PHC Annual 4-Day Health Ethics Seminar

Get ready for four days of insightful discussions and learning at the PHC Annual 4-Day Health Ethics Seminar!

Vancouver

Canfor & Royal Bank Room, YWCA Hotel, Vancouver

Join us for the 2025 Annual 4-Day Ethics Seminar. We acknowledge with gratitude and humility that this event will take place on the traditional and unceded homelands of the Coast Salish people, the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh). 

The 4-day intensive seminar aims to empower participants in recognizing and resolving ethical dilemmas in healthcare by employing an interactive and case-based methodology. Drawing from the collective expertise of an interdisciplinary faculty and sessional speakers, this 4-day seminar facilitates a systematic exploration of the various perspectives involved in contemporary bioethical issues, encompassing patients, residents, families, practitioners, and societal considerations. 

A few of the topics covered include:

  • Patient autonomy and capacity;
  • Living at risk and supporting patient choices;
  • Substitute decision-making;
  • Involuntary treatment;
  • Health ethics and the law;
  • End-of-life ethics;
  • Public health ethics.

Meet our Faculty!

Quentin Genuis

Dr. Quentin Genuis

MD, MLitt

Providence Health Care Ethics Services & Emergency Department at St. Paul's Hospital

Bio
Jennifer A. Gibson

Dr. Jennifer A. Gibson

RN, MSN, PhD

Professional Practice, Ethics Services

Bio
Dr. Alice Virani

Dr. Alice Virani

MS, MPH, PhD

Provincial Health Services Authority

Bio
Member of PHC Senior Leadership Team

Francis Maza

Vice-President, Mission, Ethics & Spirituality

Bio
Julia Gill

Julia Lakhani

BScH, JD (Can), JD (USA), MHSc (Bioethics)

VCH Ethics Services

Bio
Dr. Kasia Heith

Dr. Kasia Heith

MD, MA, FRCPC, FAAP

BC Children's Hospital

Bio
Jon Glichrist

Jon Gilchrist

MCS, CEC

Covenant Health

Bio
Chelle Vandyke

Chelle Van Dyke

Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) Response & Ethics Service Engagement Leader

Ethics Services

Bio
Tyler Paetkau

Tyler Paetkau

Clinical Ethicist

Ethics Services

Bio
Rucha Sangole

Rucha Sangole

MHSc, MBBS, Clinical Ethicist

Ethics Services

Bio

Travelling to Vancouver?

If you are travelling to Vancouver for this event, please reach out to us for discount on flight and hotel bookings.

If you require financial assistance to attend this event, please reach out to us and we may be able to work something out. 

See our 2024 seminar pictures!

Seminar 2024

Land Acknowledgement - Elder Ruth Alfred

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Living at Risk and Supporting Choices - Dr. Jennifer Gibson

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Catholic Bioethics - Francis Maza

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Group exercise

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Worldviews and Frameworks - Jon Gilchrist

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Medical Assistance in Dying - Chelle Vandyke

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Autonomy, Capacity and Informed Consent - Rucha Sangole

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Substitute Decision-Making - Fr. Mark Miller

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Adult Guardianship Act - So Han Yip

Thoughts or feedback?

Did you attend our 2024 seminar? We would love to hear from you. Tell us what you liked and what we can do differently to improve.