BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics - ECPv6.10.3//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://jcb.utoronto.ca X-WR-CALDESC:Events for University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Toronto BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250402T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250402T173000 DTSTAMP:20260607T203143 CREATED:20250205T221003Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250205T221003Z UID:10000056-1743609600-1743615000@jcb.utoronto.ca SUMMARY:The Early Ethics of Planetary Health DESCRIPTION:This lecture is co-presented by Collaborative Centre for Climate\, Health & Sustainable Care and the University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics (JCB)\, and is part of the JCB Bioethics Seminar Series. \nTitle: The Early Ethics of Planetary Health \nAbstract: Proponents of the concept of planetary health constitute one branch of a wider movement which seeks to reorganize\, and perhaps revolutionize\, public health in response to global environmental problems\, especially climate change. Ethics is at the center of this push for transformation. This paper explores the concept of planetary health\, interrogates its central values\, identifies key tensions\, and articulates an agenda for future research. It proposes (first) that the planetary health movement should embrace a wide\, normative vision of planetary health as opposed to a narrower\, more technocratic one\, and (second) that it should reorient itself so as to make its overarching normative concept “planetary flourishing”\, while regarding “planetary health” as an essential\, but subsidiary component. \nSpeaker:\nDr. Stephen M. Gardiner \nPh.D.\, Philosophy\, Cornell University\nProfessor of Philosophy and Ben Rabinowitz Endowed\nProfessor of Human Dimensions of the Environment/Director\, Program on Ethics \n\n4:00 – Introduction and History of the Philippa Harris Lecture Series\n4:10 – Introduction of the Speaker\n4:15 – Speaker Presentation\n5:00 – Question and Answer Period\n\nThis event is free and is open to the general public. The YouTube live stream link to the lecture will be sent out to registered participants two hours before the event. \nQuestions? Please email Terry Yuen\, jcb.ea@utoronto.ca URL:https://jcb.utoronto.ca/event/the-early-ethics-of-planetary-health/ LOCATION:webinar\, Canada ORGANIZER;CN="Joint Centre for Bioethics":MAILTO:jcb.ea@utoronto.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250319T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250319T173000 DTSTAMP:20260607T203143 CREATED:20250205T220145Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250205T221128Z UID:10000055-1742400000-1742405400@jcb.utoronto.ca SUMMARY:Book Launch - Intellectual Disabilities and Autism: Ethics and Practice DESCRIPTION:Please join us in celebration of this Book Launch Event: \nFull Title: Intellectual Disabilities and Autism: Ethics and Practice \nSpeaker: \nDr. Andria Bianchi\nPhD \nDr. Janet Vogt\nPhD\, MHSc Bioethics \nAbstract\nPlease join us on Wednesday\, March 19th from 4:10-5:30pm to celebrate the launch of a newly published co-edited book entitled Intellectual Disabilities and Autism: Ethics and Practice\, co-edited by Andria Bianchi and Janet A. Vogt. The launch will provide attendees with information about what inspired the publication of this book (namely\, a gap in bioethics education that the presenters identified as part of their training) and how this book serves as a response. As part of this book launch\, a few authors will speak about their chapters\, including ethical issues related to medical assistance in dying\, moral status\, inclusion & empowerment\, and technology. Stay tuned for more information! \nAdditional Details: \nThe event is free and is open to the general public. \nThe direct link to the seminar will be sent out to registered participants 2 hours before the event. The JCB Bioethics Seminars are now being live-streamed to our YouTube channel. If you don’t receive the link 2 hours before the event\, please head over there and click on the live stream. Subscribe to our channel to receive notices of upcoming events. \nQuestions? \nPlease email Terry Yuen\, jcb.ea@utoronto.ca. URL:https://jcb.utoronto.ca/event/book-launch-intellectual-disabilities-and-autism-ethics-and-practice/ LOCATION:webinar\, Canada CATEGORIES:JCB Bioethics Seminar Series ORGANIZER;CN="Joint Centre for Bioethics":MAILTO:jcb.ea@utoronto.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250212T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250212T173000 DTSTAMP:20260607T203143 CREATED:20250205T215853Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250205T221056Z UID:10000054-1739376000-1739381400@jcb.utoronto.ca SUMMARY:16th Sue MacRae Lecture on Ethics and Patient-Centred Care - Navigating Grief In The Context of MAiD: Ethical And Quality Considerations DESCRIPTION:The Sue MacRae Lecture on Ethics and Patient-Centred Care aims to explore the felt ethical experience of those who are sick or unwell\, perhaps in their relationship to themselves\, family members\, caregivers\, and/or systems of care. The goal is to understand how patient-centred or relationship-centred frameworks and best practices – inclusive of patient and/or family perspectives – can help illuminate and address common bioethical problems. \nFull Title: Navigating Grief In The Context of MAiD: Ethical And Quality Considerations \nSpeaker: \nTekla Hendrickson\nExecutive Director MAiDHouse \nDr. Kristie Serota\nPhD \nDr. Han Yan\nMD\, MSc \nNikki Gouzopoulos \nAbstract \nMedical assistance in dying (MAiD) is a medical procedure administered under strict legal and clinical guidelines in the Canadian healthcare system. In its first decade since legalization\, MAiD has introduced new demands on the healthcare system and its providers\, spurring unique challenges and innovation in end-of-life care. One aspect of MAiD that is receiving increased attention is the grief experiences of people seeking MAiD and their family members. Grief is an inevitable part of death and dying. While some aspects of MAiD grief share similarities to other end-of-life contexts and experiences\, there are also unique qualities that are specific to the MAiD context. The four presenters on this panel have diverse yet complementary experiences with MAiD and will speak to the ethical and quality considerations in their work navigating grief in the MAiD context. Kristie Serota will present her findings as a social scientist researching MAiD bereavement\, Han Yan will speak about her work providing patient-centred care to patients and their families as a MAiD assessor and provider\, Nikki Gouzopoulos will share reflections on the lived experience of MAiD bereavement\, and Tekla Hendrickson will describe her experiences engaging with those eligible for MAiD and their families as the Executive Director of MAiDHouse\, a non-profit community-based organization. The panelists will discuss the practical implications of their experiences and work in the MAiD context\, describe current challenges\, innovative solutions\, and recommendations for improving care for people seeking MAiD and their families. \nSuggested Background Reading: \nMapping MAiD Discordance: A Qualitative Analysis of the Factors Complicating MAiD Bereavement in Canada – Kristie Serota\, Daniel Z. Buchman\, Michael Atkinson\, 2024 \nGrief and bereavement of family and friends around medical assistance in dying: scoping review – PubMed \nMAiD Eligibility Criteria \nAdditional Details: \nThe event is free and is open to the general public. \nThe direct link to the seminar will be sent out to registered participants 2 hours before the event. The JCB Bioethics Seminars are now being live-streamed to our YouTube channel. If you don’t receive the link 2 hours before the event\, please head over there and click on the live stream. Subscribe to our channel to receive notices of upcoming events. URL:https://jcb.utoronto.ca/event/16th-sue-macrae-lecture-on-ethics-and-patient-centred-care-navigating-grief-in-the-context-of-maid-ethical-and-quality-considerations/ LOCATION:webinar\, Canada CATEGORIES:JCB Bioethics Seminar Series ORGANIZER;CN="Joint Centre for Bioethics":MAILTO:jcb.ea@utoronto.