Date & time
Friday, October 30, 2026
9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Workshops & seminars
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Book Workshop Animals and the Right to Politics
with Sue Donaldson and Will Kymlicka
Format
In-person
Speaker(s)
Will Kymlicka, Sue Donaldson
Cost
This event is free.
Organization
Contact
Where
SHIFT Centre for Social Transformation
J.W. McConnell Building
1400 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.
Room LB-145 (Conference room)
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Book workshop on Animals and the Right to Politics by Sue Donaldson and Will Kymlicka (Oxford University Press, 2025).
By invitation only. This workshop is not a public event.
Commentaries by:
- Virginie Simoneau-Gilbert (Queen’s University)
- Kristin Voigt (McGill University)
- Yann Allard-Tremblay (McGill University)
- Daniel Weinstock (McGill University)
- Christiane Bailey (Concordia University)
Schedule
Friday, October 30, 2026
9:00–9:30 – Welcome, breakfast, and introduction
9:30–10:30 – Virginie Simoneau-Gilbert (Queen’s University): Animal Minds and Politics: Greta the Goat, Political Bees, and Other Challenges
10:30–11:00 – BREAK
11:00–12:00 – Kristin Voigt (McGill University)
12:00–13:00 – LUNCH
13:00–14:00 – Yann Allard-Tremblay (McGill University)
14:00–15:00 – Christiane Bailey (Concordia University): Governing (with) Animals: Towards Zoonclusive Polities
15:00–15:30 – BREAK
15:30–16:30 – Daniel Weinstock (McGill University)
Co-organizers
This event is co-organized by the Centre de recherche en éthique (CRÉ), the Social Justice Centre at Concordia, the APPLE group (Animals in Philosophy, Politics, Law, and Ethics), the Groupe de recherche en éthique environnementale et animale (GREEA), and the Observatoire québécois en droit animalier (OQDA).
