philosophy News Archive
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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: 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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Head to the Fringe
July 14, 2016 —
Associate Professor Neil McArthur got the idea for his Fringe Fest show after a trip to Los Angeles. He had an opportunity to meet with people who were leaders in the cryonics movement
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Globe and Mail, CTV: Assisted dying legislation likely to face challenges
April 15, 2016 —
Schafer and Chochinov interviewed
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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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Global: Manitoba resident granted right to die by doctor assisted death
March 16, 2016 —
"If you’re a competent adult and you’re suffering intolerably you have the right to ask a physician and the physician has the right to give you assistant in hasting your death.”
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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.