Curriculum Vitae Sandra Tomsons, Ph.D. Philosophy Department The University of Winnipeg 515 Portage Avenue Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3B 2E9 tel: Office: (204) 786-9832 Home: (204) 269-9895 email: s.tomsons@uwinnipeg.ca and sandratomsons@gmail.com Degrees Held: 1988 Ph.D. Philosophy, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario Thesis: Property and the Doctrine of Human Rights Advisor: Dr. Alistair MacLeod 1972 M.A. Philosophy, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario Thesis: The Reliability of Memory: A Solution to a Philosophical Problem Advisor: Professor Norman Brown 1968 B.A. First Class Honours, Philosophy, Mount Allison University Thesis: The Concept of Soul in Plto and Aristotle Advisor: Dr. Gordon Treash Academic Employment History 2000 - Tenured, Associate Professor, Philosophy Department, The University of Winnipeg 1995 - 2000 Tenured (1997), Associate Professor, Coordinator Philosophy, Sir Wilfred Grenfell College (SWGC), Campus of Memorial University 1993 - 95 Assistant Professor, Coordinator Philosophy, extension probationary appointment, SWGC 1991 - 93 Assistant Professor, Coordinator Philosophy, probationary appointment, SWGC 1989 - 90 Assistant Professor, Coordinator Philosophy, SWGC 1980, '81,'87, '88, '89 Sessional Instructor, Spring Term, SWGC 1975 Sessional Instructor, Department of Philosophy, University of Lethbridge 1972 - 74 Sessional Instructor, Department of Philosophy, Central Michigan University Awards and Honours 1969 - 70 Ontario Graduate Fellowships 1968 - 69 R. Samuel McLaughlin Scholarship, Queen's University 1967 - 68 Undergraduate Scholarship, Mount Allison University 1966 - 67 Undergraduate Scholarship, Mount Allison University 1966 - 67 Scholarship, United Church of Canada 1965 - 66 Entrance Scholarship, Mount Allison University 1965 - 66 Scholarship, United Church of Canada Current Areas of Scholarly Research Social-Political theory and practical philosophy (Aboriginal rights & Human rights) Moral theory and practical ethics (Research ethics, Environmental ethics, and medical ethics) Graduate thesis involvement M.A. Students Robert Hamilton, Indigenous Governance, The University of Winnipeg, Committee member. Title: The Indigenous Relationship to the Land and the “First Nations Property Ownership ACT” Thesis successfully defended February, 2015. Passed with distinction. Kim Bradshaw, Philosophy, University of Manitoba, External reader. Title: Radical Life Extension, a Consideration of the Arguments: Boon to Humanity or Disastrous Enterprise? Thesis successfully defended: August 21, 2009 Catherine Glass, Native Studies, University of Manitoba, Committee member. Thesis: The Theory of Human Rights and First Nations Peoples in Canadian Law Ms. Glass withdrew from the programme. Artis Svece, Philosophy, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Co-supervisor. Thesis: An Analysis of the Possibility of Deliberate Self-deception Completed M.A. requirements fall 1997. Ph.D. Student Darren Domsky, Philosophy Department, York University, External Examiner. Title: Extending Beyond Ethical Extensionism: A Search for the Most Plausible Theoretical Basis for any Non-Anthropocentric, Non-Sentientist Environmental Ethic. Thesis successfully defended: June 2006. Research Funding Peer-Reviewed External Grants 2014-2015 Granting Agency: International Development Research Agency Title: Ethical Issues and Challenges in Global Population Health Research Partnerships To enable preparation and dissemination of research findings from the CHRI supported study 2010-2012. Amount: $15,260 2012 Global Health Research Initiative covered the costs of my participation in the Teasdale-Corti Program Symposium, October 1-3, 2012. Global Health Research Initiative covered the costs of SAMKET’s hosting an International Workshop on North-South Research Ethics, October 4-5, 2012. 2010-2012 Granting agency: Global Health Research Initiative Title: Ethical challenges facing North-South research initiatives I am the North Co-PI for this North-South team. Martin Forde is South Co-PI. Angela Gomez (South) and Karen Morrison (North) are the members of SAMKET (Sandra Angela Martin Karen Ethics Team). Amount: $70,000 2001 Granting agency: Canadian Association for Publishing in Philosophy. Grant to prepare an Aboriginal rights anthology based on the Aboriginal rights conference. Andrew Brook, President of the CPA, was instrumental in securing this grant. Amount: $5,000 2001 Granting agency: University of Alberta Support for the Philosophy and Aboriginal Rights conference organized under the auspices of the CPA, generously supported by SHHRC and hosted by The University of Winnipeg, June 2001. Amount: $1,500 2001 Granting agency: University of Manitoba Support for the Philosophy and Aboriginal Rights