Health Ethics Seminars

The Health Ethics Seminars focus on emerging issues and themes in health ethics; equity, diversity and inclusion; 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 2023 / Winter 2024 terms, we will be offering approximately 2 seminars/month. Most seminars take place from 12:00 - 13:00 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 2023 - June 2024 SCHEDULE 

Date   Theme Title/Poster                Presenter(s) Zoom Link Feedback Video Slides/Resources
Sept 21 Intersections of Health Ethics and Health Law Health Data & Harm; an Ethics Based Approach to Digital Health

Ewan Affleck

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Oct 5 Health Ethics Seminar/Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Seminar Ethics, Autopsy & the Community

Khaldoon Aljerian

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Oct 19 Health Ethics Seminar Living and Dying Larger than Life Catherine Mardon Zoom Registration Feedback Form
Nov 2 Health Ethics Seminar/Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Seminar Pandemic Necropolitics: Vulnerability, Resilience, and the Crisis of Marginalization in the Liberal Democratic State Ubaka Ogbogu Zoom Registration Feedback Form Video Ogbogu paper
Nov 16 Health Ethics Seminar Irremediability and Responsibility: Why Should Canadian Doctors and Nurses Care About the Upcoming Liberalization of MAID Criteria? Brendan Leier Zoom Registration Feedback Form Video
Nov 30 Health Ethics Seminar/Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Seminar

Transgender Bioethics and CRISPR Gene Editing   

Florence Ashley Zoom Registration Feedback Form Video
Dec 14 Health Ethics Seminar The Intelligent Patient's Guide for Cooperating with Condescending Physicians: A Partnership Rather than Competition Austin Mardon Zoom Registration Feedback Form
Jan 18 Health Ethics Seminar/Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Seminar Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion are Fundamental Research Skills Shannon Ruzycki Zoom Registration Feedback Form Video
Feb 8 Health Ethics Seminar Moral Distress in Healthcare Victoria Seavilleklein and Katherine Duthie Zoom Registration Feedback Form Video Slides Handout
Feb 29 Health Ethics Seminar Health Ethics Education: Is it possible? Gary Frank Zoom Registration Feedback Form Video
Mar 14 Health Ethics Seminar Worth Revisiting: Reimaging perennial ethical challenges in nephrology Jamie Robertson Zoom Registration Feedback Form Video
Apr 11 Health Ethics Seminar Exploring Ethical Challenges with Providing MAID in Correctional Healthcare Settings Stewart MacLennan Zoom Registration Feedback Form
Apr 25 Health Ethics Seminar/Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Seminar Ableism and the Tyranny of Autonomy Heidi Janz Zoom Registration Feedback Form
May 9 Health Ethics Seminar Are We Allowed to Cry? Is it Ethical? Is it Morally OK? Daniel Garros Zoom Registration Feedback Form
May 23 Health Ethics Seminar TBA Sarah Andersen Zoom Registration Feedback Form
June 6 Health Ethics Seminar/Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Seminar TBA Yvonne Bombard Zoom Registration Feedback Form