Archived Health Ethics Seminars

September 2023 - June 2024

Date Title/Poster

Presenter(s)

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Sept 21 Health Data & Harm; an Ethics Based Approach to Digital Health

Ewan Affleck
Oct 5 Ethics, Autopsy & the Community

Khaldoon Aljerian
Oct 19 Living and Dying Larger than Life Catherine Mardon N/A
Nov 2 Pandemic Necropolitics: Vulnerability, Resilience, and the Crisis of Marginalization in the Liberal Democratic State Ubaka Ogbogu Ogbogu paper
Nov 16 Irremediability and Responsibility: Why Should Canadian Doctors and Nurses Care About the Upcoming Liberalization of MAID Criteria? Brendan Leier
Nov 30 Transgender Bioethics and CRISPR Gene Editing Florence Ashley
Dec 14 The Intelligent Patient's Guide for Cooperating with Condescending Physicians: A Partnership Rather than Competition Austin Mardon N/A
Jan 18 Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion are Fundamental Research Skills Shannon Ruzycki
Feb 8 Moral Distress in Healthcare Victoria Seavilleklein and Katherine Duthie Slides Handout
Feb 29 Health Ethics Education: Is it possible? Gary Frank
Mar 14 Worth Revisiting: Reimaging perennial ethical challenges in nephrology Jamie Robertson
Apr 11 Exploring Ethical Challenges with Providing MAID in Correctional Healthcare Settings Stewart MacLennan
Apr 25 Ableism and the Tyranny of Autonomy Heidi Janz
May 9 Are We Allowed to Cry? Is it Morally OK? Does My Professional Body Allow It? Daniel Garros
May 23 Magical Thinking: How Emotions Impact Decision-Making, Capacity, and Patient Autonomy Sarah Andersen
June 6 Towards Equity in Cancer Genomics Yvonne Bombard

September 2022 - June 2023

Date Title/Poster

Presenter(s)

 Feedback Video Slides/Resources
Sept 15 Bioethics and Interdisciplinarity at the 黑料不打烊

Gary Goldsand
Sept 29 Ethical Frameworks in a Plains Cree Community

Patsy Steinhauer and Noella Steinhauer

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Oct 13 MAID and Mental Illness

Rose Carter
Oct 27 I’m not sick, I’m Transgender

Marni Panas

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Nov 10 Thinking about AI Ethics in Healthcare

Gillian Lemermeyer

 Slides
Dec 8 When Does Coercion Invalidate Consent to Treatment?

Eric Mathison
Jan 19 Worthy Versus Unworthy Mentally Ill in the COVID Age

Catherine Mardon and Austin Mardon
Feb 9 The Health Professions and Society: is there a social contract?

Gary Frank
Mar 9 Why is it Difficult to Talk About Death?

Brendan Leier
Mar 16 The Meaning of Indigenizing to Health Ethics

Andrea Menard
Mar 23 The Nurse-Patient Relationship at the End-of-Life: What can we learn from patients' experiences?

Begoña Errasti-Ibarrondo
Apr 6 Race-based Data Collection: Opportunities and Challenges in Addressing Health Disparities

Jaspreet Khangura

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Apr 13 “Someone will commit suicide” Qualitative Exploration of Strategies to Mitigate Moral Distress Among Pediatric Critical Care Nurses Sadie Deschenes
Apr 20 Challenges to Providing Evidence-informed, Ethical and Equitable Care in Hospital Settings for People Who Use Substances Kathyrn Dong N/A
Apr 27 Dignity as a Guiding Principle and its Application in Disorders of Consciousness Cheryl Mack and Cameron Cattell N/A
May 18 Medical Ableism, Medical Education, and Medical Assistance in Dying Heidi Janz
Jun 15

The Ethics of Harm Reduction: In Conversation with Angie Staines of the 4B Harm Reduction Society

 Angie Staines

Moderator: Cheryl Mack

September 2021 - June 2022

Date Title/Poster Presenter(s) Feedback Video Slides/Resources
Sept 16 Sexuality in Care Facilities

Victoria Seavilleklein

 Slides
Sept 23 Scientific Fragility and its Remedies: Emboldening Indigenous Science, Technology, and Society Research and Training

Jessica Kolopenuk
Oct 7

Binocularity: A Tool for Comprehending Persons in Depth

 Erik Parens N/A
Oct 14

Be Polite: Why Bystander Interventions Matter

 

 Samina Ali and

Debrah Wirtzfeld

Slides

Resources
Oct 28 Using a Disability Ethics Lens to Reflect on What and Who is Considered “Essential” in Healthcare Heidi Janz
Nov 4 Reflecting on COVID-19 Effects on Marginalized Groups Michelle Maroto
Nov 4 COVID-19 AND HEALTH PROFESSIONALS IN THE MEDIA What is the Role of the Colleges? Roger J.F. Lepage and Lonny J. Rosen

