As part of the activities of the CRÉ’s Environmental and Animal Ethics research axis, Valéry Giroux (Université de Montréal), Virginie Simoneau-Gilbert (Queen’s University) and Christiane Bailey (Concordia University) are organizing a discussion workshop on the latest book by Sue Donaldson (Queen’s University) and Will Kymlicka (Queen’s University), “Animals and the Right to Politics” (Oxford University Press, 2025). The workshop will take place on Friday, October 30, 2026, at the SHIFT Centre for Social Transformation, Concordia University.

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)

*This workshop is not a public event.

Schedule

Friday, October 30, 2026

9:00–9:30 – Welcome 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): Title TBD

12:00–13:00 – LUNCH

13:00–14:00 – Yann Allard-Tremblay (McGill University): Title TBD

14:00–15:00 – Daniel Weinstock (McGill University): Title TBD

15:00–15:30 – BREAK

15:30–16:30 – Christiane Bailey (Concordia University): Governing with Animals: Towards Inclusive Zoopolities