Ethics and Diversity Rounds
HHS and McMaster University Ethics Grand Rounds
Ethics & Diversity rounds is a monthly educational event jointly organized by Hamilton Health Sciences Program of Ethics and Care Ecologies (PEaCE) and Human Rights & Inclusion.
Upcoming Rounds
Next Session: September 23, 2026
Poster:
Speaker: Carlee Seiler, Clinical and Organizational Ethics Fellow, HHS
Topic: “And what are you going to do about it?”: Challenges and strategies for frontline staff addressing violence, discrimination, and hate from patients
ETHICS GRAND ROUNDS
2026 Rounds
- 2026 February 4 – Ethical Decision Making and the Allure of Certainty (not available)
- 2026 March 18 – Ethical Care of Uninsured Patients: Balancing Patient Need and Organizational Stewardship
- 2026 May 22 – The grey method: Ethics and palliative care
2025 Rounds
- 2025 January 29 – Why can’t we all just get along? Managing difficult relationships with patients and families
- 2025 April 1 – Clinical Research, Health Systems, and Climate Change
- 2025 April 30 – Nutrition and Hydration at End-of-Life
- 2025 April 27 – Beyond the Body: A Holistic Approach to Harm in Healthcare
- 2025 October 22 – The Invisible Compass: The Role of Spirituality in Ethical Decision-Making
- 2025 November 3 – You do what? Introduction to Ethics
- 2025 November 4 – When is a “Yes” a True “Yes”? Examining Capacity & Consent in Healthcare
- 2025 November 5 – Applying Policy to Practice: Navigating Conflict between Healthcare Teams and Substitute Decision Makers
- 2025 November 6 – Who Speaks When Patients Can’t: Understanding the Role of the SDM
- 2025 November 7 – From Principle to Practice: What is an Ethics Framework?
- 2025 December 16 – Staying Well in Turbulent Time
2024 Rounds
- 2024 December 11 – Ethical Imperatives: Cultivating Early Palliative Care Integration across the Continuum of Care
- 2024 November 27 – “Ethicial Considerations Around Substitute Consent for Sexual Assault Evidence Kits (SAEKs) for Incapable Persons”
- 2024 November 6 – “Hot Topics in Ethics: How to Use an Ethics Framework to Navigate Current Issues in Healthcare”
- 2024 May 9 – The “When and How” of Supporting Children and Youth Impacted by a Caregiver’s Serious Medical Situation
- 2024 April 3 – Caring for patients, families, and our planet: an exploratory conversation into how healthcare systems might ethically adapt to address the greatest threat to human health.”
- 2024 March 20 – Just a Little Respect: Dignity in the Healthcare Context
- 2024 January 31 – The Paradox of Protective Isolation: A Call for Trauma-Informed Care Practices to Address Treatment Experiences of Children and Youth
2023 Rounds
- 2023 October 24 – Spirituality in Healthcare What is in Your Ethics Toolkit? – Demonstrating how ethics resources can help guide ethical decision making
- 2023 June 30 – Ethical Dilemmas, Moral Distress and Trauma-Exposed Work Environments: Individual and Collective Solutions
- 2023 May 26 – Exercising Medical Judgement: Clinical implications of new College of Physician and Surgeons of Ontario Decision-Making for End-of-Life Care Guidelines
- 2023 April 12 – If I am not sick, am I well? The potential of psychedelics to enhance wellness and resilience in healthcare
- 2023 January 18 – Research in crisis: Ethical and practical implications of engaging healthcare workers in research during the COVID-19 pandemic
2022 Rounds
- 2022 November 11 – Professional Integrity, Patient-Centred Care: Finding Balance in Situation of Conscientious Objection
- 2022 October 21 – Ethical Challenges for Improving Care: Guidance, Structure, Oversight and Sustainability
- 2022 September 16 – Moving Towards Antiracist Healthcare
- 2022 April 19 – Ethics of Organ Transplantation: A Survey of the Landscape
- 2022 March 21 – Triaging critical care during COVID-19: Global preparedness, socio-cultural considerations, and communication
2021 Rounds
- 2021 December 10 – Messages that cannot be unsent: Guiding Principles to avoid ethical pitfalls when using social media in healthcare
- 2021 November 24 – The Ethics of MAiD for Mature Minors
- 2021 October 18 – Giving Voice to the Unspeakable: Moral Injury and Covid-19
- 2021 September 24– Mapping the Moral Landscape of Covid-19 Vaccine Mandates
- GGH Ethics Accreditation
- 2021 September – Authentic and Ethical Leadership During A Crisis
- 2021 May – Springing Forward: Fostering Growth For The Coming Season
2021 April – Nutrition and Hydration at the End of Life - 2021 March – Medical Assistance in Dying: Anticipated Changes Under Bill C-7
You can also access previously recorded rounds by accessing our HHS Ethics Youtube playlist