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The CPA office is located in the heart of the Faculty of Philosophy at Saint Paul University

We gratefully acknowledge the University's continuing support.
Les bureaux  de l'ACP se trouvent au sein de la Faculté de philosophie à l'Université Saint-Paul.

Nous remercions grandement l'Université pour son soutien continu.

CCEPA News Release - Trust in the New Sciences - Vancouver

The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Public Affairs (CCEPA) and the Situating Science Knowledge Cluster, a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council(SSHRC) Cluster for the Humanist and Social Studies of Science, with the generous support of Genome BC, are pleased to present:

Trust in the New Sciences: Remaking the Human

A five-part national lecture series exploring the ethical, philosophical and social implications of the new sciences of genomics, neuropsychology and nanotechnology.

Part 2: SCIENCE FRICTION: Personalized Genomics and the Future of Medicine

JANUARY 26 7pm
VANCOUVER | UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, Room 182

UBC

The impact of revolutionary advances in genetics and genomics is being felt in all aspects of society. For each of us, the prospect of knowing our own DNA sequence has been proposed to influence our lives in every way, from choice of partner to response to medications. Is this hope or hype? How do our Canadian roots and culture influence our own experience and relationship to the genetic revolution?

Keynote: Dr. Michael Hayden
Canada Research Chair in Human Genetics and Molecular Medicine
University Killam Professor, Department of Medical Genetics

Respondent: Dr. Anita Ho
Assistant Professor, W. Maurice Young Centre for Applied Ethics, UBC

Admission is free - reception to follow