Vulnerable

Vanessa MacDonnell is Associate Professor at the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law and Co-Director of the uOttawa Public Law Centre. She researches in the areas of Canadian constitutional law, constitutional theory, comparative constitutional law, and criminal law and procedure.

• INTRODUCTIONOverview of COVID-19: Old and New VulnerabilitiesColleen M. Flood, Vanessa MacDonnell, Jane Philpott, Sophie Thériault and Sridhar Venkatapuram  SECTION A: WHO DOES WHAT? CHALLENGES AND DEMANDS OF CANADIAN FEDERALISM CHAPTER A-1Have the Post-SARS Reforms Prepared Us for COVID-19? Mapping the Institutional LandscapeKatherine Fierlbeck and Lorian Hardcastle CHAPTER A-2COVID-19 and First Nations’ ResponsesAimée Craft, Deborah McGregor, and Jeffery Hewitt CHAPITRE A-3Réflexions sur la mise en œuvre de la Loi sur la santé publique au Québec dans le contexte de la pandémie de COVID-19Michelle Giroux CHAPITRE A-4La COVID-19 au Canada : le fédéralisme coopératif à pied d’œuvreDavid Robitaille CHAPTER A-5Pandemic Data Sharing: How the Canadian Constitution Has Turned into a Suicide PactAmir Attaran and Adam R. Houston CHAPTER A-6The Federal Emergencies Act: A Hollow Promise in the Face of COVID-19?Colleen M. Flood and Bryan Thomas CHAPTER A-7Resisting the Siren’s Call: Emergency Powers, Federalism, and Public PolicyCarissima Mathen CHAPTER A-8Municipal Power and Democratic Legitimacy in the Time of COVID-19Alexandra Flynn  SECTION B: MAKING SURE SOMEONE IS ACCOUNTABLE: PUBLIC AND PRIVATE RESPONSIBILITIES CHAPTER B-1Ensuring Executive and Legislative Accountability in a PandemicVanessa MacDonnell CHAPTER B-2Good Governance: Institutions, Processes, and PeopleMel Cappe CHAPTER B-3The Duty to Govern and the Rule of Law in an EmergencyGrégoire Webber  CHAPTER B-4Does Debunking Work? Correcting COVID-19 Misinformation on Social MediaTimothy Caulfield CHAPTER B-5The Media Paradox and the COVID-19 PandemicJeffrey Simpson CHAPTER B-6Governmental Power and COVID-19: The Limits of Judicial ReviewPaul Daly CHAPTER B-7Liability of the Crown in Times of PandemicMarie-France Fortin  CHAPTER B-8Balancing Risk and Reward in the Time of COVID-19: Bridging the Gap Between Public Interest and the “Best Interests of the Corporation”Jennifer A. Quaid  SECTION C: CIVIL LIBERTIES VS. IDEAS OF PUBLIC HEALTH  CHAPTER C-1Civil Liberties vs. Public HealthColleen M. Flood, Bryan Thomas, and Dr. Kumanan Wilson CHAPTER C-2Privacy, Ethics, and Contact-Tracing AppsTeresa Scassa, Jason Millar, and Kelly Bronson CHAPTER C-3Should Immunity Licences be an Ingredient in our Policy Response to COVID-19?Daniel Weinstock and Vardit Ravitsky CHAPTER C-4The Punitive Impact of Physical Distancing Laws on Homeless PeopleTerry Skolnik CHAPTER C-5The Right of Citizens Abroad to Return During a PandemicYves Le Bouthillier and Delphine Nakache  SECTION D: EQUITY AND COVID-19 CHAPTER D-1How Should We Allocate Health and Social Resources During a Pandemic?Sridhar Venkatapuram CHAPITRE D-2COVID-19 et âgisme : crise annoncée dans les centres de soins de longue durée et réponse improvisée ?Martine Lagacé, Linda Garcia et Louise Bélanger-Hardy CHAPTER D-3Fault Lines: COVID-19, the Charter, and Long-term CareMartha Jackman CHAPTER D-4The Front line Defence: Housing and Human Rights in the Time of COVID-19Leilani Farha and Kaitlin Schwan CHAPTER D-5COVID-19 in Canadian Prisons: Policies, Practices and ConcernsAdelina Iftene CHAPTER D-6Systemic Discrimination in Government Services and Programs and Its Impact on First Nations Peoples During the COVID-19 PandemicAnne Levesque and Sophie Thériault  CHAPTER D-7Preventing the Spread of Anti-Asian Racism: Including Critical Race Analysis in a Pandemic PlanJamie Chai Yun Liew CHAPTER D-8Migrant Health in a Time of Pandemic: Fallacies of Us-Versus-ThemY.Y. Brandon Chen CHAPTER D-9Not All in This Together: Disability Rights and COVID-19Tess Sheldon and Ravi Malhotra CHAPTER D-10Weighing Public Health and Mental Health Responses to Non-Compliance with Public Health Directives in the Context of Mental IllnessJennifer A. Chandler, Yasmin Khaliq, Mona Gupta, Kwame McKenzie, Simon Hatcher, and Olivia Lee  SECTION E: THIS JOB IS GONNA KILL ME: WORKING AND COVID-19 CHAPTER E-1Privatization and COVID-19: A Deadly Combination for Nursing HomesPat Armstrong, Hugh Armstrong, and Ivy Bourgeault CHAPTER E-2A View from the Front Lines of a COVID-19 OutbreakJane Philpott CHAPTER E-3Occupational Health and Safety and COVID-19: Whose Rights Come First in a Pandemic?Katherine Lippel CHAPTER E-4Risking It All: Providing Patient Care and Whistleblowing During a PandemicVanessa Gruben and Louise Bélanger-Hardy CHAPTER E-5Worked to the Bone: COVID-19, the Agrifood Labour Force, and the Need for More Compassionate Post-Pandemic Food SystemsSarah Berger Richardson  SECTION F: GLOBAL HEALTH AND GOVERNANCE CHAPTER F-1“Flattening the Curve” Through COVID-19 Contagion ContainmentAnis Chowdhury and Jomo Kwame Sundaram CHAPTER F-2The Plausibility and Resolvability of Legal Claims Against China and WHO under the International Health Regulations (2005)Sam Halabi and Kumanan Wilson  CHAPTER F-3COVID-19 and Africa: Does “One Size Fit All” in Public Health Intervention?Chidi Oguamanam CHAPTER F-4Border Closures: A Pandemic of Symbolic Acts in the Time of COVID-19Steven J. Hoffman and Patrick Fafard CHAPTER F-5COVID-19 and Accountable Artificial Intelligence in a Global ContextCéline Castets-Renard and Eleonore Fournier-Tombs CHAPTER F-6International Trade, Intellectual Property, and Innovation Policy: Lessons from a PandemicJeremy de Beer and E. Richard Gold CHAPTER F-7COVID-19 Vaccines as Global Public GoodsJason W. Nickerson and Matthew Herder Biographies