Oswald G. Harding Essay Competition
NATIONAL BIOETHICS COMMITTEE OF JAMAICA (NBCJ)CALL FOR PAPERS: Oswald G. Harding Essay Competition We are inviting papers from students who are currently enrolled in high school in Jamaica. | READ MORE
29th Session of the IBC, Joint Session of the IBC/IGBC, and12th Session COMEST
NATIONAL BIOETHICS COMMITTEE OF JAMAICA (NBCJ)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 […]
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Preparatory NBCJ meeting
NATIONAL BIOETHICS COMMITTEE OF JAMAICA (NBCJ)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. | READ MORE
CONDOLENCE: Sarah Newland Martin
NATIONAL BIOETHICS COMMITTEE OF JAMAICA (NBCJ)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. | READ MORE
Philosophy Day – National Bioethics Committee of Jamaica (NBCJ)
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. | READ MORE
World Philosophy Day 2021
International ObservancesWorld 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. | READ MORE
Cheryl Brown passing
NATIONAL BIOETHICS COMMITTEE OF JAMAICA (NBCJ)It is with a heavy heart that we inform you of the passing of Cheryl Brown on Sunday 7 March 2021. Cheryl was not only a brilliant attorney-at-law, who has contributed tremendously to the work of the IBC with her sharp and inspiring mind from 2010 to 2017, but also […]
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