In the News
Canadian Doctors Grapple with How to Approach Assisted Dying for Young Patients
Three years after Canada's top court decriminalized doctor-assisted suicide, the federal government is about to wade into an emerging controversy: How to respond to requests from children for medical assistance in dying, or MAID.
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DLSPH Open: Creating a Strong Academic Plan for the DLSPH
Academic planning is an integral part of the University of Toronto ecosystem and we are pleased to share that this fall, the DLSPH initiated an academic planning process to complete a plan covering 2019 to 2024.
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Early Draft of Report on Medically Assisted Dying Examines Ethics of Advance Requests
Allowing Canadians to request a medically assisted death weeks or even years ahead of time would be less ethically fraught if limited to patients who have already been approved to receive the procedure imminently, according to an early draft of a report prepared for the federal government.
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Ontario Government to Keep Overdose-Prevention Sites
The Ontario government has decided to keep the province's overdose-prevention sites and repurpose them as "consumption and treatment services," a senior government official says.
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How Do We Balance Rights in Cases of Medically Assisted Dying?
A disturbing story featuring the clash of health-care ethics and the rights of faith-based health-care facilities recently came to light.
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Publications
JCB members' publications for the month of November 2018.
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If you have a publication you would like to add to next month's list, please email newseditor.jcb@utoronto.ca.
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UofT Bioethics Society
The U of T Bioethics Society is a forum to increase awareness and interest in the field of bioethics by advancing the current discussion and creating new methods for discourse amongst all members and through various means. The primary goal of this organization is to build a bioethics community across the university for a variety of students (i.e. undergraduate, graduate, medical, law, etc.) and faculty from diverse disciplines. If you would like to become a member, send us an email (uoftbioethicssociety@gmail.com) or complete our membership form at the link below.
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Café Bioethics
Café Bioethics is a safe space where individuals, who do not necessarily have a background in bioethics, medicine, or law, may participate in deliberative democracy and develop their own opinions regarding various topics. Monthly events are a place where anyone is welcome to attend and either share ideas and participate within the discussion, or sit back and listen to further educate themselves about the topic of interest.
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Funding Opportunities
Research Award: Advisory Committee on Research Ethics 2019
IDRC's Advisory Committee on Research Ethics (ACRE) seeks a research awardee who can support research ethics programming activities and make a scholarly contribution to research ethics in international development.
Application deadline: November 16, 2018
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Call for Submissions
Collaborative Research:
Collaborative Research in Palliative and End-Of-Life Care
GIPPEC in collaboration with the University of Toronto Division of Palliative Medicine (DPM), and the Dalla Lana School of Public Health (DLSPH) at the University of Toronto are offering opportunities in support of collaborative and interdisciplinary research that addresses the medical, psychological, social, legal, ethical, cultural and religious challenges related to advanced and terminal disease.
Submission deadine: January 31, 2019
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Nominations:
Ontario Cancer Research Ethics Board (OCREB) Chair
Are you, or is someone you know, interested in a unique leadership challenge in the area of cancer research ethics? The Ontario Cancer Research Ethics Board (OCREB) Advisory Committee, on behalf of the Board of Directors of the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR), is calling for nominations for the Chair of OCREB. The position is part-time (up to two days per week) and would take effect September 1, 2019.
Nomination deadine: December 10, 2018
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Adel S. Sedra Distinguished Graduate Award
The Adel S. Sedra Distinguished Graduate Award is a fellowship of up to $25,000 awarded annually to a doctoral student who demonstrates outstanding academic and extracurricular leadership.
Nomination deadine: November 15, 2018
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Gordon Cressy Student Leadership Awards
The Gordon Cressy Student Leadership Awards were established in 1994 by the University of Toronto Alumni Association (UTAA) and the Division of University Advancement in order to recognize students who have made outstanding extra-curricular contributions to their college, faculty or school, or to the university as a whole.
Nomination deadine: November 14, 2018
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Papers:
Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice - Philosophy Thematic Issue (2019): Special Issue on Shared Decision Making
The Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice is an international health sciences journal that focuses on the evaluation and development of clinical practice in medicine, nursing and the allied health professions.
Submission deadine: March 1, 2019
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Participation:
Ontario Pharmacy Evidence Network (OPEN)’s Citizens’ Panel
Citizens' Panel members are expected to share their views by attending meetings at least 2 times per year for a term of up to 2 years, completing surveys and occasionally taking part in other activities (for example, attending training sessions and workshops).
