The Dossetor Centre reaches out to scholars, students, health-care practitioners, clinical ethics committee members, health-care administrators, patients and their families, media and the general public through:

  • Health Ethics Seminar Series
  • Health Ethics Symposium
  • Health Ethics Workshops
  • Health Ethics Today, a newsletter published two to three times per year with a local, provincial, national, and international distribution list, including all medical doctors across Alberta
  • Media contacts to discuss health ethics topics in the news

Conducting research on a broad spectrum of ethical, moral and human-rights issues, including:

  • clinical practice
  • compassion
  • disability ethics
  • human rights
  • mental health
  • moral distress
  • health policy
  • gender issues
  • public health
  • relational ethics
  • neonatology-perinatology
  • professionalism
  • phenomenology
  • artificial intelligence

Teaching health ethics to students of all levels across many faculties at the University of Alberta. Education opportunities include:

  • INT D 570: Healthcare Ethics
  • INT D 670: Research Ethics
  • Medical Sub-Specialty Ethics Teaching
  • Undergraduate Medical Student Elective, An Experience in Bioethics

Health Ethics News

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Health Ethics Today Vol 33-1, September 2026

Just published the latest issue of Health Ethics Today, Vol 33(1), September 2026. The papers presented in this issue of Health Ethics Today reflect a range of ethical issues and approaches.

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Doris Kieser to serve as Acting VPAD at St. Joseph’s College

St. Joseph’s College is pleased to announce that current Associate Academic Dean Dr. Doris Kieser will step into the role of Acting Vice President (Academic) and Dean (VPAD) for two years, July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2028. Congratulations, Doris!

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Adjunct Member, Ireh Iyioha, UBC's inaugural UNESCO Chair

The first UNESCO Chair to be housed at the University of British Columbia plans to use evidence to drive change on racialized health inequities—and that the fight has never mattered more. Congratulations Ireh!

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Understanding What Clinical Ethical Cases Are: A Review and Perspectives from a Canadian Collaborative Working Group

Clinical ethics is largely about understanding concrete moral situations and supporting meaningful discussion on these to identify appropriate resolutions. However, concepts and methods used to describe cases (e.g., dilemmas, situations, stories) vary between authors and case analysis methods.

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Arthur C. Clarke Foundation Honors NSS Member Austin Mardon

Adjunct member, Austin Mardon, polar researcher, educator, and tireless advocate for accessibility in space, has been awarded the 2025 Sir Arthur Clarke Award for International Achievement.

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