Protecting Youth Autonomy in an Age of Misinformation

Hunain Fatima Khan shows that a balance is needed between regulating misinformation online for the benefit of young people, and facilitating their autonomy

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Canada’s Complicity in the Captivity of Whales and Dolphins

Andrew Fenton outlines the Government of Canada’s failure to live up to Canadian law on cetacean captivity and raises doubts about merely extending efforts to phase out the captivity of other large…

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Centering Marginalized Voices Is Not Musical Chairs

Daphne Pereira points out that expanding the circle doesn’t mean shrinking or displacing anyone else.

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Reconciliation, Not Confrontation: Notes from a Cancer Journey

Sarojini Nadimpally relates some lessons from her experiences of living with cancer.

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Lost in Translation? How AI Language Tools are Reshaping Access to Care

Alia Busuttil examines the ethical trade-offs clinicians make when they invite AI into the circle of care as translators.

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When Intent Isn’t Enough: Rethinking Responsibility in Dual-use Research

Bryn Williams-Jones argues that focusing on researchers’ intentions misses how risks emerge and responsibility is distributed across modern research systems.

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Empathy-Simulating Chatbots: A Double-Edged Sword in Mental Health Care

Vanita Fernandes warns that the use of empathy-simulating chatbots in mental health care poses ethical concerns including the risk of deception.

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Dalhousie’s Case Diversification: Disability

In an ongoing series of commentaries, Lynette Reid describes the work done at Dalhousie University to diversify the case-based learning curriculum in the medical program.

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Ethical Considerations for Using Tracking Technology in Dementia Care

Madalena Liougas and Alisa Grigorovich highlight that, when it comes to the use of tracking technologies in dementia care, surveillance isn’t safety, and safety shouldn’t mean surrendering dignity.…

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At What Cost? Treating Bodily Identity Integrity Disorder

Patrick Knight and Rashad Rehman argue that surgery to treat bodily identity integrity disorder should be reconsidered, despite its apparent success.

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The History of Eugenics and Contemporary Debates over Human Enhancement

Heloise Robinson announces a call for papers for a special issue of the Journal of Bioethical Inquiry on the role of the history of eugenics within contemporary debates over human enhancement.

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When AI Rents Humans: A Warning for Healthcare

Jean-Christophe Bélisle-Pipon warns that as artificial intelligence (AI) agents begin hiring humans for physical tasks, we must ensure this inversion of labour does not reduce health care to a seri…

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Dalhousie’s Case Diversification: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (Part 2)

In an ongoing series of commentaries, Lynette Reid describes the work done at Dalhousie University to diversify the case-based learning curriculum in the medical program.

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Dalhousie’s Case Diversification: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (Part 1)

In an ongoing series of commentaries, Lynette Reid describes the work done at Dalhousie University to diversify the case-based learning curriculum in the medical program.

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Performative Policy: When Anti-Racism Is Managed, Not Practiced

Danielle Gibbs Koenitzer examines how healthcare institutions manage anti-racism through policy and process while avoiding the structural changes required to protect marginalized patients and profe…

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Dalhousie’s Case Diversification: Anti-Oppression and Race (Part 3)

Lynette Reid describes the work done at Dalhousie to diversify the case-based learning (CBL) curriculum in the medical program.

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Dalhousie’s Case Diversification: Anti-oppression and Race (Part 2)

Lynette Reid describes the work done at Dalhousie to diversify the case-based learning curriculum in the medical program.

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Dalhousie’s Case Diversification: An Anti-oppressive Approach to Race

Lynette Reid describes the work done at Dalhousie University to diversify the case-based learning curriculum in the medical program.

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Misinformation, Social Isolation, and Loneliness among Aging Canadians

Renee Boldut details the alarming related risks of aging, social isolation and loneliness, health misinformation, and poor health.

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Case Diversification in Dalhousie’s Medical Program

Lynette Reid introduces the work done at Dalhousie to diversify the case-based learning curriculum in the medical program.

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Misinformation, Public Trust, and Healthcare Burnout

Janine Curtis ties the epidemic of burnout among health care providers in Newfoundland and Labrador to misinformation about the real causes of poor access to hospitals and clinicians.

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IVF is Under Attack in the US. How Should Canadians Respond?

Rhys Latus examines how the US has turned In-vitro Fertilization (IVF) into a moral battlefield and argues that Canada must defend IVF as a compassionate application of reproductive freedom.

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Misinformation about Medical Assistance in Dying

Luca Norton presents the problems associated with the influence of misinformation on policy about medical assistance in dying in Canada.

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We Can’t Export Away our Legally Recognized Duties to Captive Cetaceans

Andrew Fenton outlines the ethical and legal reasons against sending Marineland’s captive beluga whales to facilities in other countries.

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Black Salve: A Crisis in Online Health Misinformation

A.M. Kieley discusses online misinformation about black salve, a dangerous and ineffective “treatment” for cancer.

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We’re Hiring!

The Memorial University Centre for Bioethics and the Division of Population Health and Applied Health Sciences invite applications for two tenure-stream positions in Bioethics. Memorial University …

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The Kimmel Suspension and Public Health Ethics

Chris Kaposy considers the most recent free speech violation by the Trump administration in light of conservative objections to pandemic-era efforts to limit harmful communication.

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Gatekeeping Through Ableism: A Fractured Calling

Danielle Gibbs Koenitzer contends that ableism in nursing education functions as a form of gatekeeping, which silences disabled voices, narrows the definition of who can be a nurse, and reinforces …

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The PREPARED Code – A reminder not to forget the COVID-19 pandemic

Doris Schroeder presents the PREPARED Code – a global code of conduct for research during pandemics.

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