Regional Ethics Rounds

  • October 2025: Ontario Long-Term Care and the Health Care Consent Act

    Friday October 24, 12:00 - 1:00 pm

    Presented by Megan Bailey, MA, Provincial PoET Program Coordinator, Theresa Nitti, RPN, Provincial PoET Program Coordinator, and Jill Oliver, PhD Ethicist & PoET Project Lead. 

     Recording: Access Here

  • September 2025: The Crystal Clear Code of Conduct: A Policy Rooted in Education Aimed at Preventing Stigma and Racism Improving Access to Culturally Safer Health Care

    Friday September 12, 12:00 - 1:00 pm

    Presented by Connie Foster,NP-PHC, MSc Registered Band Member at Shawanaga First Nation in Ontario, Canada and Katie Hogue, MN, NP-PHC, CHE VP Clinical/Nursing, and Chief Nursing Executive at Kemptville District Hospital

    Recording: Access here

  • October 2024: Approaches and Ethical Considerations to Decision Making for Medical Holds

    Friday October 18, 12 - 1 p.m.

    Presented by: Dr. Saumil Dholakia, Medical Director of Ethics at The Ottawa Hospital and Mike Kekewich, Director of Ethics, IPAC, and MAiD at The Ottawa Hospital and Champlain Centre for Healthcare Ethics.

    Recording: Access here

  • July 2024: Correcting Myths and Misunderstandings About Gender-Affirming Care

    Friday July 12, 2024, 1 - 2 p.m.

    Presented by: Transfeminine Jurist and Bioethicist Florence Ashley.

    Florence Ashley is a transfeminine jurist and bioethicist whose work focuses on trans issues in the legal and healthcare systems. They are an Assistant Professor at the University of Alberta Faculty of Law and Dossetor Health Ethics Centre

    Recording: Access here

  • April 2024: Sexual Expression in Continuing Care Homes: Ethical Considerations.

    Thursday April 4, 2024, 1-2 pm

    Presented by: Assistant Professor in Public Health Program Julia Brassolotto. Julia is a qualitative researcher and a social scientist with a Ph.D. in in Health Policy and Equity and an M.A. in Philosophy and Bioethics.

    Recording: Access Here

  • January 2024: Ethical Issues and Harm Reduction Practices: What Clinicians Should Know About Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy.

    Friday, January 26, 2024, 12-1pm

    Presented by: Tahlia Harrison, MA, a registered marriage and family associate, researcher, and bioethicist.

    Recording: Access Here

  • October 2023: New CPSO End of Life Care Policy - What Matters Most?

    Friday, October 26, 2023, 12-1pm

    Presented by: Dr. Saumil Dholakia, Medical Director.

    Recording: Access Here

  • September 2023: OHSNI: Connecting Nunavummiut to Vital, Life Enhancing Care.

    Friday, September 29, 2023 12-1pm

    Presented by: Leslee Nizman, RN, and Charlotte Northrope.

    Recording: Access Here

  • June 2023: MAiD and Conscientious Objection

    Friday, June 16, 2023, 12-1pm

    Presented by: Nikolija Lukich, Lead Ethicist and Sara Olivier, APN and Program Manager, Champlain Regional MAiD Network

    Slides: Access Here

    Recording: View Here

  • May 2023: La revendication des droits des patients et de leurs familles dans le domaine de la santé : savoir être en pleine conscience de notre marge de manœuvre comme professionnels

    Friday, May 12, 2023, 12-1pm

    Presented by: Geneviève Côté, MSS, TSI, Gestionnaire, Services des relations avec les patients, L’Hôpital d’Ottawa

    Slides: May 2023 Ethics Rounds

    Recording

  • April 2023: Back to Basics: Substitute Decision Making

    Friday, April 28, 2023, 12-1pm

    Presented by: Nikolija Lukich, Lead Ethicist, CCHCE and Ali Ladak, Regional Ethicist, CCHCE