With Hosts:
Tracey Bailey and Michael van Manen
Nov 18 TELEMEDICINE: Benefits and Pitfalls Rose Carter
Nov 25 How Our Brain Sees Races Kunimasa Suzuki N/A N/A
Dec 2 Rethinking Ethical Challenges in Pediatric Healthcare: A Childhood Ethics Framework for Clinical Practice Franco Carnevale
Dec 8 Triaging and Allocating Health Resources in COVID-19 Gerald Chipeur and Eric Wasylenko

With Hosts:
Tracey Bailey and Michael van Manen
Dec 9

The Ties that Bind: Law, Inequality and COVID-19 in the Caring Professions

 Irehobhude Iyioha N/A
Dec 16

Psychedelic Assisted Therapy: A Brief History and Examination of Current Research

 Brendan Leier and Michelle Gagnon
Jan 20 Moving Towards Anti-Racism Practice in Medicine Kassia Johnson and Natasha Johnson
Jan 21 The Role of the Chief Medical Officer of Health

Sir Frank Atherton and Patrick Fafard

With Hosts:
Tracey Bailey and Michael van Manen
Jan 27 Being an Ethical Healthcare Practitioner in a Global Community Wendy Austin N/A
Feb 10

The Troubled Dream of Death: Changing Attitudes and Ethics in Death and Dying

 Gary Frank
Feb 17

Advancing Positive Medical Student Academic Learning Environment to Enhance Student Well-Being

 Jackie Gruber
Mar 3

Lottery or First-come, First-served? Allocation of COVID-19 Therapeutics in an Acute Care Context

 Katherine Duthie
Mar 24

Ethics and Pain in Correctional Settings

 Stewart MacLennan
Apr 7

Conscience in Healthcare: Necessary Foundation or Unwelcome Barrier?

 Eric Wasylenko
Apr 14

Navigating Slippery Slopes in Realms of Ethical Uncertainty

 Gary Goldsand N/A
Apr 21

EVERYDAY ETHICS: Issues Inherent in Relationally Engaging Practice/Research in Indigenous Communities

 Patsy Steinhauer and Janine Chesworth N/A
May 5

How to Deal with Clients that You Find Personally Objectionable

 Catherine Mardon
May 12

Bodies, Souls, and Ars Moriendi

Doris Kieser
May 26

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Academic Medicine: Setting the Stage for Diverse Human Flourishing

 Saleem Razack
June 2

Submit or Resist to Treatment for Schizophrenia. My Voyage from the Ward to Rideau Hall and Beyond

 Austin Mardon

September 2020 - June 2021

Date Title/Poster Presenter(s) Slideshow Handout Video
Sept 10 COVID-19: Rethinking the Lockdown Groupthink Ari Joffe N/A N/A
Sept 24 黑料不打烊's Bill 30 and the Public-Private Mix of Health Care Delivery Tracey Bailey N/A N/A N/A
Oct 8 Indigenization, Reconciliation and Decolonization in Science Kim Tallbear N/A N/A N/A
Oct 22 Duty to Accommodate: The Ethical Imperative for a Human-Rights-Based Approach to COVID-19 Heidi Janz Slides N/A
Nov 5 Telemedicine: Ethical and Practice Issues for Confidentiality of Patient Information Rose Carter Slides N/A
Nov 12 Social Determinants of Health and Racism: Health Disparities of Immigrant Children Bukola (Oladunni) Salami and Bonnie Islam Slides N/A
Nov 19 Restricted Visiting in Care Settings During CoVID-19 Eric Wasylenko Slides N/A
Dec 10 Thoughts and Lessons on Anti-Racist Praxis in Diverse Professions and Organizations Yasmeen Abu-Laban N/A N/A
Jan 7 Samir Shaheen-Hussain withTeyohá:te Brant N/A N/A
Jan 14 Austin Mardon and Catherine Mardon N/A N/A
Jan 28 Doris Kieser N/A
Feb 11 Gary Frank N/A
Feb 18 Philomina Okeke-Ihejirika N/A N/A
Feb 25 Brendan Leier N/A N/A
Mar 11 Charl Els N/A N/A N/A
Mar 25 Gary Goldsand N/A N/A N/A
Apr 8 Wendy Austin N/A N/A N/A
Apr 15 Onyenyechukwu Nnorom N/A N/A
Apr 22 Sadie Deschenes N/A
May 6 Katherine Duthie N/A N/A
May 27 Wayne Clark N/A N/A
June 3 Peter Brindley N/A N/A
June 17 DemetriosKutsogiannis N/A N/A
June 24 Sophia Parks

