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Advances in neurotechnology, including AI applications, need to be regulated. (Shutterstock)

New recommendations for regulating neurotechnology in Canada include protecting Indigenous rights

Judy Illes, University of British Columbia; Bartha Knoppers, McGill University; Jennifer Chandler, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa; Ross Upshur, University of Toronto, and Vardit Ravitsky, Université de Montréal

UNESCO’s approach to regulating neurotechnology considers future applications and current privacy and consent concerns.
Resistance to policies like safe supply still create barriers for vulnerable people, despite evidence that harm reduction saves lives. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Let evidence, not opinion, guide harm reduction policy and practice in Canada’s drug poisoning crisis

Karla Ghartey, University of Toronto and Ross Upshur, University of Toronto

Harm reduction is grounded in evidence. But policies, stigma and ignorance about substance use still create barriers in battling Canada’s drug poisoning crisis.
The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed that the connections between science and policy need to be reconsidered. (Shutterstock)

Canadian ethicists recognize the critical importance of science and research

Judy Illes, University of British Columbia; Bartha Knoppers, McGill University; Eric M. Meslin, University of Toronto; Jennifer Chandler, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa; Ross Upshur, University of Toronto; Steven J. Hoffman, York University, Canada; Tania Bubela, Simon Fraser University, and Vardit Ravitsky, Université de Montréal

A new standing committee will ensure that Canadian federal policy is based on science. The committee should consider critical ethical thinking, scholarship and action, as well as legal frameworks and sociocultural values.

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