Prof, droit/law, uOttawa, Chaire de recherche du Canada/Canada research chair, approche critique du droit et de la justice/critical approach to law and justice, recherche-action et engagée. I focus on coercive psychiatric practices.https://bsky.app/profile/emmabern.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/emmabern.bsky.social/post/3mbrebx7x222rExcellent article from Rob Wipond on the rate of psychiatric detention in Canada. « Canada holds people against their will at a rate that’s 40 per cent higher than Australia, 80 per cent higher than Germany, twice the rate in Finland and the Netherlands, and triple the rate in England. » https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-canada-forced-psychiatric-hospitalization-rates/06 Jan 2026 16:21 +0000at://did:plc:dskysupsqsxojchfmlv6iin2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbrebx7x222rhttps://bsky.app/profile/emmabern.bsky.social/post/3ldwqsulj3s2pHappy to share this new publication! To Consent and to Refuse Electroconvulsive Therapy: A Study of Consent Documents and Court Orders in the Province of Quebec, Canada With Audrey Ferron Parayre & Delphine Gauthier-Boiteau https://connect.springerpub.com/content/sgrehpp/early/2024/12/12/ehpp-2024-001123 Dec 2024 01:12 +0000at://did:plc:dskysupsqsxojchfmlv6iin2/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldwqsulj3s2phttps://bsky.app/profile/emmabern.bsky.social/post/3lawsqgh7yk2a Why involuntary medical admission and treatment won’t solve homelessness? My article in The Conversation Canada today. We must denounce the increase in coercion aimed at people living in poverty and on the margins. https://theconversation.com/why-involuntary-medical-admission-and-treatment-wont-solve-homelessness-24342814 Nov 2024 21:31 +0000at://did:plc:dskysupsqsxojchfmlv6iin2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lawsqgh7yk2a