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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 4:10 - 5:30 pm. Click here for current seminar information.
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 2011 - June 2012
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Speaker |
Topic |
ePresence |
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Sept 14 |
Jacob Shelley, SJD Student, CIHR Health Law; Ethics and Policy Fellow, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto and Lupina Senior Doctoral Fellow, Munk School of Global Affairs |
Assuring, Ensuring, or Protecting? A Reflection on the Ever-shifting Definition of Public Health Law, and What It Might Mean for Public Health Ethics
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Sept 21 |
Miriam Shuchman, Assoc. Professor of Psychiatry, University of Toronto; Chair, Research Ethics Board, Women’s College Hospital; Vice-chair, Research Ethics Board, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre With Additional Commentary by Gary Remington, MD, PhD, FRCPC Head, Schizophrenia, Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto and Director, Medication Assessment Program, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) |
Human Subjects Research in Psychotic Individuals: Is It Ethical? |
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Sept 28 |
An-Wen Chan, MD, DPhil, FRCPC, Asst. Professor, Dept. of Medicine, University of Toronto and Phelan Scientist, Women’s College Research Institute |
Addressing Bias, Spin, and Misreporting in Clinical Trials |
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Oct 5 |
Philip Berger, MD, Chief, Dept. of Family and Community Medicine, Medical Director, Inner City Health Program, St. Michael’s Hospital |
Advocacy in Health Care: Documents and Demonstrations |
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Oct 12 |
Don Willison, MSc, SCD, Assoc. Professor, Dept. of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University Nancy Ondrusek, MSc, PhD, Ethics Officer, Research and Ethics, Public Health Ontario With additional commentary by Barry Pakes, MD, MPH, CCFP, DTMH, FRCPC, PhD(c), Program Director, Global Health Education Initiative and PhD candidate in Public Health Ethics, Joint Centre for Bioethics |
A Conceptual Framework and Operational Model for Public Health Ethics Support in Ontario |
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Oct 19 Princess Margaret Hospital, 610 University Ave., Rm. 604 |
Craig Earle, MD, MSc, Director of Health Services Research for Cancer Care Ontario and the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research; Gastrointestinal Oncologist, Odette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre |
[31st Annual Philippa Harris Lecture on Bioethical Issues in Cancer] Aggressive Cancer Treatment Near the End of Life; a Quality of Care Issue? |
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Oct 26 |
Kass Gibson, Faculty of Physical Education and Health, University of Toronto
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Witness the Fitness: Bioethics and Sport and Exercise Science |
No Webcast |
Nov 2 |
David Benatar, PhD, Professor and Head of Department of Philosophy, University of Cape Town |
Suicide: A Qualified Defence |
No Webcast |
Nov 9 |
Aaron Orkin, BASci, MD, MSc, CCFP, Public health and Preventive Medicine, University of Toronto |
“A doctor is there to be a doctor, not to advocate for the poor”: Doctorhood and the History of MSF |
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Nov 16 |
Donald Cole, Associate Professor & Interim Division Head of Global Health at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Director Collaborative Program in Global Health, University of Toronto |
Learning and Teaching Global Health Ethics |
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Nov 23 |
Stephanie Nixon, BHSc(PT), PhD, Asst. Professor, Department of Physical Therapy, University of Toronto, Canada Academic Director, International Centre for Disability and Rehabilitation (ICDR), Canada and; Penny Parnes, BSc, DSP(Reg CASLPO)Executive Director, International Centre for Disability and Rehabilitation |
The Billion Left Behind? Ethical Dimensions of Disability and Global Health |
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Nov 30 |
Cancelled - No Seminar |
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Dec 7 |
Clare Pain, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Assoc. Professor, Dept. of Psychiatry, University of Toronto |
North-South Collaboration for Training Psychiatrists: A Template for Africa? |
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Jan 4 |
NO SEMINAR
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Jan 11 |
Brian Phillips, BA, PhD, Independent Human Rights Consultant and Co-editor, Journal of Human Rights
Practice (Oxford University Press) |
Responsibility to the Story: Ethics and Victim/Witness Testimony in Human Rights Practice |
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Jan 18 |
John Pringle, PhD(c), Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Joint Centre for Bioethics, University of Toronto
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The Nigerian Lead Poisoning Outbreak and the International Humanitarian Response: A Case Study in Global Health |
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Jan 25 |
Michael Atkinson, Assoc. Professor, Faculty of Physical Education and Health, University of Toronto |
Reservoir Dogs: Animals, Bioethics and the Sport-Complex |
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Feb 1 |
Dr. Brogen Singh Akoijam and Dr. Nabeel Mangadan-Konath International Students in Bioethics, University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics
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Vulnerability in Research: A Different Perspective |
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Feb 8 |
Barbara Russell PhD, MBA, Bioethicist, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health; Assistant Professor, Institute of Health Policy, Management & Evaluation, University of Toronto
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Teaching Bioethics: Recently Published Insights & Worries |
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Feb 15 |
Jill Oliver, Academic Fellow in Clinical and Organization Ethics, Joint Centre for Bioethics, University of Toronto
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Feb 22 |
NO SEMINAR - READING WEEK
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Feb 29 |
Oliva Rabozakandraina and Triveni Krishnan, International Students in Bioethics, Joint Centre for Bioethics, University of Toronto |
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Mar 7 |
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Mar 14 |
Theresa Burgess and Mahjabeen Khan, International Students in Bioethics, Joint Centre for Bioethics, University of Toronto
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Mar 21 |
Robert Cribb
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Mar 28 |
Paul Thompson, PhD, Professor, IHPST and Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto
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Are RCTs the Gold Standard of Evidence? |
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Apr 4 |
NO SEMINAR – JCB closed
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Apr 11 |
Judy Kopelow, Director, Strategic Initiatives, Centre for International Health, Administrative Director, Global Health Education Institute, University of Toronto |
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Apr 18 |
Lisa Forman, SJD, Lupina Assistant Professor, Dalla School of Public health, University of Toronto |
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Apr 25 |
Solomon Benatar, Emeritus Professor of Medicine and Founding Director, UCT Bioethics Centre |
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May 2 |
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May 9 |
Ingrid Stefanovic, PhD, Professor Philosophy and Environment, University of Toronto |
The Enigma of Health: Some Phenomenological Reflections |
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May 16 |
Fiona Miller
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May 23 |
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May 30 |
Chloe Atkins, Dept. of Communication and Culture, University of Calgary |
[5th Annual Sue MacRae Lecture on Ethics and Patient-Centred Care] |
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Archived Seminars - [Some video archives currently not available]
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 Desire2Learn website

- Click on the Join button (at the top-right corner)
- Enter your information in the join screen, including Username and Password
- You will need to remember your Username and Password so that you can join future seminar webcasts
- 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 Username and Password – you do not have to re-register.
Notes:
- This registration process should be done well before the event itself. If you have difficulty viewing your first seminar, check with your IT professional.
- Please ensure you have the latest version of Flash Player installed on your computer.
