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Health for All: Implications of Gender & Sexuality for Bioethics
Health for All: Implications of Gender & Sexuality for Bioethics
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Thursday, December 6, 2018
Françoise Baylis presents along with Toni Bond Leonard, Vivek Divan & Sara Hossain at plenary session, World Congress of Bioethics, St. John's Medical College, Bangalore, India (6 Dec 2018, 9:00AM-10:30AM).
Interview: 'You Can't Just Pretend to be God'
Interview: 'You Can't Just Pretend to be God'
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Monday, November 26, 2018
Françoise Baylis discusses reports that a researcher genetically modified a human embryo (CTV News, 26 Nov 2018).
Be It Resolved: The Prohibition on Payment for Surrogacy & Gametes in Canada Should Be Repealed
Be It Resolved: The Prohibition on Payment for Surrogacy & Gametes in Canada Should Be Repealed
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Thursday, November 22, 2018
Françoise Baylis debates Vida Panitch at the Rosalie Silberman Abella Moot Court Room (J250), Jackman Law Building, 78 Queen's Park, Toronto ON (Thurs. 22 Nov 2018, 7:00PM).
Lloyd Fraser Award for Outstanding Senate Leadership
Lloyd Fraser Award for Outstanding Senate Leadership
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Tuesday, October 23, 2018
Chair of Dalhousie University Senate, Kevin Hewitt, presents first Lloyd Fraser Award to Françoise Baylis for outstanding Senate leadership.
Genealogy & Genetics: Free Public Workshop
Genealogy & Genetics: Free Public Workshop
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Friday, September 21, 2018
Françoise Baylis presents at workshop on the science, ethics, social and privacy implications of direct-to-consumer genetic genealogy. York University, 134 Ian MacDonald Blvd, North York, Toronto ON (21 Sept 2018, 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM ADT).
Successful Court Challenge of Health Canada Promises to Open Access to Clinical Trial Data
Successful Court Challenge of Health Canada Promises to Open Access to Clinical Trial Data
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Monday, July 9, 2018
Peter Doshi, Matthew Herder and other legal colleagues succeed in court challenge against Health Canada now ordered to release confidential pharmaceutical company data on HPV vaccines.
Appointment to Canada's Patented Medicine Prices Review Board
Appointment to Canada's Patented Medicine Prices Review Board
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Thursday, July 5, 2018
Matthew Herder receives a five-year appointment as a member of Canada's Patented Medicine Prices Review Board.
Dal Bioethicist Urges Academics to Stimulate Debate on Hot Button Topics
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Friday, June 1, 2018
Françoise Baylis is featured in an article in Dalhousie News (1 June 2018).
The Responsibilities of Scholars in Public Debate: Challenging Intuitive Ethical Considerations
The Responsibilities of Scholars in Public Debate: Challenging Intuitive Ethical Considerations
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Thursday, May 31, 2018
Françoise Baylis delivers a talk at the Big Thinking lecture series, Riddell Centre - RC 170 University Theatre, Congress 2018 of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Regina SK (31 May 2018, 12:15-13:15 Central Standard Time).
Academics & Legal Experts Oppose Decriminalization of Payment for Surrogacy, Eggs, and Sperm
Academics & Legal Experts Oppose Decriminalization of Payment for Surrogacy, Eggs, and Sperm
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Tuesday, May 29, 2018
Françoise Baylis and other experts issue a fact sheet outlining critical concerns with the introduction of a private members’ bill to remove the criminal prohibition on payment for surrogacy, eggs, and sperm (29 May 2018).
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