University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics (JCB)

12/08/2025

AI is powerful but also energy-hungry.
What does that mean for health, ethics, and the climate?
 
Join us January 28, 2026 · 4–6 PM EST for the 2026 JCB Lecture with Dr. Loïc Lannelongue on the sustainability challenge of modern computation.
 
In person (limited capacity) or online.
Register by Jan 27: LINK IN BIO
 
Featuring panelists: Mamatha Bhat · Chris McIntosh · Jay Shaw
 
Co-hosted by:
T-CAIREM · HF · Collaborative Centre for Climate, Health & Sustainable Care · AMS Healthcare

10/27/2025

TOMORROW: MHSc in Bioethics Info Session – Oct 28 @ 4 PM ET!
Are you an early or mid-career health professional looking to strengthen your bioethics knowledge and skills?

Join us to learn how the MHSc in Bioethics at the can help you lead ethically in today’s complex health environment.
📅 Upcoming sessions:
• Nov 18 @ 6 PM ET
• Dec 9 @ 4 PM ET
🔗 Register via link in bio to secure your spot!

04/16/2025

Applications for the 3rd cohort of the AMS-Fitzgerald Fellowship in AI and Human-Centred Leadership are due on May 2nd! Designed for early and mid-career health leaders, the fellowship is a partnership of Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto and AMS Healthcare hosted by University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics.
For more details, visit: https://jcb.utoronto.ca/education-training/ams-fitzgerald-fellowship/

Don’t miss TOMORROW's virtual information session with Jennifer Gibson on April 17th , 12 – 1 pm EST. Get all your questions answered! Register here:
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/ams-fitzgerald-fellowship-in-ai-and-human-centred-leadership-info-session-registration-1280994572249?aff=oddtdtcreator

01/15/2025

*** DEADLINE ALERT *** 2 More Days

We are looking forward to review your application to the MHSc in Bioethics at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health. Join us in transforming health through bioethics!

12/09/2024

Are you looking to build bioethics capacity in your health institution or setting? Do you know an early- or mid-career health professional who is seeking to develop their leadership potential in bioethics? Consider sponsoring an emerging leader on your team for the MHSc in Bioethics at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto. This 2-year professional graduate degree is designed with the professional learner in mind. Through in-person residencies and online courses and a cohort model, it fosters shared learning across settings and enables health professionals to complete their degree without interrupting their careers. Applicants are welcome from across Canada and beyond.

Our last info session is tomorrow - December 10th at 4-5pm Eastern. To register for the info session: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/mhsc-in-bioethics-information-session-3-fall-2025-tickets-1044294381607?aff=oddtdtcreator

For more program details visit: https://jcb.utoronto.ca/education-training/master-of-health-science-in-bioethics/

09/14/2024

The JCB invites you to the opening seminar of the 2024-25 JCB Bioethics Seminar, Imagining the Future of Bioethics: Reflecting Back, Looking Forward, featuring Dr. Peter A. Singer (founding JCB director) and Dr. Jennifer Gibson (Sun Life Financial Chair in Bioethics and JCB Director). The seminar kicks off a year of reconnection, reflection and renewal leading up to the JCB's 30th Anniversary in 2025. Join the conversation!

When: September 18 @ 4:00-5:00pm Eastern
Where: Online
Why: Let's connect and re-connect!

To Register:
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/imagining-the-future-of-bioethics-reflecting-back-looking-forward-registration-1004651568887?aff=oddtdtcreator

06/04/2024

We have a very special JCB Seminar tomorrow ft: visiting scholar Ms. Rose Mwangi

She will be presenting on the topic of:
How prepared is Africa for ethical AI implementation? Bridging the gap for responsible progress

Don't miss it - sign up today!
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/916886491177/?aff=oddtdtcreator

05/08/2024

⏰TWO MORE DAYS!⏰
Applications to the AMS-Fitzgerald Fellowship in AI and Human-Centred Leadership are due on May 10th! A partnership with Dalla Lana School of Public Health and AMS Healthcare, hosted by Joint Centre for Bioethics. Join our fellowship community and learn about human-centered leadership in AI.

05/02/2024

One more week! Applications to the AMS-Fitzgerald Fellowship in AI & Human-Centred Leadership are due May 10th! Don't miss out on this opportunity to grow your leadership practice.
For more info: https://tinyurl.com/55w2e9t3

Check out this brief video with Dr. Jay Shaw about the Fellowship aims - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxMs59cuGaY
Dalla Lana School of Public Health AMS Healthcare

04/18/2024

Check out the Call for Applications for the 2nd cohort of the AMS-Fitzgerald Fellowship in AI and Human-Centred Leadership! Designed for early and mid-career health leaders, the fellowship is a partnership of Dalla Lana School of Public Health and AMS Healthcare hosted by University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics (JCB)

For more info, see the links below!

Information page: https://tinyurl.com/5czbdae2

Info session recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWuJwSHcKZM

04/16/2024

Don't forget to sign up for our JCB seminar tomorrow - 4 - 5 pm EST

Featuring Dr. Dr. Carlo Botrugno from University of Florence. He will be presenting Digital Health and Telemedicine: Lessons From the Past, Current Trends and New Challenges

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-ethics-of-telemedicine-and-digital-health-registration-875702318207?aff=oddtdtcreator

U of T Bioethics Society, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, U of T Medicine

JCB Seminar Series 2023-24