Dalla Lana School of Public Health

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In 2021, the federal government of Canada banned conversion practices across the country. These practices, which aim at changing, discouraging, or suppressing someone’s sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression, are widely opposed by healthcare professions and considered unethical. Because the federal government has limited jurisdiction over healthcare, its ban is couched in criminal terms threatens imprisonment for those who violate it. This seminar will explore the limits of criminalisation as a deterrent as well as the potential harms of the criminal justice system for survivors of conversion practices.