Upcoming N4 Webinar: Thinking about ethics in the context of refugee experience

Thinking about ethics in the context of refugee experience

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When: February 03, 2021 · 01 PM EST
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Thinking about ethics in the context of refugee experience: Old tools, current challenges and new possibilities

Canada takes pride in welcoming refugees from many contexts who arrive for many different reasons. There is enormous potential in the diversity of these persons who bring cultural, linguistic, educational and historical richness to Canadian communities. It is also true that the circumstances and journey undertaken taken to arrive may extract their own toll. Arrival can bring experiences of dislocation, loss, being misunderstood and health issues. Experiences of learning, health care and social supports may fall short or prove inappropriate. Frustration and moral distress can be experienced by providers of all kinds. This webinar examines how we can begin to approach the ethical considerations which underpin these experiences.

You will learn:

To describe conventional approaches to managing ethical considerations – their usefulness and some limitations.
To describe in broad terms novel ethical challenges raised by working with refugee communities.
To introduce possibilities for meeting novel challenges in newer ways with the concepts of intersectionality and trauma-informed care.

Audience: Healthcare and settlement practitioners

Speaker

Dr. Michelle Mullen
Consultant Bioethicist, CHEO and Associate Professor of Paediatrics, University of Ottawa

Dr. Michelle Mullen is a consultant bioethicist at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) and Associate Professor of Paediatrics at University of Ottawa. Dr. Mullen received her undergraduate training in human physiology and psychology at the University of Toronto, her Master’s degree in Health Policy from the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia and is the first doctoral graduate from the Joint Centre in Bioethics at the University of Toronto. She has numerous publications on bioethics issues related to women and children’s health, genetics, clinical ethics and informed decisions, and public policy. Dr. Mullen’s current research interests include method in bioethics and health policy with a focus on transforming vulnerabilities, attention to voices historically silenced, truly informed decision-making, and, health care outcomes and policy.