BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250911T094936EDT-1063fwWde5@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20250911T134936Z DESCRIPTION:We invite you to join the 91 Research Group on Health and L aw (RGHL) for a lunchtime seminar delivered by Jason Chung (BCL/LLB'14)\, faculty member of NYU’s Tisch Institute for Global Sport\, senior research scholar at NYU’s Sports and Society Program\, and co-founder of “The Dedu ctible.”\n\nAbstract\n\nOver the past 20 years\, the concussion crisis amo ng athletes in professional collision sports such as football and hockey h as gone from controversial rumor to generally accepted fact. Shocking scie ntific research\, accounts from former players and landmark litigation aff ecting leagues such as the NFL and NHL have brought the long-term effects of collision sports to the forefront of public consciousness. But are conc ussions a public health problem or merely an NFL/NHL problem?\n\nJason Chu ng will outline how media narratives have inaccurately portrayed conflicti ng research regarding the prevalence of sports-related neurodegenerative c onditions\, such as chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE)\, among the gen eral population and how this is impacting law-making\, policy and legal de cisions across North America.\n\nSpace is limited: kindly reserve your spo t by emailing rghl.law [at] mcgill.ca.\n\nAbout the speaker\n\nJason Chung is a faculty member of NYU’s Tisch Institute for Global Sport\, senior re search scholar at NYU’s Sports and Society Program and co-founder of The D eductible (www.thedeductible.com)\, a publication providing expert analysi s and views on all aspects of the healthcare system. He has chaired on Con cussions\, CTE and Conditions at NYU\, provided expertise on the matter fo r The Smithsonian National Museum of American History and writes and comme nts on matters related to public health\, technology and sport for publica tions such as the Boston Globe\, CBC News\, Newark Star-Ledger\, Montreal Gazette and Forbes.\n\nA request for accreditation for 1.5 hours of contin uing legal education for jurists has been made to a recognized provider.\n DTSTART:20190214T180000Z DTEND:20190214T193000Z LOCATION:NCDH 202\, Chancellor Day Hall\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 1W9\, 36 44 rue Peel SUMMARY:The Games We Play: What Should Law and Policy do About Youth Playin g Collision Sports? URL:/law/channels/event/games-we-play-what-should-law- and-policy-do-about-youth-playing-collision-sports-293670 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR