• Workshop on the Philosophy of Mental Health @ Université du Québec à Montréal

    9 h 30 – 17 h 00

    You are cordially invited to a workshop on the philosophy of mental health, scheduled for May 28, 2026, from 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The event will take place in room W-5305 of the Thérèse-Casgrain Building at the Université du Québec à Montréal, located at 455 René-Lévesque Boulevard East in Montreal.

    Schedule:

    Morning session, chaired by Anne-Marie Gagné-Julien (Université Laval)

    • 9:30 a.m. – 9:40 a.m.: Opening remarks
    • 9:40 a.m. – 10:25 a.m.: Sandrine Renaud (Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières), “Injustices Experienced by Adults Diagnosed with Psychotic Disorders in Mental Health Care: A Scoping Review”
    • 10:25 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.: Break
    • 10:30 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.: Axel Constant (University of Sussex), “The participatory stance: A veritistic social epistemology for patient knowledge”
    • 11:15 a.m. – 11:20 a.m.: Break
    • 11:20 a.m. – 12:05 p.m.: Shannon Mahony and Owen Chevalier, “Beyond listening: epistemic conflict in anorexia nervosa and the participatory solution”
    • 12:05 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.: Lunch

    Afternoon session (I), chaired by Luc Faucher (Université du Québec à Montréal)

    • 1:30 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.: Ian Gold (McGill University), “Devices and Delusions: James Tilly Matthews and the Air Loom”
    • 2:15 p.m. – 2:20 p.m.: Break
    • 2:20 p.m. – 3:05 p.m.: Alexandre Poisson (Université du Québec à Montréal), “Autistic Expertise Matters: from Participatory Autism in Research to a Participatory Philosophy of Autism”
    • 3:05 p.m. – 3:20 p.m.: Break

    Afternoon session (II), chaired by Ian Gold (McGill University)

    • 3:20 p.m. – 4:05 p.m.: Matthew Valiquette (McGill University), “Towards a Culture of Quantification: Machine-Learning in Mental Health”
    • 4:05 p.m. – 4:10 p.m.: Break
    • 4:10 p.m. – 4:55 p.m.: Florence Legault, “Epistemic injustices in healthcare: rethinking the agency of individuals diagnosed with borderline personality disorder through an enactive and ecological view of cognition”
    • 4:55 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.: Closing remarks

    The registration deadline is Sunday, May 24, 2026. To register, please scan the QR code below.

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