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 2010 - June 2011
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ePresence |
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Sept 15 |
Tom Koch, PhD, Adjunct Professor, Medical Geography, University of British Columbia; Bioethicst, Canadian Down Syndrome Society (Resource Council); Consultant in Bioethics and Gerontology, Toronto and Vancouver; Director of Information Outreach, Ltd. |
Difference and Disability: Where is the ethics in bioethics? |
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Sept 22 |
Adam Rapoport, MD, FRCPC, MHSc, Division of Pediatric Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children and Pediatric Palliative Care Consultant, Max and Beatrice Wolfe Children's Centre, Temmy Latner Centre for Palliative Care, Mount Sinai Hospital |
Pediatric Capacity and Consent: What’s legal and what’s right?” |
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Sept 29 |
CanPREP
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Oct 6 |
Gardar Arnason
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Oct 13 |
Debora Diniz
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Oct 20 |
TBA
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Oct 27 |
Alloway Lecture
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Nov 3 |
Sholom Glouberman
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Nov 10 |
TBA | 14th Annual Jus Lecture in honour of Dr. Andrzej Jus | |
Nov 17 |
David Sackett |
The ethical implications of different statistical early-stopping rules for randomized clinical trials |
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Nov 24 |
Robert Buckman |
30th Annual Philippa Harris Lecture on Bioethics Issues in Cancer – There’s always hope…but can hope ever be a bad thing? |
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Dec 1 |
Sara Rosenthal
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Dec 8 |
Kelley Ross
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Jan 5 |
NO SEMINAR
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Jan 12 |
Ross Upshur
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Jan 19 |
Bob Parke
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Jan 26 |
TBA
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Feb 2 |
Academic Fellow in Clinical and Organizational Ethics |
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Feb 9 |
TBA
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Feb 16 |
MHSc in Bioethics International Student
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Feb 23 |
READING WEEK – NO SEMINAR
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Mar 2 |
John Berkman
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Mar 9 |
Randi Zlotnik-Shaul
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Mar 16 |
Academic Fellow in Clinical and Organizational Ethics | ||
Mar 23 |
TBA
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Mar 30 |
MHSc in Bioethics International Student
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| Apr 6 | TBA
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| Apr 13 | Academic Fellow in Clinical and Organizational Ethics
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| Apr 20 | TBA
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| Apr 27 | MHSc in Bioethics International Student
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| May 4 | TBA
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| May 11 | TBA
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| May 18 | Academic Fellow in Clinical and Organizational Ethics |
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| May 25 | TBA
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Jun 1 |
TBA |
4th Annual Sue MacRae Lecture on Ethics and Patient-Centred Care |
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.
