Community Tools: Bioethics Seminar Series
The JCB offers a weekly seminar on a wide variety of bioethics topics. The speakers come from the local national and international community in bioethics. These seminars are open to the public and free and do not require prior registration. All seminars take place every Wednesday from 3:10 - 4:30 pm. Click here for current seminar information. Most JCB seminars are webcast live through ePresence.
Click here to view ePresence instructions.
This schedule is subject to change. If you are coming to hear a particular speaker or topic, we suggest you consult this schedule again the week of the seminar.
September 2009 - June 2010
Date |
Speaker |
Topic |
ePresence |
September 16 |
Tom Tomlinson, PhD, Professor, Department of Philosophy and Director, Center for Ethics and Humanities in the Life Sciences, Michigan State University |
Protection of Non-Welfare Interests in the Research Uses of Archived Biological Samples
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September 23 |
NO SEMINAR |
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September 30
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Christine Jamieson, PhD, Academic Clinical and Organizational Ethics Fellow, Joint Centre for Bioethics and Centre for Clinical Ethics, University of Toronto | Person, Memory and Meaning: Exploring the Ethical Relationship in Caring for the Cognitively Impaired |
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October 7 |
Giles Scofield, JD, MA (Religion), Clinical Ethicist, Centre for Clinical Ethics and Associate Professor, Dept. of Family and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto |
The Priority of Ethics to Democracy (?) |
Archived Seminar  |
October 14 |
Lynda Lange, PhD, Associate Professor of Philosophy and Women’s Studies, University of Toronto at Scarborough and Faculty Associate, Centre for Ethics, University of Toronto |
The Global Division of Labour in Carework: An Issue for Human Rights or the Ethic of Care? |
Archived Seminar |
October 21 5:00-6:00 pm |
Dena S. Davis, J.D., Ph.D. |
29th Annual Philippa Harris Lecture On Bioethical Issues in Cancer - Cancer, Fertility and Hope: A Bermuda Triangle? |
Not webcast |
October 28
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Amy Bender, RN, PhD, Assistant Professor, Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto |
In the Privacy of Surveillance: Thoughts on the Everyday Work of TB Nursing |
Archived Seminar |
November 4 |
David Rodriguez-Arias Vailhen, PhD, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Salamanca and Post-Doctoral Fellow, Joint Centre for Bioethics, University of Toronto. |
Organ Donation and Definitions of Death |
Archived Seminar |
November 11 |
James F. Dwyer, PhD, Associate Professor, Bioethics and Humanities, SUNY Upstate Medical University |
Obesity and Responsibility |
Archived Seminar |
November 18 |
Frederick H. Lowy, OC, MD, LLD, Former President, Concordia University and Founding Director, University of Toronto Centre for Bioethics |
13th Annual Jus Lecture in honour of Dr. Andrzej Jus – Double Agency in Health Care: an inevitable dilemma? |
ePresence Registration |
November 25 |
Michael D. Christian, BA (Hon), MD, FRCP(C), Major, Canadian Forces Health Services, Attending Physician, Infectious Diseases and Critical Care, Mount Sinai Hospital and University Health Network, Dept. of Medicine, University of Toronto; Andrea Frolic, PhD, Clinical & Organizational Ethicist, Hamilton Health Scies, McMaster University Medical Centre; Gerda Kaegi, MA, Professor Emerita, Ryerson University, Board Member, Canadian Pensioners Concerned, Inc.; Moderator: Shawn Winsor, BA (Hons), MHSc, Director, Ethics Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and Chair, Joint Centre for Bioethics Pan Flu Supplementary Triage Criteria Taskforce. |
Critical Care Triage for H1N1: A Symposium on Emerging Ethical Issues |
Archived Seminar |
December 2 |
Robert Gibbs, BA, MA, PhD, Professor of Philosophy and Director, Jackman Humanities Institute, University of Toronto |
Is Bioethics Humane? |
Archived Seminar |
December 9 |
Marleen van Laethem, BSc, MHSc, Research Ethicist, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute and the Joint Centre for Bioethics, University of Toronto |
Ethics Consultations in Research Issues: When Researchers Welcome Research Ethics |
Archived Seminar |
2010 |
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January 6 |
NO SEMINAR |
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Postponed |
John McLaughlin, Vice-President of Population Studies and Surveillance at Cancer Care Ontario, and Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences University of Toronto |
TBA |
ePresence Registration |
January 20 |
Rex Roman, PhD |
