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The unique mental health and brain impacts of COVID-19

As COVID-19 infections spike around the globe, with no end in sight for months, questions are beginning to arise around the long-term effects of the pandemic on our mental health and brain health. Click the title to read more.

Louise Harding receives “Best Overall Contribution: Clinical Neuroethics” Award at the 2020 International Neuroethics Society Meeting

Congratulations to Neuroethics Canada’s Ms. Louise Harding for receiving the “Best Overall Contribution: Clinical Neuroethics” Award at the 2020 International Neuroethics Society Meeting! In line with this award, Ms. Harding received a £150 Book Voucher sponsored by Springer. Presentation title: Rights and meanings: Advanced technologies for disorders of the brain Team: Louise Harding, Jacob McFarlane, […]

Community Conversations | Café Neuroéthique

Apr 17, 2025: Portable MR Imaging of the Brain: Practical Challenges and Ethical Solutions for Indigenous, and Rural and Remote Communities Nov 6, 2024: What’s new in spinal cord repair? Jun 9, 2022: Brain wellness, genomic justice, and Indigenous communities: Supporting wellness and self-determination Jun 7, 2022: What’s new in spinal cord repair? Jun 23, […]

Neurotechnology Treatment for Pediatric Drug Resistant Epilepsy (DRE) Resource Page

Click the image to access all our publicly available materials on pediatric DRE, funded by the NIH.

GGconversations takes a question from Neuroethics Canada’s Dr. Judy Illes on team science and the importance of interdisciplinarity

At the recent GGconversations (September 24, 2020 episode), Her Excellency the Right Honourable Governor General Julie Payette and Quebec’s Chief Scientist Dr. Rémi Quirion take a question from Dr. Judy Illes on team science and discuss the importance of interdisciplinarity. To watch the episode, click on the clip below: For more information, please visit: https://www.gg.ca/en/ggconversations#QuirionEN

MHCC injects board with the insights and experience of youth

Medical student, peer supporter and mental health champion Armaghan Alam embraces a new challenge. Click the title to read more.

‘It is like sitting on a cliff’: September, schools and pre-traumatic stress disorder in COVID times

It’s little surprise our dreams are more vivid, more epic, more wild than usual. Any big, dramatic event tends to stir up dreams, but negative ones dial up anxiety dreaming. Click the title to read more.

Congratulations to Core’s Armaghan Alam for being appointed to the Mental Health Commission of Canada’s Board of Directors

Armaghan (Army) Alam, second year UBC medical student and student researcher at Neuroethics Canada, has recently been appointed to the Mental Health Commission of Canada’s (MHCC’s) Board of Directors. Army will be joining the board as its youngest sitting director. In this role, Army will work with the other board directors to oversee and provide […]

The future is here: Choosing new technologies to support healthy brain aging

Virtual Dialogue on Aging 2:00PM – 3:00PM Thursday, June 25, 2020 In this online session, we will review current and novel assistive technologies to support healthy aging, including wearables, home sensors, smart phone applications, health websites, and robots. We will explore key ethical issues of these technologies, with a focus on the benefits and harms […]