Barbara Farlow BEngSci, MBA

Member; Patients for Patient Safety Canada (a global network of patient safety champions initiated by the WHO World Alliance for Patient Safety)

Appointed Member; Communication and Information Advisory Committee, Canadian Patient Safety Institute.

Appointed Member: World Alliance for Patient Safety – Imperial College, London Technology for Patient Safety Program. (‘Making Technology Safer’ working group)

Appointed Member Advisory Council , DeVeber Institute of Bioethics

Invited Participant, International Consultation Meeting, WHO World Alliance for Patient Safety, Safe Childbirth Checklist

Past Conferences, Speaking Engagements, Publications about Annie's Story
(November 2006-Present)


Manitoba Health Region, Grand Ethics Rounds, Annie's story, November, 2009

St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ask, Listen Talk; patient safety week, Annie's story, November 1, 2009

McGill Medical School, Montreal, October, 2009

 Publication: "Misgivings," Hastings Center Report 39, no 5 (2009): 19-21

Inspiring Possibilities Annual Community Living Ontario Conference: Speaker: “Acting Ethically in Difficult Times” June, 2009

Seattle Children’s Hospital Pediatric Ethics Conference; Predicting Our Future; Genetic Testing in Children and Their Families, Seattle Children’s Hospital. Poster Title; “Adverse Consequences of Genetic Labeling; Disparities in Health Care Delivery” July, 2008.


Ontario Hospital Association, Using the Lived Experience, Patient-Centred Care Conference “Annie’s Story.” June, 2008


Community Living Ontario, Citizenship, Define it! Desire it! Demand it! “Advocating for the Vulnerable in the Health Care System.” June, 2008.


Sue Macrae Annual Lecture on Ethics and Patient-Centred Care, “Making Tough Decisions Together; A Families Perspective of the Vital Importance of Ethics and Patient-Centred Care.” University of Toronto, Joint Centre for Bioethics, June, 2008.


Publication: Paediatric and Child Health, “The Decision to Accept Disability: The Experience and Perspective of One Family.” May, 2008.


Publication: Psychiatric Patient Advocacy Office (Ontario), “Annie’s Story: A Canary in the Mine of Medical Ethics.” 25th Anniversary Special Report, May, 2008

 
Alberta Provincial Health Ethics Network, Between a Rock and a Hard Place, “Moral Distress among Families and Caregivers: A Personal Account,” May, 2008


Canadian Down Syndrome Society, National Conference, “The Tragic Healthcare Experience of One Infant with Predicted Disabilities; Advocating for Understanding and Change” Ottawa, May 2008.
 

International Symposium on Rapid Response Systems and Medical Emergency Teams, Invited member of Consensus Team (with upcoming publication) May, 2008


Publication: Hospital News, April, 2008. “End-of-Life Care: An Issue of Patient Safety”


Graduate Law School Class, Osgoode Hall Law School, Toronto, with Professor R. Mykitiuk, January, 2008

 
Current Directions, International Symposium on Disability and Euthanasia, “Annie’s Story“, Toronto, November, 2007


One Origin, One Life, One Earth, Genetics/Ethics Conference, “Annie’s Story,” Calgary, November 2007


McGill Medical School, Montreal, November 2007


McGill Genetics Department, Montreal, November 2007
 

Ethics and Mediation Workshop, “Annie’s Story,” Winnipeg Regional Health Authority, October 2007.


World Alliance for Patient Safety, “Annie’s Story,” Geneva, Switzerland.  July 2007


Pan-American Health Organization, Regional Workshop of Patients for Patient Safety – Patient Safety Solutions, Invited participant, Chicago, June  2007

 
Ethics Matters, International Conference of Clinical Ethics and Consultation, “Why Ethics Matters, One Family’s Perspective” Toronto June, 2007


University of Toronto, Genetics Department, May, 2007


Deliberative Democracy Study, (Dr. Michael Burgess) Speaker, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, April, 2007


McMaster Medical School, April, 2007

 
Ontario Respiratory College, Education Day, “Annie’s Story,” November 2006