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Drs. Judy Illes and Anthony Hannan on the Finding Genius Podcast

Dr. Judy Illes and Anthony Hannan discuss expanding the world of neuroscience and why scientific collaboration matters. Click the title, or listen on your preferred podcast platform.

Dr. Stefanie Blain-Moraes wins McGill University’s Carrie M. Derick Award for Graduate Teaching and Supervision

Congratulations to Dr. Stefanie Blain-Moraes for the well-deserved achievement! Stefanie received the Carrie M. Derick Award for Graduate Teaching and Supervision from McGill University as a devoted mentor and support for trainees to pursue unconventional academic trajectories. Stefanie is the leader of the Biosignal Interaction and Personhood Technology (BIAPT) Lab at McGill University.

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 […]

Brain Awareness Week 2023: Highlights from the International Brain Initiative

Click the title to read about and see photographs of Brain Awareness Week celebrations in Vancouver (Neuroethics Canada) and South Korea (Korea Brain Research Institute)!

Neuroethics Canada featured in The Ubyssey

Dr. Judy Illes provides a great overview of neuroethics as a field and Neuroethics Canada with The Ubyssey. Click the title to learn more about questions at the heart of the field – from the role of technology in healthcare to the ethics of medically-assisted dying, and consent.

Viorica Hrincu wins Top Trainee Presentation in the Clinical + Health Services session for the UBC Faculty of Medicine Research Trainee Day and Lecture Series

Viorica Hrincu, MSc, PhD student at the Neuroscience, Engagement & Smart Tech (NEST) Lab, won the Top Trainee Presentation in the Clinical + Health Services session for UBC Faculty of Medicine’s Building the Future – Research Trainee Day and Lecture Series. Viorica is interested in all things technology and ethics, especially involving the brain. She […]

Quinn Boyle’s research featured in The Globe and Mail

A recent article by The Globe and Mail covers the research led by Quinn Boyle, PhD student at Neuroethics Canada, examining the ethicolegal challenges faced by women who have experienced traumatic brain injury as a result of intimate partner violence. “There’s a long history of sexism in family law which traditionally disadvantages women’s rights,” Mr. […]

The International Brain Initiative Launches a New Round of Activity

The International Brain Initiative (IBI) has announced a new round of efforts to catalyze global collaboration in neuroscience. Established in 2017 with generous support from The Kavli Foundation, the IBI brings together national brain initiatives from Australia, Canada, China, the European Union, Japan, South Korea, and the USA. There is an extraordinary range of disciplines spanning […]

Katarzyna Kabacińska’s Brain, Behaviour and Development Research Theme Trainee Boost Award from the BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute

Katarzyna Kabacińska, PhD student at the Neuroscience, Engagement & Smart Tech (NEST) Lab, has been recognised with the BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute’s Brain, Behaviour and Development Research Theme Trainee Boost Award! With the award’s stipend, Kat will fund her research proposal titled “Robot Interaction Effects on Children Experiencing a Stressful Situation (RECESS).” Congratulations Kat! […]

Respecting Autonomy – Forced Treatment and Human Rights

In the recent Translation in Action Conference hosted at the University of British Columbia, Neuroethics Canada’s Quinn Boyle and Anna Nuechterlein discuss the ethical and social implications of forced treatment in the opioid crisis. Click the title to watch.