National Bioethics Committee of Jamaica (NBCJ) News

NBCJ meeting, 26 September 2024

The agenda will focus on World Philosophy Day and results of Oswald Harding essay competition

Oswald G. Harding Essay Competition

CALL FOR PAPERS: Oswald G. Harding Essay Competition We are inviting papers from students who are currently enrolled in high school in Jamaica.January 22, 2024 | READ MORE

World Philosophy Day 2023

WORLD PHILOSOPHY DAY, 17 November 2022

29th Session of the IBC, Joint Session of the IBC/IGBC, and12th Session COMEST

The public meetings of the 29th Ordinary Session of the International Bioethics Committee (IBC), the Joint Session of the IBC and the Intergovernmental Bioethics Committee (IGBC), and the 12th Extraordinary Session of the World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology (COMEST) will take place at UNESCO Headquarters […]

Preparatory NBCJ meeting

The new and returning members of the National Bioethics Committee of  Jamaica (NBCJ) met in an online meeting on 25 August to be sensitized on the work of the Committee. See some members in photo with members of JNC-UNESCO.August 29, 2022 | READ MORE

CONDOLENCE: Sarah Newland Martin

The Chair, Board and staff of the Jamaica National Commission for UNESCO regret the passing of Sarah Newland Martin, champion of the disabled, and a paralympian. She passed away in hospital Wednesday morning, 8 June 2022.June 8, 2022 | READ MORE

Philosophy Day – National Bioethics Committee of Jamaica (NBCJ)

“One of the painful aspects of coming to terms with one’s inevitable aging is the realization of how many of the pivotal historical events in one’s life not only mean nothing, but are barely even known, to a younger generation.” Charles W.November 29, 2021 | READ MORE

World Philosophy Day 2021

World Philosophy Day 2021 was celebrated by UWI/UNESCO 0n 18 November on the theme “The Human Condition in Times of Crisis: Mitigating the Challenges of Life During a Pandemic”. https://www.November 23, 2021 | READ MORE

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