Jocelyn Grant Downie is the James S Palmer Chair in Public Policy and Law at Schulich School of Law.
10 Facts About Jocelyn Downie
Jocelyn Downie was the first Dalhousie scholar to be named a Pierre Trudeau Foundation Fellow.
In 2010, Jocelyn Downie was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.
In 2015, Jocelyn Downie was involved in the result of Carter v Canada.
Jocelyn Downie served as a Special Advisor to the Canadian Senate Committee on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide and worked with the pro bono legal team in the case.
Jocelyn Downie used this fellowship to gather data regarding assisted dying in Canada.
Jocelyn Downie sat on the Provincial-Territorial Expert Advisory Group on Physician-Assisted Dying.
On July 1,2016, Jocelyn Downie was appointed to University Research Professor for a five-year period.
In 2018, Downie was appointed the James S Palmer Chair in Public Policy and Law at Schulich School of Law.
Jocelyn Downie was named a member of the Order of Canada.