HEALTH & HUMAN RIGHTS
QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY 20TH ANNUAL
CONFERENCE
The Conference
Three days of powerful dialogue
16 - 18 November 2018 Kingston, ON.
The 2018 Health and Human Rights Conference (HHRC) will be examining contemporary drug issues as they relate to the Canadian landscape. As of 2018, we are poised at a critical point in many drug-related contentions, particularly with regard to the provision of and access to necessary drugs and to the control of substance wholesale and usage. Given the imminence and influential nature of these affairs in every public sphere, HHRC 2018 aspires to unpack some of these conversations and to provide students and community members with an entry point to understanding the underlying forces that have shaped headline issues today, including the legalization of cannabis, the opioid crisis, and pharmacare.
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The Conference
Two days of powerful dialogue
16 - 17 JANUARY 2021 Virtual
The 2020-2021 Health and Human Rights Conference (HHRC) entitled “Navigating a
Colonial Institution: Medicine and Systemic Racism” will centre around systemic racism and its effects on the health of Black, Indigenous, immigrant, and other ethnic minority populations in Canada. HHRC 2020-2021 hopes to engage diverse community voices in addition to academic perspectives, with the hope that all attendees come away with new passions, motivations, and actionable ideas regarding human rights in their local and global communities.
About HHRC
The Queen's Health and Human Rights Conference (HHRC) is an annual event that is entering its 20th year as of 2020-2021. HHRC aims to provide students and community members with the opportunity to participate in interdisciplinary conversations about health topics from a human right lens with multidisciplinary perspectives. Wholly student-organized, the conference attracts a diverse audience of fellow students from the undergraduate, graduate, and professional levels, as well as community members and even students from other universities across Canada. Over the last 19 years, HHRC has welcomed activists, academics, front-line workers, and many others to the stage to challenge and encourage participants to consider health and human rights more deeply.
What is Queen's HHRC?
200+
attendees
25+
speakers
19
years of history
100%
student-organized
Speakers
We are excited to introduce a multi-disciplinary speaker team, as well as a variety of large and small-scale workshops.
Sponsors
AMS Equity Grant AS Dean’s fund
UGME Aesculapian Society Dean's Fund
We couldn't do this without you!
Attending Virtually
Given the constraints of COVID-19, we are pleased to offer a virtual
conference this year. Closed captioning will be provided. After purchasing a ticket, attendees will be given a link to join the conference via Zoom.
