The Body Evidence: Medicine, Science, Law and Justice - Caribbean and International Perspectives
Date: November 21st, 2020
Time: 0815hrs - 1200 noon and 1300 hrs - 1730 hrs EST
Online Platform: Microsoft Teams Meeting
Moderators:
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Mrs Delicia Helwig-Robertson
Public defender II - Junior
Public Defenders Department
Legal Aid and Advisory Authority
Trinidad and Tobago
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Dr. Alfredo E Walker
Director of Education and Vice Chair -
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Faculty of Medicine
University of Ottawa
Ontario, Canada
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Dr. Catherine Morris
Forensic and Cardiovascular Pathologist
NexGen, Trinidad and Tobago
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Justice Kathy Ann Waterman-Latchoo
High Court of Trinidad and Tobago
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Online registration
This annual medicolegal and forensic symposium provides Continuing Professional Development/ Continuing Medical Education for all professionals involved in medicolegal death investigation such as lawyers (prosecutors, criminal defence and civil litigation), members of the judiciary (judges and magistrates), medical practitioners (forensic and anatomical pathologists, clinical forensic medicine, sexual assault examiners), nurses, police homicide investigators, crime scene examiners, forensic scientists, undergraduate and postgraduate students in medicine and law, and other related fields.
Programme
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0730-0815 |
Participants Online Login |
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| 0815-0820 | Welcome Remarks |
Ms Rene Baptiste, CMG, LLB (Hon), LEC
President – Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Bar Association
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0820- 0830 |
Opening Remarks |
Justice Kathy Ann Waterman-Latchoo LLB, LEC, MSc,
High Court of Trinidad and Tobago
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Session 1 |
The Courts and the Judiciary |
Moderator: Mrs Delicia Helwig-Robertson, LLB, LEC
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0830 - 0845 |
1.1 The Impact of Forensic Science and Forensic Pathology on the Criminal Trial Process |
Member - Judiciary of Trinidad and Tobago |
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0845 - 0900 |
1.2 The Interaction of Forensic Science and the Criminal Justice System: A View from the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions |
Mr Roger Gaspard SC, LLB, LEC
Director of Public Prosecutions
Trinidad and Tobago
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0900 - 0915 |
1.3 The Interaction of Forensic Science and the Criminal Justice System: A View from the Criminal Defence Bar |
Mr Gilbert Peterson SC
Chairman – Legal Aid and Adivsory Authority Trinidad and Tobago
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0915 - 0930 |
1.4 The Office of the Public Defender of Trinidad and Tobago |
Ms Hasine Shaikh LLB, LEC, LLM
Chief Public Defender
Office of the Public Defender
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0930 - 0950 |
Session 1: Q&A |
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0950 - 1000 |
BREAK |
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Session 2 |
Medicolegal Death Investigation Systems |
Moderator: Dr Catherine Morris
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1000 - 1015 |
2.1 The Coroner’s System in England and Wales |
Dr Alfredo E Walker, FRCPath, DMJ Path, MB.BS, MFFLM, MCFS
Vice Chair and Director of Education
Department of Path and Lab Medicine
University of Ottawa
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1015 -1030 |
2.2 The Coroner’s System in Trinidad and Tobago |
Her Worship Ms Nalini Singh, BA, LLB, LEC, MPhil
Magistrate, Trinidad and Tobago
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1030 - 1045 |
2.3 The US Medical Examiner’s System |
Dr Sasha Breland MD
Deputy Medical Examiner
Office of the Chief Medical Examiner
Washington DC
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1045 - 1115 |
2.4 Quality Assurance in Forensic Pathology: How Best to Protect the Criminal Justice System |
Dr Alfredo E Walker
FRCPath, DMJ Path, MB.BS, MFFLM, MCFS
Vice Chair and Director of Education
Department of Path and Lab Medicine
University of Ottawa
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1115 - 1145 |
2.5. The Belize National Forensic Science Service |
Mr Gian Cho
Master of Research in Biochemistry
Director – Belize National Forensic Science Services
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1145 – 1200 |
Session 2: Q&A |
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1200 – 1300 |
LUNCH |
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Session 3 |
