Julia Lakhani

BScH, JD (Can), JD (USA), MHSc (Bioethics)

VCH Ethics Services

Ethicist, Vancouver Coastal Health + Adjunct Professor, UBC Peter A. Allard School of Law

Julia is an Ethicist at Vancouver Coastal Health and an inactive member of the Law Society of Alberta. Julia started her academic career in the field of biology, earning a Bachelor of Science Honours in Biology from Queen’s University. She later attended the University of Calgary Faculty of Law and the University of Houston Law Center to earn both a Canadian and American law degree (Juris Doctor and Doctor of Jurisprudence). 

She practiced law in Calgary, Alberta and then transitioned to the University of Toronto for Bioethics to earn a Master of Health Science in Bioethics. She has also completed a fellowship in Ethics and Policy at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. Julia previously enjoyed teaching “Legal Approaches to Bioethics” to graduate students at the University of Toronto and is presently an Adjunct Professor at the UBC Peter A. Allard School of Law teaching the “Health Policy and Law” Seminar course.