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The W. Maurice Young Centre for Applied Ethics (the Centre) is an interdisciplinary research unit within the School of Population and Public Health at the University of British Columbia. The Centre was created in 1993 with endowments by W. Maurice Young (LLD) and the Bentall Foundation. The Centre’s affairs are managed by a Coordinating Committee representing faculty, students and research associates, chaired by the Director of the Centre.

The Centre’s approach to other UBC academic and research units follows from our position as an interdisciplinary academic centre, and from our mission to advance the research agenda of applied ethics. A number of departments and units—including Animal Welfare, the Institute for Resources, Environment, and Sustainability, Nursing and Philosophy—have contributed outstanding students to the Centre, while our research and teaching/supervision now ties us to Medical Genetics, Law, Political Science, Journalism, Forestry, Botany and Computing Sciences. These relationships and the products of our collaborations place the Centre at the forefront of the movement to create “transdisciplinary” research.

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Mission

The Centre’s mission is to advance research and teaching of applied ethics, conceived as the application of normative methods to core issues in science and technology ethics and policy, organizational ethics, animal welfare, health, the environment, and research ethics.

The Centre is an interdisciplinary group of philosophers and social scientists who employ diverse methodologies to a wide range of problems, including healthcare practices, business and professional procedures, new technologies and environmental issues.

Objective

The Centre aims to conduct world-class research in applied ethics and to educate the next generation of applied ethics researchers and practitioners. It has, in part, met the challenges of working in this field by successfully seeking funding for several major research programs and a growing number of graduate and post-doctoral students.

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The W. Maurice Young Centre for Applied Ethics at the University of British Columbia is celebrating its 25th Anniversary this year. In recognition of this, we are soliciting proposals for scholarly talks, public and social events and creative arts-based approaches to examining issues of importance to applied ethics. The idea is to hold a number of events in mid to late May or early September, in various venues, to encourage engagement with the work of Centre faculty, postdocs, graduate fellows, and alumni. We also to stimulate new awareness of and interest in applied ethics.

Please send us your proposals for specific events along with an approximate budget and preferred details for venue and scheduling. We would be delighted to have your input and to assist you in creating an event that will showcase the world of applied ethics. We anticipate funding several proposals up to $2000, and a smaller number up to $5000.

Proposals will be considered on a rolling basis starting February 1st. Please direct proposals to David Silver at david.silver@ubc.ca.

News:

Prof. Peter Danielson is now an Emeritus Professor with the Centre for Applied Ethics.

We are pleased to announce that the W. Maurice Young Centre for Applied Ethics at the University of British Columbia is now a Network Affiliate of the International Academy of Medical Ethics and Public Health.

PhD student Kim Taylor was recently awarded the Student Abstract Award for the Canadian Bioethics Society for her abstract Patients’ experiences negotiating healthcare decision-making as “a two-way street, working relationship”

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The W. Maurice Young Centre for Applied Ethics | School of Population and Public Health
Faculty of Medicine
227 - 6356 Agricultural Road
Vancouver, BC Canada V6T 1Z2
Tel 604 822 2772
Fax 604 822 8627
Website ethics.ubc.ca
Email david.silver@ubc.ca
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