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About the Section

The purpose of this Section is:

(a) to review developing privacy legislation in Canada, to advise on such legislation, to promote the harmonization of such legislation and to consider and discuss all related subjects;

(b) to facilitate the exchange of information and ideas on privacy matters, including international developments in privacy law, among members of the legal profession, the federal, provincial and territorial governments, the judiciary and the Canadian public;

(c) to organize lectures and seminars relating to privacy law in Canada; and

(d) to promote and undertake research on privacy law and related matters.”

Privacy Law Chair

Elizabeth A. Kelly
Cox & Palmer
502-570 Queen St
PO Box 1445 Stn A
Fredericton NB  E3B 5G2

Phone: (506) 457-2797    
Fax: (506) 451-2113
ekelly@coxandpalmer.com

PUBLIC DIALOGUE - OCT 3 2007


Sacred Trust: Safeguarding Personal

Health Information in New Brunswick

Personal Health Information (PHI) and the

Electronic Health Record (EHR)

A National Right to Know Week Public Seminar

Date and time: Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007 – 7:00 pm

Place: Room 2, UNB Law Faculty, 41 Dineen Drive, Fredericton

The Event:

7:00 pm Welcome and introductions by moderator Philip Bryden, Dean of Law, UNB.

7:10 pm The Honorable Mike Murphy, Minister of Health: The Electronic Health Record: Promises and Challenges

7:30 pm Panel on Personal Health Information:

  • Bernard Richard, Ombudsman
  • Catherine Lahey, Chair, CBA-NB Health Law Section
  • Professor David Townsend, UNB Law Faculty

8:15 pm Question Period and Wrap up

9:00 pm Reception/Coffee

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This is a Free Public event, followed by an informal reception.

Presented by the Canadian Bar Association – NB Branch’s Privacy and Health Law Sections, the UNB Faculty of Law and the Office of the Ombudsman

For more information please contact Christian Whalen with the Office of the Ombudsman christian.r.whalen@gnb.ca, Co-Chairs of the CBA-NB Privacy and Technology Law Section, Elizabeth (Betsy) Kelly, Ekelly@coxandpalmer.com or Heather Hobart heather.hobart@gnb.ca, or Professor David Townsend, UNB Faculty of Law townsend@unb.ca.


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