Associate Professor of Law
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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About Sheila Wildeman
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.
| Present | Associate Professor of Law, Dalhousie University Schulich School of Law ‐ Health Law Institute | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Grants
| 2006 - 2011 | States of Mind Neuroethics NET Grant |
| CIHR | |
| Role: Collaborator | |
| $1,500,000 | |
| 2006 - 2009 | Providing assistance to older people experiencing mistreatment and neglect: An exploration of the links between legislation, policy, and local practices in the Maritime Provinces |
| Social Science & Humanities Research Council of Canada | |
| Role: Co-Investigator | |
| $157,778 | |
| 2005 - 2009 | Substitute consent for research involving decisionally incapacitated older adults: a nationwide study of knowledge, opinion and practices |
| CIHR | |
| Role: Co-Investigator | |
| $296,688 |
Professional Service and Affiliations
| 2019 - Present | Vice-Chair, East Coast Prison Justice Society | 2018 - Present | Board of Directors, East Coast Prison Justice Society | 2010 - Present | Administrative Tribunals Committee, Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice | Present | Founding Fellow, MacEachen Institute for Public Policy and Governance | 2009 - 2016 | Nova Scotia Division Board of Directors, Canadian Mental Health Association | 2001 - 2004 | Member, Ontario Bar |
Honors and Awards
- 2017 - Nova Scotia Human Rights Award (Group Category, Bill 59 Alliance)
- 2006 - Dalhousie Student Union Award for Teaching Excellence in the Faculty of Law
| BA, University of Toronto | ||
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| MA, University Columbia | ||
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| LLB, Dalhousie University Schulich School of Law | ||
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| LLM, University of Toronto | ||
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Links
Contact Information
Schulich School of Law
Weldon Law Building
6061 University Avenue
PO Box 15000
Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4R2
Email: sheila.wildeman@dal.ca