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241120T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241120T133000 DTSTAMP:20260607T203143 CREATED:20250205T215508Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250205T215508Z UID:10000106-1732104000-1732109400@jcb.utoronto.ca SUMMARY:Cancer\, Ethics and Artificial Intelligence: (Almost) Everything is Under Control DESCRIPTION:This lecture is co-presented by UHN Bioethics and the University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics (JCB)\, and is part of the JCB Bioethics Seminar Series. \nTitle: Cancer\, Ethics and Artificial Intelligence: (Almost) Everything is Under Control \nAbstract: Rarely in history have so many people been simultaneously hyperventilating over new technology as they – we – are now over Artificial Intelligence. Though this technology will transform the way cancer is prevented\, diagnosed and treated\, our breathless adoption of intelligent machines should be guided appropriately … and at least a little skeptically. Indeed\, there are now hundreds of AI guidance documents\, and no clear way to choose among or synthesize them. The good news is that the need for sober guidance and oversight is uncontroversial. The challenge is that in the Wall Street-fueled fervor over intelligent machines\, we risk losing sight of the way patients will use this technology directly\, albeit without adequate education or support. We want an algorithm to supervise our use of algorithms\, but our health care systems have never done a particularly good job fostering meaningful education. The opportunity for improvement has never been better. \nSpeaker: \nKenneth W. Goodman\nPh.D.\, FACMI\, FACE\nFounder and Director\, Institute for Bioethics and Health Policy\nDirector\, University of Miami Ethics Programs\nDirector\, Data Ethics and Society\, Institute for Data Science and Computing\nProfessor in Department of Medicine\nMiami Miller School of Medicine \n\n12:00 – Introduction and History of the Philippa Harris Lecture Series\n12:10 – Introduction of the Speaker\n12:15 – Speaker Presentation\n1:00 – Question and Answer Period\n\nThe Philippa Harris lecture was established by Mr. and Mrs. Bill and Pat Harris in 1981 to celebrate the life of their daughter\, Pippa\, who died from cancer at the age of Nineteen. The lecture is shared between the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre\, the UHN Bioethics Program\, and the University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics. \nThis event is free and is open to the general public. The YouTube live stream link to the lecture will be sent out to registered participants two hours before the event. URL:https://jcb.utoronto.ca/event/cancer-ethics-and-artificial-intelligence-almost-everything-is-under-control/ LOCATION:webinar\, Canada CATEGORIES:JCB Bioethics Seminar Series ORGANIZER;CN="Joint Centre for Bioethics":MAILTO:jcb.ea@utoronto.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240918T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240918T170000 DTSTAMP:20260607T203143 CREATED:20250205T215250Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250205T215250Z UID:10000105-1726675200-1726678800@jcb.utoronto.ca SUMMARY:Imagining the Future of Bioethics: Reflecting Back\, Looking Forward DESCRIPTION:Full Title: Imagining the Future of Bioethics: Reflecting Back\, Looking Forward \nSpeaker: \nDr. Peter A. Singer\nFounding Director\, Joint Centre for Bioethics \n& \nDr. Jennifer Gibson\nSun Life Financial Chair in Bioethics\,\nDirector\, Joint Centre for Bioethics \nAbstract \nBioethics has never been more relevant than it is today. As the Joint Centre for Bioethics approaches its 30th anniversary\, Peter Singer and Jennifer Gibson will reflect on the origins and impact of bioethics as a field and explore its future prospects. What difference has bioethics made? What does the future hold for bioethics? Join the conversation. \nAdditional Details: \nThe event is free and is open to the general public. \nThe direct link to the seminar will be sent out to registered participants 2 hours before the event. The JCB Bioethics Seminars are now being live-streamed to our YouTube channel. If you don’t receive the link 2 hours before the event\, please head over there and click on the live stream. Subscribe to our channel to receive notices of upcoming events. URL:https://jcb.utoronto.ca/event/imagining-the-future-of-bioethics-reflecting-back-looking-forward/ LOCATION:webinar\, Canada CATEGORIES:JCB Bioethics Seminar Series ORGANIZER;CN="Joint Centre for Bioethics":MAILTO:jcb.ea@utoronto.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240605T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240605T170000 DTSTAMP:20260607T203143 CREATED:20240531T145024Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240531T145024Z UID:10000104-1717603200-1717606800@jcb.utoronto.ca SUMMARY:How prepared is Africa for ethical AI implementation? Bridging the gap for responsible progress DESCRIPTION:*** This is a special lecture presented by visiting scholar Ms. Rose Mwangi *** \nFull Title: How prepared is Africa for ethical AI implementation? Bridging the gap for responsible progress \nSpeaker: \nRose Mwangi\, MA\nVisiting scholar & fellowship of Global Forum on Bioethics in Research (GFBR)\nKilimanjaro Christian Medical University College\nMoshi\, Tanzania \nAbstract \nIn this presentation\, we examine Africa’s preparedness for the ethical implementation of Artificial Intelligence (AI)\, focusing on its unique ethical and societal impacts. \nAdditionally\, we explore both the opportunities and challenges for AI in Africa\, illustrating the complexities of AI adoption. We provide actionable recommendations tailored to Africa’s needs\, emphasizing interdisciplinary collaboration\, evidence-based approaches\, and capacity-building initiatives. Finally\, we propose a roadmap for responsible AI-driven development\, particularly in the health sector. \nAdditional Details: \nThe event is free and is open to the general public. \nThe direct link to the seminar will be sent out to registered participants 2 hours before the event. The JCB Bioethics Seminars are now being live-streamed to our YouTube channel. If you don’t receive the link 2 hours before the event\, please head over there and click on the live stream. Subscribe to our channel to receive notices of upcoming events. URL:https://jcb.utoronto.ca/event/how-prepared-is-africa-for-ethical-ai-implementation-bridging-the-gap-for-responsible-progress/ LOCATION:webinar\, Canada CATEGORIES:JCB Bioethics Seminar Series ORGANIZER;CN="Joint Centre for Bioethics":MAILTO:jcb.ea@utoronto.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240424T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240424T170000 DTSTAMP:20260607T203143 CREATED:20240415T180156Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240415T180156Z UID:10000102-1713974400-1713978000@jcb.utoronto.ca SUMMARY:“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 DESCRIPTION: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 \nSpeaker: \nClaudia Barned\, PhD\nBioethicist – Department of Clinical and Organizational Ethics – University Health Network\nEducation Investigator 2 – The Institute for Education Research (TIER)\nAssistant Professor – Dalla Lana School of Public Health – University of Toronto\nMember – Joint Centre for Bioethics – University of Toronto \n& \nAkosua Nwafor\, MHSc (Bioethics)\nDepartment of Clinical and Organizational Ethics – University Health Network \nAbstract \nHealthcare workers are increasingly exposed to acts of violence\, harassment and bigotry from patients\, their family members and visitors. When faced with such acts\, there is an organizational tendency to rely on zero tolerance policies or make references to applicable guidance from regulatory colleges. The efficacy of zero tolerance policies has been a point of significant debate\, as evidence shows very little actualized change at the individual and institutional levels. In addition to the notable disadvantages of zero tolerance policies\, they often lack the specificity required for proper support mechanisms and avenues for recourse that provide a sense of justice for the targeted clinician. To complicate matters further\, not all regulatory bodies acknowledge or conceptualize discriminatory experiences as ethically problematic practice issues impacting their registrants. As such\, healthcare workers can be left to blindly navigate these emotionally distressing encounters and struggle with the