TIMOTHY HOLLAND
Department Head, and Assistant Professor
Contact Information
Email: timothy.holland@dal.ca
Telephone: 902-494-3801
Mailing address:
C-315 CRC Building
5849 University Avenue
PO Box 15000, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 4R2
Affiliations
- Head, Department of Bioethics, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University
- Family Physician, Newcomer Health Clinic
- Family Physician, Sipekne'katik Health Centre
- Chair, Ethics Committee, College of Family Physicians of Canada
- Co-Chair, Doctors for Decriminalization
- Co-Chair, MAID Interest Group, Canadian Bioethics Society
- Steering Committee, Canadian Refugee Health Network
Related Information
Areas of Interest
- Medical Assistance in Dying
- End-of-Life Decision Making
- Refugee Health
- Addictions Medicine
Selected projects & publications
- Holland T, O’Donnell T. Rethinking Mandated Drug Treatment: Why Expanding Freedom Requires Structural Drug Policy Reform. Hastings Center Report. 2026;56(3):28–29. Read article.
- Dumas Pilon M, Holland T, Moreau M, Upshur REG, Simpson C, Buchman D. Health care crisis: looking beyond the obvious. Canadian Family Physician. 2026. Three-part series: Understanding the forces at play; Drawing inspiration from the planetary boundaries concept; Roadmap for an equitable and sustainable health care system.
- Frolic AN, Holland T. An Ethics Framework for Medical Assistance in Dying: Supporting Ethical Decision-Making in the Practice of MAiD. Bioethics. 2026;40(3):299–311. Read article.
- Holland T, Moreau M. Determining intolerable suffering in the context of advance requests for medical assistance in dying. CMAJ. 2026;198(1):E16–E20. Read article.
- Holland T, Frolic A, Bensimon C, Buchman S. Correcting Speculation with Facts: A First-Hand Account of the Origins of the Canadian Association of MAiD Assessors and Providers and Its Importance to Canadian Healthcare. American Journal of Bioethics. 2025;25(5):48–50. Read article.