Clinical Complexity in Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID): A Psychiatric and Palliative Care Perspective
University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics Seminar Series 2020-21 Speakers: Sarah Kawaguchi, MD, CCFP(PC), In-hospital Doctor, Temmy Latner Centre for Palliative Care Bill Mah, MD, FRCPC, Psychiatrist, Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai Hospital About this Seminar: Since the legalization of Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) in Canada, practitioners have...
ONTARIO NEIHR WEBINAR SERIES 2021 with Dr. Jeffrey Ansloos
Lessons of Indigenous Mental Health Promotion and Health Communications During the COVID-19 Pandemic Dr. Jeffrey Ansloos is a Registered Psychologist, Canada Research Chair in Critical Studies in Indigenous Health and Social Action on Suicide, and Assistant Professor of Indigenous Health and Social Policy in the Department of Applied Psychology and...
Masterclass in Sustainable Health Systems
Climate change is recognized as the greatest threat to global health in the 21st century (Lancet, 2018; WHO, 2015; UCL/Lancet Commission, May 2009). Canada’s healthcare system is a large, resource-intensive sector of the Canadian economy; it is responsible for at least 4.6% of GHG and 5.1% of carbon dioxide emissions...
Ethical and Legal Issues with Respect to a Brain-Based Definition of Death from an Organ Donation Perspective
University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics Seminar Series 2020-21 Speakers: Jennifer Chandler, Faculty of Law – Common Law Section, University of Ottawa Christy Simpson, Department of Bioethics, Dalhousie University & Canadian Blood Services About this Seminar: Current concepts of death determination have created the idea of two distinct forms...
CANUE and GeoHealth Network Present: Seminar #2 – Spatio-Temporal Patterns
GeoHealth Network is thrilled to partner with The Canadian Urban Environmental Health Research Consortium (CANUE) to bring you a seminar series! This series will feature students and graduates across Canada who have used CANUE datasets to advance understandings of the interactions between human health and our natural and built environments....
Webinar: CanPath Portal Overview
CanPath is Canada’s largest population health cohort and a national platform for population-level health research. Attend this webinar to learn more about the CanPath Portal, CanPath data and how to access it. CanPath’s Access Officer, Asha Mohamed, will present a tutorial demonstrating how to navigate the CanPath Portal and explore...
Occupational and Environmental Health Seminar: “Surveillance of Asbestos Related Disease using the Ontario Asbestos Workers Registry”
About this event: Title: Surveillance of Asbestos Related Disease using the Ontario Asbestos Workers Registry This talk will present results from a surveillance study of asbestos-related disease (ARD) using the Asbestos Workers Registry (AWR), a mandatory exposure registry in Ontario, Canada. Research on ARD has traditionally focused on miners and...
Workplace Health Without Borders Webinar with Dr. Jukka Takala
We are delighted to announce Dr. Jukka Takala, President of the International Commission on Occupational Health (ICOH), as the speaker in the next Webinar in our series: Taking Stock; Moving Forward – Reflections on Occupational Health in the time of COVID. This series explores what we have been learning from...
Centre for Vaccine Preventable Diseases Seminar – Dr. Pierre-Philippe Piché-Renaud
This seminar will be hosted on Zoom. Please register to receive the link and password TWO HOURS before the seminar. Please note that space is limited. Speaker: Dr. Pierre-Philippe Piché-Renaud Title: The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Routine Childhood Immunizations Bio: Dr. Piché-Renaud has completed his pediatric training at...
Centre for Vaccine Preventable Diseases Seminar – Dr. Senjuti Saha
This seminar will be hosted on Zoom. Please register to receive the link and password two hours before the seminar. Please note that space is limited. This seminar is co-hosted by the Centre for Vaccine Preventable Diseases, DLSPH and the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health, at the School...