Committees and Working Groups

Standing Committee on Ethics

The Standing Committee on Ethics identifies for the Governing Council emerging ethical issues of strategic relevance with respect to health and health research. It provides the Governing Council with high-level strategic advice on the ethical, legal and socio-cultural dimensions of CIHR's mandate as set out in the CIHR Act, at its initiative or at the request of the Governing Council or the President.

SCE Members


Dr. Alain Beaudet

Dr. Alain Beaudet
CIHR President
Ex officio member

Dr. Harvey Max Chochinov

Dr. Harvey Max Chochinov
(Chair)
Canada Research Chair in Palliative Care
Professor of Psychiatry
University of Manitoba and
CancerCare Manitoba

Solomon Benatar

Dr. Solomon Benatar
Professor of Medicine
University of Cape Town

Dr. Carrie Bourassa

Dr. Carrie Bourassa
Assistant Professor, Department of Science
First Nations University of Canada

Dr. David Castle

Dr. David Castle
Canada Research Chair in Science and Society
Department of Philosophy
University of Ottawa

Dr. Pierre Caudrelier

Dr. Pierre Caudrelier
Chief Medical Officer, Theratechnologies Inc.

Bernard M. Dickens

Dr. Bernard M. Dickens
University of Toronto

Dr. Bernard Keating Dr. Bernard Keating
Professor, Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies
Université Laval
Dr. Kathleen M. Oberle Dr. Kathleen M. Oberle
Professor, Faculty of Nursing
Adjunct Associate Professor, Office of Medical Bioethics
University of Calgary
Dr. Lisa Schwartz Dr. Lisa Schwartz
Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences
McMaster University
Dr. Rosalie Starzomski

Dr. Rosalie Starzomski
Professor, School of Nursing
University of Victoria

Dr. R. Paul Thompson Dr. R. Paul Thompson
Professor
University of Toronto
Dr. Mary Vachon Dr. Mary Vachon
University of Toronto
Dr. George C. Webster

Dr. George C. Webster
St. Boniface General Hospital