Health, Safety & Wellness

Encounters in Bioethics 2022-2023 offers a free webinar "Being, Becoming & Belonging as a Nurse" on Thursday, February 23, 2023, 12:00-1:00 p.m. (ET) with presenter Catherine Schoales, RN, BSc, BEd, MScN, PhD (candidate), Lecturer, School of Nursing, Lakehead University; President, GNAO-NWO Chapter.

Encounters in Bioethics 2023-2024 offers a free webinar "A fireside chat: Mental health, well-being, & resilience" on Thursday, November 23, 2023, 12:00-1:00 pm (ET) with presenter Kristine Lake, PhD, MA, Psychologist, Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre.

Encounters in Bioethics 2022-2023 offers a free webinar "An Ethical Lens on MAiD in Canada: A soon-to-be-released book!" on Thursday, January 26, 2023, 12:00-1:00 p.m. (ET) with presenters David Shannon, C. M., O. Ont., LLM, Barrister-and-Solicitor, Shannon Law, and Jaro Kotalik, MD, MA, FRCPC, Professor, NOSM University, Lakehead University Centre for Health Care Ethics.

Encounters in Bioethics 2022-2023 offers a free webinar "An Introduction to Rural Health Ethics" on Thursday, March 23, 2023, 12:00-1:00 p.m. (ET) with presenters Christy Simpson, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Bioethics, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University and Fiona McDonald, PhD, Associate Professor, QUT Law School, Queensland University of Technology & Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Bioethics, Dalhousie University.

Lakehead University Centre for Health Care Ethics is excited to launch the 2023-2024 Encounters in Bioethics program with a free Bioethics 101 webinar "Bioethics 101: Real Health Care Ethics in the North" on Thursday, September 21, 2023, 12:00-1:00 pm (ET) with presenter Ryan Tonkens, PhD, Bioethicist, Lakehead University Centre for Health Care Ethics; Associate Professor, NOSMU; Adjunct, Department of Philosophy, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario.

Encounters in Bioethics 2023-2024 offers a free webinar "Conscientious Objection: Exploring the ethical tensions as described by Canadian physicians" on Thursday, October 26, 2023, 12:00-1:00 pm (ET) with presenter Mackenzie Street, MSW, RSW, Lakehead University, School of Social Work, Alumna.

Encounters in Bioethics 2022-2023 offers a free webinar "Ethical Decision Making in Palliative Care" on Thursday, May 25, 2023, 12:00-1:00 p.m. (ET) with presenter Christine W. Pun, MD, CCFP(EM)(PC), FCFP, Emergency and Palliative Care Physician, Health Sciences North, Sudbury, Ontario.

Encounters in Bioethics 2022-2023 offers a free webinar "Jehovah's Witnesses and Consent for Blood Product Alternatives: An Evidence-Informed Approach to Ethics" on Thursday, April 27, 2023, 12:00-1:00 p.m. (ET) with presenter David McFadyen, Presentation Coordinator, Hospital Liaison Committee for Jehovah's Witnesses (HLC) for Manitoba and Northwest Ontario.

EPID@Work is excited to announce that registration for our upcoming EPID Talks on December 7 from 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. EST is now open! The session will include a presentation by Dr. Vicki Kristman and Mannila Sandhu entitled "Navigating WCB-Funded Projects: Uncovering Workplace Factors Impacting Workers' Compensation Outcomes."

The Ontario government is working for workers by investing $5.5 million in ground-breaking workplace health and safety research led by the Enhancing Prevention of Injury and Disability @ Work (EPID@Work) Research Institute at Lakehead University. The funding will contribute to the Institute’s leading research in several key areas including, reducing mental health stigma in the workplace and designing injury prevention programs for vulnerable workers in Northwestern Ontario.