Join us for a stimulating panel about how two major initiatives in the USA and Canada are advancing Indigenous genomic data sovereignty and data governance practices: the Native BioData Consortium and the Silent Genomes Project. Presentations by each panelist will be followed by a Q&A. Panelists: Krystal Tsosie, PhD MPH MA, Native BioData Consortium Nadine […]
Avian influenza, or bird flu, has been receiving growing media attention due to continuing significant impacts on public health, economic stability, food security, animal welfare, and global health security. With the potential for highly pathogenic strains to cause severe illness and high mortality rates in birds and occasionally infect humans, the threat of a mutated […]
Speaker: Manisha Pahwa, McGill University Lung cancer screening policies and programs are evolving in Canadian jurisdictions with the goal of reducing lung cancer mortality. Potential ethical issues range from promoting autonomy and minimizing harm, to group-level justice considerations related screening access and the use of lung cancer risk factor information to determine individual screening eligibility. […]