Suicide and Confidentiality: The Case of Nadia Kajouji |
ePresence Registration |
January 27 |
Pamela Klassen, Associate Professor, Dept. and Centre for the Study of Religion and Director, The Religion in the Public Sphere Initiative, University of Toronto |
Christianity, Biomedicine, and the Supernatural Self |
ePresence Registration |
February 3 |
No Seminar |
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ePresence Registration |
February 10 |
Wayne Sumner, PhD, FRSC, University Professor Emeritus, Law and Philosophy, University of Toronto |
End-of-Life Care: Where are the Ethical Lines? |
ePresence Registration |
February 17 |
READING WEEK – NO SEMINAR |
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February 24 |
Jennifer Flynn, PhD, Clinical and Organizational Ethics Fellow, Joint Centre for Bioethics, University of Toronto |
Artificial Reproduction and Neonatal Intensive Care: Whose Benefit, What Cost? |
ePresence Registration |
March 3 |
Barbara Gibson, PhD, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physical Therapy, University of Toronto and Barbara Secker, PhD, Director, Education and Practice, Joint Centre for Bioethics, University of Toronto |
Integrating Normative Ethical Analysis and Qualitative Inquiry: Experience in a CIHR Study of "Adequate" Home Environments for Disabled Younger Adults |
ePresence Registration |
March 10 |
Nishardi Wijeratne, MHSc, Clinical and Organizational Ethics Fellow, Joint Centre for Bieothics, University of Toronto |
Role Models and Road Blocks: The Learning of Professionalism |
ePresence Registration |
March 17 |
Rebecca Cook, AB, MA, MPA, JD, LLM, JSD, Professor and Faculty Chair, International Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto |
Stereotyping of Women in the Health Sector |
ePresence Registration |
March 24 |
Salahuddin Khan and Salima Bano Virani, MHSc in Bioethics International Students, University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics |
TBA |
ePresence Registration |
March 31 |
David McKnight, Associate Dean, Equity and Professionalism, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto |
TBA |
ePresence Registration |
| April 7 | Pier Bryden, MPhil, MD, FRCP(C), Faculty Lead, Ethics and Professionalism, Undergraduate Medical Education, University of Toronto |
"What's the right dose? Teaching bioethics in undergraduate medical education" |
ePresence Registration |
| April 14 | Vida Panitch, PhD, Bioethics Lecturer and Undergraduate Research Coordinator, Dept. of Philosophy, University of Toronto |
In Vitro Fertilization and Reproductive Need |
ePresence Registration |
| April 21 | Bini Toms and Celestine Afi Sappor, Fogarty International Students, Joint Centre for Bioethics |
TBA |
ePresence Registration |
| April 28 | Elizabeth Peter, PhD, Association Professor, Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto |
TBA |
ePresence Registration |
| May 5 | Zahava Rosenberg-Yunger, PhD, MA, Hon.BSc, Post-doctoral Fellow, McMaster University, Dept. of Pediatrics |
Priority Setting for Expensive Biopharmaceuticals |
ePresence Registration |
| May 12 | Ann Heesters, Toronto Rehab |
TBA |
ePresence Registration |
| May 19 | Michael Campbell, MHSc, Clinical and Organizational Ethics Fellow, Joint Centre for Bioethics, University of Toronto |
TBA |
ePresence Registration |
| May 26 | James V. Lavery, PhD, Research Scientist, Centre for Research in Inner City Health Centre for Global Health Research, St. Michael’s Hospital; Assistant Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health and Joint Centre for Bioethics, University of Toronto |
TBA |
ePresence Registration |
| June 2 |
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3rd Annual Sue MacRae Lecture on Ethics and Patient-Centred Care |
ePresence Registration |
Archived Seminars
ePresence Registration Instructions:
Most of our bioethics seminars are now being webcast live. All archived seminars are available under Published Events. ePresence supports both PC and MAC videostreaming. You can register to view and participate in live events by following the steps below:
- Go to the Centre for Global eHealth Innovation’s ePresence
- Click on the Join button (at the top blue bar)
- Enter your information in the join screen, including userid and password
- You will need remember your userid and password so that you can join future seminar web casts
- Please report by email to brenda.knowles@utoronto.ca
if you have any difficulties registering - You will only need to register once
- For subsequent seminars, login with your userid and password – you do not have to re-register.
Please note this registration process should be done well before the event itself. If you have difficulty viewing your first seminar, you should check with your IT professional.
