PHC Annual Health Ethics Seminar April 20 - 23 + Conference April 24, 2026

PHC Annual Ethics Seminar April 20 - 23 + Conference April 24

Welcome to the PHC Annual Health Ethics Seminar happening at YWCA Hotel Vancouver from April 21 - 23, 2026 and then for the Health Ethics Conference on April 24, 2026 at the Morris J Wosk Centre for Dialogue all taking place in beautiful downtown Vancouver, BC, Canada

The 4-day intensive health ethics seminar & 1-day conference (5-days total) aims to empower participants to navigate clinical/medical ethical dilemmas in health care by employing an interactive and case-based methodology.

During seminar, you will be actively enged in a small-group learning environment where you'll cover foundational bioethical topics including:

• The history of biomedical ethics and ethical decision making approaches
• Respect for persons and respect for autonomy, capacity, and informed consent
• Substitute/surrogate decision making, substituted judgment and the best interests standard
• Involuntary treatment
• Health ethics and the law
• Ethical issues at early life and end of life
• Ethical considerations for intervening when there are risks of harm to self and to others
• And more!

This special event concludes on Friday April 24, 2026 for an annual conference. The conference brings together a large community of health care professionals, academic partners, and community members for a great day of plenary speakers