New recommendations for regulating neurotechnology in Canada include protecting Indigenous rights
Once centred on finding treatments for conditions that affect the nervous system such as movement disorders and epilepsy, neurotechnology is evolving. Click the title to read more.
Dr. Karen Herrera-Ferrá receives the 2025 Judy Illes Award for Mentorship in the Field of Neuroethics
Neuroethics Canada congratulates Dr. Karen Herrera-Ferrá on winning the 2025 INS Judy Illes Award for Mentorship in the Field of Neuroethics. For more details on the award, please visit: https://neuroethicssociety.org/awards/illes-award/
Dr. Melissa Perreault talks about bringing Indigenous ways of knowing to neuroscience at CBC’s The Early Edition with Stephen Quinn
In the February 17, 2025 episode of CBC’s The Early Edition with Stephen Quinn, the International Brain Initiative Crosscultural Working Group Lead, Dr. Melissa Perreault (University of Guelph), discussed Two-eyed seeing and bringing Indigenous perspectives into brain science. This discussion is in line with the recently published article in Nature, co-authored by Neuroethics Canada’s Dr. […]
How can we bring Indigenous ways of knowing into neuroscience?
UBC researchers and partners are enhancing brain science with an Indigenous lens. Click the title to read more.
Bringing Indigenous ways of knowing to neuroscience
University of British Columbia researchers, including IBI Chair Dr. Judy Illes, are working with Indigenous scholars and communities to bring Indigenous perspectives into brain science. Click the title to read more.
NIH-Funded Experts Offer New Guidance for Navigating Ethical and Legal Challenges in Brain Research Using Portable MRI Technologies
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 31, 2025 NIH-Funded Experts Offer New Guidance for Navigating Ethical and Legal Challenges in Brain Research Using Portable MRI Technologies Contact: Jeff Holmquist, Consortium on Law and Values in Health, Environment & the Life Sciences, holmq162@umn.edu; University Public Relations, unews@umn.edu MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL (1/31/2025) — The expanding deployment of highly portable […]
The International Neuroethics Society’s Public Communication and Publishing Affinity Group releases Neuroethics Magazine
The International Neuroethics Society’s Public Communication and Publishing Affinity Group released its inaugural issue of the Neuroethics Magazine, dedicated entirely to answering the foundational question: What is neuroethics?. This first-of-its-kind publication sets the stage for exploring the intersection of neuroscience and ethics. Click the title to read the issue.
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: […]
How Neuroethicists Are Grappling With Artificial Intelligence
Neuroethicists, including Neuroethics Canada’s Dr. Judy Illes, weigh in on the ethical implications of the AI tools currently available to neurologists and where it could go next. Click the title to read more.