Author Archives: impact ethics
Clarifying the AHR Act After 12 Long Years
Alana Cattapan calls on Health Canada to ensure substantive public engagement including surrogates and gamete donors in policymaking on assisted reproduction.
Reflections on Egg Donation in Canada
Claire Burns recommends legal and practical changes for promoting the ethical treatment of egg donors within Canada.
Egg Freezing in China: Liberty or Despair?
Jing-Bao Nie comments on how, in different ways, inadequate social supports for reproduction and parenting, and the prohibition on social egg freezing by single women in China limit women’s reproductive liberty.
The dirt on ‘clean’ energy: #MakeMuskratRight
Debbie Martin criticizes large-scale industrial and energy developments, such as the Muskrat Falls hydroelectric project, that are threatening Indigenous territory.
“Wine O’ Clock:” Alcohol and Gender Norms
Samantha Brennan critiques the ‘feminist-friendly’ framing of wine consumption and suggests that not all rejections of gender norms are good for women.
