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Centre for Professional and Applied Ethics News Archive

Jessica O'Reilly and Markie Twist-Let's Talk About Sex

Let’s talk about sex, in school

March 7, 2017 — 
A Forum on the Ethics of Sex Education in the Classroom with Jessica O’Reilly and Markie Twist. Presented by the Centre for Professional and Applied Ethics

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Sex speak session

March 7, 2017 — 
The free sessions are frank, one-on-one, question-and-answer talks with a trained sex therapist

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Canadian and U.S. flag image from Photo Phiend/Flickr.

Should academics boycott U.S. conferences if the travel ban is in place? Public forum discussion on Feb. 15

February 13, 2017 — 
The discussion will serve as an opportunity for fellow academics to debate what is an ethical response to the actions and proposed action of the new U.S. administration

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VICE: Ecosexuals Believe Having Sex with the Earth Could Save It

November 2, 2016 — 
What is an ecosexual?

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a dying daisy shot against a black background

Should we be grateful for death?

November 1, 2016 — 
Free, public lecture that will critically explore our desire for longer lives.

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Research fellowship available in Centre for Professional and Applied Ethics

October 24, 2016 — 
Researchers from all faculties invited to apply

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Vice: Behind the Scenes of the Legal Group That Could Change America’s Definition of Sexual Consent

October 24, 2016 — 
Professor Neil McArthur writes an op-ed for Vice about a group that could change America’s definition of sexual consent.

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A new symbol of access: How a social movement is changing the wheelchair icon

October 19, 2016 — 
Free public lecture on a guerrilla movement to change an icon

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VICE: The First Sex Toy for Trans Men Is Here

September 23, 2016 — 
Philosophy professor explains

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A hand tinted postcard from about 1910 shows a man between two women // Wikimedia

Vice: Why people are fighting to get polyamory recognized as a sexual orientation

August 17, 2016 — 
Polygamists argue that how we think about sexual orientation should consider "relationship orientation”

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