philosophy News Archive
Should we be grateful for death?
November 1, 2016 —
Free, public lecture that will critically explore our desire for longer lives.
Our inheritance was left to us without a testament—or is it the other way around?
October 24, 2016 —
Rebecca Comay, scholar of comparative literature, philosophy, literary theory, and criticism, will deliver a free public lecture on Oct. 27
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.
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
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”
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
Globe and Mail, CTV: Assisted dying legislation likely to face challenges
April 15, 2016 —
Schafer and Chochinov interviewed
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
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.”