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!
2026 Sessions
April
Wednesday April 29, noon-1pm.
Topic: Back to basics: Consent and Substitute Decision-Making.
Speaker: Joshua T. Landry, Director and Ethicist, the Central East Regional Ethics Network.
March
Wednesday March 18, noon-1pm.
Topic: Organ Donation, Allocation, and Transplantation in Ontario: Surveying the Decision Landscape.
Speaker: Jed Gross, Bioethicist (Transplant), University Health Network, Adjunct Lecturer, the University of Toronto.
February
Wednesday February 18, noon-1pm.
Topic: Navigating Patient Initiated Non-Standard Care (PINSC) Requests with Shared Decision-Making.
Speakers: Bridie Hamilton, Lead Ethicist, The Champlain Centre for Health Care Ethics, The Ottawa Hospital, and Joshua T. Landry, Director and Ethicist, the Central East Regional Ethics Network.
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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