Events

Capture d’écran, le 2026-03-22 à 12.11.25

De choses à êtres sentients : 10 ans après la réforme du droit animalier

When: 15 May 2026 – 16 May 2026 all-day

Where: Cinema DeSève followed by a reception in the lobby J.W. McConnell Building (library) at Concordia University, 1400 Blv. De Maisonneuve West, Montreal

Join us for the first symposium of the Observatoire québécois de droit animalier in collaboration with the Social Justice Centre (SJC) and the Centre for Research in Ethics (CRÉ), with the support of Université de Sherbrooke and Chambre des notaires du Québec.

David J. Holroyd (University of Sheffield)

When: 26 May 2026 @ 12:00 – 13:30

Where: Room 309, CRE, hybrid, 2910 Edouard-Montpetit, Montreal

Presentation titled "Navigating the Leviathan: A Skeptical Ethos for Animal Politics."

Animals at Large: Critical Animal Studies Perspectives on Wild, Feral, and Free-Living Animals

When: 6 August 2026 – 7 August 2026 all-day

Where: SHIFT Centre for Social Transformation, J.W. McConnell Building, Concordia University, 1400 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.

Co-organized by the Canadian Society for Critical Animal Studies, the Centre interuniversitaire de recherche en éthique (CRÉ) and the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University, the Groupe de recherche en éthique animale et environnementale (GREEA) and the Observatoire québécois en droit animalier (OQDA) based at the Université de Sherbrooke.