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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span lang="EN-CA"
style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black;">Expert
on law and genetic testing next UW Public Anthropology speaker</span><span
lang="EN-CA" style="color: black;"><br>
<br>
</span></u></b><st1:City><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: black;">WATERLOO</span></st1:City><span
lang="EN-CA" style="color: black;">, Ont. -- An international expert
on the social
and legal consequences of genetic testing will speak next week at the </span><st1:place><st1:PlaceType><span
lang="EN-CA" style="color: black;">University</span></st1:PlaceType><span
lang="EN-CA" style="color: black;"> of </span><st1:PlaceName><span
lang="EN-CA" style="color: black;">Waterloo</span></st1:PlaceName></st1:place><span
lang="EN-CA" style="color: black;">.<br>
<br>
Prof. Roxanne Mykitiuk, </span><st1:PlaceName><span lang="EN-CA"
style="color: black;">Osgoode</span></st1:PlaceName><span lang="EN-CA"
style="color: black;"> </span><st1:PlaceType><span lang="EN-CA"
style="color: black;">Hall</span></st1:PlaceType><span lang="EN-CA"
style="color: black;"> </span><st1:PlaceName><span lang="EN-CA"
style="color: black;">Law</span></st1:PlaceName><span lang="EN-CA"
style="color: black;"> </span><st1:PlaceType><span lang="EN-CA"
style="color: black;">School</span></st1:PlaceType><span lang="EN-CA"
style="color: black;">, </span><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><span
lang="EN-CA" style="color: black;">York</span></st1:PlaceName><span
lang="EN-CA" style="color: black;"> </span><st1:PlaceType><span
lang="EN-CA" style="color: black;">University</span></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><span
lang="EN-CA" style="color: black;"> will give a public lecture
entitled
"Reading the Past and Interpreting the Future: On Regulating Prenatal
Genetic Testing and Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis" on March 10. The
event, which starts at 5 p.m., will be in the AL (Arts Lecture)
building, Room
124.<br>
<br>
Prof. Mykitiuk is an internationally recognized expert on disability,
new medical
technologies and public policy. Her lecture addresses the social and
cultural
issues raised by our ever increasing abilities to employ technology to
diagnose
genetic differences in utero. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: black;">In
particular, she will examine whether reliance on prenatal genetic
testing leads
us to new, more narrowly construed understanding of normal human
variation. Her
research has important implications for public policy surrounding
euthanasia
and assisted dying. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: black;"><o:p> </o:p>Prof.
Mykitiuk has
edited two books, and has authored numerous scholarly articles
concerning feminism,
family violence, genetic testing, disability, and healthcare. She holds
several
research grants on these topics.<br>
<br>
This is the second event in a series of public lectures sponsored by
UW's
Department of Anthropology. The topic of the series is Public
Anthropology: The
Intersection of Health, Culture and Society.<br>
<br>
Human health is arguably the most important public policy issue facing
Canadians today, and is connected to all other human endeavours,
lecture
organizers said. Prof. Mykitiuk’s visit is supported by Learning
Initiative
Funds from the office of the UW Vice-President, Academic and Provost.<br>
<br>
<br>
<b>Contact:</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: black;">Prof.
Pamela Stern,
Anthropology, (519) 888-4567, ext. 6925; <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:pstern@uwaterloo.ca">pstern@uwaterloo.ca</a><br>
Jim Fox, UW Media Relations, (519) 888-4444; <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:jfox@uwaterloo.ca">jfox@uwaterloo.ca</a></span></b></p>
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