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Ethical, Legal, and Social Perspectives on Physician Assisted Suicide

The Centre on Values and Ethics at Carleton University (www.carleton.ca/cove) and Centre de Rechérche en Ethique de l'Université de Montréal (http://www.creum.umontreal.ca/) invite you to attend a two-day conference devoted to exploring the ethical, legal, and social dimensions of physician assisted suicide. The conference will be held at 100 St. Patrick's Building, Carleton University, on March 23th and 24th. All Carleton University students can register free.

Organizers

Rebecca Kukla, Department of Philosophy, and Centre on Values and Ethics (COVE), Carleton University

Daniel Weinstock, Director, Centre de Rechérche en Ethique de l'Université de Montréal (CREUM), Université de Montréal

Sponsors

Sponsored by the Centre on Values and Ethics, the Office of the Vice President - Research, the Dean of the Faculty of Public Affairs, and the Department of Philosophy at Carleton University, and the Centre de Recherche en Ethique de l'Université de Montréal.

Tom Beauchamp, Ph.D., Georgetown University
“The Morality of Restrictions on the Liberty to Choose Physician-Hastened Death”

Jerome Bickenbach, Ph.D., Queens University
“Not Dead Yet/Not Equal Yet”

Jocelyn Downie, M. Litt, LL.B., LL.M., S.J.D., Dalhousie University
“Rodriguez Revisited: Canadian Assisted Suicide Law and Policy in 2007”

John Griffiths, J.D., University of Groningen, Netherlands
“The Quantity of Law: Euthanasia and the Nude Beach Phenomenon”

Carlos Gomez, M.D., Ph.D., Capital Hospice, Falls Church, Virginia
“Euthanasia, Assisted Suicide, and the Politics of Self-Absorption”

Daniel Weinstock, Ph.D., Université de Montréal
“Thinking Institutionally about Physician-Assisted Suicide”

The registration fee for the conference is $75.00 CAD ($60 USD) +GST (=$80.25 CAD / $64.20 USD) for regular attendees. Please note that registration is free for faculty and students at Carleton and at University of Montreal, members of COVE, and the under/unemployed. Anyone who needs to register under this category may do so on the honours system.

To register, complete the registration form (printable document: Word version; pdf version) below and mail it, along with a cheque payable to Carleton University, to the following address:

Perspectives on Physician-Assisted Suicide Conference
c/o Rebecca Kukla
Department of Philosophy
Carleton University
1125 Colonel By Drive
Ottawa, Ontario K1S 5B6

Friday March 23

6:00-8:30 PM: Tom Beauchamp (“The Morality of Restrictions on the Liberty to Choose Physician-Hastened Death”) and Jerome Bickenbach (“Not Dead Yet/Not Equal Yet”)

8:30-9:30 PM: Wine and cheese reception for all registrants

Saturday March 24

10-11:20 AM: Jocelyn Downie (“Rodriguez Revisited: Canadian Assisted Suicide Law and Policy in 2007”)

11:30-12:50: John Griffith (“The Quantity of Law: Euthanasia and the Nude Beach Phenomenon”)

12:50-2:00: Catered lunch

2:00-3:20: Carlos Gomez (“Euthanasia, Assisted Suicide, and the Politics of Self-Absorption”)

3:20-3:40: Coffee break

3:40-5:00: Daniel Weinstock (“Thinking Institutionally about Physician-Assisted Suicide”)

Canada’s capital city Ottawa and its nearby environs contain a number of tourist attractions, including the Federal Parliament Buildings (www.parl.gc.ca), the National Gallery of Canada (www.gallery.ca), the Canadian Museum of Civilization (www.civilization.ca), the Canada Science and Technology Museum (www.sciencetech.technomuses.ca), and the National Arts Centre (www.nac-cna.ca). The city also has a thriving night life in the downtown area, just below Parliament Hill. For more information, see www.ottawakiosk.com/about.html.

Accommodations

Although we do not have an official conference hotel, in past conferences, attendees have stayed at Arc the Hotel (www.arcthehotel.com, 1-800-699-2516), located at 140 Slater Street in the city’s downtown area. Conference participants who do not wish to stay at a full-service hotel should consider Ottawa’s bed and breakfasts and hostels as more cost-friendly accommodation options. A list of bed and breakfasts can be found at www.bbcanada.com/ontario/ottawa/ottawa and www.ottawakiosk.com/accom_bb2.html. For information about local hostels, visit www.hostelz.com/view.php/Canada_Ontario_Ottawa_Hostels, www.educom.on.ca/ymca-ywca or www.hihostels.ca/hostels/Ontario/OntarioEast/OttawaInternationalHostel/Hostels/index.html.

Travel

The main city bus routes between downtown Ottawa to Carleton University are the No. 4 and the No. 7 ($3.00 - exact change required). Taxi service between the downtown and the university costs under $20.00 CAD for a one-way trip. Taxi service from the Ottawa International Airport (www.ottawa-airport.ca) to the university costs about the same. Taxi service from the airport to the downtown area costs around $35.00 CAD.

To travel from Ottawa’s Via Rail Train Station (www.viarail.ca/tourists/en_tour_dpop_otta.html) to the downtown area, you can either take a taxi (under $20.00 CAD) or the No. 95 city bus route ($3.00).

A taxi ride from Ottawa’s central coach bus station (see www.greyhound.ca or www.voyageur.ca) to the downtown core costs under $25.00 CAD. The No. 4 city bus will take you from the station to the downtown core as well ($3.00).

For more travel information, please visit www.octranspo.com, www.tourottawa.org, or www.ottawakiosk.com.

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