    Slides: Recording

    Recording

  • March 2023: Respecting Persons at the End of Life: Fluid Values and Capacity

    Friday, March 24, 2023, 12-1pm

    Presented by: Locky Butcher, PhD Candidate, Carleton University

    Slides: March 2023 Ethics Rounds

    Recording

  • February 2023: Medical Tourism: A Topic on the Rise

    Friday, February 17, 2023, 12-1pm

    Presented by: Ali Ladak, Regional Ethicist, CCHCE

    Slides: February 2023 Ethics Rounds

    Recording

  • January 2023: Medical Assistance in Dying: Current and Future Challenges

    Friday, January 20, 2023, 12-1pm

    Presented by: Sara Olivier, RN BScN MN, Advance Practice Nurse and Program Manager for the Champlain Regional MAiD Network and Mike Kekewich, Director Clinical and Organizational Ethics and MAiD, TOH

    Slides: January 2023 Ethics Rounds

  • December 2022: Aide médicale à mourir: défis actuels et futurs

    Friday, December 9, 2022, 12-1pm

    Presented by: Sara Olivier RN BScN MN, Advanced Practice Nurse and Program Manager for the Champlain Regional MAiD Network

    Slides: December 2022 Ethics Rounds

  • November 2022: Genetic Editing: The Future of Designer Babies

    Thursday, November 10, 2022, 12-1pm

    Presented by: Nikolija Lukich, Lead Ethicist, CCHCE

    Slides: November 2022 Ethics Rounds

  • November 2022: A Conversation about Borderline Personality Disorder: Ethics, Stigma, and Shared Humanity

    Monday, November 7, 2022

    Presented by: Tony DeBono, Psychologist

    Michèle L. Langlois, A person with living (family perspective), community mental health and substance use health transformative leadership experience

    Shawn Fisk, A person with living, clinical and educational experience

  • October 2022: Shared Decision-Making in Health Care: Who gets to decide what, when and how?

    Friday, October 14, 2022, 12-1pm

    Presented by: Joshua T. Landry, Director and Ethicist at the Central East Regional Ethics Network

    Slides: October 2022 Ethics Rounds

  • September 2022: Trauma and Violence Informed Care in Practice

    Friday, September 16, 2022, 12-1pm

    Presented by: Dr. Eva Purkey, Queen’s University Department of Family Medicine

    Slides: September 2022 Ethics Rounds

  • June 2022: When Relational Dynamics Challenge the Delivery of Care

    Friday, June 22, 2022, 12-1pm

    Presented by: Jessie Stephenson, Spiritual Health Practitioner, Perley Health

    Samantha Hallgren, Psychogeriatric Resource Nurse, Perley Health

    Slides: June 2022 Ethics Rounds

  • May 2022: Les défis des intervenants confrontés à la mort et au deuil : entre pratiques, temps et manques, réflexions constructives pour mieux accompagner les familles

    Thursday, May 18, 2022, 12-1pm

    Presented by: Chantal Verdon, professeure titulaire et chercheure au département des sciences infirmières de l’Université du Québec en Outaouais

  • March 2022: COVIDEUIL ou les répercussions sur la santé de la perte d’un proche en temps de pandémie

    Friday, March 31, 2022, 12-1pm

    Presented by: Jacques Cherblanc - Professeur agrégé au Département des sciences humaines et sociales et directeur de l’Unité d’enseignement en études religieuses, en éthique et en philosophie de l’Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC)

    Chantale Simard - Infirmière et professeure-chercheure au Module des sciences infirmières de l’Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC)

    Josée Grenier - Professeure au Département de travail social de l’Université du Québec en Outaouais (UQO)

    Chantal Verdon - Infirmière et Professeure au département des sciences infirmières à l’Université du Québec en Outaouais (UQO)

  • February 2022: Providing Compassionate Care to Gender Diverse Populations

    Friday, February 11, 2022, 12-1pm

    Presented by: Members of TOH’s Rainbow PFAC Committee

    Emily Sharples, Manager, Admitting/Discharge and Patient Registration, The Ottawa Hospital

    Ulyana Osorio, Patient and Family Engagement Lead, The Ottawa Hospital

    Karen Luyendyk, Patient Advisor, The Ottawa Hospital

    Ben Murray, Patient Advisor, The Ottawa Hospital

    Slides: February 2022 Ethics Rounds

  • December 2021: The COVID-19 Experience at the Mohawk Council of Akwesasne

    Friday, December 3, 2021, 12-1pm

    Presented by: Dr. Ojistoh Horn

  • November 2021: AI and Health Care: the Avatar will see you now...

