Michael McDonald, University of British Columbia
Population and Public Health Professor Emeritus Vancouver, British Columbia mcdonald@exchange.ubc.ca
Bio/Research
Michael McDonald was the founding Director of the W. Maurice Young Centre for Applied Ethics (1990-2002). He received an Honours BA in Philosophy from the University of Toronto and an MA and PhD in Philosophy from the University of Pittsburgh. From 1969 to 1990, he was a member of the Philosophy ...
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Bio/Research
Michael McDonald was the founding Director of the W. Maurice Young Centre for Applied Ethics (1990-2002). He received an Honours BA in Philosophy from the University of Toronto and an MA and PhD in Philosophy from the University of Pittsburgh. From 1969 to 1990, he was a member of the Philosophy Department at the University of Waterloo. In 2009, the Canadian Bioethics Society gave its Lifetime Achievement Award to McDonald for his "outstanding contribution to the Healthcare Ethics in Canada". Complete In 2006, the Certified General Accountants Association of Canada presented McDonald with the designation of Honorary Certified General Accountant for his contribution to professional ethics education for the Association.
McDonald also headed the creation of two websites with Dr. Holly Longstaff and Nina Preto: www.stemcellethics.ca is an educational resource dedicated to helping Canadian stem cell researchers navigate ethical issues in their work; www.researchethicssurvey.ca is a website designed for gathering information that will promote better communication amongst and between researchers, research administrators, research participants, and research ethics committees.
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McDonald also headed the creation of two websites with Dr. Holly Longstaff and Nina Preto: www.stemcellethics.ca is an educational resource dedicated to helping Canadian stem cell researchers navigate ethical issues in their work; www.researchethicssurvey.ca is a website designed for gathering information that will promote better communication amongst and between researchers, research administrators, research participants, and research ethics committees.
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