets for a broad range of legal scholars. Quarterly issues are archived on this site and are available via institutional libraries.
Health Law Journal
Health Law Review