September 2019 - May 2020

Date Title/Poster Presenter(s) Slideshow Handout Video
Sept 20 Gary Goldsand N/A N/A N/A
Nov 22 Derek Sellman & Maya Kalogirou N/A N/A N/A
Dec 13 JDHEC Panel Discussion N/A N/A N/A
Jan 31 Andrew D. Ross
Feb 4 Visiting Speaker: Dr. Matthew Morgan
Feb 14 Ari Joffe N/A
Feb 28 Austin Mardon & Catherine Mardon
Apr 7 POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE Why Healthcare Professionals Have a Human Right to Freedom of Conscience Christina Lamb
May 8 POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE Stewart MacLennan

April 2019 - September 2018

Date Title/Poster Presenter(s) Slideshow Handout Video
Apr 5, 2019 HEALTH ETHICS WEEK - The Use of Deception in Dementia Care Jon Gilchrist Slideshow Handout N/A
Apr 2, 2019 HEALTH ETHICS WEEK - Every Breath You Take: Ethical Considerations Regarding Health Care Metrics Derek Truscott Slideshow Handout
Mar 15, 2019 Ableism: The Undiagnosed Malady Afflicting Health Care and Health Ethics Heidi Janz Slideshow Handout
Feb 15, 2019 Locked Up or Locked In: Mental Health and Criminal Justice Austin Mardon, Catherine Mardon, Larry G. Anderson N/A N/A N/A
Jan 18, 2019 Parental Refusal of Life-Saving Intervention: A Framework for Management Patrick J. McDonald N/A N/A
Sept 21, 2018 Ethics, Intoxication, and Autonomy on 21 st Century Life Gary Goldsand N/A N/A N/A

April 2018 - September 2017

Date Presentations Presenter(s) Slideshow Handout Video
Apr 6, 2018 HEALTH ETHICS WEEK - MAID, Conscience, and Catholic Thought Doris Kieser N/A N/A
Apr 4, 2018 HEALTH ETHICS WEEK - Navigating the Zone of Parental Discretion when parents and health care professionals disagree Eleanor Stewart Slideshow Handout
Mar 16, 2018 On Being Open-minded: Health care practice and the art of being wrong Derek Sellman Slideshow Handout N/A
Feb 16, 2018 Lost in the Shuffle Dick Sobsey Slideshow Handout
Feb 1, 2018 The Ethics of Clinical Research: especially when it goes wrong! Visiting Speaker: Ganesh Suntharalingam N/A N/A N/A
Jan 19, 2018 Physicians as Friends? Exploring Boundary Challenges in Clinician-Patient Relationships Gary Goldsand N/A
Dec 15, 2017 Mental Health and the Criminal Justice System: Ethical Challenges Austin Mardon
& Catherine Mardon		 N/A N/A
Oct 20, 2017 A Case for Treating Clinical Trial Participation as Labour Andrew Ross Slideshow Handout
Sept 15, 2017 On Teaching and Evaluating Ethics Competencies in Clinical Education Gary Goldsand Slideshow Handout N/A

April 2017 - September 2016

Date Presentations Presenter(s) Slideshow Handout Video
Apr 7, 2017 HEALTH ETHICS WEEK - Are We Due for an Overhaul of Ethics Reviews Performed by REBs? Karine Morin N/A N/A N/A
Apr 4, 2017 HEALTH ETHICS WEEK - Patient Identity, Social Disparities and Harm Reduction: Towards an Intersectional Approach to Ethical Health Service Delivery Ireh Iyioha Slideshow Handout
Mar 17, 2017 Legal Interventions to Reduce Opiod-Related Mortality: Access to Naloxone Tracey Bailey Slideshow Handout N/A
Feb 17, 2017 Ethical Care for Transgender Patients Katherine Duthie Slideshow Handout
Jan 20, 2017 The Ethics of Legalizing Marijuana Charl Els & Sebastian Straube N/A N/A N/A
Dec 16, 2016 Constraints on Harming and Health Care II: The Doctrine of Double Effect Howard Nye Slideshow Handout
Dec 9, 2016 Health, Menstruation, and Sexuality: The Christian Tradition and Contemporary Realities Doris Kieser N/A N/A
Oct 21, 2016 Constraints on Harming and Health Care I: The Doctrine of Doing and Allowing Howard Nye Slideshow H andout
Sept 16, 2016 Missing Links in Mental Health: Lack of effective connection and communication Dennis Anderson N/A N/A

