Event: Symposium: MAiD in Canada: A Sober Second Look - Sept 27-28, 2024

2024-04-29T06:50:33-04:00

Memorial University, Signal Hill Campus, St. John’s, Canada

September 27-28, 2024

In the eight years since Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) became legal in Canada, Canada has become one of the most liberal MAiD regimes in the world. The Centre for Bioethics at Memorial University is hosting an international symposium to consider what has been happening in this space, how we as a country got to where we are in this regard, and what if anything we should be doing differently moving forward. We welcome abstracts on any aspect of this topic.

Plenary speakers for this event include Trudo Lemmens (Faculty of Law, University of Toronto), Isabel Grant (Faculty of Law, University of British Columbia), and Scott Kim (Department of Bioethics, National Institutes of Health, USA). Symposium proceedings will be published in a special issue of the Canadian Journal of Bioethics.

Those wishing to present a paper should submit an abstract in Word format (300 words max) by June 7^th, 2024. Abstracts should be prepared for blind review, with name, institutional affiliation, and contact information on a separate title page. Please send abstracts to bioethics@mun.ca, with “MAiD Symposium” in the subject line. Decisions will be made by June 30^th, 2024.

The symposium will take place at Memorial’s Signal Hill campus, against the backdrop of the Atlantic Ocean and the iconic Signal Hill National Historic Site.

Editorial: Support the Canadian Journal of Bioethics – Lyrasis/OACIP Funding campaign

2024-03-15T16:45:03-04:00

Dear friends of the CJB/RCB,

I am writing to ask your collaboration in a fund-raising initiative to support the Canadian Journal of Bioethics/Revue Canadienne de Bioéthique (CJB/RCB), the only bilingual (English and French), Diamond open access (OA), non-profit, peer-reviewed bioethics journal in Canada.

Almost entirely volunteer-driven and working with a modest operating budget, the CJB/RCB has seen sustained grown over the past few years and we now systematically publish 50-60 manuscripts per year in 4 issues, either Open issues or Special Issues with guest editors. But to sustain this continued growth, additional funding is needed. So in collaboration with the Open Access Community Investment Program (OACIP) – part of Lyrasis, which raises money for OA journals like ours through pledges from libraries and institutions – the CJB/RCB is seeking to raise $43,000USD/year.

There are two ways that you can help:

First, you could reach out to your library, requesting that they join the OACIP drive. Most university libraries have an interest in OA and many are already familiar with OACIP. Libraries pledge for three years, on a tiered system from $500-$1,500USD per year.
Second, you could ask your centre, department or faculty whether they would be willing to pledge to support the journal at the department rate of $500USD/year for 3 years.

For further information, see the proposed OACIP funding program for the CJB/RCB. If your institution is interested in supporting the CJB/RCB, they can complete this form or email oacip@lyrasis.org.

Regards,

Bryn Williams-Jones, PhD, Editor-in-chief

Canadian Journal of Bioethics / Revue canadienne de bioéthique: Announcements

Event: Symposium: MAiD in Canada: A Sober Second Look - Sept 27-28, 2024

Editorial: Support the Canadian Journal of Bioethics – Lyrasis/OACIP Funding campaign