Current and Upcoming
Bioethics Works in Progress Sessions (WIPS)
Please note that the day has changed to the second Thursday of the month. The time remains noon through to 1pm.
As always, everyone is welcome. Please let Tamatha know, if you'd like to be added to the Bioethics WIPS mailing list.
Sept 14 -- Journal Club
Oct 12 -- cancelled
Nov 16 -- Journal Club
Jan 11 -- Journal Club
Feb 8 -- Mark Downing
Feb 15 at 1pm -- student presentation by Abbey MacLellan
Mar 14 -- Journal Club
Apr 11 -- Lynette Penney
May 9 -- Journal Club
Jun 13 -- cancelled
Jul 11 -- Jeff Kirby
Related Event Elsewhere
Mark Your Calendars!
A new season of our Dalhousie Health Justice Institute Seminar Series begins soon!
This year we are happy to announce that the series will be IN PERSON ONLY.
Kicking off the series on September 13th is “Reclaiming Scientific Expertise to Protect Public Health and Health Justice” with Reshma Ramachandran, Yale Collaboration for Regulatory Rigor, Integrity, and Transparency, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University
Full series details can be found here. (PDF file opens in a new window)
All are Welcome!
Recent Events
NSHEN Annual Conference 2024
NSHEN's Annual Conference 2024 is coming up on April 12, 2024, 12:30-4pm AST
This is an online conference via Zoom. Registration is now open!
This years conference is titled:
As Good As It Gets: Ethics and Harm Reduction in Healthcare
The ethical questions that often arise in relation to using harm reduction approaches include: worries about supporting or facilitating harmful behaviors, concerns about not meeting practice standards for the profession, and distress about contributing to sub-optimal outcomes. This conference offers an opportunity to discuss these questions with experts and colleagues from different care contexts.
For more information, please see attached poster (PDF) and/or visit our conference website for more information and the Zoom link to register:
https://www.nshen.ca/index.php/news-and-events/conferences/2024-nshen-annual-conference/
Please feel free to share this information with anyone who may be interested in participating.
Useful Information
Patient Information posted at the Nova Scotia Health Website
We're also posting it here, to make it easier to find. They will open in separate windows.
- Patient and Family Ethics Tool
- https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/list?q=patient+and+family+ethics+tool&p=1&ps=20
- Informed choice
- https://library.nshealth.ca/InformedChoice