Michael Yeo
Biography
- PhD Thesis: Creative Adequation: Merleau-Ponty's Philosophy of Philosophy
- upon finishing PhD, accepted position as Research Associate, Westminster Institute for Ethics and Human Values
- worked as ethicist for Canadian Medical Association for 6 years
- have worked with numerous organizations on ethics issues (Canadian Nurses Association, College of Family Physicians of Canada, College of Nurses of Ontario, Ontario Police College, etc.).
- cross-appointed to?Northern Ontario School of Medicine as member of Theme II re: Personal and Professional Aspects of Medicine
- member of Ethics Committee of College of Family Physicians of Canada?
Education
- BA, Philosophy and English, York University
- MA, Philosophy, McMaster University
- PhD, Philosophy, McMaster University
Academic Appointments
- Full Professor of Philosophy, 黑料吃瓜不打烊
- Cross-appointment to Northern Ontario School of Medicine?
Research
???- main area of research is ethics and public policy
- ?currently researching in three related and overlapping areas:
- a) the tension and relationship between science and values in public policy;
- b) ethics and professionalism in medicine
Awards
- Virtual Scholar, Inter-Agency Panel on Research Ethics, SSHRC $25,000
Teaching
Fall 2016?I will be teaching:?
- Human Studies PhD?6156: Interdisciplinary Theory
- Early Modern Philosophy
- Existentialism
I will also be teaching in the Northern Ontario School of Medicine.?
Publications
Yeo, M. (2015). No Integration without Differentiation: A Critical Look at Integrative Studies. In?Perspectives in Interdisciplinary and Integrative Studies. Eds. P. Hughes, J. Munoz, and M. Tanner. Lubock, Tx: Texas Tech University Press, 38-53; 221-221.
Ketchen, J., Yeo, M. (2015). Of Sheep, Shepherds, and a Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing: The Cynical View of Politics in?House of Cards?and Plato’s?Republic. In?Philosophy and House of Cards. Ed. J. Hackett. London: Blackwell Publishing, pp. 5-16.?
Yeo, Michael.?(2014). Fault lines at the interface of science and policy: Interpretative responses to the trial of scientists in L'Aquila.?Earth-Science Reviews 139, 406–419
Yeo, Michael. (2014). Implications of 21st century science for nursing care: interpretations and issues.?Nursing Philosophy?15, 238–249, doi: 10.1111/nup.12069? ??
Ogle, K., Sullivan, B., and Yeo, M. K (2013). Teaching ethics in family medicine: Introducing a faculty handbook.?Canadian Family Physician, vol. 59, no. 10, 1126-1127.
Yeo, Michael. (2012). An Agenda for Service Learning in the Humanities. Interdisciplinary Humanities (29)3: 159-176,
Piper, Linda A., and Michael Yeo. (2011). Ecolabels, Ecocertification, and Ecotourism.?Sustainable Tourism: Socio-Cultural, Environmental and Economics Impact, Opatjja, Croatia: University of Rijeka, 279-254.?