The Central East Regional Ethics Network regularly offers educational Rounds on topics of interest to our Partner Organizations. See below for recently-provided and upcoming Regional Ethics Rounds!
*Access recordings of past presentations here!
2025 Sessions
November
Wednesday November 19, noon-1pm
Topic: Together Through Life: The Power of Community Support Services.
Speakers: Leiann Peart, Director, Client Services, and Kelly Peterson, Volunteer Peer Support Coordinator, Community Care Northumberland.
October
Wednesday October 22, noon-1pm
Topic: So, your patient with Intellectual & Developmental Disability (IDD) is a new parent…Ethical considerations for this galaxy.
Speaker: Dr. Gayathri Shyamal, MD, FRCPC (Psych), Psychiatrist, Crisis Response Unit-Consult Liaison Service, Dual Diagnosis Consultative and Collaborative Clinic
(DDCCP) Peterborough Regional Health Centre.
September
Wednesday September 24, noon-1pm
Topic: Moral Distress and moral healing – An invitation for rediscovering growth
Speaker: Jessie Stephenson, MDiv, CSCP (CASC), Spiritual Care Practitioner,
Perley Health, Ottawa.
May
Wednesday May 21, noon-1pm
Topic: Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD): Legal and Ethical Considerations
Speakers: Jane Mark, RN ENC(C), Patient Relations Consultant, Carrie Cleverdon, MPH, CDE, CNEPH (C), Nurse Practitioner, and Joshua T. Landry, MSc, CCE, HEC-C, Ethicist
April
Wednesday April 23, noon-1pm
Topic: How a sore ankle got me to ugly cry on national television
(A case of Canada’s first cardiac donor after death determination by cardiac criteria)
Speaker: Dr. Gordon Boyd, MD, PhD, FRCPC. Associate Professor, Dept of Medicine
(Neurology) and Critical Care, Queen’s University, and Kingston Health Sciences Centre.
March
Wednesday March 19, noon-1pm
Topic: Substitute Decision-Making: Rights and Responsibilities
Speaker: Nikolija Lukich, PhD, Bioethicist, Sinai Health
February
Wednesday February 19, noon-1pm
Topic: Do Everything.
Speaker: Jonathan Breslin, PhD, Ethicist, Mackenzie Health.
January
Wednesday January 22, noon-1pm
Topic: A growing challenge in clinical ethics consultations: Patient Initiated Non-Standard Care (PINSC) requests
Speaker: Bridie Hamilton, Regional Ethicist, The Champlain Centre for Health Care Ethics.
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2024 Sessions
November
Wednesday November 20, noon-1pm
Topic: The hierarchy within blended families: A case study on substitute decision-making and PHIPA
Speakers: Heather Campbell, VP Patient Care and Chief Nursing Executive, and Amanda Wiles, Clinical Services Inpatient Manager, Campbellford Memorial Hospital.
October
Wednesday October 23, noon-1pm
Topic: Living at risk and moral distress in community mental health.
Speaker: Tracy Graham, Director, Programs & Services, CMHA-HKPR
September
Wednesday September 25, noon-1pm
Topic: Advance Care Planning (And what you need to know!)
Speaker: Joshua T. Landry, MSc, CCE, HEC-C, Ethicist
May
Wednesday May 22, noon-1pm
Topic: Living at Risk and the Duty to Care
Speaker: Joshua T. Landry, MSc, CCE, HEC-C, Ethicist
April
Wednesday April 17, noon-1pm
Topic: The relationship between ethics and recruitment and retention – One year later
Speaker: Natalie Beavis, Director, Cardiovascular/Stroke, Medicine and Ethics, Peterborough Regional Health Centre.
March
Wednesday March 20, noon-1pm
Topic: Controversial issues in brain death and organ donation
Speaker: Dr. Gordon Boyd, Associate Professor, Dept of Medicine, Queen’s University and Kingston Health Sciences Centre
February
Wednesday February 21, noon-1pm
Topic: Why are we doing this? Balancing autonomy with futility?
Speaker: Nikolija Lukich, PhD, Bioethicist, Sinai Health.
January
Wednesday January 24, noon-1pm
Topic: Navigating the Fine Line: Restraints as a Last Resort
Speaker: Ali Ladak, Regional Ethicist, The Champlain Centre for Health Care Ethics.