conference. Amount: $1,500 1998-99 Granting agency: The Western Newfoundland Model Forest Project title: "Integrated Resource Management & Intrinsic and Intangible Values of Forest Ecosystems" Amount: $2,500 1997 Granting Agency: The Western Newfoundland Model Forest Project: 5-day Environmental Ethics and Natural Resource Management Seminar at Sir Wilfred Grenfell College. Took place in conjunction with an environmental ethics Symposium Environmental Change and the Autonomy of Nature at Congress, MUN, St. John’s campus. Amount: $5,000 1997-99 Granting agency: The Western Newfoundland Model Forest Project title: "An analysis of the values explicit and implicit in the Western Newfoundland Model Forest" Amount: $15,500 SSHRC Grants (Peer reviewed) 2000 Granting Agency: SSHRC Project: Canadian Philosophical Association’s conference on Aboriginal Rights, Winnipeg, June 2001. (I was the local organizer and on the CPA’s planning committee with David Kahane, Lorraine Mayer, and Dale Turner) Amount: $10,000 Peer Reviewed Internal Grants 2014 Distinguished Travel Grant to be part of a panel (Reconciling Southern and Northern Ethics Approaches and Philosophies in the Context of Global Health) at the 21st Canadian Global Health Conference, Ottawa. (November 2-4, $1,000) 2013 Travel Grant to present a paper on North-South research project (North-South Research and Social Justice: A New Paradigm for Research Ethics) at the Canadian Political Science Association conference. (June 5, 2013, $1,000) 2012 Work Study Grant: I hired a Research Assistant to do some preliminary research for a project on the rights of the mentally ill. ($1,200) Travel Grant Award, University of Winnipeg, to support my participation in the Midwest Political Science Association Meetings in Chicago. (April 13, 2012, $1,000) 2011 1. SEED Grant Title: Philosophical Analysis of Aboriginal Rights Discourse in Canada Amount: $1,000 Date: April 28, 2011 2. Major Research Grant Title: Philosophical Analysis of Aboriginal Rights Discourse in Canada Amount: $5,000 Date: May, 18, 2011 2008 University of Winnipeg Travel Grant Supported travel to Congress to read paper at the CPSA. Title: Non-Aboriginal Responsibilities Pertaining to Understanding Aboriginal Rights. Amount: $1,000 2001 Granting agency: The University of Winnipeg Project: Interdisciplinary Research Workshop Grant supporting the one (1) day Workshop connected with the Aboriginal Rights Conference. Amount: $3,000 1997 Internal SSHRC Granting agency: Memorial University of Newfoundland Project: To organize an Environmental Ethics and Natural Resource Management Seminar (A five (5) day seminar. SWCG and the Newfoundland Model Forest hosted the Seminar. It was held in conjunction with a Symposium (Environmental Change and the Autonomy of Nature) I helped organize. This took place at the Learneds on the St. John’s campus of MUN. Amount: $5,000 1996-1997 Internal SSHRC Granting agency: Memorial University of Newfoundland Project: "Aboriginal valuing of the Land and its implications for defining and practicing sustainable development" Amount: $1,700 1995-96 Principal’s Research Fund Granting agency: Sir Wilfred Grenfell College (MUN) Project: “Aboriginal Values and Practices”. Amount: $ 600 1993-94 Principal’s Research Fund Granting agency: Sir Wilfred Grenfell College (MUN) Project: “Moral Rights to Acquire and Accumulate”. Amount: $150 1992-93 Principal’s Research Fund Granting agency: Sir Wilfred Grenfell College (MUN) Project: “The Changing Concept of Property”. Amount: $400 Contracts 1996-97 Granting agency: Western Newfoundland Model Forest Project: The Evaluation of the Western Newfoundland Model Forest Amount: $21,500 Publications (Peer reviewed) Books Philosophy and Aboriginal Rights; Critical Dialogues, eds. Sandra Tomsons and Lorraine Mayer, Don Mills: Oxford University Press, February 2013. Book chapters “Why non-Aboriginal people should listen to Aboriginal Elders,” Philosophy and Aboriginal Rights: Critical Dialogues, eds. Sandra Tomsons and Lorraine Mayer, Don Mills: Oxford University Press, February 2013, 41-53. “Liberal Theory and Aboriginal Sovereignty,” Philosophy and Aboriginal Rights: Critical Dialogues, eds. Sandra Tomsons and Lorraine Mayer, Don Mills: Oxford University Press, February 2013, 224-271. Articles “Epistemology: constructing or deconstructing worlds?” APA’s Indigenous Philosophy Newsletter (Fall 2011) “Cries from a Metis Heart and Understanding Metis Philosophy,” APA’s Indigenous Philosophy Newsletter, Volume 10, Number 2, Spring 2011. “Encountering Indigenous Philosophy in the story of a Metis Philosopher,” APA’s Native American Philosophy Newsletter, Fall 2007. "Western ethics and resource management: A glance at the history." The Forestry Chronicle, Vol. 77. No. 3. (May/June 2001): 431-437. "Socrates in Conversation