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About the Centre for Bioethics Seminar Series 

Our Seminar Series is an invitation for our Centre for Bioethics community to convene on a regular basis with the aims of:

  • Showcasing Centre members' research, initiatives, and contributions to policy and practice. 
  • Connecting the Centre for Bioethics community with key voices, expertise, and leaders in bioethics beyond our institution. 
  • Fostering interdisciplinary dialogue and collaboration, bringing theory into conversation with practice and creating opportunities for new research partnerships. 
  • Supporting the exchange and dissemination of bioethics knowledge, providing a platform for Centre-based research and encouraging critical discussion and shared learning. 
  • Facilitating discussion of the wide range of ethical questions arising in health, science, policy, and society. 

 

Upcoming Seminars

Title Presenter(s) Topic / Area of Bioethics Date / Time Location
Misinformation, Disinformation, and How to Theorize People with Whom We Disagree Professor Maya J. Goldenberg, Department of Philosophy, University of Guelph Philosophy of science and medicine, misinformation February 26, 2026, 3:00-4:30pm TBA

Resource allocation ethics in dentistry: Path dependency, evidence, and professional and social norms

Dr. Carlos Quinonez, Vice Dean and Director of Dentistry, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University

 Resource allocation ethics, ethics in dentistry March 26, 2026, 3:00-4:30pm TBA

*Note: those unable to attend seminars in person may attend via Zoom. To register for Zoom, please email bioethics@uwo.ca.

 

Past Seminars

Title Presenter(s) Topic / Area of Bioethics Date
Book Launch: Consenting Children: Autonomy, Responsibility, Well-Being (Liverpool University Press) with Co-Editor, Professor Anthony Skelton

Professor Anthony Skelton (Co-Editor), Professor, Department of Philosophy, Western University

Meghan Winsby (Co-Author),  PhD Candidate, Department of Philosophy, Western University

Professor Andrew Franklin-Hall (Co-Author), Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Toronto

Daniel Wyzynski (Discussant), HEC-C, MHSc, Clinical and Organizational Ethicist & Clinician Scientist, London Health Sciences Centre

 Pediatric ethics, consent and autonomy of children, philosophical bioethics January 22, 2026
"Bioethics in Three Acts";

Altered Inheritance: 'What Kind of World do We (You) Want to Live in?'

 Professor Françoise Baylis, C.M., O.N.S., PhD, FRSC, FISC, Distinguished Research Professor Emerita at Dalhousie University History of bioethics, ethics of human genome editing December 4, 2025