Speakers: Amy Mullin, Professor, Dept. of Philosophy, University of Toronto Mississauga Abstract: Three decades ago Ronald Dworkin set the terms of ongoing debates around health care decision-making for people with dementia, with Rebecca Dresser and Agnieszka Jaworska offering alternative recommendations and approaches. I review this debate and argue that feminist care theory and Robin Dillon’s […]

Full Title: Cervical Cancer, Vaccine Equity, and Global Solidarity: Fighting for the Health of Women and Girls Speakers: Jeff D’Souza (Ph.D.) Investigator, Institute for Better Health, Instructor, McMaster University Continuing Education Abstract: Cervical cancer is preventable, yet more than 340,000 women die each year. Approximately 90% of these deaths take place in low and middle-income […]

Full Title: How Informed is Informed Refusal? Speakers: Nathan Robert Howard (PhD), Assistant Professor, University of Toronto Scarborough Eric Mathison (PhD), Assistant Professor, University of Toronto Scarborough Abstract: Valid consent in medical practice requires that the patient is relevantly informed. The degree and kind of information required by valid consent are both disputed, but it […]

Full Title: Me, myself and A.I.: How interacting with Artificial Intelligence affects employees’ expectations of, and attitudes towards, the role of A.I. Speakers: Meena Andiappan, Ph.D. (she/her) Assistant Professor of Management & Organization Institute for Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation Faculty Affiliate, Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society Faculty Affiliate, Joint Center for Bioethics […]

Full Title: Can Legal Theory Save the Life of Healthcare Ethics? A chat about the practice of practising healthcare ethicists Speaker: Dr. Ann M. Heesters, MA, PhD (Phil.) Senior Director, Department of Clinical and Organizational Ethics, UHN Education Investigator 2, TIER (The Institute for Education Research) Assistant Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health Member, […]

Full Title: What Should We Do with Coerced People? Speaker: Eric Mathison (PhD) Assistant Professor University of Toronto Scarborough Abstract What should happen if a patient with full decision-making capacity is coerced? It’s widely accepted that voluntariness is required for informed consent, and voluntariness is thwarted when a patient is coerced. In this talk, I […]

Full Title: An Introduction to Improving Palliative Care for Persons with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (PWIDD) Speaker: Mr. Bob Parke Abstract The seminar will highlight the history of our project to improve palliative care for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The presentation acknowledges the trauma history that survivors of institutionalization present when needing health care. […]

Full Title: Late Stage Dementia: Providing Comfort, Compassion and Care-Clinical and Ethical Issues Speaker: Dr. Michael Gordon MD, MSc, FRCPC, FRCP (Edin) Emeritus Professor and Member Joint Centre for Bioethics University of Toronto Abstract The seminar will Using a case based approach, review the challenges in late stage dementia- the clinical issues and ethical components for […]

Full Title: Digital Health and Telemedicine: Lessons From the Past, Current Trends and New Challenges Speaker: Dr. Carlo Botrugno, PhD Researcher at the Department of Legal Sciences Coordinator of the Research Unit on Everyday Bioethics and Ethics of Science L'Altro Diritto Inter-university Research Centre University of Florence Abstract The talk critically retraces some of the most […]

Full Title: “I don’t want any Black nurses”: Insights from the Academic Literature and Ontario’s Regulatory Bodies on Navigating Discriminatory Requests/Refusals of Care Providers Speaker: Claudia Barned, PhD Bioethicist – Department of Clinical and Organizational Ethics – University Health Network Education Investigator 2 – The Institute for Education Research (TIER) Assistant Professor – Dalla Lana School […]