Planning Committee

The planning committee is comprised of individuals with extensive expertise in the field of medical assistance in dying. Members of the planning committee are selected to ensure a diversity of opinion and breadth of scope. 

Members of the planning committee are responsible for selecting authors, topics, and reviewers for the Canadian Journal of MAiD.

Planning committee members shall disclose any relationships or activities that may bias their role and shall recuse themselves from reviews or decisions that pose a potential conflict of interest.

 

Barbara Pesut
Principal Research Chair (Tier 1) in Palliative and End of Life Care and Professor, School of Nursing, UBC.
Associate Dean of Research (Interim), Faculty of Health and Social Development

 

Tavis Apramian
MA, MSc, MD, PhD, CCFP(PC)
Palliative Care Physician, Kensington Hospice
Clinician-Investigator and Scientist, Office of Education Scholarship, Department of Family and Community Medicine and Scientist, University of Toronto

 

Konia Trouton
BSc MD MPH FCFP
Clinical Professor, Department of Family Medicine UBC
Co-founder and Past President, CAMAP
Member, MAiD Death Review Committee, Office of the Chief Coroner, Ontario