CAFÉ
BIOETHICS
Events

Café Bioethics is an intellectually accessible forum where individuals, who do not necessarily have a background in bioethics, medicine, or law, can participate in laid-back philosophical discussion. Monthly events are welcome to anyone looking to participate in respectful discussion or curious listening!
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we have moved Café Bioethics online. So far, our conversations have revolved around pandemic ethics during the COVID-19 Spring Series.
Café Bioethics is usually a live forum event where everyone is welcome to attend and comment on on presentations tackling difficult moral dilemmas.
In the time of COVID-19, Bioethics has never been more relevant. Join us online to discuss the ethics involved in this pandemic during our COVID-19 Series. See upcoming events below!
Upcoming Events
- TBDLimits of a Duty to Care? A discussion with medical students/Zoom
- 26Sun.Jul.Unrestricted MAID: A thought experimentDetailsRSVP Closed
- 19Sun.Jul.Global Health Ethics with Dr. Sridhar VenkatapuramDetailsRSVP Closed
- 12Sun.Jul.Pandemic ProtestsDetailsRSVP Closed
- 28Sun.Jun.COVID-19 Vaccine: Will Canadians accept it?DetailsRSVP Closed
- 23Tue.Jun.Patients with schizophrenia and their experiences with legally mandated treatmentDetailsRSVP Closed
- 22Mon.Jun.Ethical design & AI for Health: A structured review and theoretical critiqueDetailsRSVP Closed
- 21Sun.Jun.Beyond the Clinic: The Future of Healthcare DeliveryDetailsRSVP ClosedJun. 21, 2020, 3:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. EDTZoomPost-lockdown, we will emerge into a new age of medicine where healthcare delivery is no longer confined to the clinic. In this brainstorming session, we will collaborate to define ethical concerns, and generate solutions that will best serve the public. Led by Nate Gerber, BFA & Marisa Dorling, BSc
- 16Tue.Jun.A new reality for Canadian hospiceDetailsRSVP Closed
- 14Sun.Jun.Is MAID essential?DetailsRSVP Closed
- 07Sun.Jun.Utility vs. Equity?DetailsRSVP ClosedJun. 07, 2020, 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. EDTZoomIn a social system with marginalized minorities, strict utilitarianism can have consequences that are problematically discriminatory. In this talk, we'll contrast the utilitarian maxim of ‘the greatest good for the greatest number’ with principles of equity. Led by Kayla Wiebe, PhD(c)
- 31Sun.MayOn ConfinementDetailsRSVP ClosedMay 31, 2020, 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. EDTZoomWidespread restrictions on movement experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic have a complex history bound up with gender, dis/ability, reproduction, and social justice. Join us as we explore social histories of confinement, and what they mean for present. Led by Alana Cattapan, PhD.
- 24Sun.MayDuty to Care: Is there a limit?DetailsRSVP Closed
- 17Sun.MayIs criminalization justified for the sake of public health?DetailsRSVP ClosedMay 17, 2020, 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. EDTZoomA discussion on whether criminal sanctions should be used for public health goals in a pandemic. Led by Teddy Weinstein, JD. Teddy Weinstein is a lawyer licensed to practice in Ontario. He completed his articling at the Canadian Civil Liberties Association and was called to the Bar in 2019.
- 03Sun.MayWho gets the ventilator?DetailsRSVP Closed
- 26Sun.Apr.The Utility of a BioethicistDetailsRSVP Closed
- 19Sun.Apr.Are Pandemic Ethics Actually Ethical?DetailsRSVP Closed
- 12Sun.Apr.The Costs of Social DistancingDetailsRSVP Closed