Health Ethics Seminars

The Health Ethics Seminars focus on emerging issues and themes in health ethics and intersections of health ethics and health law. The speakers are usually affiliated with various healthcare disciplines, programs, and institutions, and have special expertise, practice and/or academic knowledge about specific ethical issues.

For the Fall 2026 / Winter 2027 terms, we will be offering approximately 2 seminars/month.

Most seminars take place from 12 - 1 p.m. MDT on Thursdays via Zoom application. All talks are open to healthcare professionals, scholars, lawyers, researchers, students, patients, and the public. Everyone is welcome!

September 2026 - June 2027 Schedule

Date Title/Poster

Presenter(s)

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Sept 17

Structurally Embedded Suffering:
Externalism, Injustice, and the Ethics of MAiD for Mental Illness

Nicholas Dunn

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Oct 1
MAiD for Mental Illness and the Human Cost of Precarious Constitutional Claims

Trudo Lemmens

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Oct 15 The Role of Uncertainty in ICU Moral Decision Making

Graham Mah

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Oct 29 TBD

Brendan Leier

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Nov 5 TBD Daniel Brown

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Dec 10 TBD Gillian Lemermeyer Zoom Registration Feedback Form
Jan 14 TBD

TBD

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Jan 28 TBD

Rose Carter

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Feb 25 Magnifica Humanitas: Pope Leo, AI, and Human Flourishing Doris Kieser Zoom Registration Feedback Form
Mar 11 TBD

Andrew Ross

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Mar 25 TBD

Gary Frank

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Apr 8 TBD

Cheryl Mack

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Apr 22

“Work Makes You Free (instead of a free-loader)”: A Disability Ethics Analysis of Alberta’s Disability Programs

 Heidi Janz Zoom Registration Feedback Form
May 6

TBD

Nathan Gamble

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May 20 TBD

Cameron Cattell

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June 3 TBD Sarah Andersen Zoom Registration Feedback Form
June 10 TBD Erin Nelson Zoom Registration Feedback Form


Health Ethics Seminars Archive