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 […]

*** This is a special lecture presented by visiting scholar Ms. Rose Mwangi *** Full Title: How prepared is Africa for ethical AI implementation? Bridging the gap for responsible progress Speaker: Rose Mwangi, MA Visiting scholar & fellowship of Global Forum on Bioethics in Research (GFBR) Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College Moshi, Tanzania Abstract In this presentation, […]