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January 17, 2013
Eating Well and Eating Ethically
My carrots come from Baden, my beets from Alymer, my flour from Arva, and my quinoa from, well, the grocery store. An article on quinoa from this morning’s Globe and Mail (published yesterday online) reminds health food nuts like me that, … Continue reading
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October 9, 2012
Reframing Manning on Beginning of Life
By Katy Fulfer In Friday’s Globe and Mail, Preston Manning (CEO of a conservative think-tank in Canada) lamented the Canadian Parliament’s decision to not re-open the definition of legal personhood. Many Candadians viewed the attempt to discuss legal personhood (which currently … Continue reading
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July 23, 2012
Eating Animals: Reflections from the International FAB Congress
By Katy Fulfer I’ve recently attended the International Congress of the Feminist Approaches to Bioethics, held in Rotterdam, the Netherlands in late June. One argument that Mary Rawlinson presented in her talk, “The Future of Food: Bioethics, Justice, and the … Continue reading
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February 8, 2012
Who is Gestating my Baby? – Katherine Fulfer
In a recent Slate magazine article, Douglas Pet highlights several worries with the international surrogacy industry, particularly in respect to the poor women who contract out their gestational labor. Pet focuses on India, and rightfully so–one report predicts that by the … Continue reading
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