    Friday, November 5, 2021 12-1pm

    Presented by: Mike Kekewich and Dr. Jacky Parker, TOH

    Slides: November 2021 Ethics Rounds

  • October 2021: Immigration, équité en santé et autres considérations éthiques

    Friday, October 15, 2021 12-1pm

    Presented by Mirela Dranca, Conseil Économique et Social d’Ottawa-Carleton

    Slides:October 2021 Ethics Rounds

  • September 2021: Health Equity: What may healthcare organizations do?

    Friday, September 10, 2021 12-1pm

    Presented by: Hindia Mohamoud, Director OLIP, Dr. Josephine Etowa, Professor University of Ottawa, and Muna Osman, Equity Researcher and Analyst

    Slides: September 2021 Ethics Rounds

  • June 2021: MAID and Bill C7: Ethical Challenges with Implementation

    Friday, June 18, 2021

    Presented by Mike Kekewich, Director CCHCE and Laura Wilding, Advance Practice Nurse, Champlain Regional MAID Network

    Slides: June 2021 Ethics Rounds

  • May 2021: Des services dans sa langue, une question d’équité et de qualité de soins (Receiving services in one’s own language, a matter of equity and quality of care)

    Friday May 21, 2021

    Presented by: Jacinthe Savard, Facultés des sciences de la santé, Université d’Ottawa/Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa

    Slides: May 2021 Ethics Rounds

  • March 2021: Paving the Road to Health Equity

    Friday, March 19, 2021

    Presented by: Ellen Odai Alie, Integrated Cancer Screening and Prevention, Champlain Regional Cancer Program, Corporate Manager Breast Imaging at the Ottawa Hospital

    Slides: March 2021 Ethics Rounds

  • December 2020: Intégrer des patients-partenaires et des pairs-aidants porteurs de savoirs expérientiels en santé mentale dans les structures institutionnelles : Les aspects éthiques à considérer (Integrating patient partners and peer helpers with mental health experiential knowledge into institutional structures : The ethical aspects to consider)

    Thursday, December 10, 2021

    Presented by: Judith Boileau, Conseillère, projets spéciaux–Télémédecine et éthique clinique

    Robert Comeau, Pair-aidant

    Jean-Christian Gagnon, Coordonnateur – Expérience patient

    Karen Randall, Gestionnaire clinique - Santé mentale

    Chantal St-Cyr, Gestionnaire qualité et expérience patient

    Slides: December 2020 Ethics Rounds

  • November 2020: Shooting for the Moon: Development and Distribution of a vaccine in a global pandemic

    Friday, November 6, 2020

    Presented by Mike Kekewich, Director of CCHCE and Dr. Jacky Parker, Medical Director of Ethics TOH

    Slides: November 2020 Ethics Rounds

  • October 2020: Moral Distress and Moral Injury Amongst Health Care Workers During COVID-19

    Monday, October 19, 2020

    Presented by Fardous Hosseiny, Vice President, Research, Policy and Knowledge Mobilization from the Royal’s Centre of Excellence on PTSD

    Slides: October 2020 Ethics Rounds

  • September 2020: Differing values, personal biases, and prejudices in professional practice - an LGBTQ2+ context

    Thursday, September 24, 2020

    Presented by Spencer Pecore, Mental Health Programs Coordinator, at MAX Ottawa

    Slides: September 2020 Ethics Rounds

  • August 2020: Patient Engagement during the COVID-19 pandemic – Snapshots, challenges and directions

    Thursday, August 20, 2020

    Presented by: Sylvie Lemay, University of Toronto Masters of Bioethics Student

    Maureen Smith, Patient Partner and Chair Cochrane Consumer Executive

    Angie Hamson, Patient Partner and Vice Chair CHEO FAC, Patient Partner TOH

    Jennifer Shamess, Patient Partner and Chair of Champlain Region Cancer Care (PFAC)

    Claudia Hampel, Patient and Family Engagement Lead TOH

    Slides: August 2020 Ethics Rounds