Deadine: November 30, 2018
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JCB Seminars
November 7
"Where There Is a WILL There Is a Way: Navigating the Medical and Ethical Terrain"
Marcia Sokolowski, C Psych, PhD (Phil), Co-Director of Ethics, Baycrest Health Sciences , Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto; Nada Abdel-Malek, MPH, MD, CCFP, COE, Care of the Elderly, Special Interest Focused Practice, Staff Physician, Baycrest Hospital, Apotex, Staff Physician, Markham Stouffville Hospital, Lecturer, University of Toronto
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November 14
"Autonomy and the Moral Licence of Safe Injection Sites"
Jamie Robertson, PhD (c), Department of Philosophy, York University, Clinical and Organizational Ethics Fellow, Centre for Clinical Ethics
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November 21
"Law and Medicine in the Realm of Rhetoric"
Patrick Garon-Sayegh, Doctoral Candidate, Faculty of Law and Joint Centre for Bioethics, University of Toronto
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November 28
"Toronto Book Launch for Pain Neuroethics and Bioethics"
Daniel Buchman, PhD, RSW, Bioethicist, University Health Network, Assistant Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto; Karen D. Davis, PhD, Professor, Department of Surgery and Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Toronto, Head, Division of Brain, Imaging and Behaviour-Systems Neuroscience, Krembil Brain Institute; Abhimanyu Sud, MD, Lecturer, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Staff Physician, Trillium Health Partners, Bridgepoint Collaboratory, Sinai Health System; Lynette S. Kofi, MHSc, Pasternak Injury Professional Law Corporation; Jennifer Gibson, PhD, Director, University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics, Associate Professor, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto
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Announcements
Dr. Alireza Bagheri has recieved the Milestone Bioethics Leadership Award. This Award recognizes an established bioethicist who has made an outstanding contribution to the discipline of Health Care Ethics through significant research, publications, educational and leadership endeavours. The Award is given by the Centre for Healthcare Ethics, Lakehead University every 5 years.
Elizabeth Peter was inducted as a Fellow into the American Academy of Nursing.
Sophie Roher was awarded a 2018 Health System Impact Fellowship through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Her PhD focus will be on Applications of Indigenous knowledge in health policy and program planning in the Northwest Territories.
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Events
Bioethics Week at SickKids
Toronto, ON
November 5-9, 2018
A week-long event featuring various speakers and topics related to paediatric bioethics hosted by the Bioethics Department at The Hospital for Sick Children. See the full schedule for details (read more).
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Technology is not Value Neutral: Engaging 'Technological Solutionism' in Paediatrics - A Bioethics Symposium
Toronto, ON
November 7, 2018
The 1st Annual SickKids Paediatric Bioethics Symposium will be hosted by the Department of Bioethics at The Hospital for Sick Children. This symposium is open to all SickKids staff and trainees, as well as the general public. We will explore the values underlying the pursuit of technological progress and how we should ethically pursue, appraise and apply technology in paediatric healthcare.
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Ethics Grand Rounds
Toronto, ON
November 13, 2018
"Getting to Know Your Patient's SDM (Substitute Decision Maker)"
Speakers: Rosalind Abdool, PhD, Ethicist Trillium Health Partners, Adjunct Instructor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto; Caroline Variath RN, MN, CSICU Trillium Health Partners, Professor, School of Health Sciences, Humber College
12:00 to 1:00 p.m. Mississauga Hospital – Auditorium; Credit Valley Hospital – 1A221 Surgical Oncology; and Queensway Health Centre – Long Branch Room. All are welcome to attend.
What Can AI Do for Population Health?
Toronto, ON
November 14, 2018
This symposium at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health will specifically explore the role of AI methods, including machine learning (ML), in the context of population risk prediction and decision-making related to chronic disease.
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Health Law, Policy & Ethics Seminar Series
Toronto, ON
November 23, 2018
"Regulating Creation and the Assisted Human Reproduction Act"
This one-day colloquium, preceded by an evening debate, will explore a number of key issues related to Assisted Human Reproduction, including: children's rights and donor's rights; commercialization of surrogacy and gamete donation; government funding for fertility treatment; and the future of reproductive technology on fertility law.
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Health Ethics Symposium
Edmonton, AB
November 23, 2018
A day of discussions about how clinicians can assist patients in navigating illness, health deterioration, care planning, palliation, and medical assistance in dying in the modern age. Can we promise a good death for all, now and in the technological future?
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U of T Bioethics Society Student Mixer
Toronto, ON
November 27, 2018
Are you looking to network with distinguished and qualified health professionals? Are you hoping to meet graduate students with possible research opportunities? Are you looking to meet more undergraduates with an interest in bioethics? If so, be sure to attend our inaugural STUDENT MIXER to do all of the above with some of the most noted individuals within bioethics in Toronto!
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The Boehm Lectures on Public Health and Healthcare: Leading Edge Options to Integrate Care
Toronto, ON
November 29, 2018
Keynote speaker: Ellen Nolte, Professor of Health Services and Systems Research, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
The Boehm Lectures on Public Health and Healthcare (formerly the Leadership Series) aim to foster a dialogue and engage the public health and health system communities on significant issues facing the health of Canadians.
Location: Rosalie Silberman Abella Moot Court Room, Jackman Law Building, 78 Queen's Park Cres.
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14th World Congress of Bioethics and 7th National Bioethics Conference
Bangalore, India
December 5-7, 2018
The Congress theme is 'Health for All in an Unequal World: Obligations of Global Bioethics'. The inequity in access to healthcare continues as much in the global North as the global South. In this context, the global bioethics community needs to engage with and strengthen the scholarship in the field of enquiries such as 'justice' and 'solidarity' in the coming times.
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