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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 3:10 - 4:30 pm. Click here for current seminar information. Most JCB seminars are webcast live through ePresence.
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[Video archive currently not available]
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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Sept 15 |
Tom Koch, PhD, Adjunct Professor, Medical Geography, University of British Columbia; Bioethicist, 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 |
Canadian Program of Research on Ethics in a Pandemic (CanPREP) |
CanPREP Workshop: Demonstrating the Applicability of Town Halls for Public Engagement and Disaster Planning | |
Oct 6 |
Gardar Arnason, PhD, Researcher, Dept. of Social and Moral Philosophy, University of Helsinki - with additional commentary |
Neuroscience, Free Will and Moral Responsibility |
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Oct 13 |
Debora Diniz, PhD, Professor, Public Health Graduate Program and Co-founder and Researcher, Institute of Bioethics, Human Rights and Gender, University of Brasilia, Brazil |
Abortion at the Brazilian Supreme Court: A Bioethical Challenge |
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Oct 20 |
Viviana Molaschi, Phd (Universities of Turin-Milan), Researcher in Administrative Law (University of Bergamo), Professor of Administrative Law (University of East Piedmont) and Social Welfare Legislation (University of Bergamo), lawyer and legal consultant |
Withdrawal of Artificial Hydration & Nutrition from a Patient in a Permanent Vegetative State in Italy: Some Considerations on the Englaro Case |
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Oct 27 |
Elina Hemminki, MD, DrPH, Research Professor in the National Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland, and Associate Professor, University of Helsinki |
Challenges of Clinical Research Regulation | |
Nov 3 |
Sholom Glouberman, Associate Scientist, Kunin-Lunenfeld Applied Research Unit and Philosopher in Residence, Baycest; Adjunct Asst. Professor, Dept. of Health Policy Management & Evaluation; Adjunct Professor, Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University |
The Patient Experience in Health Care | |
Nov. 10 |
James Giordano, PhD, Director, Center for Neurotechnology Studies; Vice-President, Academic programs, Potomac Institute for Policy Studies; Professor of Neuroscience, Krasnow Institute for Advanced Studies, George Mason University; Sr. Research Associate, Wellcome Centre for Neuroethics, University of Oxford |
14th Annual Jus Lecture in honour of Dr. Andrzej Jus – Neuroethics: Coming of Age and Facing the Future
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Nov 17 Charles Best Bldg., Rm. 114, 112 College St. |
David Sackett, OC, MD, FRSC, FRCP, Professor Emeritus, Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University |
The ethical implications of different statistical early-stopping rules for randomized clinical trials |
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Nov 24 12:30-1:30pm Rm 604, 610 University Ave. |
Robert Buckman, MD, FRCPC, Medical Oncologist, Princess Margaret Hospital/University Health Network, Professor, University of Toronto; Adjunct Professor, MD Anderson Cancer Center, University of Texas |
30th Annual Philippa Harris Lecture on Bioethics Issues in Cancer – Can hope ever be a bad thing? |
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Dec 1 |
Sara Rosenthal, PhD, Associate Professor, Bioethics, Depts. of Internal Medicine, Pediatrics and Behavioral Science, University of Kentucky and Director, University of Kentucky Program for Bioethics |
Clinical Ethics Dilemmas and Allocation Decisions Below the Mason-Dixon Line: A Canadian’s Experience | |
Dec 8 |
Kelley Ross, MSc, Academic Fellow in Clinical and Organizational Ethics, University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics |
Directed Organ Donations: A Qualitative Study of the Views of Ontario Transplant Technicians | |
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Jan 5 |
NO SEMINAR
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Jan 12
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Bob Parke, BA, BSW, MSW, RSW, MHSc, Clinical Ethicist, Humber River Regional Hospital |
