Eleven Canadian women on sexism and the struggle for gender parity

Core’s Dr. Judy Illes shares her thoughts on sexism and the struggle for gender parity. Click the title to read more.

Smartphones need a redesign to improve brain function: UBC prof

Peter Reiner, a professor at the National Core for Neuroethics at UBC, argues that our devices should be redesigned to foster healthier connections between humans and technology so we can use our brains for more challenging activities.

Perspective: Time to expand the mind

Thoughtful use of ubiquitous technology can improve mental ability more than drugs and devices, say Nicholas S. Fitz and Peter B. Reiner. Click the title to read more.

2016 Stephen Straker Memorial Lecture

“Getting Ahead? Embodied Technologies, Democracy, and Inequality in the 21st Century.” Charis Thompson Chancellor’s Professor Department of Gender and Women’s Studies Center for Science, Technology, and Medicine in Society University of California, Berkeley Thursday, 24 March 2016 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM IBLC 182   Abstract: Thompson’s talk looks at biometrics, egg freezing, gene editing, […]

After stroke, family struggles with decision to remove part of son’s brain

Core’s Dr. Judy Illes speaks on medical futility at the February 17, 2016 episode of CBC’s The Current with Anna Maria Tremonti. Listen to the episode here: Source: The Current, Feb. 17, 2016

SPPH Exchange: Ethical Dilemmas: Exploring Accountability

All SPPH and interdisciplinary students, alumni, and faculty are invited to attend the inaugural SPPH Exchange. This interactive symposium will invite discussion about current ethical dilemmas and concerns of accountability, promote engagement with leading academic and industry members in this field, and provide a platform for all SPPH-related research and practicum experience and knowledge. The […]

International Neuroethics Society’s Letter from the President, Dr. Judy Illes

28 January 2016 Dear INS Members, Partners, and Friends, I am honored to become the third President of the International Neuroethics Society and to lead our interdisciplinary, global organization into a second and exciting decade of scholarship, action, and impact. The flood of findings from brain research generates an ever-increasing range of neuroethical challenges that […]

Dr. Julie Robillard on ICI Radio Canada’s L’heure du monde (in French)

ICI Radio Canada interviews Core’s Dr. Julie Robillard on the ethics of crowd-funding for medical research in the L’heure du Monde Jan 13, 2016 episode. Listen here: http://ici.radio-canada.ca/emissions/l_heure_du_monde/2015-2016/archives.asp?date=2016/01/13&indTime=2534&idmedia=7409463

Cody Lo recognized as UBC Wesbrook Scholar and awarded Premier Scholarship

Fourth year BSc. Pharmacology student and research associate at the National Core of Neuroethics, Cody Lo was recently recognized as a Wesbrook scholar and awarded the Carl Bradford Robertson Premier scholarship. These awards are the University’s most prestigious designations and are given to senior undergraduate students with outstanding academic performance, leadership, and involvement in student […]

100 Years WISE: Women in Science and Engineering, Bridging the Past and the Future

Wednesday, March 9, 2016 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM Chan Shun Hall, The Chan Centre for Performing Arts 6265 Crescent Rd, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z1 The 100 Years WISE will provide an opportunity for our community to discuss and raise awareness about women in leadership, gender diversity, and ways to integrate women in science, medicine […]