O’Byrne/AHFMR Lectures on Law, Medicine and Ethics

The Honourable Mr. Justice Michael O’Byrne/AHFMR Lectures on Law, Medicine and Ethics

The Honourable Mr. Justice Michael O’Byrne, Alberta Heritage Foundation Medical Research Lectures on Law, Medicine and Ethics are funded by the Alberta Heritage Foundation for a yearly Visiting Interdisciplinary Lectureship in the fields of Law, Medicine and Ethics on matters relating to medical and health research.

The Honourable Mr. Justice Michael O’Byrne/AHFMR Lecturer for 1991 was Professor Ian Kennedy, Executive Director, Centre of Medical Law and Ethics, King’s College, University of London. Subsequent Lecturers were:

• Peter Singer, M.D., M.P.H., F.R.C.P.C., F.A.C.P., Associate Director, Centre for Bioethics, University of Toronto • 1995

• Dr. David N. Weisstub, Chairperson for Legal Psychiatry and Biomedical Ethics, University of Montreal • 1996

• Dr. Bartha Knoppers, Faculty of Law, Université dé Montréal • 1997

• Dr. Solomon R. Benatar, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town South Africa • 1999

• Professor Jocelyn Downie, Health Law Institute, Dalhousie University • 2001

• Dr. Mark Rothstein, "Ethical Issues in Genetic Medicine" • 2003

• The Right Honourable Justice Beverley McLachlin, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada • 2005

• Dr. Arthur Schafer, Director of the Centre for Professional and Applied Ethics at the University of Manitoba • 2007

• Dr. Amy McGuire, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Medical Ethics, Centre for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston Texas • 2008

• The Honourable Mr. Justice Frans F. Slatter, Justice of the Court of Appeal of Alberta  • 2009