Snowing on the Bridge to University of Ottawa on December 4 2024
I’m laughing as I type this post today, because it is snowing in Ottawa.  The photo here was taken while crossing my favorite bridge over the Rideau Canal on the way to the University of Ottawa, just as the snow is getting started today. 

This is the first time it has snowed while I’ve been in residence as a Fulbright Research Scholar at the University of Ottawa.  So. of course, it is snowing as I’m scheduled to make a live presentation today on behalf of the LIFE Research Institute and the Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics on campus at uOttawa.  Fortunately, there is a live-streaming option for attendees.  

To say this entire semester has been a wonderful gift to me from my hosts at Fulbright and uOttawa is an understatement.  I have many people to thank!  But, first, in case you want to see the slides I will use to keep myself on track while speaking today, here is a link.

I’m looking forward to using what I’m learning at uOttawa in my future research and publications.   So, stay tuned!  

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Katherine C. Pearson is a Professor of Law and the Arthur L. and Sandra S. Piccone Faculty Scholar at Penn State Dickinson Law in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.

Her scholarship focuses on laws and policies connected to aging and she has frequently included age-related issues…

Katherine C. Pearson is a Professor of Law and the Arthur L. and Sandra S. Piccone Faculty Scholar at Penn State Dickinson Law in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.

Her scholarship focuses on laws and policies connected to aging and she has frequently included age-related issues in her teaching of courses on contract law, conflicts of law and nonprofit organizations law.  She is a regular speaker for continuing education programs, both for consumers and lawyers, to address cutting edge concerns in consumer protection for older adults.  She is the author of articles and chapters on access to justice, senior living options including continuing care and life plan communities, long-term care financing and filial obligations, and is the co-author of a treatise, The Law of Financial Abuse and Exploitation (Bisel 2011).

She authored chapters for the Research Handbook on Law, Society and Ageing, published in 2024 as part of a series on law and society handbooks offered by international publisher Edward Elgar. She is a 2024-2025 Fulbright Scholar in Canada and was in residence at the University of Ottawa in the Fall of 2024 as the Research Chair in Health Law, Policy and Ethics.  Her earlier experience as a U.S. Fulbright Scholar (based at the Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland, and working in Ireland, Portugal, and the U.K. in 2009-10), resulted in publications, including an article with an international, historical perspective on ethical concerns for attorneys representing older adults, entitled “The Lesson of the Irish Family Pub,” published by Stetson Law Review.

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