tensions between the duty to care and their right to a workplace free from discrimination. This talk critically outlines key findings from the academic literature\, most notably\, who is often targeted\, the types of requests/refusals made\, as well as individual and institutional recommendations for change. We will also critically examine the available guidance from 11 of Ontario’s regulatory colleges\, noting how they engage [or not] with anti-racism\, and issues pertaining to patient bias. \nAdditional Details: \nThe event is free and is open to the general public. \nThe direct link to the seminar will be sent out to registered participants 2 hours before the event. The JCB Bioethics Seminars are now being live-streamed to our YouTube channel. If you don’t receive the link 2 hours before the event\, please head over there and click on the live stream. Subscribe to our channel to receive notices of upcoming events. \nQuestions? \nPlease email Terry Yuen\, jcb.ea@utoronto.ca. URL:https://jcb.utoronto.ca/event/i-dont-want-any-black-nurses-insights-from-the-academic-literature-and-ontarios-regulatory-bodies-on-navigating-discriminatory-requests-refusals-of-care-providers/ LOCATION:webinar\, Canada CATEGORIES:JCB Bioethics Seminar Series ORGANIZER;CN="Joint Centre for Bioethics":MAILTO:jcb.ea@utoronto.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240417T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240417T170000 DTSTAMP:20260607T203143 CREATED:20240415T180421Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240415T180421Z UID:10000103-1713369600-1713373200@jcb.utoronto.ca SUMMARY:The Ethics of Telemedicine and Digital Health DESCRIPTION:Full Title: Digital Health and Telemedicine: Lessons From the Past\, Current Trends and New Challenges \nSpeaker: \nDr. Carlo Botrugno\, PhD\nResearcher at the Department of Legal Sciences\nCoordinator of the Research Unit on Everyday Bioethics and Ethics of Science\nL’Altro Diritto Inter-university Research Centre\nUniversity of Florence \nAbstract \nThe talk critically retraces some of the most recent developments related to the digitalization of healthcare and the virtualization of medical practice\, problematizing their impact from an ethical perspective. These processes cannot be seen merely as mechanisms through which data taken from patients’ bodies are extracted\, collected\, and processed for additional purposes. Instead\, they bring to light a new kind of corporeality\, where the patient’s body is continuously disaggregated and recomposed into a virtual entity that works as a permanent health data archive. From this perspective\, these processes contribute to establishing more intense relations between people\, technological artifacts\, spaces\, places\, and knowledge\, thus triggering ethically ambivalent effects. Indeed\, while they relegate some sources of medical knowledge to the background – i.e.\, those linked to the sensory perception of the doctor and the patient – they also create new forms of knowledge that derive from complex assemblages between material and virtual factors\, which unavoidably reshape medical practice and medical epistemology itself. \nAdditional Details: \nThe event is free and is open to the general public. \nThe direct link to the seminar will be sent out to registered participants 2 hours before the event. The JCB Bioethics Seminars are now being live-streamed to our YouTube channel. If you don’t receive the link 2 hours before the event\, please head over there and click on the live stream. Subscribe to our channel to receive notices of upcoming events. \nQuestions? \nPlease email Terry Yuen\, jcb.ea@utoronto.ca. URL:https://jcb.utoronto.ca/event/the-ethics-of-telemedicine-and-digital-health/ LOCATION:webinar\, Canada CATEGORIES:JCB Bioethics Seminar Series ORGANIZER;CN="Joint Centre for Bioethics":MAILTO:jcb.ea@utoronto.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240228T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240228T170000 DTSTAMP:20260607T203143 CREATED:20240228T175430Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240228T175430Z UID:10000101-1709136000-1709139600@jcb.utoronto.ca SUMMARY:Late Stage Dementia: Providing Comfort\, Compassion and Care-Clinical and Ethical Issues DESCRIPTION:Full Title: Late Stage Dementia: Providing Comfort\, Compassion and Care-Clinical and Ethical Issues \nSpeaker: \nDr. Michael Gordon\nMD\, MSc\, FRCPC\, FRCP (Edin)\nEmeritus Professor and Member\nJoint Centre for Bioethics\nUniversity of Toronto \nAbstract \nThe seminar will Using a case based approach\, review the challenges in late stage dementia- the clinical issues and ethical components for clinicians and ethicist \nAdditional Details: \nThe event is free and is open to the general public. URL:https://jcb.utoronto.ca/event/late-stage-dementia-providing-comfort-compassion-and-care-clinical-and-ethical-issues/ LOCATION:webinar\, Canada CATEGORIES:JCB Bioethics Seminar Series ORGANIZER;CN="Joint Centre for Bioethics":MAILTO:jcb.ea@utoronto.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240214T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240214T170000 DTSTAMP:20260607T203143 CREATED:20240209T204351Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240209T204351Z UID:10000100-1707926400-1707930000@jcb.utoronto.ca SUMMARY:An Introduction to Improving Palliative Care for PWIDD DESCRIPTION:Full Title: An Introduction to Improving Palliative Care for Persons with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (PWIDD) \nSpeaker: \nMr. Bob Parke \nAbstract \nThe 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. Taking an equity perspective our project seeks to address the disparity in palliative care services for people with IDD. While representing a relatively small percentage of the overall population PWIDD are often overrepresented in emergency departments and dying in locations where they are unknown and don’t want to be. \nThe presentation will introduce tools and practices that will help with earlier identification\, assessments and enhance the ability of PWIDD to participate in their care planning. An over arching theme of our work and the presentation is the importance of collaboration between sectors of care\, development sector\, primary and palliative care. As an outcome we hope attendees will engage with us and become allies in addressing the care needs of people we often work with. \nAdditional Details: \nThe event is free and is open to the general public. \nThe direct link to the seminar will be sent out to registered participants 2 hours before the event. The JCB Bioethics Seminars are now being live-streamed to our YouTube channel. If you don’t receive the link 2 hours before the event\, please head over there and click on the live stream. Subscribe to our channel to receive notices of upcoming events. \nQuestions? \nPlease email Terry Yuen\, jcb.ea@utoronto.ca. URL:https://jcb.utoronto.ca/event/an-introduction-to-improving-palliative-care-for-pwidd/ LOCATION:webinar\, Canada CATEGORIES:JCB Bioethics Seminar Series ORGANIZER;CN="Joint Centre for Bioethics":MAILTO:jcb.ea@utoronto.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240110T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240110T170000 DTSTAMP:20260607T203143 CREATED:20231207T193522Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231207T193522Z UID:10000099-1704902400-1704906000@jcb.utoronto.ca SUMMARY:What Should We Do with Coerced People? DESCRIPTION:Full Title: What Should We Do with Coerced People? \nSpeaker: \nEric Mathison (PhD) \nAssistant Professor \nUniversity of Toronto Scarborough \nAbstract \nWhat 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 survey the options and show that they are all unattractive. I argue that this causes a dilemma: either we must accept one of the unattractive options\, or we have to reassess the importance of voluntariness in some cases. \nAdditional Details: \nThe event is free and is open to the general public. \nThe direct link to the seminar will be sent out to registered participants 2 hours before the event. The JCB Bioethics Seminars are now being live-streamed to our YouTube channel. If you don’t receive the link 2 hours before the event\, please head over there and click on the live stream. Subscribe to our channel to receive notices of upcoming events. \nQuestions? \nPlease email Terry Yuen\, jcb.ea@utoronto.ca. URL:https://jcb.utoronto.ca/event/what-should-we-do-with-coerced-people/ LOCATION:webinar\, Canada CATEGORIES:JCB Bioethics Seminar Series ORGANIZER;CN="Joint Centre for Bioethics":MAILTO:jcb.ea@utoronto.