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The Welfare of Future Children: Reproductive Ethics and Disability Screening, Rebecca Bennett. In a 1927 United States Supreme Court decision about forced sterilization of a woman deemed to be intellectually disabled in Virginia, Justice Oliver Wende

Happy to see my book review of The welfare of future children: reproductive ethics and disability screening, Rebecca Bennett, London, Bloomsbury Academic, 2025, paperback, pp. , £17.99. ISBN 978-1-3503-4435-8. The book review is published in the Medical Law Review doi.org/10.1093/medl...

Alice opened doors for many of us. I am very shocked and sad. My sincere condolences to Alice's family, friends and colleagues.

<em>Population and Development Review</em> | Population Council Journal | Wiley Online Library This study examines the relationship between fertility and social policies across countries within the European Union. Using European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) data f...

Pleased to see our paper on fertility responses to benefit generosity and universalism published in Population and Development Review doi.org/10.1111/padr...
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Canada's loss of measles-free status a setback, but 'reversible': health official | CBC

This is not unexpected but still very disappointing and disturbing. I hope this will prompt much needed (but most likely difficult) conversations about misinformation, funding for public health, and vaccination records. Our actions affect the whole region (and beyond).
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Grieving families' despair at care home inspection gaps BBC finds a fifth of care homes rated "inadequate" were not reinspected within a year or more.

Very thoughtful article about lack of inspections of care homes by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) in England. Something is wrong when a regulator - any regulator - let a service provider uninspected for a long time. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Peter Townsend Prize The Peter Townsend Prize, worth £1,000, is awarded biennially for outstanding work with policy relevance on a topic to which Townsend made a major contribution.

🏆 Congratulations to Lucy Series on winning the 2025 Peter Townsend Prize from the British Academy for her book Deprivation of Liberty in the Shadows of the Institution, part of the Law, Society, Policy series.

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Not happy about this at all. But can we please stop calling it child porn? If a short form is needed, how about CSAEM (child sexual abuse + exploitation material)? True, the SCC was dealing with the offence of child pornography before it was amended to CSAEM, but "porn" unnecessarily diminishes it.

"Recognising care as something universal and with legal protections (e.g. paid care leave) will help." ... "Care is inevitable; political failure need not be."

The UCP’s use of the NWS clause to end the teachers strike is sinking in. This is a terrible precedent for *all* groups with protected rights. Why would the government ever not use s 33 now in any case where they can’t make a credible s 1 argument?

Say goodbye to rent control, indefinite leases if Ontario passes housing proposal: advocates | CBC News Ontario's planned new housing legislation could open the door to ending rent control and indefinite leases across the province, advocates warn after a recent proposal by Premier Doug Ford's government...

Bill 60, if passed, will make it even more difficult for renters in ON. “Only in Doug Ford’s Ontario can hard-working renters in good standing be able to count on just a one-year lease, while a foreign spa company at Ontario Place gets a guarantee for 99.” www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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Ontario bill would look at ‘alternative options’ for ending residential leases, scrap Toronto green roof bylaw. Here are the highlights The Ford government has tabled an omnibus bill that would make changes to a whole suite of laws and regulations, from green roofs to tenant evictions and driver’s licences.

Ontario bill would look at so called ‘alternative options’ for ending 'evergreen' residential leases. This will make the rental market even more unaffordable. ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti... check out govt's technical briefing: news.ontario.ca/assets/files...

Using ‘integration’ to silence culturally specific care - Healthy Debate When culturally specific care is allowed to vanish under another name, we all lose a piece of the commons we rely on.

📣Thought-provoking article. "When immigrant and racialized communities’ needs are dismissed as “special treatment” rather than essential care, we normalize exclusion. We allow health systems to treat some health needs as optional." healthydebate.ca/2025/10/topi...

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Many autistic students are denied a full education — here’s what we need for inclusive schools Integrating autistic students fully and meaningfully in classrooms is important for their education, for broader classrooms as well as for families’ employment security and well-being.

Many autistic students are denied a full education — here’s what we need for inclusive schools. theconversation.com/many-autisti...

Commentary on the proposed federal Safe Long-Term Care Act: Between over-regulation and under-enforcement? Contributed by Poland Lai, PhD Introduction  The purpose of this blog post is to provide a brief update on the development of a federal Safe Long-Term Care Act. Long Term Care (LTC) homes, als…

New Blog Post: “Commentary on the proposed federal Safe Long-Term Care Act: Between over-regulation and under-enforcement?” As of Sept 2025, the Federal government has not introduced the Safe Long-Term Care Act. Thx @sshrc-crsh.canada.ca mjlh.mcgill.ca/2025/10/08/p...

Commentary on the proposed federal Safe Long-Term Care Act: Between over-regulation and under-enforcement? Contributed by Poland Lai, PhD Introduction  The purpose of this blog post is to provide a brief update on the development of a federal Safe Long-Term Care Act. Long Term Care (LTC) homes, als…

New blog: Under the Trudeau government, the Minister of Health and the Minister of Seniors were mandated to develop national long-term care standards and a Safe Long-Term Care Act. As of Sept 2025, the Federal government has not introduced the Safe Long-Term Care Act. mjlh.mcgill.ca/2025/10/08/p...

'She doesn't get another childhood': The lives on hold waiting for wheelchairs More than a thousand disabled children are waiting for wheelchairs and equipment that could transform their lives, Whizz Kidz say

News from UK: This story really speaks to me. As a former carer, I know the importance of assistive devices for disabled people. I also have first hand experience of pushing a wheelchair around for hours. The exhaustion is real. Your shoulder and back can hurt a lot. www.bbc.com/news/article...

This is the 4th and final post in our series on the Dickson case; this one examines the dissent on ss 25 and 15 of the Charter. While it appears to flow from concerns about gender equality, @roberthamilton.bsky.social, @jwatsonhamilton.bsky.social and I are critical of the dissent's approach.

Can MMR vaccines cause autism? In 1998, concerns were raised about a possible link between the MMR vaccine and autism. Since then, many large, high-quality studies have shown the vaccine is safe. Here’s what the evidence says.

"In 1998, concerns were raised about a possible link between the MMR vaccine and autism. Since then, many large, high-quality studies have shown the vaccine is safe. Here’s what the evidence says."
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"Wastewater and other disease indicators for COVID-19 are beginning to increase in parts of Canada, infectious disease physicians say, as students and teachers return to school and people begin to congregate indoors more often. "https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/covid-september-2025-1.7632962

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How do we build a caring economy? - Transforming Society Anne Gray, author of 'Radical Approaches to the Care Crisis', argues that Britain’s care crisis demands a well-funded, community-based, not-for-profit system that values paid carers, supports unpaid…

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