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Sheila Wildeman (LL.B (Dalhousie), M.A. (Columbia), LL.M. (Toronto)) is an Associate Professor at Dalhousie University’s Schulich School of Law where she teaches administrative law and jurisprudence. She is a member of the Health Law Institute and a Founding Fellow of the MacEachen Institute for Public Policy and Governance. Sheila’s research in disability law has focused on medico-legal constructions of consent and capacity, with attention to international and domestic human rights as a source of entitlement to supports for the exercise of agency and choice. Her current research asks how law can promote deinstitutionalization and decarceration in ways that bridge the disability justice and prison justice movements. This work approaches freedom as a function of equal access to the social determinants of health and community living.
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Education/Academic qualification
MA, Columbia University
LLB, Dalhousie University Schulich School of Law
BA, University of Toronto
LLM, University of Toronto, Faculty of Law
External positions
Vice-Chair, East Coast Prison Justice Society
2018 → …
Administrative Tribunals Committee Member, Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice
2010 → …
Board of Directors, Canadian Mental Health Association, Nova Scotia Division
2009 → 2016
Research Interests
- Judicial Ethics
- Jurisprudence
- Mental Health Law and Policy
- Law and Policy
- Community-based Advocacy
- Accessibility
- Prison Justice
Disciplines
- Law
- Administrative Law
- Disability Law
- Human Rights Law
- Jurisprudence
- Health Law and Policy
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities -
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities -
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
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Judicial Discipline through the Prism of Public Law Values: A Contextual Analysis of Bill C-9, An Act to Reform the Judges Act
Devlin, R. & Wildeman, S., Mar. 1 2024, In: Advocates’ Quarterly. 54, 3Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Judicial Discipline through the Prism of Public Law Values: A Critical Analysis of Bill C-9, An Act to Reform the Judges Act
Devlin, R. & Wildeman, S., Jun. 1 2024, In: Advocates’ Quarterly. 54, 4Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Conditions of Confinement in Nova Scotia Jails Designated for Men: East Coast Prison Justice Society Visiting Committee Annual Report 2021-2022
Wildeman, S., Critchley, H., Garson, H., Beach, L. & McHugh, M.-A., Jan. 1 2023Research output: Other contribution
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Critical Pathways to Disability Decarceration: Reading Liat Ben-Moshe and Linda Steele
Wildeman, S., Jan. 1 2023, In: feminists@law. 12, 1, p. 1-11Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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'More of the Same, But Worse Than Before': A Qualitative Study of the Challenges Encountered by People Who Use Drugs in Nova Scotia, Canada During COVID-19
Wildeman, S., Herder, M., Comeau, E. & Bonn, M., Jan. 1 2023, In: PLoS ONE. 18, 1Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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