In the News
Ebola Outbreak Opens Way to Chaotic Jockeying to Test Experimental Drugs
Companies and other players involved in the development of experimental Ebola drugs are jockeying to have their products tested in the outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, part of a chaotic and politically charged effort to use them in the midst of a crisis.
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Patients Face Barriers in Medically-Assisted Dying Decisions
A look at how patients navigate medical assistance in dying and what local health-care organizations are doing about it.
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Family's Fight to Keep Daughter on Life Support Will End with Landmark Decision on What Death Is
A lengthy legal battle on whether a Brampton woman can be taken off life support will come to a close this month with a landmark legal decision over who gets to decide what death is.
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Why Did the Maker of Oxycontin Pay Canadian Doctors Nearly Three-And-A-Half Times More Money per Capita Than It Doled out to U.S. Prescribers?
Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin, paid Canadian doctors nearly three-and-a-half times more money than it doled out to U.S. prescribers, according to a Star analysis of the drug maker’s physician payments adjusted for the countries’ populations.
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Publications
JCB members' publications for the month of June 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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Educational Opportunities
Summer Course in Health Law and Ethics
July 2-6, 2018
The Erasmus Observatory on Health Law / Erasmus School of Health Policy & Management (Erasmus University Rotterdam) provides students, academics, professionals and practitioners, with an opportunity for intensive training in various aspects of health law and ethics over a one-week period, while absorbing the sights, sounds and culture unique to Rotterdam and the Netherlands.
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“Publish or Perish!” Intensive Course on Research and Publishing in Bioethics
September 12-14, 2018
The main goal of this course is to enhance your skills in doing research and writing research papers. The course gives you not only practical knowledge and information, but also allows to practice and master your writing skills.
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Call for Submissions
Awards:
Global Forum on Bioethics in Research Award
The annual GFBR award recognises an individual's significant contribution to progress in international research ethics.
Closing date: September 4, 2018
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Submissions:
22nd International Congress on Palliative Care: Innovation Challenge 2018
Are you or your team innovators? Do you have compelling research, a best practice, an approach, a tool or resource that's made a difference? We are seeking people who have introduced change that has improved hospice and palliative care in their health facility or program, community, country or beyond.
Closing date: June 30, 2018
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Announcements
Joshua Landry was appointed Ethicist, Markham Stouffville Hospital and Sunnybrook Health Science Centre in April 2018, and he has also become a member of the CORE Network.
Pier Bryden received a President's Teaching Award – U of T's highest honour for excellence in teaching.
Sophie Roher was the recipient of the Peter Kong-Ming New Award for 2017-18. This award is given to a student for the best paper submitted for a course within the Social and Behavioural Health Sciences Division.
Melissa McCradden was the recipient of the Health and Human Rights Prize for 2017-18. This award is given to a graduate student at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health for the best paper on health and human rights submitted to a course during the academic year.
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Employment Opportunities
Bioethicist
The Centre for Health Care Ethics (CHCE) at Lakehead University has been in operation for over 20 years. Since 2007 we have been part of a Shared Bioethics Program (SBP) that provides ethics leadership, education, consultation, and support to member institutions. The success of this program demands expansion and we are currently seeking an additional bioethicist.
Application deadline: June 29, 2018
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Fulbright Canada Research Chair in Health Law, Policy and Ethics
University of Ottawa
Hosted at the Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics, the Chairholder will join a vibrant and growing community of scholars who are working on cutting-edge issues in health law, policy and ethics and will have the opportunity to interact with faculty members and graduate students from the faculties of social sciences, medicine, health sciences, education, management, and the arts.
Application Deadline: August 1, 2018
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Events
Ethics Grand Rounds
Toronto, ON
June 13, 2018
"Approach to Capacity Assessments in Hospitalized Seniors"
Speakers: Dr. Mini Joshipura, MD FRCPC, Geriatric Medicine; Dr. Richard Shulman, MD FRCPC, Geriatric Psychiatry; Dianne Godkin, PhD, Senior Ethicist
12:00 to 1:00 p.m. Mississauga Hospital- Back Porch, Credit Valley Hospital - 1A221, and Queensway Health Centre – Streetsville Room. All are welcome to attend.
Bioethics Grand Rounds
Toronto, ON
June 21, 2018
"Responding to Rudeness and Hate: Breaking These Taboos in Healthcare"
Speaker: Kevin Weingarten, Staff physician, Paediatric Advanced Care, Team (PACT), and Haematology/Oncology, SickKids
12:00 to 1:00 p.m. 1527 Hill Wing, The Hospital for Sick Children.
Issues in Health Ethics Series
Edmonton, AB
June 22, 2018
"Exploring Vulnerability and Power in Professional Boundaries"
Speaker: Wendy Austin, PhD, Med (Counselling), BScN, RN
12:00 to 1:00 p.m. Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute, Shaw 3i Auditorium - OA8.60.
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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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