Past Events

What’s new in spinal cord repair?

COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS Wednesday, Nov 6, 2024 12:00PM – 1:00PM PST Join us for an interactive virtual event about research being conducted by the UBC-led “Mend the Gap” team for spinal cord injury (SCI). Drs. John Madden, director of the research program, Wolf Tetzlaff, associate director and lead of the biology and medicine team, and Tanya […]

Indigenous voices in neuroscience: Transforming research practices

The IBI Crosscultural Working Group, together with the ALBA Network, is hosting a webinar on Indigenous perspectives. As part of the ALBA-IBRO Global Diversity Series, this webinar focuses on the intersection of Indigenous knowledge and neuroscience, highlighting the systemic challenges that neuroscientists from these communities navigate in academia, and the ongoing efforts to redefine what […]

Challenge Workshop: Socio-cultural factors in neuroscience

Neuroethics Candada’s Dr. Judy Illes will be delivering a keynote presentation at SFU Institute for Neuroscience and Neurotechnology’s Challenge Workshop on May 15th! Join the discussion on how neuroethics may inform the paths forward so that neuroscience knowledge can be integrated with socio-cultural factors to guide policy and practice! Location: Morris J. Wosk Centre for […]

Whose Ethics Inform That Code? End-User Perspectives on Embodied Health Technology

February 28, 2024, 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm Register here: https://datascienceandhealth.ubc.ca/events/whose-ethics-inform-code-end-user-perspectives-embodied-health-technology-0  Speaker: Dr. Julie Robillard, Associate Professor of Neurology & Scientist in Patient Experience at BC Children’s & Women’s Hospitals, UBC Title: Whose Ethics Inform That Code? End-User Perspectives on Embodied Health Technology Abstract: In this presentation, Dr. Robillard will provide an overview of embodied […]

Placebo and the ethics of deception in brain research and clinical care

2024 BRAIN AWARENESS WEEK – ANNUAL DISTINGUISHED NEUROETHICS LECTURE A. Jon Stoessl, CM, MD, Professor of Neurology, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia Tuesday, March 12, 2024 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM C300 Theatre, UBC Robson Square, 800 Robson Street, Vancouver, BC, V6Z 3B7 (map) Everyone is welcome! This public in-person event is free. […]

Neuroethics Seminar

2024 Ethics in publications and its impact on public trust in science A. Jon Stoessl, CM, MD 2024 Brain Awareness Week – Annual Distinguished Neuroethics Speaker Professor of Neurology, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia Tuesday, March 12, 2024, 12:00PM – 1:00PM PDT Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health, Room 3402 A, B & […]

Dr. Judy Illes at the Conference on Emerging Portable Technology for Neuroimaging Research in New Field Settings: Legal & Ethical Challenges

The Consortium on Law and Values at the University of Minnesota will bring together a diverse range of experts from across the country forEmerging Portable Technology for Neuroimaging Research in New Field Settings: Legal & Ethical Challenges, a day-long conference held online Thursday, December 7, 2023.   To date, MRI brain scanners have been located […]

Feeling welcomed: Creating space for Indigenous voices in brain and mental health research

2023 BRAIN AWARENESS WEEK – ANNUAL DISTINGUISHED NEUROETHICS LECTURE Melissa L. Perreault, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Guelph Citizen of the Métis Nation of Ontario Tuesday, March 14, 2023 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art, 639 Hornby Street, Vancouver, BC, V6C 2G3 (map) Everyone is […]

I’m Still Standing: Fundraiser for Mental Wellness

Benefitting the BC Epilepsy Society You are invited to join the BC Epilepsy Society as we embark on a journey of creating a much-needed epilepsy mental wellness program and improving the lives of people living with and affected by epilepsy in British Columbia. Help us attain our goal of providing psychological services to our clients […]