Applications Now Open for CPL Bioethics Symposium 2025!

This June 5-7, 2025, Canadian Physicians for Life will host a Bioethics Symposium convening medical students, residents, and early practice physicians for an intensive socratic discussion seminar on “Exploring the Dignity of Difference.”

Through a competitive application process, the cohort will be composed of top up-and-coming medical professionals from across the country who cover a range of specializations. 

Before arriving at the seminar, each participant will read through a package of selected texts curated to give a deep dive into the philosophical foundations of medical ethics. The reader gives participants access to some of the most important thinkers in the intellectual tradition of conscience, vulnerability, human rights, and human flourishing. 

This intellectual retreat is an experience like no other. Come be challenged, renewed, and uplifted for the work you do every day. 

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, so please apply as soon as possible.

Selected participants are only required to pay a $100 fee. Other expenses, including: travel to Ottawa, accommodations, and meals will be covered thanks to the generosity of CPL donors who believe in investing in life-affirming professionals.

Please help us spread the word to those to whom you think this opportunity would be of interest and benefit.

To learn more and to apply, click here.