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Public Health Ethics Reading Group

The Public Health Ethics Reading Group meets online monthly to discuss new and/or important publications in the area of public health ethics. All Western faculty, graduate students, post-docs, and other trainees are welcome. Please contact Professor Nicole Fice (nfice@uwo.ca) if you are interested in joining the Reading Group.

Past Sessions

Perpetual Struggle (July 2026)
The promises and limitations of codes of medical ethics as instruments of policy change (June 2026)
Walking a tightrope: The accounts of U.S. state level senior communication officials on promoting trust and transparency in the COVID-19 pandemic (May 2026)
Relational equality and the expressive dimension of state action (April 2026)
Displacement and solidarity: An ethic of place-making (March 2026)
Coercing for public health: (when) is coercion ethically justified? (February 2026)
Public Health Virtue Ethics (January 2026)