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    • EDUCATION & TRAINING
          • Collaborative Specialization in Bioethics
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          • Master of Health Science in Bioethics
          • AMS-Fitzgerald Fellowship in AI and Human-Centred Leadership
          • Undergraduate Bioethics at U of T
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          • Our Faculty & Affiliates
            • Faculty & Affiliates Awards
            • Visiting Faculty
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          • CORE Network
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Home > JCB People
November 30, 2015

Frederick Lowy, founder, talks about the origins of the Joint Centre for Bioethics

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The University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics (JCB) is on the verge of celebrating its 20th Anniversary, so we looked back and talked to Frederick Lowy, one of the original founders, on where the JCB’s origins lie.

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July 21, 2015

We celebrated our bioethics community at the 4th Annual Research & Awards Day

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JCB members, faculty, staff and students gathered to celebrate the outstanding achievements of the bioethics community on June 24, 2015.

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December 12, 2014

Detaining Ebola – U of T professor and WHO panel member Ross Upshur on the ethics of quarantine

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Bioethicist Dr. Ross Upshur, member of the World Health Organization expert panel on Ebola ethics, raises ethical considerations about when a quarantine is justified and how best to carry it out.

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April 22, 2014

Prof. Jennifer Gibson appointed Director of the JCB

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The Dean of the Faculty of Medicine announces the appointment of Professor Jennifer Gibson as Director of the Joint Centre for Bioethics, effective April 1, 2014 for a three year term.

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