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20231206T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20231206T170000 DTSTAMP:20260607T203143 CREATED:20231207T192141Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231207T192141Z UID:10000098-1701878400-1701882000@jcb.utoronto.ca SUMMARY:Can Legal Theory Save the Life of Healthcare Ethics? DESCRIPTION:Full Title: Can Legal Theory Save the Life of Healthcare Ethics? A chat about the practice of practising healthcare ethicists \nSpeaker: \nDr. Ann M. Heesters\, MA\, PhD (Phil.)\nSenior Director\, Department of Clinical and Organizational Ethics\, UHN\nEducation Investigator 2\, TIER (The Institute for Education Research)\nAssistant Professor\, Dalla Lana School of Public Health\nMember\, Joint Centre for Bioethics\, University of Toronto \nJason Lesandrini\, FACHE\, LPEC\, HEC-C\nAVP Ethics\, Advance Care Planning and Spiritual Health\nWellstar Development Center \nAbstract \nAlthough ethics consultation has had a place in healthcare for many decades\, the nature of the work is not well understood by many of its critics as well as its defenders. Practising Healthcare Ethicists (PHEs) have been described as compromised and ineffectual\, politicised and undemocratic\, and their promise to offer sound advice has been deemed irredeemably incoherent in the context of value pluralism. In a recent book\, Ann Heesters has argued that attention to debates familiar to legal theorists (the relationship between law and morality\, and the supposed tension between democracy\, and the role of an expert judiciary) can help PHEs to engage critics with a renewed confidence and some fresh approaches to perennial\, and hitherto unproductive\, arguments. \nJason Lesandrini\, a PHE\, who is also a health care executive and AVP of Ethics in a large American Healthcare system will be joining Ann in a conversation about these claims\, and will offer a glimpse into his own reasons for believing that there is reason for optimism about the future of the field. \nAdditional Details: \nThe event is free and is open to the general public. \nThe direct link to the seminar will be sent out to registered participants 2 hours before the event. The JCB Bioethics Seminars are now being live-streamed to our YouTube channel. If you don’t receive the link 2 hours before the event\, please head over there and click on the live stream. Subscribe to our channel to receive notices of upcoming events. \nQuestions? \nPlease email Terry Yuen\, jcb.ea@utoronto.ca. URL:https://jcb.utoronto.ca/event/can-legal-theory-save-the-life-of-healthcare-ethics/ LOCATION:webinar\, Canada CATEGORIES:JCB Bioethics Seminar Series ORGANIZER;CN="Joint Centre for Bioethics":MAILTO:jcb.ea@utoronto.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20231115T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20231115T190000 DTSTAMP:20260607T203143 CREATED:20231103T185201Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240119T200905Z UID:10000094-1700069400-1700074800@jcb.utoronto.ca SUMMARY:Ethics\, Uncertainty\, and Artificial Intelligence in Medicine - JCB-WIHV Lecture series co-hosted by T-CAIREM DESCRIPTION:This event is part of the Lecture Series on Ethics and Governance of AI for Health organized by the University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics in partnership with The Women’s College Hospital Institute for Health System Solutions and Virtual Care (WIHV) and AMS Healthcare. \nFull Title: Ethics\, Uncertainty\, and Artificial Intelligence in Medicine \nAbstract: Uncertainty is pervasive in medicine and how to address it in a responsible manner is a fundamental ethical concern. Recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) have sparked considerable interest in using new technologies to better address uncertainty and to promote safer\, more effective\, more efficient\, and more equitable health services. This talk considers some of the unique challenges to realizing this vision that arise at key choice-points across the lifecycle of AI development and deployment. \nSpeaker: Alex John London\, PhD \nAlex John London\, Ph.D.\, is the K&L Gates Professor of Ethics and Computational Technologies and Director of the Center for Ethics and Policy at Carnegie Mellon University. He is co-leader of the K&L Gates Initiative in Ethics and Computational Technologies\, and Chief Ethicist at the Block Center for Technology and Society at Carnegie Mellon University. An elected Fellow of the Hastings Center\, Professor London’s work focuses on ethical and policy issues surrounding the development and deployment of novel technologies in medicine\, biotechnology and artificial intelligence. He is widely published on these topics and consults internationally on policy development for ethical research and innovation. \nAdditional Details: \nJoin us on Wed Nov 15th\, 2023 5:30-7:00 pm EST in-person at the Women’s College Hospital auditorium (2nd floor) located at 76 Grenville Street\, Toronto\, ON. The lecture will be in-person only\, and will begin at 5:30pm sharp. The event is free and is open to the general public. URL:https://jcb.utoronto.ca/event/ethics-uncertainty-and-artificial-intelligence-in-medicine-jcb-wihv-lecture-series-co-hosted-by-t-cairem/ LOCATION:Women’s College Hospital\, 76 Grenville Street -2nd Floor Auditorium\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M5S 1B2\, Canada ORGANIZER;CN="Joint Centre for Bioethics":MAILTO:jcb.ea@utoronto.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20231025T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20231025T170000 DTSTAMP:20260607T203143 CREATED:20231103T190128Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231103T190128Z UID:10000097-1698249600-1698253200@jcb.utoronto.ca SUMMARY:Disease Models of Chronic Pain: Ethical Implications for Stigma DESCRIPTION:Full Title: Attitudes towards disease model explanations of chronic pain among adults without chronic pain: Ethical implications for stigma \nSpeaker: \nDaniel Z. Buchman\, PhD\, RSW\nBioethicist and Scientist – Centre for Addiction and Mental Health\nAssociate Professor – Dalla Lana School of Public Health\nJoint Center for Bioethics\nUniversity of Toronto \nBrooke Magel\nResearch Analyst – Centre for Addiction and Mental Health \nIris Coates McCall\nResearch Analyst – Centre for Addiction and Mental Health \nAbstract \nWhile chronic pain is often considered an invisible condition and a subjective experience\, researchers are exploring the potential role of objective brain-based biomarkers of chronic pain to help improve prognosis\, diagnosis\, and treatment outcomes. Additionally\, recent changes to the classification of chronic pain in the ICD-11 has helped to legitimize chronic pain as a disease in itself and not merely as a symptom of another condition. However\, disease explanations of chronic pain\, including chronic pain as a disease of the brain\, may have unintended ethical consequences for stigma. For example\, evidence suggests that brain disease explanations of addiction may unintentionally increase stigma. Presently\, it is unknown whether brain disease explanations will influence chronic pain stigma similarly. In this presentation\, we present the findings from the first aim of our project in which we examined the influence of disease explanations of chronic pain on stigma amongst adults who do not live with chronic pain. Since stigma adversely impacts people with chronic pain\, it is of ethical importance to understand whether or not disease framings of chronic pain should guide chronic pain anti-stigma interventions. \nAdditional Details: \nThe event is free and is open to the general public. \nThe direct link to the seminar will be sent out to registered participants 2 hours before the event. The JCB Bioethics Seminars are now being live-streamed to our YouTube channel. If you don’t receive the link 2 hours before the event\, please head over there and click on the live stream. Subscribe to our channel to receive notices of upcoming events. \nQuestions? \nPlease email Terry Yuen\, jcb.ea@utoronto.ca. URL:https://jcb.utoronto.ca/event/disease-models-of-chronic-pain-ethical-implications-for-stigma/ LOCATION:webinar\, Canada ORGANIZER;CN="Joint Centre for Bioethics":MAILTO:jcb.ea@utoronto.