May 2016 - September 2015

Date Presentations Presenter(s) Slideshow Handout Video
May 11, 2016 Physician Assisted Death James Downar
Apr 8, 2016 HEALTH ETHICS WEEK - Shanon Phelan N/A N/A N/A
Apr 5, 2016 HEALTH ETHICS WEEK - Linda Woodhouse
(in collaboration with 黑料不打烊 Innovates Health Solutions)		 N/A N/A
Mar 11, 2016 Authenticity in the Clinician-Patient Relationship Gary Goldsand N/A N/A N/A
Jan 15, 2016 Ethical Issues in Inner City Health Kathyrn Dong
Dec 11, 2015 Caring: What is it and why does it matter? Gary Frank
Nov 20, 2015 Ethics Theoretical, Ethics Personal Derek Truscott
Sept 18, 2015 The True Cost of Madness: The cost benefit of a mentally ill life from a person with schizophrenia Austin Mardon & Catherine Mardon

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April 2015 - October 2014

Date Presentations Presenter(s) Slideshow Handout Video
Apr 24, 2015 Ethical Theory and the Myth of the Average Patient: A Sorry Tale of Inattentional Blindness Derek Sellman N/A
Apr 17, 2015 HUMANIZING MEDICINE: Going Off Script David Diamond N/A N/A
Mar 20, 2015 The Ethics and Morality of Clinical Decisions in Neonatal Intensive Care Michael van Manen N/A N/A
Mar 6, 2015 First Do No Harm: Still relevant after all these years? Eric Wasylenko & Naushin Walji
Feb 6, 2015 Influenza Immunization Resistance by Healthcare Professionals Diane Kunyk N/A N/A
Dec 12, 2014 Ethical Trends in Health Care Complaints Deborah Prowse N/A
Nov 21, 2014 Making Decisions for Seriously Ill Children: Growing Up in Hospital Dawn Davies N/A N/A N/A
Oct 31, 2014 Queue-jumping, Fairness, and Advocacy: Ethical Dimensions of Preferential Access Lynette Reid

April 2014 - September 2013

Date Presentations Presenter(s) Slideshow Handout Video
Apr 30, 2014 How do We Justify Biomedical Animal Research for Human Benefits Ari Joffe N/A N/A N/A
Mar 21, 2014 Repeat presentation - End of Life Decision-Making and Physician-Assisted Death: Recent Developments Tracey Bailey N/A N/A N/A
Mar 7, 2014 Ethical Practice Through Health Professions Governance: The Role of Accountability Measures Ireh Iyioha
Feb 14, 2014 Organizational Influences on Health Professionals' Experiences of Moral Distress in PICUs Sarah Wall N/A
Feb 10, 2014 Advance Mis-Directives: Still in Denial About End-of-Life Planning Laura Shanner N/A
Jan 31, 2014 End of Life Decision-Making and Physician-Assisted Death: Recent Developments Tracey Bailey N/A N/A N/A
Jan 17, 2014 The Curious Case of AHS Homecare versus People with Disabilities: A (Re)Quest for Ethics Heidi Janz
Nov 15, 2013 Beyond Personal Directives and Goals of Care: Next Steps in the Ethics of Advance Care Planning Gary Goldsand N/A
Oct 18, 2013 Are our Medical and Social Systems Skewed Against the Mentally Ill and Disabled Being Married? Austin Mardon N/A N/A N/A
Sep 27, 2013 The Clinical and Ethical Implications of Cognitive Biases Brendan Leier Slideshow Handout

March 2013 - March 2010

Date Presentations Presenter(s) Slideshow Handout Video
Mar 8, 2013 Vulnerable but Reluctant Recipients of Care: Ought There be Limits to our Efforts? E. Wasylenko
Feb 15, 2013 Collusion, Resistance, Bearing Witness: Moral Distress and the PICU Team D. Garros & W. Austin
Dec 14, 2012 Toward the Goals of Harm Avoidance and Waste Reduction D. Davies Handout
Oct 19, 2012 Integration of Ethical Systems D. Truscott Handout
Dec 9, 2011 Practical Wisdom E. Stewart Handout
Mar 18, 2011 Moral Residue, Moral Distress L. Shanner Handout
Mar 7, 2011 Advance in Genetic Testing D. Sobsey Handout
Feb 18, 2011 Whose Ethics Are They Anyway? H. Janz Handout
Jan 21, 2011 黑料不打烊 Health Act M. Marshall Handout
Jan 22, 2010 Disability Parenting and Rights D. McConnell Slideshow
Oct 15, 2010 Disability Ethics D. Sobsey & H. Janz Slideshow
Oct 15, 2010 They Don't Look Disabled To Me L. Shanner Handout
Mar 5, 2010 Relational Ethics & Hope D. Larsen Handout
Mar 2, 2010 Addressing Moral Distress in Caregiving E. Wasylenko Handout
Domestic Violence & Disabilities D. Sobsey Handout
Health Care Reform: Hope, Hype and Having Enough L. Shanner Handout
Conceptual and Ethical Issues D. Sobsey & B. Leier Handout
Adult Guardianship Trusteeship Act Handout
Guardianship and the Law T. Bailey Handout