ACFAS | Frédéric Bouchard

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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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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Quebec and Canada’s annual budget: interview in Le Devoir on the impacts on research
Posted on 2 August 2017
On april 8th 2017, Frédéric Bouchard, president of l’Association francophone pour le savoir (Acfas) gave an interview to Le Devoir newspaper on the major differences between funds allocated to research in both Quebec and Canada’s annual budgets. While Quebec’s budget was met with relief by M. Bouchard, Canada’s budget was a source of concerns. Such responses […]

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Scientific culture, SQRI & knowledge-based society: interviews of Frédéric Bouchard in Le Devoir
Posted on 20 February 2017
On February 18th 2017, the Quebec newspaper Le Devoir publishes two interviews with Frédéric Bouchard, president of the Association francophone pour le savoir (Acfas) and Deputy Vice-Rector for Research, Creation, Discovery and Innovation at Université de Montréal, on the social, political and economic role of the scientific culture in Quebec and the high significance of […]

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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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Research and innovation in Québec: ACFAS’ president urges the government to take action
Posted on 26 March 2016
In the course of the cabinet reshuffle and the presentation of the 2016 provincial budget, ACFAS’ president, Frédéric Bouchard, urged the Québec government to use all required means for making stronger connections between research and innovation in all sectors of society and in all fields. Il faut développer notre plein potentiel en recherche et innovation pour […]

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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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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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“L’importance de la recherche”: Op-Ed in La Presse
Posted on 18 August 2015
In the August 18 2015 edition of La Presse was published an Op-Ed demanding better funding for University Research. This letter was co-signed by (among others) Frédéric Bouchard, the association francophone pour le savoir (ACFAS), the Fédération des associations étudiantes de l’Université de Montréal (FAÉCUM), and many other Canadian graduate student associations (including McMaster, University of Toronto, […]

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