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Neuroethics Canada is a vibrant community of scientists, ethicists, health professionals, legal experts, educators, policy makers, and students who explore the ethical, legal and social implications of advances in neuroscience.
Join us on Mar 30 for an engaging online discussion w/ distinguished women neuroscientists on the current role of AI in neuroscience and the ethical considerations it raises.
🔗NeuroFuture: Conversations on Women Advancing Neuroscience Worldwide www.internationalbraininitiative.org/events/neuro...
📣 Happening next week! 📣 Celebrate #BrainAwarenessWeek with us as we host our Annual Distinguished #Neuroethics Lecture with Dr. Oliver Rollins (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) on March 10, 2026, from 5:30pm-7:00pmPDT at UBC Robson Square!
🎟️ Free admission w/ registration: bit.ly/2026baw
📣 As part of our early #BrainAwarenessWeek 🧠 celebrations, please join us at our upcoming Annual Distinguished #Neuroethics Lecture featuring Dr. Oliver Rollins (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) on March 10, 2026 from 5:30pm - 7:00pm PDT at UBC Robson Square! 📣
🎟️ bit.ly/2026baw
📣Join us for this year’s #BrainAwarenessWeek Distinguished #Neuroethics Lecture featuring Dr. Oliver Rollins (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)!
🎟️ Everyone is welcome! Free admission with registration: bit.ly/2026baw
Any journalists interested in a potential interview with Dr. Rollins ahead of his appearance, please contact media.relations@ubc.ca and we'll see what we can arrange.
On Feb 10, 2026, Neuroethics Canada’s Dr. Julie Robillard joined CBC/Radio-Canada’s Panorama (FR) to discuss the growing role of social technologies in mental health care.
▶️ Full interview: ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/premie...
@cbcradiocanada.bsky.social
#socialrobots #neuroethics #scicomm
Whether you’re a student, researcher, clinician, or simply curious, this early #BrainAwarenessWeek event is designed for broad public engagement. Don’t miss this interactive conversation on neuroscience, ethics, and social justice!
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Unpack the scientific fascination with “risky brains” through a deeper ethical conversation about what counts as brain evidence, whose lives become sites of neuroscientific investigation, and how neuroscience might (re)imagine its role in social responsibility, safety, and justice differently.
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🧠 Save The Date! Join us for this year’s #BrainAwarenessWeek Distinguished #Neuroethics Lecture featuring Dr. Oliver Rollins (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)!
🎟️ Everyone is welcome! Free admission with registration: bit.ly/2026baw
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🗓️ Join us next Monday for an interactive conversation with experts to discuss early results from a national survey exploring views from people living with SCI on an innovative injectable biomaterial.
🔗 Register here for free for the Zoom details: www.bit.ly/ccmtg202601
We look forward to seeing you next week! Join us for an interactive conversation with experts to discuss early results from a national survey exploring views from people living with SCI on an innovative injectable biomaterial.
🔗 Register here for free for the Zoom details: www.bit.ly/ccmtg202601
The Bioethics Council for Canada released its inaugural report, a policy brief: “Future Proofing Trust in Health Science in Canada.” This document puts forward three key recommendations essential to strengthening trust in Canada’s health science ecosystem.
🔗 bcc-ccb.ca/news-%7C-nou...
📣 Please join us for an interactive conversation with experts to discuss early results from a national survey exploring views from people living with SCI on an innovative injectable biomaterial. 📣
🔗 Register here for free for the Zoom details: www.bit.ly/ccmtg202601
We look forward to seeing you on Jan 26th! Join us for an interactive conversation with experts to discuss early results from a national survey exploring views from people living with SCI on an innovative injectable biomaterial.
🔗 Register here for free for the Zoom details: www.bit.ly/ccmtg202601
📣 Please join us for an interactive conversation with experts to discuss early results from a national survey exploring views from people living with SCI on an innovative injectable biomaterial!
🔗 Please register here for free for the Zoom details: www.bit.ly/ccmtg202601
Three UBC Medicine neuroscience researchers appointed to Order of Canada! 🎉
www.med.ubc.ca/news/three-u...
🔗 To read the full post, please visit: neuroethics.med.ubc.ca/dr-judy-ille...
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Congratulations to Dr. Judy Illes on her promotion to Officer of the Order of Canada! This recognition reflects her contributions to biomedical ethics, neuroscience, and for being a proponent of Indigenous knowledge as a vital source from which to reframe Western Traditional medicine. (1/2)
👏 Congrats to VCHRI researchers Drs. Adele Diamond, Janice Eng & Judy Illes on being appointed to the Order of Canada for their groundbreaking work improving the quality of life for patients in Canada & beyond: ow.ly/MJ2O50XRcYJ
📣We are pleased to share that "Living Ethics in Theory and Practice" is now available! "Living ethics" offers a refreshing perspective on how difficult human situations become opportunities for co-learning and co-creative ethical thinking.
📖 www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/1...
Dr. Hervé Chneiweiss, Neuroethics Canada Scientific Advisory Board Member, discusses the development of #neurotechnologies in medicine and recreational applications.
🔗Read the full article here: theconversation.com/neurotechnol...
#Neurotechnology #Ethics
📸 Dr. Judy Illes and Dr. Olivia Matshabane celebrate the leadership of women worldwide, guided by the theme "UBUNTU", in Cape Town, South Africa!
#WomenInSTEM
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📣 The Hastings Center for Bioethics announces its inaugural cohort of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) Global Bioethics Mentorship Program, where SNF Scholars pair with Hastings Center Fellows to advance each scholar’s research and career goals.
www.thehastingscenter.org/news/the-has...
The audience was captivated by the novelty of the topic and opportunities for embodying considerations of the environment in their own work in the neurosciences. (2/2)
🔎 Dr. Judy Illes recently presented on the intersections between #neuroethics, the environment, and the exposome at a special workshop held at the Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology in Daegu, Korea, on October 22, 2025. (1/2)
🤖 Bringing research beyond the lab by actively recruiting participants and building connections that make our work possible! Katelyn Teng, an undergraduate research assistant at the Neuroscience, Engagement and Smart Tech Lab, is at the PAWS event today for her project on pet therapy.
👏 Congrats to Dr. Judy Illes on receiving the Canadian Science Policy Centre 2025 Trailblazer Award, recognizing her pioneering work & its profound impact on shaping the future of science, innovation & policy in Canada: https://ow.ly/ka3q50X5OB6 Neuroethics Canada @dmcbrainhealth.bsky.social
CSPC is thrilled to announce the winners of the CSPC 2025 Awards!
Congratulations to the outstanding individuals whose contributions are shaping the future of science, innovation, and policy in Canada: https://sciencepolicy.ca/posts/category/awards/2025-awards/
#CdnSci #CdnInnovation #CSPC2025
We are pleased to share that Neuroethics Canada's Dr. Judy Illes has been awarded the @sciencepolicy.ca 2025 Trailblazer Award (Science for Policy) in recognition of her pioneering work and its profound impact on policy making in Canada and around the world! 👏 🎉
sciencepolicy.ca/posts/judy-i...