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AMA Journal of Ethics article by Kathryn Dong and Katherine Duthie - How Should Risks and Benefits of Short-Acting Opioids Be Evaluated in the Care of Inpatients With OUD?

  • 1 July 2024

Austin Mardon recognized with honorary Doctorate from MacEwan University

  • 27 May 2024

Austin Mardon to receive honorary degree from Dalhousie University in Spring 2024 convocation

  • 25 April 2024

Austin Mardon honoured with the NASA Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) Medal

  • 25 April 2024

New publication by Cameron Cattell, Elaine Hyshka, Brendan Leier & Cheryl Mack - Capacity, Rationality, and the Promotion of Autonomy: A Trauma-Informed Approach to Refusals of Care After Opiod Poisoning

  • 18 April 2024

Austin Mardon recipient of honorary Doctor of Laws degree from UBC

  • 2 April 2024

Eric Mathison discusses - Treatment Access Isn't the Main Issue for Mental Health

  • 10 March 2024

Health Ethics Today, Volume 31(1), February 2024

  • 29 February 2024

The Alberta government is trying to legislate how you raise your kids

  • 7 February 2024

Heidi Janz and Michelle Stack discuss - Here are some dos and don’ts to help tackle ableism

  • Michelle Stack and Heidi Janz
  • 30 January 2024

New publication by Heidi Janz - Plagued to Death by Ableism: What the COVID-19 Pandemic and the Expansion of Eligibility for MAID Reveal About the Lethal Dangers of Medical and Systemic Ableism in Canada

  • Heidi Janz
  • 7 December 2023

Austin Mardon elected Foreign Fellow of the Bangladesh Academy of Sciences

  • 27 October 2023

New book explores Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying policies

  • 18 September 2023

Freedom of expression and the Jordan Peterson case

  • 24 August 2023

Respecting mental health and the law (part 2)

  • 4 August 2023

Respecting mental health and the law (part 1)

  • 3 August 2023

Opinion: Multi-pronged response to toxic drugs crisis must include safe supply

  • 9 June 2023

Unilateral Withdrawal, Technological Creep, and the Role of Proportionality in ECMO Policy

  • 23 May 2023

Health Ethics Today Volume 30(1), May 2023

  • 16 May 2023

AU honours mental-health advocate

  • 3 May 2023

Dr. Michael van Manen Reappointment: Chair in Bioethics

  • 12 April 2023

Begoña Errasti Ibarrondo Adjunct Appointment Expands Teaching and Research in Health Ethics

  • 27 February 2023

Has medical assistance in dying changed end-of-life care in the ICU? A qualitative survey of Canadian intensivists

  • 25 August 2022

In good hands: examining everyday nursing ethics through touch and technology

  • 12 May 2022

The best medicine? Humour can be a double-edged part of grieving

  • 10 May 2022

Opinion: Thoughts of family, history and my friend in her basement in Ukraine by Austin Mardon

  • 2 March 2022

Russian invasion of Ukraine 101: A brief history - Opinion co-authored by Austin Mardon

  • 28 February 2022

Health Ethics Today Volume 29(1), February 2022

  • 11 February 2022

James Mellet's and Mary Ellen Macdonald's publication: Medical assistance in dying in hospice: A qualitative study

  • 24 January 2022

Hastening Death in Canadian ICUs: End-of-Life Care in the Era of Medical Assistance in Dying

  • 22 January 2022

Pig Hearts in Humans - Transplant Health & Ethics

  • 14 January 2022

Austin Mardon recipient of American Association of Geographers 2022 AAG Award

  • 14 December 2021

Austin Mardon winner of Institute of International Peace Leaders (IIPL) Award 2021

  • 14 December 2021

Daniel Garros contributing author in new publication - Pediatric Ethics: Theory and Practice

  • 6 December 2021

New Publication in Canadian Journal of Bioethics, coathors James Mellett, Cheryl Mack, Brendan Leier - Advanced Requests for Maid - Are They Compatible with Canadian Medical Practice

  • 1 December 2021

Omicron threat around the world and Canada

  • 30 November 2021

COVID-19 Vaccine Passports: British Columbia and Alberta

  • 23 November 2021

COVID-19 Mandatory Vaccination – Issues Related to Employment

  • 14 October 2021

COVID-19 Mandatory Vaccination - Charter Challenges

  • 8 October 2021

Mandatory vaccinations – Legal implications

  • 24 September 2021

An open letter to the unvaccinated by Peter Brindley in the British Medical Journal

  • 3 September 2021

COVID vaccine priorities ignore people with disabilities, Heidi Janz and other experts say

  • 11 February 2021

Congratulations to Adjunct Professor, Diane Kunyk on being seconded to Acting Dean Nursing

  • 9 February 2021

A dangerous path: Why expanding access to medical assistance in dying keeps us up at night, article co-authored by Heidi Janz in The Conversation

  • Heidi Janz
  • 8 February 2021

Loss and grief - Public Health Agency of Canada publication with Michael van Manen contributing author

  • Michael van Manen
  • 5 February 2021

New publication by Michael van Manen and Max van Manen, Editors, Classic Writings for a Phenomenology of Practice

  • 9 January 2021

In press - Moral Distress and Other Wellness Measures in Canadian Critical Care Physicians with Co-Author, Daniel Garros

  • 8 January 2021

New Book - The Birth of Ethics by Michael van Manen

  • 7 January 2021

Tracey Bailey discusses COVID-19 and the Rule of Law on the Rule of Law Matters Podcast

  • 7 January 2021

Does alternative medicine belong in Alberta universities - interview with Brendan Leier

  • 28 December 2016

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