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20231018T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20231018T130000 DTSTAMP:20260607T203143 CREATED:20231103T185845Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231103T185845Z UID:10000096-1697630400-1697634000@jcb.utoronto.ca SUMMARY:42nd Annual Philippa Harris Lecture - Cancer and Severe Mental Illness: Navigating the Syndemic Challenges DESCRIPTION:This lecture is co-presented by UHN Bioethics and the University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics (JCB)\, and is part of the JCB Bioethics Seminar Series. \nTitle: Cancer and Severe Mental Illness: Navigating the Syndemic Challenges \nAbstract: Cancer is the leading cause of death in Ontario. Despite technological\, pharmacological\, surgical and biomedical advances in cancer care\, some of the most vulnerable\, such as individuals living with severe mental illness (SMI) still experience high mortality rates. Paradoxically\, structured guidelines and care standards focusing on enhanced screening\, treatment\, and monitoring\, can unwittingly create barriers for some individuals. The interplay of lifestyle (obesity\, smoking\, inadequate physical activity\, diet\, and substance use) with illness characteristics (nature\, severity\, and course of mental illness) can adversely impact all stages of cancer and its care. For example\, individuals with schizophrenia have a 2-2.5 times higher mortality risk of colorectal\, breast and lung cancers compared to the general population. \nThese syndemic challenges alongside ethical\, systemic and structural barriers\, stigma\, and adverse life experiences demand more equitable approaches to cancer care to ensure no one is left behind. \nSpeaker: \nDr. Oyedeji Ayonrinde\nMD\, FRCPsych\, MBA\nAssociate Professor\nDepartment of Psychiatry\nSchool of Medicine\nFaculty of Health Sciences\nQueen’s University \n\n12:00 – Introduction and History of the Philippa Harris Lecture Series\n12:10 – Introduction of the Speaker\n12:15 – Speaker Presentation\n1:00 – Question and Answer Period\n\nOn behalf of the UHN Department of Clinical and Organizational Ethics\, I’m writing in the hope that you will be able to clear some time in your calendars to attend the 2023 Philippa Harris Annual Lecture on Bioethical Issues in Cancer Care. This year’s speaker is Dr. Oyedieji Ayonrinde\, Associate Professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Psychology at Queen’s University. He is the Clinical Director for Community Mental Health Programs for Providence Care. He will be speaking on Equitable Cancer Care for Those Experiencing Severe Mental Illness. Here is a recent piece about his clinical work with and advocacy for this population: Navigating the complexities of cancer and severe mental illness | Faculty of Health Sciences | Queen’s University (queensu.ca) \nThe Philippa Harris lecture was established by Mr. and Mrs. Bill and Pat Harris in 1981 to celebrate the life of their daughter\, Pippa\, who died from cancer at the age of twenty. The lecture is shared between the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre\, the UHN Bioethics Program\, and the University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics. \nThis event is free and is open to the general public. The YouTube live stream link to the lecture will be sent out to registered participants two hours before the event. \nQuestions? Please email Terry Yuen\, jcb.ea@utoronto.ca URL:https://jcb.utoronto.ca/event/42nd-annual-philippa-harris-lecture-cancer-and-severe-mental-illness-navigating-the-syndemic-challenges/ LOCATION:webinar\, Canada ORGANIZER;CN="Joint Centre for Bioethics":MAILTO:jcb.ea@utoronto.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20231011T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20231011T170000 DTSTAMP:20260607T203143 CREATED:20231103T185507Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231103T185507Z UID:10000095-1697040000-1697043600@jcb.utoronto.ca SUMMARY:PWIDD Ought to be Allowed to Die Where They Live DESCRIPTION:Full Title: Ought People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (PWIDD) be allowed to die in Community-Based Group Homes\, without CPR? \nSpeaker: \nMahoganie Hines \nMHSc (Bioethics)\, BScN (Hons.)\, RN\, CHPCN(c) \nUniversity of Toronto \nAbstract \nThis session will address the complexities of legislation that exist within congregate care facilities\, ei. Community-based group homes\, and ethical tensions ensue when they are misinterpreted. Specifically\, addressing the need for PWIDD’s wishes regarding DNR to be honoured in the place they call home. Discussion will be had around the chasms that exist between the developmental services and healthcare sectors illuminating some novel interventions that are beginning to bridge these gaps. \nAdditional Details: \nThe event is free and is open to the general public. \nThe direct link to the seminar will be sent out to registered participants 2 hours before the event. The JCB Bioethics Seminars are now being live-streamed to our YouTube channel. If you don’t receive the link 2 hours before the event\, please head over there and click on the live stream. Subscribe to our channel to receive notices of upcoming events. \nQuestions? \nPlease email Terry Yuen\, jcb.ea@utoronto.ca. URL:https://jcb.utoronto.ca/event/pwidd-ought-to-be-allowed-to-die-where-they-live/ LOCATION:webinar\, Canada ORGANIZER;CN="Joint Centre for Bioethics":MAILTO:jcb.ea@utoronto.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230920T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230920T170000 DTSTAMP:20260607T203143 CREATED:20230918T200445Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231103T184858Z UID:10000093-1695225600-1695229200@jcb.utoronto.ca SUMMARY:Whither Bioethics? Hope\, Fear\, and the Prospect of a Sustainable Future for All DESCRIPTION:Full Title:\nWhither Bioethics? Hope\, Fear\, and the Prospect of a Sustainable Future for All \nSpeakers: \nJennifer L. Gibson\, PhD\nSun Life Financial Chair in Bioethics and Director\, Joint Centre for Bioethics;\nAssociate Professor\, Dalla Lana School of Public Health;\nDirector\, WHO Collaborating Centre for Bioethics\,\nUniversity of Toronto \nAbstract:\nThe 21st century has ushered in new health and societal challenges with an unprecedented scale and reach. Climate change\, the COVID-19 pandemic\, and the diffusion of AI in everyday life reveal our fundamental interdependency locally and globally and raise significant existential and equity concerns about the prospect of a sustainable future for all. In this seminar\, I explore the implications of these 21st century challenges for bioethics and propose a revisiting of its historical roots toward re-imagining its future as a field. \nAdditional Details:\nThe event is free and is open to the general public. \nThe direct link to the seminar will be sent out to registered participants 2 hours before the event. The JCB Bioethics Seminars are now being live-streamed to our YouTube channel. If you don’t receive the link 2 hours before the event\, please head over there and click on the live stream. Subscribe to our channel to receive notices of upcoming events. \nQuestions?\nPlease email Terry Yuen\, jcb.ea@utoronto.ca. URL:https://jcb.utoronto.ca/event/whither-bioethics-hope-fear-and-the-prospect-of-a-sustainable-future-for-all/ ORGANIZER;CN="Joint Centre for Bioethics":MAILTO:jcb.ea@utoronto.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230426T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230426T170000 DTSTAMP:20260607T203143 CREATED:20230410T204613Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230410T204613Z UID:10000092-1682524800-1682528400@jcb.utoronto.ca SUMMARY:Me\, myself and A.I.: How interacting with Artificial Intelligence affects employees’ expectations of\, and attitudes towards\, the role of A.I. DESCRIPTION:Full Title:\nMe\, myself and A.I.: How interacting with Artificial Intelligence affects employees’ expectations of\, and attitudes towards\, the role of A.I. \nSpeakers:\nMeena Andiappan\, Ph.D. (she/her)\nAssistant Professor of Management & Organization\nInstitute for Health Policy\, Management\, and Evaluation\nFaculty Affiliate\, Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society\nFaculty Affiliate\, Joint Center for Bioethics\nUniversity of Toronto \nAbstract:\nAI describes a new class of technology\, one that is capable of interacting with humans and the environment alike and that strives to mimic human capabilities (Rahwan et al\, 2019). Although people have a range of fears and expectations about the role of AI (Artificial Intelligence) in organizations\, until very recently\, the bulk of these attitudes are based on impressions of AI technology (e.g.