{"id":16,"date":"2026-01-31T23:42:48","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T23:42:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/applied-ethics-lab\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2026-09-21T18:37:56","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T18:37:56","slug":"events","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/applied-ethics-lab\/events\/","title":{"rendered":"Events"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Upcoming<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Conference<\/span>: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“MAID at Ten: Lessons from Canada\u2019s First Decade<\/strong>” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 30-31, 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

**Registration is free. To attend in-person or virtually, click here<\/a>.**<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Featuring keynotes from:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Madeline Li <\/strong>
(University of Toronto \/ Princess Margaret Cancer Centre)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Beyond the Request to Die: Avoiding the Collapse of
Complexity Through Therapeutic Conversations\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Timothy Christie<\/strong>
(Dalhousie University \/ Horizon Health Network)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Legal Eligibility Is Not Ethical Oversight: The
Role of Professional Discretion in the Provision of MAiD”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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To view the full conference program<\/strong>, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For questions, please contact Professor Nicholas Dunn (appliedethics.lab@uleth.ca<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Past<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

September 18, 2026. “Clinical Judgment and MAiD Refusal.” University of Pittsburgh, Philosophy of Medicine roundtable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cStructurally Embedded Suffering: Externalism, Injustice, and the Ethics of MAID for Mental Illness.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

August 12, 2026. Culture and Mental Health Research Unit (CMHRU) of the Lady Davis Institute and the Department of Psychiatry, Jewish General Hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 14, 2026. University of Toronto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 25-26, 2026. University of Texas, Dallas, Association for
the Advancement of Philosophy & Psychiatry (AAPP). [link<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

June 6-9, 2026. Dalhousie University, Canadian Philosophical
Association (CPA). [link<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 1, 2026. Nicholas Dunn, “M(AI)D: Should an Algorithm Decide if You Get to Die?” Workshop on the Philosophy of AI, McGill University. [link<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

March 27, 2026. Nicholas Dunn, Julia Brassolotto, Dionne Walsh, Bruce MacKay. “MAID and Disability in Alberta: Implications for Policy and Practice.” University of Lethbridge. [link<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

February 19, 2026. Nicholas Dunn, “Should Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) be Available to People with Mental Illnesses?”, Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs<\/em>. [link<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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