with Native Americans: The Better Way for Non-Natives to do Indigenous Philosophy." Ayaangwaamizin: The International Journal of Indigenous Philosophy, Vol. 2, No. 2, (2000): 187-201. "Sustainable forest management and stakeholder process: Epistemological and Moral constraints." Business & Professional Ethics Journal Vol. 19, No. 1 (Spring 2000): 9-32. "Applying philosophy to sustainable forest management planning and implementation in the Western Newfoundland Model Forest" part of "Symposium: Fish, Forests and Values" with Peter Miller and Bruce Morito, Business & Professional Ethics Journal Vol. 17, Nos. 1&1 (Spring-Summer 1998): 47-64. "Sustainable Development: Achieving A Morally Acceptable End by Morally Acceptable Means." Humanomics 13:1 (1997): 51-80. "How Morality Structures the Human Right to Property." Humanomics 10:4 (1994): 5-19. Contributions to Books In collaboration with Dr. Lorraine Mayer, General Introduction and Introductions for Parts 1, 2, 3 and 4, and “Not a Conclusion” in Philosophy and Aboriginal Rights; Critical Dialogues eds. Sandra Tomsons and Lorraine Mayer, Don Mills: Oxford University Press, February 2013, xxii-xxxviii; 1-5;59-65; 177-180; 292-295; 407-409. Inter-philosophy Dialogues with Dr. Lorraine Mayer (Euro-Canadian and Metis philosophical perspectives) for Parts 1, 2, 3 and 4 in Philosophy and Aboriginal Rights; Critical Dialogues, eds. Sandra Tomsons and Lorraine Mayer, Don Mills: Oxford University Press, February 2013, 54-59;172-176; 283-291;397-406. In dialogue with John Borrows in his article, “An Analysis of and Dialogue on Indigenous and Crown Blockades,” eds. Sandra Tomsons and Lorraine Mayer, Don Mills: Oxford University Press, February 2013, 101-123. Introduction, Lorraine Mayer’s Cries From a Metis Heart, Winnipeg: Pemmican, September 2007. Book Reviews Dale Turner, This is not a Peace Pipe: Towards a Critical Indigenous Philosophy, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2006, in Philosophy in Review, October 2007. (I nominated Turner’s book for the CPA book prize in 2008. It received honourable mention.) David A. Reidy and Mortimer N. Sellers, eds. Universal Human rights: Moral Order in a Divided World, Rowman & Littlefield, 2005, in Philosophy in Review, Vol. 27 no. 4, August 2007. David Landis Barnhill & Roger S. Gottlieb. Eds. Deep Ecology and World Religions: New Essays on Sacred Ground, Philosophical Review. Volume XXII, No. 6 (391-393) 2002. Michalos, Alex. A Pragmatic Approach to Business Ethics, in Canadian Philosophical Reviews, 1996. William Shaw. Ed. Social and Personal Ethics, in Canadian Philosophical Reviews, October 1994. Brennan, Joseph. Foundations of Moral Obligations: The Stockdale Course, in The Northern Mariner 3 (April 1993): 113-114. Technical Reports 2013, Sandra Tomsons, Karen Morrison, Angela Gomez, Martin Forde, Ethical challenges facing North-South research initiatives. Granting agency: Global Health Research Initiative 1998, Sustainable Forest Management: Criteria and Indicators for Newfoundland, I was one of eight members of the Western Newfoundland Model Forest’s Criteria and Indicators Steering Committee writing the report. 1997, The Evaluation of the Western Newfoundland Model Forest, I researched and wrote this report as coordinator of the interdisciplinary Value Analysis Research Group at Sir Wilfred Grenfell College. Available from the Western Newfoundland Model Forest. Conference Papers (* indicates peer reviewed) 2014 May, 24 Congress, Brock University, Canadian Society for the Study of Practical Ethics (henceforth CSSPE) *Paper: “Redesigning the Bioethics Research Ethics Paradigm” 2013 April 13, 2013 Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago Poster Session: Politics of Minority Rights April 19 Caribbean Health Research Council, Grand Cayman *Presentation: “Understanding obstacles of ethical global health research” I was content editor. Drs. Karen Morrison and Martin Forde presented. June, Congress, University of Waterloo i. Canadian Political Science Association (henceforth, CPSA) *Paper: “An Interdisciplinary Methodology for Resolving Ethical Issues Facing North-South Health Researchers”. Co-authored with Karen Morrison. ii. CSSPE *Paper: “Rescuing Western Societies from Liberal Theory” 2012 April 13, Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago i. Political Theory and Contemporary Politics Session *Poster: “Liberal theory and the right to sovereignty in Kanada” ii. Poster Discussant (papers and poster presentations) Session: Modern Political Thought Presenters: S. C. Sprunk, “Building a Human Foundation: An Attempt by Machiavelli’s Prince to Mold His People” C. H. Gilespie, “Tyranny, Identy, Class and Revolution: Exploring the Social and Political Crtique of Dostoevsky” N. Wright, “A Radical Consensus: Locke, Aristotle, Rousseau