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  • Neuroethics Canada’s Dr. Judy Illes is elected as a Fellow of the Hastings Center

    The Hastings Center recently announced the election of its 2024 Fellows, including Neuroethics Canada’s Dr. Judy Illes. Hastings Center Fellows are a group of more than 200 individuals of outstanding accomplishment whose work has informed scholarship and public understanding of complex ethical issues in health, health care, science, and technology. For more details, please visit: […] Read More

  • Dr. Judy Illes serves on the Scientific Advisory Board of EuroBioImaging

    Dr. Judy Illes had the pleasure to serve on the Scientific Advisory Board of EuroBioImaging this past week at the EMBL in Heidelberg, Germany. There were opportunities for robust exchanges among colleagues in many different forms of reality. Read More

  • Dr. Judy Illes participates in the World Health Organization consultation on neurotechnologies

    Dr. Judy Illes participated in the World Health Organization consultation on neurotechnologies on October 1, 2024 and chaired the breakout group focused on advances in neuroimaging. Read More

  • Dr. Judy Illes among the top 2% most-cited scientists globally

    In the recent World’s Top 2% Scientists List by Stanford University, Neuroethics Canada’s Dr. Judy Illes has been recognized among the top 2% most-cited scientists globally. “The selection is based on the top 100,000 scientists by c-score (with and without self-citations) or a percentile rank of 2% or above in the sub-field. This version (6) […] Read More

  • Dr. Judy Illes serves on UNESCO’s Recommendation on the Ethics of Neurotechnology Meetings

    Neuroethics Canada’s Dr. Judy Illes served on UNESCO’s groundbreaking Recommendation on the Ethics of Neurotechnology Meetings in April and August 2024 at Paris, France. This vital framework will guide companies and governments in paving the way for responsible neurotechnology. To read more about this initiative, please visit: https://www.unesco.org/en/ethics-neurotech/expert-group?hub=83294 Read More

  • Seizing Hope: High Tech Journeys in Pediatric Epilepsy

     Can new technology bring hope to children who have drug-resistant epilepsy? More than 500,000 children in Canada and the USA have epilepsy. About a third of those children continue to have seizures despite taking anti-seizure medications, also known as pediatric drug resistant epilepsy (DRE). Surgery may be one option for them, but what if […] Read More

  • Visit the Neuroethics at the Core Blog!

    Visit the revitalized Neuroethics at the Core Blog and read about the latest on Neuroethics Canada’s events and research! Read More

  • Alzheimer Disease Resource Books

    Click here to access free copies of the Alzheimer Disease Resource books! Read More



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  • New recommendations for regulating neurotechnology in Canada include protecting Indigenous rights
  • Dr. Karen Herrera-Ferrá receives the 2025 Judy Illes Award for Mentorship in the Field of Neuroethics
  • Dr. Melissa Perreault talks about bringing Indigenous ways of knowing to neuroscience at CBC’s The Early Edition with Stephen Quinn
  • How can we bring Indigenous ways of knowing into neuroscience?
  • Bringing Indigenous ways of knowing to neuroscience
  • NIH-Funded Experts Offer New Guidance for Navigating Ethical and Legal Challenges in Brain Research Using Portable MRI Technologies
  • The International Neuroethics Society's Public Communication and Publishing Affinity Group releases Neuroethics Magazine
  • Neuroethics Canada’s Dr. Judy Illes is elected as a Fellow of the Hastings Center
  • How Neuroethicists Are Grappling With Artificial Intelligence
  • Dr. Judy Illes serves on the Scientific Advisory Board of EuroBioImaging
  • Tue, May 27, 2025: Ethical Challenges and Opportunities of Palliative Psychiatry
  • Wed, May 28, 2025: Canadian Bioethics Society - Bioethics Community Forum




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