October 6, 2006 Source: :
http://www.ccepa.ca/news-trust_in_science_series.html CCEPA Presents: Trust in Science
- Setting the Scene: From Magician to Miracle
Maker In our day to
day lives we invest a great deal of trust in science and its institutions to
tell us the truth about ourselves, about the world we live in and our place
in it - whether it's about the foods we eat, our health, the technologies we
use, or our general sense of well-being. But why do we trust science? What
and whom are we actually trusting? Do we need or even want to know? University of King's College and the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Public
Affairs invite you to join us in taking a broad and critical look at these
questions. Five public sessions with distinguished speakers drawn from
academia, government, scientific research and industry will challenge us
from different perspectives to consider what it means for us to "trust in
science". more... All sessions will take place from 7:30 - 9 pm in Alumni Hall, University of
King's College The series will be recorded by the CBC Radio program Ideas Thursday, October 26 Setting The Scene: From Magician to Miracle-Maker. Dr. Steven Shapin. Franklin L. Ford Professor of the History of Science at
Harvard University, Dr. Shapin counts among his many awards and
distinctions, the 2005 European Erasmus Prize for his co-authored book,
Leviathan and the Air Pump. He is also author of A Social History of Truth:
Civility and Science in Seventeenth-Century England, and The Scientific
Revolution. more... Thursday, November 30 The View From Within: Does Science Trust Itself? Dr. David T. Scadden. Professor of Medicine at Harvard University, Dr.
Scadden, is also the Director of the Center for Regenerative Medicine at the
Massachusetts General Hospital and Co-Director of the Harvard University
Stem Cell Institute. more... Thursday, January 25th, 2007 Inside Out: From the Test Tube to the Dinner
Table. Dr. Janice Graham. Dr. Graham is the Canada Research Chair in Bioethics at
Dalhousie University and Director of the Qualitative Research Commons and
Studio. more... Thursday, March 1, 2007 Whose Business is it Anyway? Science and the
Corporate World. Moderator: Françoise Baylis. Professor and Canada Research Chair in
Bioethics and Philosophy at Dalhousie University, Baylis has served on the
Ethics Committees of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
and the Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada. She is a
member of the National Council on Ethics in Human Research, and the Science
and Industry Advisory Committee of Genome Canada. Panelists: Dr. Ford Doolittle. Director of the Program in Evolutionary
Biology of the Canadian Institute of Advanced Research, Dr. Doolittle is the
Canada Research Chair in Comparative Microbial Genomics. Doolittle is also
Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at
Dalhousie University. Dr. Siddika Mithani. Director General of Health Canada's Veterinary Drugs
Directorate, Dr. Mithani headed up the Clinical Trials and Special Access
Programme. She is also the Director of the Bureau of Cardiology, Allergy and
Neurological Sciences. Mithani has served as the Associate Director General
of the Therapeutic Products Directorate of Health Canada. Dr. Calvin Stiller. One of Canada's leading transplant and immunization
specialists, Dr. Stiller is a longtime member of the Faculty of Medicine at
University of Western Ontario. Dr. Stiller is the founder and chairman of a
number of medical and pharmaceutical companies and the founder of four
venture capital funds. more... Thursday, March 15, 2007 Our Business: Science and the Public Trust. Dr. Sheila Jasanoff. Pforzheimer Professor of Science and Technology
Studies at Harvard University, Dr. Jasanoff is formerly of Cornell
University. It was there she founded and chaired the Department of Science
and Technology Studies. Her internationally acclaimed books include
Controlling Chemicals, The Fifth Branch, Science at the Bar, and Designs on
Nature. more…
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