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Involvement of the Consent and Capacity Board in Challenging Ethical Impasses around Substitute Decision-Making

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Speakers: Rosalind Abdool, PhD, (she/her), Ethicist, Regional Ethics Program, Trillium Health Partners (THP), Alternate Vice Chair, THP Research Ethics Board, Adjunct Lecturer, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto Eoin Connolly, MA, Ethicist, Regional Ethics Program, Trillium Health Partners (THP), Adjunct Lecturer, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto About this […]

Bioethics for the Anthropocene

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Full Title: Bioethics for the Anthropocene Speaker: Andrew Jameton, PhD, Professor Emeritus, Department of Health Promotion, University of Nebraska Medical Center Abstract Global change is increasingly forcing environmental and health care ethics to face each other. This meeting of disciplines is likely to clash with tragic results and to disappoint many, while at the same time it is […]

Conversations in Canadian Bioethics – Bioethics and Climate Change

This was the first in our series of Conversations in Canadian Bioethics, featuring Dr. James Dwyer (Upstate Medical University), and Dr. Cristina Richie (Delft University of Technology) in a session moderated by Dr. Vardit Ravitsky (Université de Montréal).

Conversations in Canadian Bioethics – MAiD and Mental Illness

The second event in our series of Conversations in Canadian Bioethics, with the Nova Scotia Health Ethics Network (NSHEN) as our spotlight organization. Featured presenters were Mona Gupta (Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal - CHUM) and Kathleen Lowenstein (Department of Philosophy, Michigan State University), with moderator Éric Racine (Pragmatics Health Ethics Research Unit, Institut […]

Conversations in Canadian Bioethics – Bioethics and Activism

Third in our series of Conversations in Canadian Bioethics, featuring the École de santé publique de l’Université de Montréal (ESPUM) as our spotlight organization. Featured presenter was Joseph Stramondo (San Diego State University), who joined moderator Dr. Christy Simpson (Dalhousie University).

Time to Revisit the Reasonably Foreseeable Natural Death Criterion for MAiD

Speaker: Daryl Pullman, PhD , University Research Professor of Bioethics, Centre for Bioethics, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University About This Seminar: From 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 […]

The Limits of Criminalizing Conversion Practices

Speaker: Florence Ashley (they/them), SJD Candidate - Faculty of Law and Collaborative Specialization in Bioethics, University of Toronto Abstract In 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 […]

Conversations in Canadian Bioethics – Bioethics and Racism

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. Featured 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, […]

5th Annual JCB Lecture on Ethics & Governance of AI for Health – Designing for Trust in Health Research with Pervasive Data

Speaker: Dr. Katie Shilton, Associate Professor & Program Co-Director, BS Program in Social Data Science, University of Maryland, College Park About this Seminar: In 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 […]