\, gleaned from popular and news media) rather than first-hand knowledge of AI outputs. Given the growing role that experts expect AI to play in both our personal lives and our professional lives (Danaher\, 2017; Huang & Rust\, 2018; Kaplan\, 2015; Kellogg\, Valentine & Christin\, 2019) and the rapid rate of technological adaption by workplaces (West\, 2018)\, we explore how one-on-one interaction with AI affects employees’ perceptions of AI’s abilities and their willingness to work with AI in the future. We conduct two online studies using human-AI (GPT-3) interactions to test employees’ general and task-related attitudes and belief changes after using AI to perform four different work tasks (developing interview questions\, fact checking\, creating online content\, and writing a recommendation letter). In Study 1\, we find that while positive attitudes increase and negative attitudes decrease towards AI post-interaction\, the latter effect is much stronger. However\, our findings also reveal that people tend to wrongly predict their changes in negative attitudes after using AI\, such that they expect that interaction with AI will exacerbate negative attitudes. Overall\, we find that people are more willing to work with AI after interaction. Our second study finds further support for the relationships discovered in Study 1 and in addition\, we find that changes to task-use perceptions (e.g.\, acceptability\, performance\, suitability\, and willingness to use AI for a certain task) are highly dependent upon task types. \nAdditional Details:\nThe event is free and is open to the general public. \nThe direct link to the seminar will be sent out to registered participants 2 hours before the event. The JCB Bioethics Seminars are now being live-streamed to our YouTube channel. If you don’t receive the link 2 hours before the event\, please head over there and click on the live stream. Subscribe to our channel to receive notices of upcoming events. \nQuestions?\nPlease email Terry Yuen\, jcb.ea@utoronto.ca. URL:https://jcb.utoronto.ca/event/me-myself-and-a-i-how-interacting-with-artificial-intelligence-affects-employees-expectations-of-and-attitudes-towards-the-role-of-a-i/ CATEGORIES:JCB Bioethics Seminar Series ORGANIZER;CN="Joint Centre for Bioethics":MAILTO:jcb.ea@utoronto.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230412T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230412T170000 DTSTAMP:20260607T203143 CREATED:20230410T204203Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230410T204732Z UID:10000091-1681315200-1681318800@jcb.utoronto.ca SUMMARY:How Informed is Informed Refusal DESCRIPTION:Full Title:\nHow Informed is Informed Refusal? \nSpeakers:\nNathan Robert Howard (PhD)\, Assistant Professor\, University of Toronto Scarborough\nEric Mathison (PhD)\, Assistant Professor\, University of Toronto Scarborough \nAbstract:\nValid 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 is widely agreed that this requirement is non-trivial. Since consent and refusal are opposed yet closely related concepts\, it is tempting to think that valid refusal also requires meeting some non-trivial informational threshold. Indeed\, it is now common to encounter the term ‘informed refusal’ alongside ‘informed consent’. We argue that valid refusal does not require meeting some informational threshold and explain the informational asymmetry between valid refusal and valid consent by appealing to an asymmetry between positive and negative rights. \nAdditional Details:\nThe event is free and is open to the general public. \nThe direct link to the seminar will be sent out to registered participants 2 hours before the event. The JCB Bioethics Seminars are now being live-streamed to our YouTube channel. If you don’t receive the link 2 hours before the event\, please head over there and click on the live stream. Subscribe to our channel to receive notices of upcoming events. \nQuestions?\nPlease email Terry Yuen\, jcb.ea@utoronto.ca. URL:https://jcb.utoronto.ca/event/how-informed-is-informed-refusal/ CATEGORIES:JCB Bioethics Seminar Series ORGANIZER;CN="Joint Centre for Bioethics":MAILTO:jcb.ea@utoronto.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230405T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230405T170000 DTSTAMP:20260607T203143 CREATED:20230410T203838Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230410T204829Z UID:10000090-1680710400-1680714000@jcb.utoronto.ca SUMMARY:Cervical Cancer\, Vaccine Equity\, and Global Solidarity DESCRIPTION:Full Title:\nCervical Cancer\, Vaccine Equity\, and Global Solidarity: Fighting for the Health of Women and Girls \nSpeakers:\nJeff D’Souza (Ph.D.) Investigator\, Institute for Better Health\, Instructor\, McMaster University Continuing Education \nAbstract:\nCervical cancer is preventable\, yet more than 340\,000 women die each year. Approximately 90% of these deaths take place in low and middle-income countries (LMICs)\, where access to prophylactics\, diagnostics and treatments for cervical cancer is low. The single most effective way to prevent cervical cancer is to ensure that girls 9 to 14 years of age have access to an effective HPV vaccination schedule\, but unfortunately many girls do not have access to such a vaccination schedule. \nThis presentation explores our moral responsibilities to women and girls at risk of developing cervical cancer in LMICs\, and the present opportunity for governments and individuals in the Global North to do our part to help accelerate the global elimination of cervical cancer. \nAdditional Details: \nThe event is free and is open to the general public. \nThe direct link to the seminar will be sent out to registered participants 2 hours before the event. The JCB Bioethics Seminars are now being live-streamed to our YouTube channel. If you don’t receive the link 2 hours before the event\, please head over there and click on the live stream. Subscribe to our channel to receive notices of upcoming events. \nQuestions? \nPlease email Terry Yuen\, jcb.ea@utoronto.ca. URL:https://jcb.utoronto.ca/event/cervical-cancer-vaccine-equity-and-global-solidarity/ CATEGORIES:JCB Bioethics Seminar Series ORGANIZER;CN="Joint Centre for Bioethics":MAILTO:jcb.ea@utoronto.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230322T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230322T170000 DTSTAMP:20260607T203143 CREATED:20230320T183554Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230320T183554Z UID:10000087-1679500800-1679504400@jcb.utoronto.ca SUMMARY:Dementia\, Care and Respect DESCRIPTION:Speakers: \nAmy Mullin\, Professor\, Dept. of Philosophy\, University of Toronto Mississauga \nAbstract: \nThree 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 concept of care-respect have important insights to offer. I discuss implications of a focus on caring relationships both for the debate about health care decision making for individuals with dementia\, the more controversial part of my discussion\, and more broadly for theorizing relationships with people experiencing dementia. \nAdditional Details: \nThe event is free and is open to the general public. \nThe direct link to the seminar will be sent out to registered participants 2 hours before the event. The JCB Bioethics Seminars are now being live-streamed to our YouTube channel. If you don’t receive the link 2 hours before the event\, please head over there and click on the live stream. Subscribe to our channel to receive notices of upcoming events. \nQuestions? \nPlease email Terry Yuen\, jcb.ea@utoronto.ca. URL:https://jcb.utoronto.ca/event/dementia-care-and-respect/ CATEGORIES:JCB Bioethics Seminar Series ORGANIZER;CN="Joint Centre for Bioethics":MAILTO:jcb.ea@utoronto.