Death Investigation in Trinidad and Tobago |
Moderator:
Dr Alfredo E Walker
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1300 – 1315 |
3.1 The District Medical Officer and Death Investigation in Trinidad and Tobago |
Dr Marie-Joanna Francis, MB.BS
Primary Care Physician II/District Medical Officer
South West Regional Health Authority Trinidad and Tobago
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1315 – 1330 |
3.2 Homicide Investigation in Trinidad and Tobago |
Cpl Ameer Mohammed
Homicide Bureau
Trinidad and Tobago
Police Service
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1330 – 1345
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3.3 Crime Scene Examination in Trinidad and Tobago |
WPC Tishwana Donatien
Crime Scene Investigator
Trinidad and Tobago
Police Service
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1345 - 1415 |
3.4 The Provision of Forensic Pathology Services in Trinidad and Tobago: Past, Present and Future |
Dr Catherine Morris MD
Forensic and Cardiovascular Pathologist
NexGen, Trinidad and Tobago
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1415 – 1445
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Feature Address:
3.5 Capacity Building in Forensic Pathology in the Caribbean
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Dr Alfredo E Walker
FRCPath, DMJ Path, MB.BS, MFFLM, MCFS
Vice Chair and Director of Education
Department of Path and Lab Medicine
University of Ottawa
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1445 - 1515 |
Q&A: Session 3 |
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1515 – 1520 |
BREAK |
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Session 4 |
DNA and Child Protection |
Moderator:
Justice Kathy Ann Waterman-Latchoo
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1520-1535
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4.1 Forensic DNA Analysis:
An Introduction
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Mrs Joy Quinlan BSc (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)
Forensic DNA Analyst
Forensic Science Laboratory
Saint Lucia Forensic Science Services
Castries, Saint Lucia
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1535-1550
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4.2 The Introduction of DNA Testing in Saint Lucia |
Ms Fernanda Henry, BSc (Hon), MSC Forensic Science
Director - Saint Lucia Forensic Science Services
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1550 -1605
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4.3 The Establishment of a National DNA Database in the United Kingdom |
Mrs Gillian Leak BSc, B.Sc.(Hons), C. Biol, MRSB, MIABPA, MCSFS
Forensic Scientist
Principal Forensic Science Services
United Kingdom
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1605 -1620
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4.4 Overview of the Children’s Authority of Trinidad and Tobago
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Dr Natalie Dick BSc (Hons), MB.BS, FAAP
Diplomate of the American Board of Pediatrics (Developmental Pediatrics, General Pediatrics)
Developmental Pediatrician
Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex, Champ Fleurs, Trinidad and Tobago
Former Board Member – Children’s Authority of Trinidad and Tobago
Dr Maia Blackman MB.BS
Child Protection Doctor
Children’s Authority of Trinidad and Tobago
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1620-1640
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4.5 Clinical Forensic Medicine in the Caribbean - The Forensic Clinical Examination in Suspected Sexual Abuse
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Dr Rhonda Lauren Hutson
BSc, MBBS, MSc, DM, SAE
Emergency Medicine Physician and Sexual
Assault Examiner
University Hospital of the West Indies,
Mona, Jamaica
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1640 - 1700 |
4.6 The Multidisciplinary Approach to Investigating Deaths in Children |
Dr Gary L. Collins MB.BS
Chief Medical Examiner - State of Delaware
Medical Examiner Unit, Delaware Division of Forensic Science
Wilmington, Delaware, USA
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1700-1725 |
Q&A: Session 4 |
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1725 - 1730 |
Vote of Thanks |
Vote of Thanks |
Contact Information
Conference Directors:
Dr. Alfredo E Walker MB.BS, FRCPath, DMJ (Path), MFFLM, MCSFS, Dip Teach Train
Assistant Professor, University of Ottawa
Eastern Ontario Forensic Pathology Unit
Email:aewalker@eorla.ca
Conference Registration:
Mrs. Sheila Schnupp
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa
451 Smyth Road, Room 4155
Ottawa, Ontario K1H 8M5
Telephone:+ 1 613 562 5422
Email:sschnupp@uottawa.ca
Mrs. Manon Levesque
Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa
451 Smyth Road, Room 4155
Ottawa, Ontario K1H 8M5
Telephone:+ 1 613 562 5422
Email:mlevesq2@uottawa.ca