Monthly Archives: February 2014

“Mayday, Mayday, Mayday” for Ethics at CIHR

February 25, 2014 · by · in CIHR, Health Research, Impact Ethics, Research Ethics · 2 Comments

Françoise Baylis and Jocelyn Downie issue a Mayday call to Parliament with respect to ethics at the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).

The Logical Slippery Slope is Neither Slippery Nor Logical

February 19, 2014 · by · in Death & Assisted Dying, Law & Policy · 3 Comments

Reuven Brandt questions the inevitability of slip sliding from physician-assisted suicide and voluntary euthanasia to non-voluntary euthanasia.

End of Life Care in Quebec: It’s a New Dawn

February 10, 2014 · by · in Death & Assisted Dying, Law & Policy · Leave a comment

Jocelyn Downie clarifies the final draft of Bill 52 as Quebec legislators prepare to vote.

Science Policy Based On Ideology Is Damaging Our Future

February 7, 2014 · by · in Science Funding · Leave a comment

James L. Turk calls on Canadians to publicly support Get Science Right – a campaign to reverse the damage being done by the federal government’s misguided science policy.

Science Does Not Trump Politics

February 4, 2014 · by · in Law & Policy, Science Funding · Leave a comment

Kelly Holloway argues that science is political and we would do well to recognize this in debating Canadian science policy.