The Centre de recherche en éthique de Montréal is delighted to invite you to the conference on the Global South, Pluralism and Political Activism, to be held online via Zoom, on May 26 and 27, from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Montreal time (GMT-4). To participate, click here (meeting ID: 842 1731 3838 and password: 699766).

Conference description

Contemporary societies are riven by moral disagreement on fundamental questions of human rights, dignity and how governments and societies deal with diversity of mores and beliefs.

The Centre de Recherche en Éthique (CRÉ) in Montreal, Canada, is inviting you to participate in a colloquium aimed at exploring the ethical considerations surrounding pluralism and social and political activism, as well as strategies for achieving local and global change. The conference on the Global South, Pluralism and Political Activism aims to enable students to exchange ideas across borders and forge lasting connections.

Conference schedule

The symposium will take place online via Zoom on May 26 and 27, 2025, from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Montreal time (GMT-4). Schedules will be chosen according to speakers’ time zones. Sessions will last approximately 50 minutes each – 10 minutes presentation, followed by 10 minutes commentary and 30 minutes discussion.

Detailed schedule

NOTE : Please note that all times are Montreal time (GMT-4).

DAY 1 – 26 MAY 2025

• 9:00 a.m. – 9:20 a.m.: Opening remarks by Ernest-Marie Mbonda (Université catholique d’Afrique centrale, UQAM, Cégep de Sherbrooke)
• 9:20 a.m. – 10:10 a.m.: Georges Claude Deutou Pouleu (Université de Douala/Laboratoire d’Éthique – UCAC), “L’éthique de la désobéissance civile et le façonnement des sociétés africaines futures”
• 10:10 a.m. – 10:20 a.m.: Break
• 10:20 a.m. – 11:10 a.m.: Vetinkpon Gilbert Kingbe (Université d’Abomey-Calavi – Benin), “Entre gouttes et vagues : le droit à l’eau au Bénin sous le prisme de la justice constitutionnelle”
• 11:10 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.: Smaïlou Adam Chabi (Université Cheikh Anta DIOP de Dakar), “Discrimination positive et promotion des droits des femmes au Bénin”

DAY 2 – 27 MAY 2025

• 9:00 a.m. – 9:50 a.m.: Kakmeni Yametchoua Schaller Jean (Université de Douala), “La dot en Afrique : libération ou marginalisation de la femme”
• 9:50 a.m. – 10:40 a.m.: Djia Tchadja Jude Voltaire (Université Catholique du Cameroun, Bamenda), “Injustice épistémique, auto-efficacité et engagement politique des jeunes en Afrique”
• 10:40 a.m. – 10:50 a.m.: Break
• 10:50 a.m. – 11:40 a.m.: Mamadou Lamine NGOM (Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar), “De l’idée d’un pluralisme écologique actif : entre injustices environnementales et « universalisme »”
• 11:40 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.: Yawovi Agbonkou (Sorbonne Université), “Justice sociale et participation citoyenne : le cas de l’espace civique au Togo”
• 12:30 p.m.: Closing remarks by members of the organizing committee and end of conference

If you have any questions, please write to us at the following address : colloquedusudglobalcre2025@gmail.com.

Organized by Ernest Mbonda (Catholic University of Central Africa), Christian Nadeau (Université de Montréal), Thomas Emmaüs Adetou (Université de Montréal) and Virginie Simoneau-Gilbert (Université d’Oxford).