Focus Groups: Food Traditions and Genetically Modified Foods: DKE is assisting Praxis Pacific with a series of focus groups that seek to determine how food and dietary practices of various religious, philosophical and cultural traditions may be affected by the genetic modification of food.  The research, conducted by the University of Victoria's Centre for Studies in Religion and Society, is surveying representatives of the Jewish, Muslim, Christian, Hindu, Buddhist and ethical/vegan/vegetarian traditions. Web reference: http://web.uvic.ca/csrs/

Democracy, Ethics and Genomics Focus Groups:  On behalf of Praxis Pacific, DKE handled arrangements and participant liaison for a series of ten focus groups on the ethics of genetic banking and genomics research on salmon.  Researchers from the W. Maurice Young Centre for Applied Ethics at the University of British Columbia led this project. 

Canadian Association of Nurses in AIDS Care (CANAC) 10^th Annual Conference:  DKE assisted CANAC with the planning and execution of its national conference, which was held in Vancouver in April 2002.  The conference theme was Social Justice: the Essence of HIV/AIDS Nursing.  DKE was responsible for pre-registration, venue arrangements, and volunteer management for this 200-attendee four-day meeting, which also included a public lecture as part of its opening day.  On this assignment, the firm worked with a 12-person advisory committee.

Keeping the Door Open: Health, Addictions and Social Justice Conference: For the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS at Vancouver's St. Paul's Hospital, DKE coordinated  a 2-day, 200-attendee professional conference.  DKE also secured an appropriate venue in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside for a very successful public dinner associated with the conference (2000).