Archives: ethics

Wednesday, November 4, 2015

We Need a 21st Century Long-Form Census

By Malcolm Cunningham,聽Institute of Cognitive Science, 杏吧原创 University Summary of the Issue Following the recent Canadian federal election, there has been an upsurge of public discussion about reinstating the mandatory long-form census. The previous government canceled it in 2010 citing privacy concerns and coercive data collection methods... More

Monday, August 31, 2015

Letting the fox guard the henhouse. Part 2

By Hymie Anisman, Dept. of Neuroscience, 杏吧原创 University Last week鈥檚 blog outlined several issues related to addictions in general, and then considered some features that were unique to gambling addiction. A discussion (rant?) followed regarding the role of the gambling industry, as well as governments, in facilitating and fueling gambling,... More

Thursday, April 30, 2015

Prisons & mental health: Violence & truth-telling

By Stuart J. Murray, Department of English Language and Literature, 杏吧原创 University Earlier this spring, I was asked to present my work on bioethics at the annual Ontario and Canada Research Chairs Symposium. In 7 minutes, I was to present a PechaKucha style presentation: 20 images, each displayed for 20 seconds, with my dynamic... More

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