and Proudhon on Property” L. Adamski, “Continuities in Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau: Foundations for the Modern Liberal State” June, Congress, CSSPE *Paper: “Is the commodity list of capitalist democracies too long?” 2011 May 30, Congress, University of British Columbia, CSSPE *Paper: “Mental illness taxonomy and human rights” 2010 May 30, CSSPE *Paper: “Philosophers and Climate Change” 2009 Congress, CSSPE *Paper: “The Moral Responsibility of the Individual in an Unjust State” CPSA *Paper: “Aboriginal Rights and Eurocentric Epistemic Hierarchies” 2008 June, Learned Societies, CPSA *Paper: “Non-Aboriginal Responsibilities Pertaining to Understanding Aboriginal Rights” May 22, American Philosophical Association (henceforth, APA) Invited paper: APA’s Committee on the status of Indigenous Philosophers “Understanding Metis Philosophy” 2007 May 27, Congress, Saskatoon *Paper co-authored with Karen Zoppa: “A Prolegomena for the Philosophy in Schools Project: Whose Philosophy?” May 31, CPSA *Paper: “Is there room in Liberal Theory for Aboriginal Rights as Understood by Aboriginal People?” Oct. 27, Western Canadian Philosophical Association (henceforth WCPA) *Paper: “Liberal Theory and First Nations’ Indigenous Rights” 2006 Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Canadian Philosophical Association (henceforth CPA) *Paper: “Is the Notion of Intrinsic Value Consistent with Thinking Ecologically?” May 28, CSSPE *Paper: “Non-Aboriginal Treaty Rights and Responsibilities” June 1, CPSA *Paper: “Canada’s governance of Aboriginal Peoples: Is it Ethical?” 2004 May 30, Congress, University of Manitoba, CPA *Paper: “Citizens Plus Status for Aboriginal Peoples: Is it a just proposal?” 2002 May, Congress, University of Toronto, CSSPE *Paper: “Structuring a Just Relationship between Canada's Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Peoples” 1999 June, Congress, CSSPE *Paper: Sustainable forest management and stakeholder processes: Epistemological and Moral constraints *June 4, CPA *Paper: Environmental Ethics: Applied ethics or Moral theory?” 1998 May, Congress, University of Ottawa CSSPE panel with Peter Miller and Bruce Morito Topic: "Values in National Resource Policy: Forestry and Fisheries" *Paper: Applying philosophy to sustainable forest management planning and implementation in the Western Newfoundland Model Forest. 1997 October, The Fifth International Conference on Ethico-Economics, University College of Cape Breton. *Paper: Property and Community 1996 October, Atlantic Philosophical Conference, Acadia University. *Paper: How Sustainable Development Restructures Property Rights 1995, October, The Fourth International Conference on Ethico-Economics: “Values, Self-reliance and Sustainability, the University College of Cape Breton. *Paper: Sustainable Development: Achieving a Morally Acceptable End by Morally Acceptable Means 1994 March, Philosophy Department Colloquium on Truth, Memorial University of Newfoundland. *Paper: The Discovery of Moral Truth May, Creativity and Discovery Conference, Sir Wilfred Grenfell College. *Paper: Discovering Moral Truth June, Congress, CPA, University of Calgary. *Paper: A New Paradigm for Determining Property Rights Invited Commentary: Jan Narveson’s “Property Rights: Original Acquisition and Lockean Provisos” October, Atlantic Philosophical Association Conference, Memorial University of Newfoundland. *Paper: Discovering Moral Truth 1993 October, Atlantic Philosophical Association Conference, St. Mary’s University. *Paper: Changing the Concept of Property October, Third International Conference on Ethico-Economics, University College of Cape Breton. Theme: The Relations between Ethical Values and Social Institutions. *Paper: How Morality structures the Human Right to Property 1992 May: Department Of Political Science, the University of Latvia. Invited paper: Socialist and Capitalist Property rights October, Atlantic Philosophical Association Conference, University of Prince Edward Island *Paper: Understanding the Perspective of Feminist Consciousness 1992 May, Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Latvian Academy of Science, Riga, Latvia. Invited to provide a series of 5 lectures: A Morally Acceptable Structure for the Human Right to Property. 1990 October, Atlantic Philosophical Association Conference, Dalhousie University. *Paper: Justice Internalized 1989 October, Atlantic Philosophical Association Conference, University College of Cape Breton. *Paper: In Defense of Liberal Feminism 1988 October, Atlantic Philosophical Association Conference, St. Francis Xavier University. *Paper: Property: A New Paradigm of Acquisition, a New Set of Rights. 1984 October, Atlantic Philosophical Association Conference, Acadia University. *Paper: Is the Notion of Rights a Disposable Element in our Moral Language? 