Forthcoming 2025 Anscombe Memorial Lecture
Register to Attend!We are pleased to announce that on 10 February 2025 at 4pm, the Anscombe Memorial Lecture will be held in Blackfriars Hall!
In the 14th annual Anscombe Memorial Lecture, Dr Trudo Lemmens will speak on Death as Therapy: Unravelling Canada’s Assisted Dying Regime.
Dr Trudo Lemmens (LicJur KULeuven; LLM Bioethics & DCL McGill) is Professor and Scholl Chair in Health Law and Bioethics at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law, with cross-appointment to the Dalla Lana School of Public Health.
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