Event Horizon

3 May 2008 - Th United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities comes into force

12 May 2008 - The United Nations Celebrates the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

For information on the commemorative event at the UN Headquarters in New York, click here.

4 -5 June 2008 - Canadian Disability Studies Association Conference, “Thinking Beyond Borders--Global Ideas: Global Values” in Vancouver

For information, click here.

9 June 2008 - End of Life Ethics and Decision-Making Forum. Current Policy Debates about Withholding and Withdrawing Life-Sustaining Treatment University of Manitoba, Winnipeg . Featuring Dr. Jocelyn Downie, Canada Research Chair, Health Law and Policy. The event is free of charge but you must register in advance. Click here, for more information and a downloadable registration form.

25-27 September , 2008 Quandaries in Health Care Conference, "A Life Worth Living?: Bioethics and Disability

Given Institute in Aspen, Colorado

For more information see: www.coloradobioethics.org

Click on Quandaries Conference for brochure

Some Past Events

16 November 2007 Noon - 12.45
Health Ethics Seminar
An Ethical Analysis of Growth Attenuation in Children with Developmental Disabilities
- Dick Sobsey
Heritage Medical Research Centre 20 November 2007 12 Noon - 1 PM
Meeting of the Disability Ethics Initiative Interest Group
John Dossetor Health Ethics Centre
26 November 2001 12 Noon - 1 PM
Faculty of Law Seminar
Interpreting Legal Narratives of Workers with Disabilities in Canada: The Role of Disability Identity in the Articulation of Human Rights in a Global World"
-Ravi Malhotra, Assistant Professor University of Ottawa
3 December 2007
International Day of Disabled Persons
2007 Theme: "Decent work for persons with disabilities"
For Info from the UN on this event, click here, (opens in a new window ).

3 December 2007 5 PM - 7 PM
Film: Shameless: The Art of Disability.
Room 158 Education South.
Sponsored by CADI Campus Association on Disability Issues

6 December 2007
National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women Violence is a major health problem in Canada with profound ethical implications that have received little attention. We can demonstrate our concern with the traditional flowers and ribbons, but more, importantly, we need to demonstrate our concern by acting to prevent intentional injuries.

3 - 9 March 2008. Health Ethics Week in Alberta
Theme: Creating Space for Moral Reflection
For more information, go to the Provincial Health Ethics Network.

4 March 2008. 7-9 PM
The Waterdance: Film & Discussion
Edmonton Room, Stanley A. Milner Library
Edmonton Public Libraries
Winston Churchill Square
Edmonton, AB Admission is free and open to the public
This event is sponsored by the John Dossetor Health Ethics Centre in conjunction with Health Ethics Week. This presentation includes the viewing of a short version of the critically acclaimed film The Waterdance (1992), an autobiographical account of adjustment to spinal cord injury. The film presentation will be followed by a discussion of ethical issues raised in the film.
For more info e-mail the Dossetor Centre or call (780) 492-6676

April 2-4, 2008
Values in Practice: Building Respectful Communities Conference
Barrie, ON
This conference sponsored by the Ontario Association on Developmental Disabilities includes a significant ethics component, including presentations on imaging people with developmental disabilities and quality of life. For more info, go to http://www.oadd.org/

Upcoming Events of Interest