May 19, 2026
12 p.m. – 1 p.m. (Eastern Time)
Online
Hosted by the Centre for Safeguarding Minors and Vulnerable Adults (CPCS)
When Gladys Hunt asks herself, “what is home?” her answer, “a safe place,” captures well the ideal of home. However, the realities of domestic violence have challenged this ideal. If there is some degree of social awareness of the dangerous power imbalances within the home, a less studied phenomena are the ethical challenges and vulnerability care aides face as they provide care to older adults living at home. My goal in this presentation is to highlight the ethical dilemmas encountered by care aides, their vulnerability and the solutions they propose to resolve these issues.
Prof. Monique Lanoix
Dr. Monique Lanoix is an associate professor at Saint Paul University in Ottawa, specializing in ethics, feminist philosophy and the philosophy of care. She is director of the School of Ethics and Public Affairs and co-director of the Centre for Research in Public Ethics and Governance. Her research focuses on the ethics of care, aging and long-term care, and her work has been published in journals such as Hypatia, Journal of Medical Ethics and International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics. Professor Lanoix has also contributed to research projects on aging and community care.
