• Plenary conference given during Journées annuelles de santé publique (JASP)

    Posted on 17 February 2018

    On December 5th 2017, Frédéric Bouchard gave the Plenary inaugural conference during the Journées annuelles de santé publiques (JASP), at the Centre des congrès de Québec. Reacting to the ubiquity of fake news and recent poll numbers on the (lack of) confidence of citizens towards experts, Mr. Bouchard introduced participants to various philosophical theories of expertise. […]

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  • UdeM: Nomination as Dean of the Faculty of arts and sciences

    Posted on 2 August 2017

    Since June 1st 2017, Frédéric Bouchard is the new Dean of the Faculty of arts and sciences (FAS) of Université de Montréal (UdeM). After serving as Deputy Vice-Rector for Research, Creation, Discovery and Innovation, M. Bouchard will now serve as Dean of the FAS, thus succeeding to Tania Sabia who was interim Dean for the […]

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  • Presidency of the 85th Congress of Acfas at McGill University

    Posted on 2 August 2017

    On May 9th, at McGill University, Frédéric Bouchard, president of l’Association francophone pour le savoir (ACFAS) inaugurated the 85th congress of the association in the presence of Mélanie Joly, Minister of Canadian Heritage, Dominique Anglade, Minister of Economy, Science and Innovation, Richard Bergeron, Member of the Executive Committee of the city of Montreal, Suzanne Fortier, […]

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  • Presidency of the 84th Congress of Acfas at UQAM

    Posted on 20 July 2016

    On May 9th, 2016, Frédéric Bouchard, President of Association francophone pour le savoir (Acfas), opened the 84th Congress of Acfas at Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) in the presence of Denis Coderre, Honorary President of the Congress and Mayor of the city of Montreal, and Dominique Anglade, Minister of Economy, Science and Innovation in Quebec. […]

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  • Newly elected President of ACFAS

    Posted on 11 December 2015

    On December 10 2015, Frédéric Bouchard, Deputy Vice-Rector for Research, Creation, Discovery and Innovation and professor of philosophy at Université de Montréal, was elected as President of Association francophone pour le savoir (ACFAS) for two years. Depuis le début, l’Acfas a cherché à susciter des vocations, attiser des passions, transmettre la soif de découvertes Je […]

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  • Research at UdeM: Nomination as Deputy Vice-Rector

    Posted on 9 December 2015

    November 17 2015, Frédéric Bouchard, professor of philosophy and first holder of the Esope Chair at Université de Montréal (UdeM), has been named Deputy Vice-Rector for Research, Creation, Discovery and Innovation. As Deputy Vice-Rector, Frédéric Bouchard will share his work with Marie-Josée Hébert (Vice-Rector) and Michel Bouvier (Deputy Vice-Rector), as part of a new approach […]

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  • Philosophy of Biology in Canada: inaugural CPA/CJP symposium

    Posted on 17 October 2015

    During the 2015 annual meeting of the Canadian Philosophical Association (CPA), Frédéric Bouchard, then-president of the CPA, opened the inaugural session of a series of symposia co-organized with the Canadian Journal of Philosophy (CJP), called “Philosophy in Canada”. The inaugural symposium was on the topic of philosophy of biology in Canada. As part of this symposium, Frédéric […]

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  • Frédéric Bouchard aux Journées de la relève en recherche

    Conferences: orientation for the next wave of researchers

    Posted on 28 September 2015

    As part of the “Journées de la relève en recherche” organized by the Association francophone pour le savoir (ACFAS) and the graduate students consultation led by the Comité intersectoriel étudiant of the Québec’s research funding agency (FRQ) (September 24 and 25 2015), Frédéric Bouchard gave two conferences. “Excellence en recherche” Journées de la relève en […]

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  • The state of research and innovation in Québec: conference at QuébecInnove

    Posted on 22 September 2015

    For the first meeting of QuébecInnove (Sept 21 2015), Frédéric Bouchard, director of CIRST, gave the keynote conference on the state of Research and Innovation in Québec (FR) PDF of the powerpoint (in FR): BouchardQuébecInnove.pdf The presention was based on the expertise of many CIRST members. The edited volume “Sciences, technologies et sociétés: de A à Z” comprises many […]

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  • “Research 101” : understanding Quebec’s research system

    Posted on 17 August 2015

    A joint workshop with Louise Dandurand, ACFAS’ president and Frédéric Bouchard, director of the CIRST, during the “Journées de la relève en recherche” organized by the ACFAS in 2014

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