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Centre for Professional and Applied Ethics News Archive

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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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The palliative care discussion on April 6, 2016 at McNally Robinson.

How Manitoba can become a centre of excellence in palliative care

April 7, 2016 — 
U of M committed to fundraising $2.5M through its Front and Centre campaign to create a new chair in palliative care medicine

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Arthur Schafer

A titan steps down

February 2, 2016 — 
Arthur Schafer is Canada’s most distinguished authority on bioethics and he is stepping down as director of the Centre for Professional and Applied Ethics, which he founded in 1986. The Centre hosts a symposium in his honour on Feb. 5

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Public Forum: The Wicked Problem of Hydraulic Fracturing

January 26, 2016 — 
All are welcome to attend this free public discussion on fracking to be held Friday, Jan. 29.

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Public lecture: The Case of Tibet

December 1, 2015 — 
Lecture: Cultural Security as a Key Value for Ethnic Minorities

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Research and International

2016 Ethics Research Fellowship

October 5, 2015 — 
Applications, and all supporting material, must be submitted no later than January 15th, 2016

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Future direction for the Centre for Professional and Applied Ethics

October 5, 2015 — 
Public presentation by Neil McArthur

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Ethics Café presents the ethics of medicine

September 28, 2015 — 
The Ethics of Medicine, this event is open to all

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Wpg Free Press: Winnipeg students to compete in U.S. ethics bowl

April 27, 2015 — 
The University of Manitoba's Centre for Professional and Applied Ethics is encouraging ethical debates among high schoolers, the Winnipeg Free Press reports.

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anonymous girl holds a cell phone

Should sexting be illegal for teens?

April 10, 2015 — 
Essay contest for students

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