1975 Conference on Women’s Issues, University of Lethbridge, Presenter and Panelist. Invited Lectures and Presentations 2014 February 3, University of Winnipeg Philosophy Student’s Association Colloquium Presentation: “A New Paradigm for Research Ethics: Should western values dominate global thinking?” 2013 Congress, Victoria, University of British Columbia, Invited panel participant June 5, Canadian Society for the Study of Practical Ethics Panel topic: “Practical Ethics Beyond Academia” March 8, invited panel participant, University of Manitoba Law Students’ Association Panel topic: “Is the Canadian court system an effective means for Aboriginal people to pursue their rights?” March 21, invited presenter, University of Winnipeg Philosophy Student’s Association Colloquium Presentation: Philosophy and Aboriginal Rights: Critical Dialogue 2011 February, University of Winnipeg Philosophy Student’s Association Title: Aboriginal Rights, Human Rights and Procedural Justice: Undressing Colonialism 2009 November, Manitoba Philosophy in the School’s Committee, lecture for World Philosophy Day, “Power and Rights: A Revision of Canada” 2000 May, Ethics Committee, Western Health Care Corporation, "Ethics Review of Human Research" August, Keynote speaker, AGM, Canadian Institute of Forestry, Corner Brook, Newfoundland, "Western ethics and sustainable forest management" 1999 June, Canadian Philosophical Association, Symposium "Use and Abuse of Applied Ethics". My presentation addressed this question from the perspective of environmental ethics. 1998 November, 500 More Youth Congress, Killdevil, Newfoundland, "Do we have moral obligations to the environment?" 1997 March, Philosophy Colloquium, Lakehead University, "Socrates in Conversation with Native American People: A Cross Cultural Dialogue?" Invited Workshops, Seminars and Panels 2013 June 5, Canadian Society for the Study of Practical Ethics Invited panel participant: “Practical Ethics Beyond Academia) March 8, Manitoba Law Students’ Association Invited panel participant: “Is the Canadian court system an effective means for Aboriginal people to pursue their rights?” 2009 November, Manitoba Child Care Association, Professional Development Day Lecture and workshop Leader, “Ethics and Young Children” 2000 April, Research Workshop, Faculty SWGC, Presentation: "Ethics and Human Research" June, Sir Wilfred Grenfell College, invited participant for forum "Technology, Enterprise and Entrepreneurship" August, Canadian Institute of Forestry, Corner Brook, NL Invited keynote speaker: A glance at the history of western ethics in relation to resource management. 1999 August, Summer Institute on the Environment, Killdevil, Newfoundland, Presentation: "What is Enough?" November, Canadian Institute of Forestry, Gander, NL Presentation: Sustainable Forest Management and Ethics 1998 June, Health and Community Services Western, Corner Brook, NL "Health Care Ethics Committees" 1997 October, Gerontological Nurses Association of NF, Corner Brook, NL, Workshop: "Ethical Decision Making in Nursing Practice" Workshop for the Faculty SWGC, Presentation: "Ethical Principles in University Teaching" Invited Commentaries 2008 October 28, Western Canadian Philosophical Association, Commentary on Joel Buenting’s “Can Someone Choose Hell?” June, Congress of Learned Societies, Canadian Philosophical Association Commentary on Alex Sager’s “What Immigrants Owe Society: Obligations of Integration?” 2006 May 30, Canadian Philosophical Association. Commentary on D. Domsky’s “The Moral Irrelevance of Kinship and Community in an Environmental Ethic” 2005 October, Western Canadian Philosophical Association, University of Manitoba. Commentator on Allen Habin's paper "Are Wedding Vows Promises to the Spouse?" 2003 October, Western Canadian Philosophical Association, University of Lethbridge, commentator on Darren Domsky's paper "The Inadequacy of Callicott's Communitarian Environmental Ethic" 2000 May, Canadian Philosophical Association, University of Edmonton, commentator on Robert Murray's paper "In Defense of Consumption of Animals: A Criticism of Singer, Regan, and Rachels". 1999 June, Canadian Philosophical Association, Commentator on: Amy Marie-Gerard Francois "Racial and Ethno-cultural Categorization" S. Mason's "Narrative Ethics" Nicolos Dixon's "Alcohol and Rape" 1998 May, Canadian Philosophical Association, University of Ottawa Commentator on Robert Murray's paper "Does Kymlicka's Theory of Aboriginal Rights Deny Aboriginal Cultures?" 