Bioethics Beyond Hospital Walls | |
Jan 19 Place:Tanz Neuroscience Bldg, 6 Queen’s Park Cres. W., Imperial Oil Theatre, Rm. 106 |
Ross Upshur, BA (Hons), MA, MD, MSc, CCFP, FRCPC, Director, University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics; Professor, Dept. of Family & Community Medicine and Dalla Lana School of Public Health; Canada Research Chair in Primary Care Research; Director, PAHO/WHO Collaborating Centre for Bioethics |
Aging and Chronic Diseases: Scoping the Ethical Issues | |
Jan 26 |
MHSc in Bioethics International Students, University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics: Nausheen Saeed, MBBS, FCPS, FRCS, PGD (Bioethics) and Muhammad Moinuddin Siddiqui, MBBS, PGD (Bioethics) |
Karachi Bioethics Group Initiative on Developing Pharmaceutical –Physician Interaction Guidelines | |
Feb 2 |
[Cancelled] |
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Feb 9 |
Jean Georges Daou, BA, MA, Academic Fellow in Clinical and Organizational Ethics
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Religion, Culture and Clinical Ethics | |
Feb 16 |
Anuradha Rose, MBBS, MD, MHSc in Bioethics International Student
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Public Health in Rural South India | |
Feb 23 |
READING WEEK – NO SEMINAR |
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Mar 2 |
John Berkman, PhD, Associate Professor, Moral Theology, Regis College, University of Toronto |
The Diagnosis and Prognosis of Severe Brain Injuries: Ethical Quandaries and Concerns | |
Mar 9 |
Randi Zlotnik-Shaul, LLM, PhD, Bioethicist, The Hospital for Sick Children, CHES, University of Toronto (Paediatrics and Joint Centre for Bioethics) |
Dual Accountability of Physician Researchers: Voices from Theory to Practice | |
Mar 16 |
Kevin S. Rodrigues, BA, MTS, PhD (Cand.), Academic Fellow in Clinical and Organizational Ethics | Is Hope Hopeless? | |
Mar 23 |
Parnor Madjitey, BSc, MHSc in Bioethics International Student
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Informed Consent in a Vulnerable Population: A Case Study of Kpone Malaria Project, Ghana | |
Mar 30 |
Andrew Stark, PhD, Professor of Strategic Management and Political Science, University of Toronto |
Trolleys, Transplants and the Doctrine of Double Effect: A Modest Proposal | |
| Apr 6 | Giles Scofield, JD, MA (Religion), Clinical Ethicist, Centre for Clinical Ethics, Associate Professor, Dept. of Family and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, and Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University |
The Problem with REBs | |
| Apr 13 | Anne Simmonds, RN, PhD, Perinatal Nurse Consultant, Reproductive Care Program of Nova Scotia and Adjunct Faculty, Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto |
Understanding the Moral Nature of Intrapartum Nursing: Relationships, Identities and Values | |
| Apr 20 | Chris MacDonald, PhD, Visiting Scholar, Clarkson Centre for Business Ethics and Board Effectiveness, University of Toronto |
Why Research Ethics Standards Should Not Be Universal | |
| Apr 27 | Ahmad Rabb, MHSc in Bioethics International Student
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An Evaluation of the Research Ethics Boards (REB) Monitoring Process in Canada | |
| May 4 | Nancy Walton, PhD, Professor Nursing and Chair, Research Ethics Board, Ryerson University |
The Ethics of Priority Setting and Autism: The Parent as Therapist and Advocate | |
| May 11 | Rosanna Macri, MHSc Academic Fellow in Clinical and Organizational Ethics
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Internet Forums and HTA: Social Media as a Tool for Public Engagement | |
| May 18 | Michael Szego, PhD, Academic Fellow in Clinical & Organizational Ethics
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Ethical Issues Associated with Biobanks: A Call for Increased Stakeholder Engagement |
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May 25 Rm 106, Health Sciences BD., |
Karima Velji, Vice President, Clinical & Residential Program; Chief Nursing Executive, Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care |
4th Annual Sue MacRae Lecture on Ethics and Patient-Centred Care "Will You Be There When I Am Old? Ethical Considerations Related to Aging" |
Archived Seminars - [Some video archives currently not available]
