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 2024 / Winter 2025 terms, we will be offering approximately 2 seminars/month.

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

September 2024 - June 2025 Schedule

Date Title/Poster

Presenter(s)

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Sept 19

A Gestalt Theory of Psychedelic Experience

Brendan Leier

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Oct 3 Tiptoeing Around Pandemic Ethics in 2024: Is it too Soon?

Gary Goldsand

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Oct 17 CANCELLED: Two Problems with Four-Abilities Capacity

Eric Mathison

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Oct 31

The Cemetary Fence and Obstacles to Health Care Faced by the Dead

 Khaldoon Aljerian Zoom Registration Feedback Form Video
Nov 14 Alberta's Health Professions Act and Sexual Impropriety Allegations Rose Carter Zoom Registration Feedback Form Video
Nov 28 Ethical Considerations for Understanding Disability in Medicine Hussain Alhussainy Zoom Registration Feedback Form Video
Dec 12 Rendering Visible: Mapping the Systemic Implications of "Birth Alerts" for Indigenous Women and Children Tibetha Kemble Zoom Registration Feedback Form Video
Jan 16 Short-Acting Opioids for People with Opioid Use Disorder in Acute Care Settings Katherine Duthie & Kathryn Dong Zoom Registration Feedback Form N/A
Feb 13 Freedom of Expression and Regulatory Reach in Health Care: An Ethics View Eric Wasylenko Zoom Registration Feedback Form Video
Feb 27 "The Palliative Mystique" Reflections on: "What is Good Palliative Care?" Gary Frank Zoom Registration Feedback Form Video
Mar 13 Informed Consent: Past, Present & Future Sam Stewart Zoom Registration Feedback Form Video
Apr 10 From Division to Dialogue: Pluralism as a Path Forward Tehseen Ladha Zoom Registration Feedback Form Video
Apr 24 Relational Ethics, Relativism, and Healthcare Decision-Making D. Stewart MacLennan Zoom Registration Feedback Form
May 8 Government Support Programs for Disabled People: Charity vs. Rights-based Approaches Heidi Janz Zoom Registration Feedback Form Video
May 22 2025 - An AI Odyssey: Ethical Dimensions of AI-Mediated Communications in Medicine Sarah Andersen Zoom Registration Feedback Form Video
June 5 Ethical Debates at the Frontier of Organ Donation: Normothermic Regional Perfusion Jamie Robertson & Andrew Ross Zoom Registration Feedback Form Video
June 19 Special Seminar: Intersections of Health Ethics and Health Law in Matters of Conscientious Objection

Speakers: Eric Adams, Cheryl Mack & Brendan Leier

Host: Michael van Manen

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Health Ethics Seminars Archive