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2023 Sessions
November
Wednesday November 22, noon-1pm
Topic: Navigating ethical challenges in public-private partnerships
Speaker: Michael Kekewich, MA, Director of Clinical and Organizational Ethics, CCHCE, and MAiD. The Ottawa Hospital.
October
Wednesday October 18, noon-1pm
Topic: Professional boundaries and behaviour: In practice and on social media
Speaker: Joshua T. Landry, MSc, CCE, HEC-C, Ethicist
September
Wednesday September 20, noon-1pm
Topic: The capacity to decide? Health care consent and mental health
Speakers: Joshua T. Landry, MSc, CCE, HEC-C, Ethicist; and Dr. Raj Basker, Chief and Medical Director, Mental Health and Addictions, Peterborough Regional Health Centre.
May
Wednesday May 24, noon-1pm
Topic: Disclosure of medical error.
Speaker: Monique Visser, MBE, RN, Ethicist, Health Ethics Alliance
April
Wednesday April 19, noon-1pm
Topic: Caring them to death.
Speaker: Byron Stoyles, PhD. Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, Trent University.
February
Wednesday February 22, noon-1pm
Topic: Ethics at the End of Life: Futility, Death, and Interventions
Speaker: Joshua T. Landry, M.Sc., CCE, HEC-C, Ethicist
January
Wednesday January 18, noon-1pm
Topic: Difficult Discharges
Speaker: Nikolija Lukich, MA, PhD. Lead Ethicist, The Champlain Centre for Health Care Ethics.
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2022 Sessions
November
Wednesday November 23, noon-1pm
Topic: Motorized Wheelchairs and Substance Use
Speaker: Nicole Ward, Clinical Educator, and Mental Health and Addiction Resource. Fairhaven Long-Term Care Home.
October
Wednesday October 19, noon-1pm
Topic: The relationship between ethics and recruitment and retention.
Speaker: Natalie Beavis, Director, Cardiovascular/Stroke, Medicine and Emergency Preparedness and Chair, Research Ethics Board, Peterborough Regional Health Centre.
September
Wednesday September 21, noon-1pm
Topic: Shared decision-making in health care: Do we really know what we’re doing?
Speaker: Joshua T. Landry, M.Sc., CCE, HEC-C, Ethicist
May
Wednesday May 18, noon-1pm.
Topic: Focus on Privacy: Focus on Patients
Speaker: Erin Keogh, Manager, Health Information and Chief Privacy Officer, Campbellford Memorial Hospital.
April
Wednesday April 20, noon-1pm.
Topic: Consent, Capacity, and Substitute Decision-Making: What you need to know.
Speaker: Joshua T. Landry, M.Sc., CCE, HEC-C, Ethicist
March
Wednesday March 23, noon-1pm.
Topic: Ethics and Social Media: Its role in health care
Speaker: Nikolija Lukich, PhD, Lead Ethicist, the Champlain Centre for Health Care Ethics, the Ottawa Hospital.
February
Wednesday February 23, noon-1pm.
Topic: Exploring Moral Distress – Thinking beyond COVID-19
Speaker: Monique Visser, MBE, RN, Ethicist. Health Ethics Alliance.
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2021 Sessions
November
Topic: “How far should we go? Balancing safety with our duty to care“
Speaker: Joshua T. Landry, M.Sc., CCE, HEC-C, Ethicist
October
Topic: “Ethics in practice: resource shortages and acute-hospital care during the early COVID-19 pandemic“
Speaker: Dr. Lynn Mikula, Chief of Staff, CME, CMIO & EVP, Peterborough Regional Health Centre. Assistant Professor, Queen’s University.
September
Topic: “Suicidal patients who refuse resuscitation: Should we honour their wishes?“
Speakers: Michael Kekewich, Director of Clinical and Organizational Ethics, The Ottawa Hospital, and Dr. Jacky Parker, Medical Lead for Ethics, The Ottawa Hospital.
May
Topic: “Public Health Ethics and Providing Ethics Advice to Policy-Makers During a Pandemic”
Speaker: Maxwell J. Smith, PhD, Bioethicist and Assistant Professor, Western University.
April
Topic: “Organ and Tissue Donation: Ethical Perspectives“
Speaker: Emily Lamothe, Organ and Tissue Donation Coordinator, Peterborough Regional Health Centre.
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