1997 June, Commenting on the following papers for the Symposium on Environmental Change and the Autonomy of Nature, MUN: Dean Bavington "The Iatrogenic Effects of Environmental Management: Servicing a Needy Nature?" Peter Miller "Forest Risks, Values, Policies and Management Strategies" Conference Organization 2008 Congress 2008, University of British Columbia. Co-organizer with Karen Zoppa of a Roundtable for the CPA’s Philosophy in the Schools Committee. Topic: Which Vision of Philosophy Belongs in the Schools? Program co-chair and paper referee for conference of the three day conference of the Canadian Society for the Study of Practical Ethics. November 7-8. With Lorraine Mayer, organized a workshop on the nature of Aboriginal rights as part of a conference organized by Sakej Henderson (Research Director, Native Law Centre of Canada, College of Law, University of Saskatchewan) and John Whyte (Senior Research Fellow, Saskatoon Institute of Public Policy). The conference was at the University of Saskatchewan. 2007 Congress, 2007, University of Saskatchewan. Program co-chair and paper referee for the Canadian Society for the Study of Practical Ethics’ three-day conference. 2004 Organized and chaired a symposium for the Canadian Philosophical Association conference at the University of Manitoba. Participants: Peter Miller, Bruce Morito, Janet Wesselius Topic: Philosophy in the 21st Century: Predictions and Prescriptions 2002 With philosopher Bruce Morito (Athabasca University) and political scientist Melissa Williams (University of Toronto), organized an interdisciplinary two-part Session for the Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities at the University of Toronto. Participants: Taiaiake Alfred, Lorraine Brundige, Paul Chartrand, Darlene Johnston. Topic: Aboriginal Voices and Aboriginal Rights 2001 Part of a four-member committee (Lorraine Brundige, David Kahane, Dale Turner) of the Canadian Philosophical Association organized a 3-day international conference and day long workshop that took place in Winnipeg, June 2001. Topic: Philosophy and Aboriginal Rights: Critical Dialogues 2000 Organized and chaired a second public forum on sustainable forest management, Sir Wilfred Grenfell College. Topic: “Is Forest Management in the Western NewfoundlanModelForestSustainable?” 1999 Sir Wilfred Grenfell College. Organized six member panel and chaired public forum. Topic: “Sustainable Forest Management in Newfoundland?” 1997 Five 5 day Environmental Ethics and Natural Resource Management Seminar at Sir Wilfred Grenfell College University Governance The University of Winnipeg Service to the Department and the University 2014-15 University Human Research Ethic’s Board (Appointed, Vice-President Research) Member, Human Rights and Global Studies Advisory Committee Member: Human Rights and Global Studies Review Committee UWFA Departmental representative 2010-11 Member Department Personal Committee Chair Department Curriculum Committee Acting Chair when Dr. Zupko was away. UWFA departmental representative Member UWFA Job Action Committee 2009-2011 Senate Committee on Ethics in Human Research and Scholarship 2009-2010 Student advisor, Winter Semester 2008-2009 Member of all departmental committees 2007-2009 Senate Academic Planning Committee 2007-2009 Senate Research Committee 2007-2008 Equity Consultant (Faculty and Director, Aboriginal Governance) 2007-2008 Member of all departmental committees Chair Colloquium and visiting speakers committee 2006-2007 Member of all departmental committees Co-chair visiting lecture and colloquium series 2006-2009 Member of Senate 2006-2007 President’s Advisory committee on Human Rights 2005-2006 Erica & Arnold Rogers Teaching and Learning Fund and the President’s Innovative Projects Fund (Committee) 2005-2006 Equity consultant (Sociology) 2005-2006 Member of all departmental committees 2004-2007 Senate Curriculum Review Committee 2004-2005 Member of all departmental committees 2003-2004 Department Curriculum Committee (Chair) Member of all departmental committees Equity Consultant (Biology and Physics) 2002-2003 Department Curriculum Committee (Chair) Member of all departmental committees 2001-2002 Department Curriculum Committee (Chair) Member all departmental committees 2000-2001 Member all departmental committees 2000-2002 Aboriginal Initiatives Committee 2000-2002 Senate Committee on Ethics in Human Research and Scholarship Sir Wilfred Grenfell College Department Level 1991-2000 Coordinator of Philosophy. Responsible for student advising, curriculum development, timetable and cooperation with Philosophy Department on St. John’s campus. College Level 1999-2000 Secretary, College Academic Council Academic Planning Committee Ethics Research Review Panel Ad hoc Committee to create Humanities Programme 1998-99 Secretary, College Academic Council Senate Subcommittee on Undergraduate Studies Ethics Research Review Panel Ad hoc Committee to create Humanities Programme 1997-98 Academic Planning Committee Ad hoc Committee to create Humanities Programme Chair, Ethics Research Review Panel 1995-96 Senate