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230301T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230301T170000 DTSTAMP:20260607T203143 CREATED:20230410T203515Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230410T204858Z UID:10000089-1677686400-1677690000@jcb.utoronto.ca SUMMARY:The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence for Public Health in Canada DESCRIPTION:Full Title:\nThe Ethics of Artificial Intelligence for Public Health in Canada \nSpeakers:\nHeather Dekker – MHSc Bioethics Graduate\, Joint Centre for Bioethics\, University of Toronto \nAbstract:\nConstructive use of new technologies\, such as artificial intelligence (AI)\, can provide benefits to individuals and society. There is a need to include informed ethical perspectives in the design\, application\, and adoption of these technologies\, and in the shaping of policy development and governance structures related to their use. This seminar will describe the Martin McKneally Capstone Project Award-winning work which explores ethical concerns and considerations of using AI for public health in Canada. \nAdditional Details: \nThe event is free and is open to the general public. \nThe direct link to the seminar will be sent out to registered participants 2 hours before the event. The JCB Bioethics Seminars are now being live-streamed to our YouTube channel. If you don’t receive the link 2 hours before the event\, please head over there and click on the live stream. Subscribe to our channel to receive notices of upcoming events. \nQuestions? \nPlease email Terry Yuen\, jcb.ea@utoronto.ca. URL:https://jcb.utoronto.ca/event/the-ethics-of-artificial-intelligence-for-public-health-in-canada/ CATEGORIES:JCB Bioethics Seminar Series ORGANIZER;CN="Joint Centre for Bioethics":MAILTO:jcb.ea@utoronto.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230125T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230125T173000 DTSTAMP:20260607T203143 CREATED:20230410T203137Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230410T204923Z UID:10000088-1674662400-1674667800@jcb.utoronto.ca SUMMARY:Tackling Bias in Health AI Systems from a Human Rights Lens DESCRIPTION:Full Title: Tackling Bias in Health AI Systems from a Human Rights Lens \nSpeakers:\nJake Okechukwu Effoduh (He/Him)\nVanier Scholar\,\nOsgoode Hall Law School York University \nAbstract: \nThe healthcare industry is witnessing an era of innovation explosion\, part of which is as a result of the increasing use of artificial intelligence (AI) within healthcare contexts. Although the technology is still relatively new\, there are already some promising examples of AI systems improving diagnostics\, treatment\, and the speed of healthcare delivery. For example\, some AI systems are remarkably predicting disease outbreaks\, cancers\, and heart diseases long before any signs or symptoms show. The use of AI is also advancing the practice of telemedicine\, medical informatics\, and is improving clinical operations (such as interpreting staining images and aiding the performance of high-risk surgeries). Many of these innovations are unprecedented. However\, one of biggest challenges in the use of AI for healthcare is the issue of bias: instances when the application of an AI algorithm compounds existing inequities in socioeconomic status\, race\, ethnic background\, religion\, gender\, disability\, sexual orientation\, or other criteria in ways that could amplify discrimination or adversely impact inequities in health systems. One of the many ways that this phenomenon of bias from AI health systems could occur is when an AI algorithm produces results that are systemically prejudiced due to erroneous assumptions in the machine learning process. In this session\, I plan to speak on bias in health AI systems. I hope to discuss how AI algorithms can become biased\, how they enter systems\, and the harmful effects of algorithmic bias in AI for health care. Taking a critical human rights approach\, I will also explore the legal and regulatory responses to bias in AI for health purposes. \nAdditional Details: \nThe event is free and is open to the general public. \nThe direct link to the seminar will be sent out to registered participants 2 hours before the event. The JCB Bioethics Seminars are now being live-streamed to our YouTube channel. If you don’t receive the link 2 hours before the event\, please head over there and click on the live stream. Subscribe to our channel to receive notices of upcoming events. \nQuestions? \nPlease email Terry Yuen\, jcb.ea@utoronto.ca. URL:https://jcb.utoronto.ca/event/tackling-bias-in-health-ai-systems-from-a-human-rights-lens/ CATEGORIES:JCB Bioethics Seminar Series ORGANIZER;CN="Joint Centre for Bioethics":MAILTO:jcb.ea@utoronto.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20221207T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20221207T170000 DTSTAMP:20260607T203143 CREATED:20221130T182501Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221130T182501Z UID:10000086-1670428800-1670432400@jcb.utoronto.ca SUMMARY:Ethical Considerations for Sterilization Refusal in Nulliparous Women DESCRIPTION:Speakers: \nAlyssa Izatt\, M.A. PhD Student\, University of British ColumbiaDepartment of Philosophy. W. Maurice Young Centre for Applied Ethics \nRebecca Greenberg\, RN\, PhDSenior Bioethicist\, Sinai Health System \nNipa Chauhan\, MHSc\, Bioethics Associate \, Sinai Health System \nAbstract \nThis seminar will consider how requests for sterilization in young\, childless women are handled. We examine the ethical\, social\, and professional considerations for tubal sterilizations (TS). While many young women come to their physicians with well-considered requests\, they are often denied due to the concern for the risk of regret\, and the availability of effective and temporary alternative forms of contraception. We will examine the deeper motivations for desiring a permanent form of contraception\, and the ethical issues that arise when regret is prioritized in medical decision-making. We argue for a patient-centred approach\, which emphasizes reproductive autonomy and informed consent\, and deprioritizes regret. \nAdditional Details: \nThe event is free and is open to the general public. \nThe direct link to the seminar will be sent out to registered participants 2 hours before the event. The JCB Bioethics Seminars are now being live-streamed to our YouTube channel. If you don’t receive the link 2 hours before the event\, please head over there and click on the live stream. Subscribe to our channel to receive notices of upcoming events. \nQuestions? \nPlease email Terry Yuen\, jcb.ea@utoronto.ca. URL:https://jcb.utoronto.ca/event/ethical-considerations-for-sterilization-refusal-in-nulliparous-women/ CATEGORIES:JCB Bioethics Seminar Series ORGANIZER;CN="Joint Centre for Bioethics":MAILTO:jcb.ea@utoronto.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20221123T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20221123T170000 DTSTAMP:20260607T203143 CREATED:20221114T173418Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221116T144832Z UID:10000079-1669219200-1669222800@jcb.utoronto.ca SUMMARY:Death and Dying in Childhood: A Silenced Phenomenon DESCRIPTION:Speaker:\n\n\n\nSydney Campbell\, PhD Candidate\, Institute of Health Policy\, Management and Evaluation and Collaborative Specialization in Bioethics\, University of Toronto \nAbout This Seminar: \nIn paediatric settings\, hope is a commonly seen as a fundamental aspect of high quality care. Additionally\, children are often presumed to be individuals that lack competence and require protection as a result of their vulnerabilities. As a result\, the concept of hope is arguably positioned to be at odds with dialogue around death and dying in childhood\, thereby fostering and contributing to an engrained phenomenon of silence in paediatric care and paediatric research associated with death and dying. In this seminar\, we will explore this phenomenon and the related implications more fully and promote discussions on this topic. \n\nAdditional Details: \nThis event is free and is open to the general public. \nThe direct link to the seminar will be sent out to registered participants 2 hours before the event. The JCB Bioethics Seminars are now being live-streamed to our YouTube channel. If you don’t receive the link 2 hours before the event\, please head over there and click on the live stream. Subscribe to our channel to receive notices of upcoming events. \nQuestions? \nPlease email Terry Yuen\, jcb.ea@utoronto.ca. URL:https://jcb.utoronto.ca/event/death-and-dying-in-childhood-a-silenced-phenomenon/ CATEGORIES:JCB Bioethics Seminar Series ORGANIZER;CN="Joint Centre for Bioethics":MAILTO:jcb.ea@utoronto.