Category Canada

Vaccines Treating Cancer: Would Anti-Vaxxers Change their Minds?

Chris Kaposy wonders about the impact of mRNA vaccines that treat cancer on the anti-vaccine movement.

MAiD in Canada: A Sober Second Look

Daryl Pullman announces an international symposium examining Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) in Canada to be hosted by the Memorial University Centre for Bioethics.

Resisting “equity lite” in health care, public health, and bioethics

Maxwell J. Smith details our inconsistent commitment to equity during the COVID-19 pandemic and argues that those willing to declare commitments to equity must be held accountable for acting in accordance with that which equity demands.

Rural Newfoundland Needs Better Abortion Access

Janelle Skeard shows why it is necessary to improve abortion access in Newfoundland’s “Bible Belt”.

Into the Unknown: An Ethicist Reflects on COVID-19

Marika Warren compares her expectations going into the pandemic with the actual ethical challenges that arose.