In the News
The Next Frontier in the 'Right to Die': Advance Requests, Minors and the Mentally Ill
Canadians are walking into new territory on the right to die, commencing a debate over whether Parliament should allow minors and the mentally ill to end their lives with the help of a doctor. (Jennifer Gibson, CBC News)
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Expert Report on Medical Assistance in Dying
On December 12, 2018, the Council of Canadian Academies issued its much anticipated report on Medical Assistance in Dying in Canada (MAiD). (Sally Bean, Impact Ethics)
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2018 — A Year of Change in Canadian Public Health
2018 was the year Canadians were allowed to begin freely self-medicating with cannabis and nicotine vaping products. (Kerry Bowman, CBC News)
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Publications
JCB members' publications for the month of January 2019.
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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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Scholarship Opportunities
IRCM Scholarships for Young Researchers: Pragmatic Health Ethics Research Unit
Montreal Clinical Research Institute
The aim of this program is to encourage student training and allow them to develop new research skills in a highly stimulating environment. This opportunity is uniquely relevant for promising applicants interested in pursuing graduate-level research at the Pragmatic Health Ethics Research Unit, through one of our programs at the Université de Montréal or at McGill University. For more details on this position write to pragmatic.health.ethics@ircm.qc.ca (subject line Summer Internship 2019).
Application deadline: February 1, 2019
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Educational Opportunities
Advanced European Bioethics Course "Suffering, Death and Palliative Care"
March 19-22, 2019
The objective of this course is to educate the participants on two main aspects: ethical questions of palliative care and medically assisted death, and philosophical, theological and medical reflections on the concepts of death and suffering. Location: Radboud university medical center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
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Call for Submissions
Abstracts:
MAiD2019 Conference
The Canadian Association of MAiD Assessors and Providers (CAMAP) is thrilled to announce our next conference, MAiD2019, will be proudly hosted in Vancouver, BC on May 31-June 1. At the 2019 Research Day we will have oral presentations of research abstracts.
Submission deadine: March 15, 2019
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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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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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JCB Seminars
January 9
"Reflections on Mental Health Stigma, Narrative, and the Lived Experience of Schizophrenia"
Andrew Molas, PhD Candidate in Philosophy, York University
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January 16
"Tools For Change: What Can Ethics Learn From Quality Improvement?"
Dr. Paula Chidwick, Director Research & Corporate Ethics, William Osler Health System; Dr. Jill Oliver, Community Ethicist, William Osler Health System; Dr. Angel Petropanagos, Quality Improvement Ethicist, William Osler Health System
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January 23
"Re-Conceptualizing Ethics Through M&M Rounds"
Karen Devon, MD, MSc, FRCSC, FACS, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery and Joint Centre for Bioethics, University of Toronto; Endocrine Surgery, Women's College Hospital and University Health Network
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January 30
"Getting to Know Your Patient's Substitute Decision Maker (SDM)"
Rosalind Abdool, PhD, Ethicist, Trillium Health Partners, Adjunct Instructor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto; Dianne Godkin, PhD, Senior Ethicist, Trillium Health Partners; Caroline Variath, RN, MN, PhD(s), CSICU Nurse, Trillium Health Partners, Professor, School of Health Sciences, Humber College
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Announcements
Jeff Blackmer has accepted the position of Vice President of International Health at the Canadian Medical Association.
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Fellowship Opportunities
Bioethics Postdoctoral Research Fellow
University of Michigan
Active projects in bioethics at CBSSM currently include the ethical, legal, and social implications of genomic medicine, human subjects research ethics, empirical research with relevance to clinical ethics, global bioethics, gender equity, reproductive justice, deliberative democratic methods in bioethics, resource allocation, ethical issues associated with learning health systems, and the sociology of medical ethics/bioethics, among others.
Application deadline: January 10, 2019
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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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Events
Ethics Grand Rounds
Toronto, ON
January 8, 2019
"Ethical Challenges in Voluntary and Involuntary Stopping of Eating and Drinking at the End of Life"
Presenter: Qaiser Fahim, MBBS, MHSc, Ethicist, Trillium Health Partners
12:00 to 1:00 p.m. Mississauga Hospital – CA4 Large Boardroom A; Credit Valley Hospital – PRCC 1&2; and Queensway Health Centre – Long Branch Room. All are welcome to attend.
Health Ethics Seminar
Edmonton, AB
January 18, 2019
"Parental Refusal of Life-Sustaining Intervention: A Framework for Management"
Presenter: Patrick J. McDonald, MD, MHSc, FRCSC, Head, Division of Neurosurgery, BC Children's Hospital, Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Faculty, Neuroethics Canada
12:00 to 1:00 p.m. MST, Dvorkin Centre (2G2.07 WMC), University of Alberta Hospital.
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Machine M.D. Conference
Ottawa, ON
May 31-June 1, 2019
How will tomorrow's developments in artificial intelligence and big data intersect with healthcare, and how should our laws, policies, and ethics evolve to be ready?
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