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DESCRIPTION:This talk with David Wright is part of our Fall 2019 Policy Lec
 tures Series. These academic talks are intended for McGill graduate studen
 ts and faculty.\n\nThis event will be held in Room 060 of the Armstrong Bu
 ilding (3420 McTavish (former location of the McGill Bookstore). Please no
 te that there is no public access to room 060 from the Armstrong Building.
  To access room 060 please do so via the Bronfman Building (1001 SHerbrook
 e)\, through a small corridor on the lower level.\n\nThis talk will discus
 s the successes and failures of universal health care in Canada\, placed i
 n broader Anglo-American historical perspective.\n\nRegister Here\n\nAbout
  David Wright\n\nDavid Wright received his BA and MA in History from McGil
 l University and his DPhil (in History) from the University of Oxford. As 
 a post-doctoral research fellow at Oxford he specialized in the history of
  health and medicine before being appointed Wellcome Trust Lecturer in the
  History of Medicine at the University of Nottingham (1996-99). In 1999\, 
 David returned to Canada to become the Hannah Chair in the History of Medi
 cine at McMaster University\, a cross-appointment between the medical scho
 ol and the History department. During his eleven years at McMaster\, David
  was active in several administrative capacities\, including Chair of the 
 international Society for the Social History of Medicine (SSHM)\, Associat
 e Dean (Vice-Dean) of the Faculty of Humanities\, and Chair of McMaster’s 
 University Curriculum Committee.\n\nDavid joined the Department (in 2011) 
 as Professor of History\, cross-appointed to the Institute for Health and 
 Social Policy (Faculty of Medicine). He has two areas of research interest
 . For most of the past twenty years\, he has researched and published on t
 he history of mental disorders (with a particular expertise in the history
  of mental hospitals)\, resulting in several books and edited volumes. Mor
 e recently\, he has led a research team investigating the transnational mi
 gration of physicians in the second half of the twentieth century. He welc
 omes all expressions of interest from graduate students and post-doctoral 
 applicants as he assembles an interdisciplinary research team spanning bot
 h Faculties.\n
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LOCATION:Armstrong Building\, 3420 McTavish Room 060\, Donald E. Armstrong 
 Building\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 3L1\, 3420 rue McTavish
SUMMARY:Medicare@50
URL:https://www.mcgill.ca/maxbellschool/channels/event/medicare50-300513
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