Committee on Committees, MUN Budget Advisory Committee, SWGC Ethics Review Committee Promotion and Tenure Committee (Principal’s appointee) Chair, Sexual Harassment Advisory Board, SWGC Ad hoc Women’s Studies Committee Ad hoc Committee to create Humanities Programme 1994-95 Senate Committee on Committees, MUN Steering Committee, College Academic Council Chair, Academic Planning Committee, SWGC Ethics Review Committee Sexual Harassment Advisory Board, SWGC Ad hoc Women’s Studies Committee Search Committee, Mathematics (1 tenure and 2 contractual positions) Search Committee, Physics 1993-94 Senate Committee on Committees, MUN Vice-Chairperson, College Academic Council, SWGC Steering Committee, College Academic Council Co-chair, Budget Advisory Committee, SWGC Ethics Review Committee Sexual Harassment Advisory Board, SWGC Search Committee, Physics Department, SWGC Search Committee, Literacy Instructional Assistant, Learning Centre Co-ordinated ad hoc Committee on Women’s Studies, SWGC 1992-93 Vice-Chairperson, College Academic Council, SWGC Steering Committee, College Academic Council Sexual Harassment Advisory Board, SWGC Search Committee, Dean of Arts, MUN Search Committee, English Department, SWGC Search Committee, Physics Department, SWGC 1991-92 Chair, Academic Planning Committee, SWGC Invited Participant, President’s Strategic Planning Workshops, MUN [if supportFields]><span style='mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>SEQ CHAPTER \h \r 1</span><![endif][if supportFields]><span style='mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]1990-91 Academic Planning Committee, SWGC Scholarly and Professional Activities External Granting Agency Committees 1998-2001 Member of the Project Review Committee for Goals 1 and 2, The Western Newfoundland Model Forest Journal Reviewer I have been invited to review articles for the following journals: Dialogue: Canadian Philosophical Review Environments Ethical Perspectives Health and Human Rights Journal Journal of Applied Philosophy The Canadian Journal of Native Studies Underneath the Golden Boy Conference Programme Co-Ordinator 2013-14 and 2014-2015, I was the Social and Political Philosophy Programme Area Coordinator for the CPA conferences. Conference Paper Reviewer 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2008, 2010: Paper reviewer for CPA conference. 2007, 2008 Reviewed all CSSPE conference submissions. 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2113, 2014: Judge for the CSSPE Student Essay Prize. Program Review Cognitive Science Programme, Carleton University. Community Service (Since 1990) Winnipeg 2014 February 26, Skywalk Lecture Title: The Sanctity of Life and Medically Assisted Death 2012 March 6 University of Winnipeg’s Distinguished Speakers at The Wellington Series, “Human Rights and Collective Rights: Can we have one without the other?” May 4, Visited Samir Hathout’s philosophy class, Garden City Collegiate, Topic: “Indigenous Rights and Justice for Indigenous Peoples in Canada,” May 11, Keynote speaker: Mass Appraisal Conference, Winnipeg, “Are there some things it is wrong to own?” 2011 May 12, Interviewed on the CBC radio program The Current. I was asked to comment on whether Premier Greg Selinger’s decision ‘to sacrifice the few for the many” in approving the Assiniboine River diversion was morally appropriate. November 2, Fred Douglas Place Lecture Series, “What is Enough? The answer depends on what you decide is in the moral community.” 2009 December 7, 8:00-9:00 a.m. University of Winnipeg Radio station, CKUW. Interviewed by Les Sabiston. Program: People of Interest. Topic: Brewster Kneen’s Tyranny of Rights Member of Manitoba’s Philosophy in the Schools Committee 2008 Feb. 5, Wellington House Lecture Series Invited Lecture: Non-Aboriginal Treaty Rights. March 11, Asper Jewish Community Campus, Music’N’ Mavens series Invited lecture: Do Human Rights Exist? November 19, Skywalk Lecture Talk: Eurocentric Philosophy and Aboriginal Rights: Are They Compatible? November 20, UNESCO’s World Philosophy Day, Public Lecture, co-sponsored by the Manitoba Philosophy in the Schools Committee and Global College. Title: Power and Rights: A Re-Vision of Canada November 22, Manitoba Child Care Association, Professional Development Day Lecture and workshop Leader, Topic: Ethics and Young Children Member of Manitoba’s Philosophy in the Schools Committee 2007 University Women’s Club Organized six (6) lecture course for February and March. Arthur Schaffer and Kira Tomsons (members of the Philosophy Department at the University of Manitoba) and I each provided two lectures for the series. Topic: Hard Choices: Discussions on Current Ethical Problems My lectures: Justifying Moral Decision Making in the Western Philosophical Tradition Establishing a Relationship between Aboriginal