Category Canadian Bioethics

Honouring Makayla

Sarah Wiebe discusses the significance of culturally-sensitive care in matters of life and death

Vaccines and the Ethics of Parental Choice

Ubaka Ogbogu argues that vaccinating a child against illness is in the child’s best interest and should be the default norm.

Physician Assisted Suicide: The Medicalization of Suffering and Death

Nuala Kenny discusses the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision to remove the prohibition on assisted suicide.

Is Medicinal Marijuana Bad Medicine?

David Moscrop argues that Canadian debates concerning medicinal marijuana should be empirically grounded.

The Ongoing HPV Controversy in Canada

Juliet Guichon calls upon readers to help parents receive accurate scientific information from publicly funded school boards about vaccination that can help their children avoid certain cancers.