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Machine M.D.

Machine M.D.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) will rapidly transform our healthcare system. Already AI devices and applications are being used to support patients in prevention and health promotion, track patient data, triage care, scan medical images, diagnose disease, and make treatment decisions. At the same, there is great uncertainty as to whether Canada’s legal and governance structures are equipped to address the diverse concerns raised by AI health technologies. This projects seeks to create a set of policy options for the optimal governance of AI technologies in healthcare. The project is a collaboration between scholars, innovators, decision-makers, and medical personnel across a number of different countries.

Vaccine Passports – Legal and Policy Issues

Vaccine Passports – Legal and Policy Issues

COVID-19 vaccine passports/certificates are being deployed in different contexts across the world. But uncertainty about the ethics and legality of their use continues to vex the public and policy makers, with Canada as no exception. This project aims to investigate and advise on legal and policy issues around vaccine passports' rationale and design, the government's proper role in regulating them, and persistent concerns over privacy, equity, liberty, and coercion.

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Teresa Scassa

Common Law

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Michael Wolfson

Epidemiology and Public Health

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