The Montreal Neuroethics Network promotes neuroethics training, education and dialogue by exposing various audiences to neuroethics issues; fostering collaboration and mutual learning to ensure Montreal's leadership in addressing ethical and social issues in neuroscience and healthcare delivery through inter-institutional collaborations. The Network’s main goal is to organize neuroethics talks, seminars, workshops and symposia in Montreal. The Network welcomes new collaborations and opportunities to develop neuroethics in Montreal in both the Academia and in the community. Please write to: neuroethics@ircm.qc.ca for further information.

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Steve Hyman MD Harvard University, USA . Special Lecture on Neuroscience, Ethics and Society, Hosted by the Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal, Auditorium Jacques-Genest, IRCM, Monday, February 1st, 11:30am - 12:30pm.

Georg Northoff MD/PhD University of Ottawa. “Neuroethics - Empirical and Conceptual Considerations”, Hosted by the Neuroethics Research Unit, Institut de recherches cliniques de Montreal (IRCM) Room André-Barbeau, Wednesday, February 10th , 11:30am – 12:30pm.

Sam Shemie MD McGill University. “Modern Death and the Brain”, Hosted by the Neuroethics Research Unit, Institut de recherches cliniques de Montreal (IRCM) Room 255, Wednesday, April 28th, 11:30am - 12:30pm.

Irving Kirsch, PhD University of Hull, UK. “The Emperor’s New Drugs: Exploding the Antidepressant Myth”, Hosted by the Biomedical Ethics Unit, McGill University October 14, 2009.

Judy Illes, PhD University of British Columbia. “NeuroTalk: Neuroethics for the NeuroAge”, Hosted in collaboration with the Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Faculty of Medicine Research Ethics Board, McGill University, and the Neuroethics Research Unit, IRCM, November 3rd, 2009.

Camillo Zacchia, PhD Douglas University Institute in Mental Health. “Clinical Ethics in Psychiatry: The impact of ethical
questionning on clinical practices”, Hosted by the Neuroethics Research Unit, Institut de recherches cliniques de Montreal (IRCM), December 2nd, 2009.

Wayne Hall. Reaping the Benefits and Avoiding Potential Misuses of Addiction Neurobiology, Hosted by the Douglas Mental Health University Institute, April 17, 2009.

Jennifer Chandler. Reading the Judicial Mind: How will Courts React to the Use of Neuroimaging Technologies for Detecting Deception?, Co-hosted by the International Institute of Research in Ethics and Biomedicine (IIREB) and The Neuroethics Research Unit (IRCM), April 21, 2009.

Cynthia Forlini, Constance Deslauriers, Ghislaine Mathieu. Les enjeux éthiques des avancées technologiques et pharmacologiques des neurosciences, Une séance plénière au sein du programme du Colloque des programmes de bioéthique de l’Université de Montréal, May 7, 2009.

Hillel Braude. The promise and perils of neuroscience for clinical research ethics, Hosted by the Neuroethics Research Unit (IRCM), May 27, 2009.

Emily Bell. Neuroethics: Ethicalimplications of neuroimaging and neurostimulation in the prediction and treatment of disease, Center for research on language, mind and brain (CLRM), McGill University, Montréal, November 18, 2008.

Mark Bernstein. Ethics in clinical research: Myth, mystery, or missing in action?, Institut de recherches clinique de Montréal, November 17, 2008.

Emily Bell. Is functional MRI the next tool of predictive medicine?The potentials and ethical perils of fMRI in Psychiatry. Programmes de bioéthique de l’Université de Montréal, Forum du Groupe de recherche en bioéthique, Université de Montréal, November 1, 2007.

Neuroethics, new technologies and treatments: Social, legal and ethical issues (Eric Racine, Chair), Annual Montreal Bioethics Conference, September 21, 2007

Cynthia Forlini, David Bouvier, Nicole Palmour, Eric Racine. Perspectives académiques et populaires sur l’éthique de l’amélioration cognitive avec le méthylphénidate. Annual Conference of the Bioethics Programs : L'éthique du soin à son zénith: enfants, adolescents, intervenants, University of Montreal, September 2007.

Ghislaine Mathieu et Eric Racine. Critical analysis of ethical issues in deep brain stimulation. Annual Conference of the Bioethics Programs : L'éthique du soin à son zénith: enfants, adolescents, intervenants, University of Montreal, September 2007.

Cynthia Forlini, David Bouvier, Nicole Palmour, Eric Racine. Examining stakeholder perspectives and public understanding of the ethical and social issues of cognitive enhancement using methylphenidate. Society for Social Studies of Science Annual Meeting, Montréal, October 12, 2007.

Cynthia Forlini, David Bouvier, Nicole Palmour, Eric Racine. Content analysis of perspectives on the ethics of cognitive enhancement using methylphenidate. 2e conférence internationale sur la chaîne du médicament, Montréal, Octobre 14-17, 2007.

Luciana Caliman. Ethical concerns related to the expansion of childhood ADHD diagnosis to adults. Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal, July 4, 2007.

Luciana Caliman. Social and ethical perspectives on ADHD in Brazil. Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal, July 11, 2007. 

Luciana Caliman. An historical overview of the diagnosis of ADHD. Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal, June 27, 2007.

Luciana Caliman. An historical overview of adult ADHD. Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal, June 20, 2007.

Kerry Ferguson. Photoreceptor axon targeting in the developing Drosophila visual system. Institut de recherches cliniques de Montreal, April 25, 2007.

James Bernat. Chronic disorders of consciousness: Medical and ethical issues. Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal, April 23, 2007.  Click here to view the poster (.pdf)

James Bernat. Brain Death. Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University, Montréal, April 20, 2007.

Emily Bell. From curiosity to skepticism: Functional magnetic resonance imaging and psychiatry. Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal, December 12, 2006.