Peoples and Non-Aboriginal Governments in Canada Member of Manitoba’s Philosophy in the Schools Committee 2006 November 17, World Philosophy Day Presentation with Lorraine Mayer: Philosophies and Aboriginal Rights November 15, University of Winnipeg Students’ Association Panelist: Health care: the public vs. the private debate. Nov.29. Fred Douglas Place Lecture Presentation: Non-Aboriginal Treaty rights 2005 November 17 Assisted University of Manitoba students to organize the 1st annual World Philosophy Day Presentation: Canada: The Unjust Society? Guest lecturer, Karen Zoppa’s philosophy class, Collegiate, the University of Winnipeg. Topic: Aboriginal Rights and non-Aboriginal governments Newfoundland and Labrador 2000 Member: Ethics Committee, Western Health Care Corps Membership on Working Groups and Committees in the Western Newfoundland Model Forest: Criteria and Indicators Committee; Proposal Review Committee 2; Integrated Resource Management Assembly; "Expert" for Criterion 5 (Benefits to Society) and Criteria 6 (Public Involvement and Commitment) Committees; Pine Martin Working Group; Education Working Group Member: Citizen's Advisory Group monitoring the implementation of five-year operational plan for Forest Management District 15. 1999 Chair: Organizing committee to create an Ethics Committee for Health and Community Services in Western Newfoundland. May 1999: Invited participant at National Forest Strategy Congress, Ottawa 1998 Trustee, Western Region Community Health Board Member Ethics Committee, Western Health Care Corps May, Invited participant National Forest Strategy Congress, Ottawa. Panel with two medical ethicists, Global TV, Topic: Should everyone who contracted hepatitis B through Canada's blood supply system be compensated? Membership on Working Groups and Committees in the WNMF: Criteria and Indicators Committee; Proposal Review Committee 2; Integrated Resource Management Assembly; "Expert" for Criterion 5 (Benefits to Society) and Criteria 6 (Public Involvement and Commitment) Committees; Pine Martin Working Group; Education Working Group; Member Citizen's Advisory Group monitoring the implementation of the five-year operational plan for Forest Management District 15 1997 Ethics Consultant, Ethics Committee, Newfoundland Medical Association Member, Education Working Group, WNMF WNMF's representative Enhanced Aboriginal Involvement Working Group, Model Forest Network Committee Trustee, Western Region Community Health Board September, Invited Participant National Forest Strategy Regional Forum, Dartmouth, September 22 & 23 1996 Ethics Consultant, Ethics Committee, Newfoundland Medical Association Member, Education Working Group, WNMF Trustee, Western Region Community Health Board 1995 Ethics Consultant, Ethics Committee, Newfoundland Medical Association Member, Education Working Group, WNMF Trustee, Western Region Community Health Board, Appointed by Minister of Health 1994 Ethics Consultant, Ethics Committee, Newfoundland Medical Association Environmental Ethics and Moral Problems, Expert On-Line for Stem~Net February, Interviewed, CBC Radio, St. John’s Topic: Should the Newfoundland Government seek economic cooperation with China when the Chinese Government continues to violate the human rights of its citizens? March, Interviewed for a CBC (St. John’s) TV documentary Topic: Is the new federal liberal government’s decision to discuss the universality of social programmes a signal that these programmes will be eroded in ways that will generate injustice? Member, Education Working Group, Western Newfoundland Model Forest (WNMF) Trustee, Western Region Community Health Board, Appointed by Minister of Health 1992-93 Philosophy Course, Pasadena Academy The Philosophy Department provided, without pay, a course to an exchange student from Portugal attending High School in Pasadena. He required this course to meet university entrance requirements in Portugal. Ethics Consultant, Ethics Committee, Newfoundland Medical Association April, Two Presentations, Regina High School, Corner Brook Topic: Understanding and Morally Assessing Euthanasia 1991-92 President, Corner Brook Branch Humanities Association Grenfell Centennial Committee, SWGC Ethics Consultant, Ethics Committee, Newfoundland Medical Association February, Presentation to Corner Brook Branch of the Newfoundland Nurses Association Topic: The Code: Is it Essential to Nursing practice in the 90’s? 1990-91 President, Corner Brook Branch Humanities Association Ongoing Professional Memberships American Philosophical Association Member, Committee on the Status of Indigenous Philosophy Canadian Philosophical Association Canadian Political Science Association Midwest Political Science Association Canadian Society for the Study of Practical Ethics Vice-president 2008-2012 President 2012-