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Early Bird discount prices in effect until July 1, 2016

The Conference
The Faculty of Nursing Sciences at Universit Laval, Quebec City, Canada and the unit for Philosophical
Nursing Research (uPNR), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, in association with the International
Philosophy of Nursing Society (IPONS), are pleased to announce a distinctive conference that brings
together - for the first time - the 20th Annual International Philosophy of Nursing Conference and
the 12th Philosophy in the Nurses World Conference in a unique joint event that will provide
opportunities for discussing the past and current state as well as future contributions of philosophy and
critical theory to the discipline and practice of nursing.
When and Where
August 22-24, 2016
Hilton Quebec, Quebec City, Canada
Who Should Attend
Nurses, philosophers and students. Conference will be presented in English and French.
Keynotes
Babette Babich Life is a test: Heidegger on Technology, Illich and Skrabanek on Screening, and
Nietzsche on Sickness
Barbara Pesut - Profits and Prophets: Derrida on Linguistic Bereavement and (Im)possibility in Nursing
Paul Snelling - The subversion of Mill and the ultimate aim of nursing
Dave Holmes - Power, discourse and resistance: post-structuralist influences in nursing research

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