Mission, Vision, Values and Goals
The mission of the Joint Centre for Bioethics is to provide leadership in bioethics research, education and clinical activities.
The centre's vision is to be a model of interdisciplinary collaboration in order to create new knowledge and improve practices with respect to bioethics.
The centre's values include academic and clinical excellence, intellectual freedom, integrity, respect, inclusiveness and justice. However, the centre itself does not advocate positions on specific issues, although its individual members may do so.
The goals of the centre are:
- To foster interdisciplinary research and scholarship, link education to research, and disseminate research findings to improve policies and practices.
- To support undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate educational programs in bioethics.
- To support clinical ethics activities including continuing education for health care providers, ethics committees, ethics consultation, and projects to address specific issues arising in partner institutions.
- To foster collegial discussion of bioethics issues throughout the network of participating institutions, and to serve as a resource for the media, policymakers and community groups.
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