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20221116T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20221116T170000 DTSTAMP:20260607T203143 CREATED:20221114T172921Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221116T151242Z UID:10000078-1668612600-1668618000@jcb.utoronto.ca SUMMARY:5th Annual JCB Lecture on Ethics & Governance of AI for Health - Designing for Trust in Health Research with Pervasive Data DESCRIPTION:Speaker: \nDr. Katie Shilton\, Associate Professor & Program Co-Director\, BS Program in Social Data Science\, University of Maryland\, College Park \nAbout this Seminar: \nIn this seminar\, Shilton explores the use of pervasive data—large datasets about the identity\, behaviour\, or characteristics of people—and the ethical questions that arise regarding the development of norms and practices of using this data for research\, within and beyond clinical settings. Drawing on a recent project\, Shilton will discuss ways that health researchers working with pervasive data can reflect on data norms and data ethics. \nAdditional Details: \nThis event is free and is open to the general public.\nTo register\, click here \nThe direct link to the seminar will be sent out to registered participants 2 hours before the event. \nQuestions? \nPlease email Terry Yuen\, jcb.ea@utoronto.ca. URL:https://jcb.utoronto.ca/event/designing-for-trust-in-health-research-with-pervasive-data/ CATEGORIES:JCB Bioethics Seminar Series ORGANIZER;CN="Joint Centre for Bioethics":MAILTO:jcb.ea@utoronto.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20221109T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20221109T133000 DTSTAMP:20260607T203143 CREATED:20221024T171225Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221116T151732Z UID:10000077-1667995200-1668000600@jcb.utoronto.ca SUMMARY:41st Annual Philippa Harris Lecture - The New Frontier: Clinical Access\, Equity and Innovation in Cancer Care DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Christopher S. Lathan\, MD\, MS\, MPH \nAbout the Philippa Harris Lecture series: \nThe Philippa Harris lecture was established by Mr. and Mrs. Bill and Pat Harris in 1981 to celebrate the life of their daughter\, Pippa\, who died from cancer at the age of twenty. The lecture is shared between the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre\, the UHN Bioethics Program\, and the University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics. \nAdditional Details: \nThe event is free and is open to the general public. \nThe direct link to the seminar will be sent out to registered participants 2 hours before the event. The JCB Bioethics Seminars are now being live-streamed to our YouTube channel. If you don’t receive the link 2 hours before the event\, please head over there and click on the live stream. Subscribe to our channel to receive notices of upcoming events. \nQuestions? \nPlease email Terry Yuen\, jcb.ea@utoronto.ca. URL:https://jcb.utoronto.ca/event/3912/ CATEGORIES:JCB Bioethics Seminar Series END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20221108T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20221108T170000 DTSTAMP:20260607T203143 CREATED:20221114T174457Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221116T151805Z UID:10000080-1667894400-1667926800@jcb.utoronto.ca SUMMARY:Conversations in Canadian Bioethics - Bioethics and Racism DESCRIPTION:The final event of our Conversations in Canadian Bioethics 2022 season\, featuring the John Dossetor Centre at the University of Alberta as our spotlight organization. \nFeatured presenters Anita Ho\, Associate Professor\, University of British Columbia\, San Francisco Bioethics Program and Zamina Mithani\, MD Candidate\, University of British Columbia joined moderator Dr. Bashir Jiwani\, Executive Director\, Fraser Health Ethics & Diversity Services\, Fraser Health Authority\, CBS-SCB President. URL:https://jcb.utoronto.ca/event/cbs-bioethics-and-racism/ ORGANIZER;CN="Canadian Bioethics Society":MAILTO:canadianbioethicssociety@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20221019T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20221019T170000 DTSTAMP:20260607T203143 CREATED:20221116T152608Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221116T152608Z UID:10000085-1666195200-1666198800@jcb.utoronto.ca SUMMARY:The Limits of Criminalizing Conversion Practices DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Florence Ashley (they/them)\, SJD Candidate – Faculty of Law and Collaborative Specialization in Bioethics\, University of Toronto \nAbstract \nIn 2021\, the federal government of Canada banned conversion practices across the country. These practices\, which aim at changing\, discouraging\, or suppressing someone’s sexual orientation\, gender identity\, or gender expression\, are widely opposed by healthcare professions and considered unethical. Because the federal government has limited jurisdiction over healthcare\, its ban is couched in criminal terms threatens imprisonment for those who violate it. This seminar will explore the limits of criminalization as a deterrent as well as the potential harms of the criminal justice system for survivors of conversion practices. \nAdditional Details: \nThe event is free and is open to the general public. \nThe direct link to the seminar will be sent out to registered participants 2 hours before the event. The JCB Bioethics Seminars are now being live-streamed to our YouTube channel. If you don’t receive the link 2 hours before the event\, please head over there and click on the live stream. Subscribe to our channel to receive notices of upcoming events. \nQuestions? \nPlease email Terry Yuen\, jcb.ea@utoronto.ca. URL:https://jcb.utoronto.ca/event/the-limits-of-criminalizing-conversion-practices/ CATEGORIES:JCB Bioethics Seminar Series ORGANIZER;CN="Joint Centre for Bioethics":MAILTO:jcb.ea@utoronto.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20221012T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20221012T170000 DTSTAMP:20260607T203143 CREATED:20221116T152149Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221116T152241Z UID:10000084-1665590400-1665594000@jcb.utoronto.ca SUMMARY:Time to Revisit the Reasonably Foreseeable Natural Death Criterion for MAiD DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Daryl Pullman\, PhD \, University Research Professor of Bioethics\, Centre for Bioethics\, Faculty of Medicine\, Memorial University \nAbout This Seminar: \nFrom the time Bill C-14 legalized access to MAiD in Canada\, the RFND criterion has been a source of controversy. From the outset the criterion was interpreted liberally\, leading MAiD assessors and providers to exercise their subjective judgment in considering whether those suffering from a broad range of what would normally NOT be considered terminal medical conditions\, might be eligible for an assisted death. Many such individuals have been shoe horned into the RFND criterion. Consequently\, in six short years Canada has become one of the most liberal regimes in the world with regard to medically assisted death. However\, in the wake of the Truchon decision\, Bill C-7 has ostensibly addressed the ambiguities and perceived injustices of the RFND eligibility criterion. Bill C-7 is explicit in making access to MAiD available to those NOT suffering from an RFND. Now that this ‘non-terminal’ option is available\, I argue that the original RFND criterion should be revisited so as to offer more stringent objective criteria of what counts as an RFND\, thus curtailing the current trend to increasingly expansive subjective assessments. \nAdditional Details: \nThe event is free and is open to the general public. \nThe direct link to the seminar will be sent out to registered participants 2 hours before the event. The JCB Bioethics Seminars are now being live-streamed to our YouTube channel. If you don’t receive the link 2 hours before the event\, please head over there and click on the live stream. Subscribe to our channel to receive notices of upcoming events. \nQuestions? \nPlease email Terry Yuen\, jcb.ea@utoronto.ca. URL:https://jcb.utoronto.ca/event/time-to-revisit-the-reasonably-foreseeable-natural-death-criterion-for-maid/ CATEGORIES:JCB Bioethics Seminar Series ORGANIZER;CN="Joint Centre for Bioethics":MAILTO:jcb.ea@utoronto.ca END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR