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

JCB Seminar Series

 

Date
Speaker
Topic
ePresence
  < 2011 >
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
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?
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
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
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

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?
Oct 26
Kass Gibson, Faculty of Physical Education and Health, University of Toronto
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
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
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
Nov 30
Cancelled - No Seminar
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?
  < 2012 >
Jan 4

NO SEMINAR

 

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
Jan 18

John Pringle, PhD(c), Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Joint Centre for Bioethics, University of Toronto

 

The Nigerian Lead Poisoning Outbreak and the International Humanitarian Response: A Case Study in Global Health
Jan 25
Michael Atkinson, Assoc. Professor, Faculty of Physical Education and Health, University of Toronto
Reservoir Dogs:  Animals, Bioethics and the Sport-Complex
Feb 1

Dr. Brogen Singh Akoijam and Dr. Nabeel Mangadan-Konath International Students in Bioethics, University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics

 

Vulnerability in Research: A Different Perspective
Feb 8

Barbara Russell PhD, MBA, Bioethicist, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health; Assistant Professor, Institute of Health Policy, Management & Evaluation, University of Toronto

 

Teaching Bioethics: Recently Published Insights & Worries
Feb 15

Jill Oliver, Academic Fellow in Clinical and Organization Ethics, Joint Centre for Bioethics, University of Toronto

 

Feb 22

NO SEMINAR - READING WEEK

 

Feb 29

Oliva Rabozakandraina and Triveni Krishnan, International Students in Bioethics, Joint Centre for Bioethics, University of Toronto

Mar 7

 

 

Mar 14

Theresa Burgess and Mahjabeen Khan, International Students in Bioethics, Joint Centre for Bioethics, University of Toronto

 

Mar 21

Robert Cribb

 

Mar 28

Paul Thompson, PhD, Professor, IHPST and Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto

 

Are RCTs the Gold Standard of Evidence?
Apr 4

NO SEMINAR – JCB closed

 

Apr 11
Judy Kopelow, Director, Strategic Initiatives, Centre for International Health, Administrative Director, Global Health Education Institute, University of Toronto
Apr 18
Lisa Forman, SJD, Lupina Assistant Professor, Dalla School of Public health, University of Toronto
Apr 25
Solomon Benatar, Emeritus Professor of Medicine and Founding Director, UCT Bioethics Centre
May 2

 

 

May 9
Ingrid Stefanovic, PhD, Professor Philosophy and Environment, University of Toronto
The Enigma of Health:  Some Phenomenological Reflections
May 16

Fiona Miller

 

May 23

 

 

May 30
Chloe Atkins, Dept. of Communication and Culture, University of Calgary
[5th Annual Sue MacRae Lecture on Ethics and Patient-Centred Care]

 

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:

  1. Go to the Desire2Learn website window
  2. Click on the Join button (at the top-right corner)
  3. Enter your information in the join screen, including Username and Password
  4. You will need to remember your Username and Password so that you can join future seminar webcasts
  5. Please report by email to brenda.knowles@utoronto.ca email if you have any difficulties registering
  6. You will only need to register once
  7. For subsequent seminars, login with your Username and Password – you do not have to re-register.

Notes:

  1. This registration process should be done well before the event itself.  If you have difficulty viewing your first seminar, check with your IT professional.
  2. Please ensure you have the latest version of Flash Player installed on your computer.